Episodes

  • The New Techno-Plutocracy

    The New Techno-Plutocracy
    Feb 7 2025
    Wherein Ben welcomes Raluca Csernatoni, a European scholar, to discuss European responses to our developing techno-plutocratic hellscape. Alicia Wanless, Eve Gaumond, and Jonathan Rauch join in.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Ukraine, South Africa, and the Arctic

    Ukraine, South Africa, and the Arctic
    Feb 6 2025
    Wherein Ben announces the launch of a new podcast on the history of US-Ukraine relations, and Holly Berkley Fletcher and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss how Trump is screwing around in South Africa and the Arctic.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Hypothetical War Crimes

    Hypothetical War Crimes
    Feb 5 2025
    Wherein Ben discusses the barriers to US occupation of Gaza, Eve Gaumond discusses tariffs, and Shane Harris discusses the CIA.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The FBI Fights Back

    The FBI Fights Back
    Feb 4 2025
    Wherein Ben talks about the resistance to Trump from within the FBI and welcomes Jonathan Rauch to talk about public responses to corrupt government.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Tariffs

    Tariffs
    Feb 3 2025
    Wherein Ben welcomes Stephanie Carvin, a Canadian political scientist, to discuss Trump's newly imposed tariffs and their impact on, well, everything.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Ethics and Ambition

    Ethics and Ambition
    Jan 31 2025
    Wherein Ben takes a step back from our many crises and muses on the ethical obligations of career civil servants, to what extent presidential administrations actually get to set their own agendas, and other questions in the background of the current moment. Eve Gaumond and John Hawkinson weigh in.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Kash Patel, Mid-Air Collisions, and Other Chaos

    Kash Patel, Mid-Air Collisions, and Other Chaos
    Jan 30 2025
    Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss how much Kash Patel sucks, the military situation in Eastern Congo, last night's plane crash, and anything else on their minds. John Hawkinson drops in to clarify the current status of US foreign aid.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Christianity and Democracy

    Christianity and Democracy
    Jan 29 2025

    Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Jonathan Rauch to discuss his new book on the role of Christianity in American democracy.


    Find Jon's book here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273540/cross-purposes/


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    1 hr and 2 mins