Episodios

  • Gaza, Ukraine, Energy, and the Big Beautiful Bill

    Gaza, Ukraine, Energy, and the Big Beautiful Bill
    Jul 10 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the Trump-Bibi meetings, the consequences of the president's legislative achievement, where he stands on arming Ukraine, the Western Hemisphere's bright fossil fuel future, and Gore Vidal vs. William F. Buckley.
    Más Menos
    40 m
  • What Does Trump’s Bombing of Iran Mean for the Middle East?

    What Does Trump’s Bombing of Iran Mean for the Middle East?
    Jun 27 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss why China, Russia, and North Korea haven't come to Iran's aid, what Zohran Mamdani's primary victory in New York could mean for national politics, how Trump understands Europe and NATO better than Obama and Biden did, and what the long-term significance might be of America's bombing of Fordow.
    Más Menos
    30 m
  • Trump and the Israel-Iran War

    Trump and the Israel-Iran War
    Jun 19 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Israel’s control of Iranian skies, the prospects for a negotiated settlement, and the domestic politics shaping Donald Trump’s pending decision to involve US forces in military operations.
    Más Menos
    36 m
  • Unrest in Los Angeles

    Unrest in Los Angeles
    Jun 12 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the ICE raids and riots in LA, heightening tensions with Iran, changing demographics in world religions, and trouble in the U.S.-India relationship.
    Más Menos
    31 m
  • The Trump-Musk Eruption

    The Trump-Musk Eruption
    Jun 6 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the public spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the AI threat to white-collar jobs, Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian aircraft, and “Zero Day,” a new 10-part Taiwanese TV drama about a war with China.
    Más Menos
    30 m
  • The Foreign Policy Consequences of Biden’s Decline and Fall

    The Foreign Policy Consequences of Biden’s Decline and Fall
    May 30 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Elon Musk’s departure from Washington, America’s nonexistent shipbuilding capacity, plans to revoke visas from Chinese students, and the conspicuous absence of Biden’s foreign policy team from the new book on the ‘coverup’ of his condition. Also in this weeks episode, an interview with Tablet editor-in-chief Alana Newhouse, from the podcast How to Be a Jew, about why she decided to start a print magazine. If you want to subscribe to that magazine, click here.
    Más Menos
    1 h y 3 m
  • Resistance Fighters of the World Unite

    Resistance Fighters of the World Unite
    May 23 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Trump's ban on foreign students at Harvard, the Supreme Court's decision on the president's authority to fire federal commissioners, the Senate's vote against California's EV mandate, and a report from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.
    Más Menos
    38 m
  • Trump's Persian Gulf Tour

    Trump's Persian Gulf Tour
    May 15 2025
    Trump's Persian Gulf Tour
    Más Menos
    37 m