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Simon Bazelon: Deciding to Win
Charlie Sykes talks with Simon Bazelon, lead author of Deciding to Win, a new report urging Democrats to refocus on economic and public safety issues…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ben Wittes: Who Is The Administrator of DOGE?
Charlie Sykes talks with Lawfare’s Ben Wittes about the erosion of congressional power, Donald Trump’s attempts to reshape the civil service, and the…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Anne Applebaum: Americans Are Not Angry Enough Yet
Charlie Sykes is joined by historian and journalist Anne Applebaum to discuss the accelerating erosion of democratic norms in the United States. They…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Justin Wolfers: The Erosion of Democratic Institutions
Economist Justin Wolfers joins Charlie Sykes to unpack the puzzling disconnect between Wall Street’s optimism and Main Street’s uncertainty, and what…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Adam Kinzinger: Trump Tales a Wrecking Ball to the White House
Charlie Sykes and Adam Kinzinger take stock of another chaotic week in American politics, from Donald Trump’s demand for $230 million in taxpayer mon…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Jim Acosta: No Kings and Trump's AI Jet
Charlie Sykes and Jim Acosta unpack the massive “No Kings” rallies, Trump’s inflammatory AI video targeting protesters, and the unsettling normalizat…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Tim O'Brien: Trump is a Chaos Agent in a Chaotic World
Charlie Sykes sits down with Bloomberg Opinion’s Tim O’Brien to talk about the chaos and consequences of Donald Trump’s second term. From the “No Kin…
6 months ago
Tom Nichols: Free Press, JD Vance, and the MAGA Right
Charlie Sykes welcomes Atlantic writer Tom Nichols for a conversation about the Pentagon’s unprecedented expulsion of the press and what it means for…
6 months ago
Rob Hart: Chicago Under Siege
Charlie Sykes turns his attention from the Middle East to the Midwest, where escalating ICE raids, federal court battles, and National Guard deployme…
6 months ago
David French: Trump’s Expanding Power
Charlie Sykes is joined by David French to unpack a week of alarming developments — from Trump’s threatened invocation of the Insurrection Act and de…
6 months, 1 week ago