Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIran’s Next Move
Harry talks with Karim Sadjadpour, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and one of the country's foremost experts on Iran. Trump’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
The Corrections
It was a week of legal, political, & military battles. Trump bombed Iran but with less definitive results than he had proclaimed, leaving next moves up in the air. A relative unknown stormed to victo…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Cory Booker’s Long Stand
Recorded live at Talking San Diego, Senator Cory Booker charts the personal and political path that led him from the streets of Newark to the well of the Senate—and to the longest speech in congress…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump at War
The episode starts with a 20-minute discussion with War Powers expert Rich Bernstein about Saturday’s bombing of Iran. From there we go to our Friday roundtable of Talking Feds stalwarts–Jason Kander…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
How Social Media Broke Democracy and Childhood
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt joins Harry Litman to discuss his bestselling book "The Anxious Generation" and how the shift to smartphone-based childhood around 2012 triggered a mental health c…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
California Screamin'
A wild, turbulent, and ugly week. Trump used protests to his immigration operations in LA to declare a “rebellion” and federalize the national guard. A court decision rejecting the move was itself st…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Who Is Government, Really? with Michael Lewis
Harry sits down with Michael Lewis—author of Moneyball and The Fifth Risk—to discuss Who Is Government?, his new book spotlighting the unsung public servants who quietly hold the country together. Th…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Caught in a Bad Bromance
It was a week in which events looked to be spinning out of control on multiple fronts. The bromance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump hit the rocks and broke to smithereens, with Musk by week's end …
Published on 3 months ago
Nine Years of Warning America: A Conversation with Rick Wilson
A special recording from our Talking San Diego event with Rick Wilson. A longtime Republican strategist turned fierce Trump critic, Rick was among the first to sound the alarm on the threat Trump pos…
Published on 3 months ago
Taco Tuesday Every Day
The Elon Musk Era of government came to an abrupt end as the architect of DOGE left the Administration, somewhat the worse for wear and tear. What remains in his wake of DOGE’s slash-and-burn agenda …
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago