The 'Rally Round the Criminal' Effect
Sasha Havlicek and Philip Bump join the panel to discuss online disinformation, the GOP reaction to Trump guilty verdict, and the Fauci follies in Congress. highlights / lowlights Sasha- The 80th Anniversary of D-Day at Normandy American Cemetery. (https://www.abmc.gov/d-day80) Damon- The Tower and the Sewer by Mark Lilla (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/06/20/the-tower-and-the-sewer-w...
1hr 15m Jun 07, 2024
1hr 15m
Wanted: A Biden Campaign
Famed presidential photographer David Hume Kennerly joins Bill Kristol and regulars to discuss the Ford Library's cowardly refusal to honor Liz Cheney, how Democrats should handle the Trump verdict, and Biden's standing with the young and old. highlights / lowlights David: In closing, Trump’s team takes the jurors for idiots (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/29/closing-arguments...
1hr 13m May 30, 2024
1hr 13m
What if What the Electorate Knows is Flat Wrong?
Joe Klein joins the panel to discuss Haley's Trump support, Alito's freak flags, and polls showing Americans are deeply misinformed about the state of the economy. highlights / lowlights Damon: Is the Biden Campaign Running on False Hope? (https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/is-the-biden-campaign-running-on-false-hope) (Isaac Chotiner, NYer) Linda: Three Books to Help You Understand Natio...
1hr 4m May 24, 2024
1hr 4m
Will Debates Reset the Race?
Sarah Longwell, Chris Cillizza, Will Saletan join Mona and Bill to discuss the upcoming debates, the polls (and Biden's response to them) and how to spend a record $61 million on a Senate primary and still get trounced. highlights / lowlights Mona: Thousands sign petition urging canceled concerts by Israeli ensemble to go ahead in Amsterdam (Times of Israel) (https://www.timesofisrael.com/liv...
1hr 1m May 17, 2024
1hr 1m
Does This Make Me Look Weak?
Gregg Nunziata joins to discuss the NY and other cases against Trump; Biden's pivot on weapons to Israel, and RFK, Jr's brain worm.
1hr 2m May 10, 2024
1hr 2m
The Revolution Will Not Be Catered
FT's Ed Luce joins the group to discuss campus protests and whether Biden is losing. highlights / lowlights: Mona: Country Music, a film by Ken Burns (https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music) Ed: The Colombia student asking that the protestors be brought food in their encampment. (https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1785386376755900611) Linda: MTG's bizarre defense of her anti-Sem...
55m May 03, 2024
55m
"Ukraine is anti-Christian" and other Russian Lies
Anne Applebaum joins the panel (with Philip Bump) to discuss Ukraine's war effort, Russian disinformation, campus protests, and a change of pace for final segment. What would you have put on the Voyager Spacecraft? Mona: Images of human love: parents interacting with babies (joy), a dog reacting to being reunited, humans taking care of other humans with a handicap (compassion). Damon: Holy t...
1hr Apr 26, 2024
1hr
Will Dysfunctional House GOP Do the Right Thing?
Ben Wittes joins to discuss Iran's attack on Israel, Congress's action on Ukraine, Trump's NY trial, and the Supreme Court.
1hr Apr 19, 2024
1hr
The Tabloidization of America
Patterico joins the panel to analyze Bragg's case against Trump.
1hr 11m Apr 12, 2024
1hr 11m
Will Double Haters Park Their Votes on RFK, Jr?
Matt Bennett joins to discuss the end of No Labels, RFK, Jr., and other third parties as well as Florida's new abortion law.
1hr 6m Apr 05, 2024
1hr 6m
Sacrilege for Sale
Pete Wehner joins to discuss Trump's "patriotic" Bible, lawfare accusations over Trump's trials, and Putin's war on truth.
1hr 7m Mar 29, 2024
1hr 7m
Trump is Hard Up for Cash
Nicholas Grossman join to discuss Trump's money troubles as a national security threat and a political challenge.
1hr 17m Mar 22, 2024
1hr 17m
Trump's Georgia Acts Were Even Worse Than You Thought
Michael Isikoff details some undercovered aspects of Trump's election subversion.
1hr 6m Mar 15, 2024
1hr 6m
The Dreaded General Election Arrives
Philip Bump joins guest host A.B. Stoddard and the panel.
1hr Mar 08, 2024
1hr
The Threat of Christian Supremacism
David French and Cathy Young join to discuss the SCOTUS gift to Trump, McConnell's tainted legacy, and Christian supremacism.
1hr 13m Mar 01, 2024
1hr 13m
Putin's GOP Enablers
Kori Schake joins to discuss Ukraine funding, the GOP's moral and strategic collapse, Haley, and calls for a Gaza ceasefire.
56m Feb 23, 2024
56m
Should Democrats Dump Biden?
Chris Cillizza joins the panel for a thought experiment on Biden.
1hr 16m Feb 16, 2024
1hr 16m
Betraying Ukraine, Episode 3
The Dispatch's Scott Lincicome returns to discuss cheap avocados, the "China shock," and other economic matters.
1hr Feb 09, 2024
1hr
Do People Care That Trump's a Sociopath?
Jonathan Karl on the under-covered first two years of Trump's post-presidency.
1hr 4m Feb 02, 2024
1hr 4m
Can Haley Make a Difference?
Yascha Mounk joins to discuss the NH results, Greg Abbott's SCOTUS defiance, and offers a dissenting view on "Succession."
1hr 8m Jan 26, 2024
1hr 8m
Intimidation and the GOP
Zack Beauchamp of Vox and Will Saletan join the panel to discuss Iowa and New Hampshire and death threats in the GOP.
1hr 5m Jan 19, 2024
1hr 5m
The Evangelical Crack-Up
Tim Alberta discusses his book on the rot within white evangelical Protestantism.
1hr 3m Jan 12, 2024
1hr 3m
"Harvard Shmarvard"
Nick Grossman of Arc Digital joins to discuss plagiarism, double standards, DEI, Israel, Iran, and Hamas.
1hr 4m Jan 05, 2024
1hr 4m
"Will Haley's Stumble Matter?"
Guest host A.B. Stoddard and special guest Jim Swift join the panel to discuss Nikki's Civil War / slavery stumble.
59m Dec 29, 2023
59m
Did Colorado's Supreme Court Do the Right Thing?
Trump and 14th Amendment bar from office. Plus, the prospects for Ukraine.
1hr 7m Dec 22, 2023
1hr 7m
America Retreating from World Leadership
The House moves toward impeaching Biden while stiff-arming Zelensky.
59m Dec 15, 2023
59m
"Dictator on Day One"
Democracy scholar Rachel Kleinfeld joins to discuss polarization, violence, the GOP, the rule of law, and Ivy League hypocrites.
1hr 8m Dec 08, 2023
1hr 8m
The Immigration Threat to Biden's Reelection
Noah Smith joins to talk about the border crisis and its political implications.
1hr 1m Dec 01, 2023
1hr 1m
"Terrible Choices for Israel"
Hamas triggered the Gaza war, and signed the death warrants of thousands of Palestinians.
48m Nov 24, 2023
48m
Can Biden Turn This Around?
Is Israel losing the propaganda war? Plus, Biden's chances to revive his popularity. The Economist's Idrees Kahloon joins.
1hr 8m Nov 17, 2023
1hr 8m
Scary Polls and Scary Pols
Chris Cillizza and Will Saletan join to discuss this week's elections, the GOP debate, and the generational divide over Israel.
1hr 7m Nov 10, 2023
1hr 7m
American World Leadership in Crisis
Bret Stephens joins the panel to analyze the Gaza war, America's declining stomach for world leadership, and the new speaker.
1hr 3m Nov 03, 2023
1hr 3m
Biden's No-Win Problem
Tom Nichols joins guest host A.B. Stoddard to discuss Israel's response to Hamas and Speaker Mike Johnson.
59m Oct 27, 2023
59m
Hamas's Propaganda Triumph
Yascha Mounk is the guest this week. Topics include press credulity on the Gaza hospital story; a speakerless House; and Yascha's book, "The Identity Trap."
1hr 22m Oct 20, 2023
1hr 22m
An Orgy of Savagery
Prof. Gil Troy of McGill University joins from Jerusalem to talk about Hamas, Israel's response, the left's excusing of terrorists, and a silver lining in a horrible week.
1hr 6m Oct 13, 2023
1hr 6m
Nihilists in the Driver's Seat
Third Way's Matt Bennett joins the group to discuss the Speaker debacle, the No Labels threat, and Trump's fraud trial.
1hr 1m Oct 06, 2023
1hr 1m
"Thank You for Speaking While I'm Interrupting."
Former GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock drops in to discuss the impeachment, the debate, and the politics around threatening to shut the government down.
55m Sep 29, 2023
55m
No Justice, No Jeeps
Francis Fukuyama joins Damon Linker, Ben Wittes, and A.B. Stoddard to defend the deep state. Plus, the UAW strike.
59m Sep 22, 2023
59m
No Party for Honest Men
David Frum joins to discuss the impeachment investigation, Biden's G20 trip, Hunter's indictment, and Mitt Romney's lonely stand.
59m Sep 15, 2023
59m
Must Biden Go? Pro and Con
Kori Schake shares her views on China, Ukraine, and Tuberville's stunt. And should Biden, even now, step aside?
1hr 5m Sep 08, 2023
1hr 5m
Look Who's Claiming to Care about Norms Now
Adam White answers legal questions about Trump's trials. The panel then discusses whether prosecuting a former (future?) president is wise or necessary.
1hr Sep 01, 2023
1hr
Springtime for Demagogues
CATO's Walter Olson joins for debate analysis, the rise of “RamaSMARMY," and a discussion of the 14th Amendment argument for disqualifying Trump.
1hr 1m Aug 25, 2023
1hr 1m
Only the Heroes Have Paid a Price . . . Until Now
Kristin Du Mez and Peter Wehner join the group to analyze evangelical support for Trump, as well as the Georgia indictment. Accountability, danger, and many unknowns. Plus, in our highlights and lowlights segment, Kristin notes the start of the school year and gives a shout-out to the teachers, while Bill extols the healing benefits of a vacation. show notes: Kristin's book, Jesus and John Wa...
1hr 1m Aug 18, 2023
1hr 1m
First Debate in Which Everyone Is Afraid to Tell the Truth
Tim Mak reports from Kyiv about how Ukrainians are handling the strain of war. The panel then looks at the upcoming GOP debate on Fox and the effect of abortion on elections. Plus, in our Highlights and Lowlights segment, Mona has a lovely recognition of a nurse practitioner who cared for her husband in urgent care. Highlights/lowlights Tim's: https://counteroffensive.substack.com/ Bill's: http...
1hr 6m Aug 11, 2023
1hr 6m
The Trump Defenses That Won't Hunt
George Conway joins the group to discuss the various Trump defenses—and the party that supports him. Then the regulars discuss 'Oppenheimer,' and the bombing of Japan. And in our Highlights and Lowlights segment, Bill points to a possible US-brokered Israel-Saudi peace deal. highlights/lowlights: Bill's: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/bidens-moral-calculus-in-brokering-a-saudi-israeli-p...
58m Aug 04, 2023
58m
DeSantis Campaign Promises "Leaner and Meaner." Is Meaner Even Possible?
Will Saletan joins the panel to discuss whether DeSantis's campaign is moribund, and whether the right or the left learned the lessons of COVID policy failures. Plus, in our "Highlights and Lowlights "segment, Damon spotlights the political crisis in Israel, and Linda shares a story of love and loss.  Damon's: https://gideons.substack.com/p/break-the-barrel-to-get-rid-of-the Will's: http://brig...
59m Jul 28, 2023
59m
Contemplating a Trump Administration 2.0
The Economist's John Prideaux joins the panel to discuss the latest likely indictment, the GOP response, and what MAGA world is planning for a Trump 2.0. Plus, in our highlights and lowlights segment, Linda flags the tactics Texas officials are using at the border that are injuring migrants. highlights/lowlights Linda's: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/texas-border-migrants-abbott.html Jo...
55m Jul 21, 2023
55m
Is Optimism Warranted?
Noah Smith tries to bring a little sunshine to the dour regulars (and Cathy Young) who are worried about the economy, the threat from third parties, and more. Plus, in our highlights and lowlights segment, Mona celebrates the fact that a famous Trumper has to liquidate. highlights/lowlights Mona's: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mypillow-auction-mike-lindell_n_64acffa0e4b0e5efaaddd535 https://...
57m Jul 14, 2023
57m
A Class Full of Frenchmen?
The Washington Post's Megan McArdle joins to discuss the pros and (mostly) cons of affirmative action. Also, will anyone watch August's GOP debate? Who will show up? Plus, in our highlights/lowlights segment, Linda points to a new draconian law in Florida that targets undocumented immigrants and those who employ them. highlights/lowlights Linda's: https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrant-workers-fl...
55m Jul 07, 2023
55m
A Week Where Decades Happen
Bob Shrum, Steve Vladeck, and David Kramer join the show this week to discuss momentous Supreme Court cases and the tremors out of Russia. Plus, in our highlights/lowlights segment, Damon shares details about how a bloc of right-wing influencers and DeSantis supporters are rallying behind an antisemite. highlights/lowlights Damon's: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-i...
54m Jun 30, 2023
54m