The Long Game
By Jon Ward
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Episodes: 175
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Mar 2, 2021
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Americans don't know how to solve problems. We've lost sight of what institutions are and why they matter. The Long Game is a look at some key institutions, such as political parties, the U.S. Senate, the media, and the church.
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My conversation with Jonathan Rauch about his new book "Cross Purposes"
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Eliza Griswold's new book Circle of Hope is a cautionary tale about placing too much hope in your church
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Major Garrett talks about Neil Postman's book "Amusing Ourselves to Death"
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Moderates Keep Fighting & Don't Look for the Easy Way Out, with Aurelian Craiutu
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Yuval Levin's "American Covenant" is a blueprint for peace-making and effective governance
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Higher ed has lost sight of mission and purpose, John Inazu says
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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We Are Not Powerless: American Politics is "Entirely Fixable" says Nick Troiano in his new book "The Primary Solution"
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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What is a Christian politics? Michael Wear's new book argues it's mostly about who we are
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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David Leonhardt's book joins a chorus of warnings for the Democrats
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Tim Alberta's new book portrays a tug of war for the soul of American Christianity
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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BUILDERS Interview: Matt Murphy on how community & music help him fight the paralysis of our times
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Where Have All the Democrats Gone? With Ruy Teixeira
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Evolution denial is a bigger deal than I realized
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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BUILDER interview: Joel Searby on overcoming broken politics & hopelessness
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Yascha Mounk's measured response to the "Great Awokening"
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Talking to Shannon Harris about "The Woman They Wanted"
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Andrew Whitehead argues against Christian empire with data and his own personal conviction in American Idolatry
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Are We Really Stuck With Biden Vs Trump, Again?
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Karen Swallow Prior's "Evangelical Imagination" Describes a Culture in Crisis
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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How Russell Moore Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Apocalypse
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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John Blake was a "closeted biracial person" until he met his white mother
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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A New Book by Ben Terris Shows How Badly We've Misunderstood Power in the Age of Individualism
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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The Stanford Free Speech Incident with David Lat
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Understanding the political radicalization of Charismatic Christians, with Matthew D. Taylor
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen on another debt ceiling crisis in Congress
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Sara Billups wrote a book for disillusioned evangelicals who don't want to give up on their faith
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Fixing Congress isn't a partisan idea. Quietly, a bipartisan group has been working on this.
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Yuval Levin is back with an optimistic take about the lessons from Kevin McCarthy's agonizing fight to become Speaker
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Congress is set to pass a compromise between gay rights and religious freedom, says Tim Schultz
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Paul D. Miller untangles the confusion around Christian Nationalism
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Bonnie Kristian's crucial new book on our knowledge crisis and our "screen-broken brains"
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Deconstructing Christians who leave the faith are rejecting a "shadow" of the real faith, with James K.A. Smith
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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What is Christian Nationalism, and what is it not? With Philip S. Gorski, author of "The Flag and the Cross"
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Christine Emba talks about her book "Rethinking Sex: A Provocation"
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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We Need More Faith in the Public Square, Says Eboo Patel of Interfaith America
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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Meet the Democratic activist who wants to change how Christians look at politics, with Justin Giboney
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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David French is warning evangelicals away from authoritarianism
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May 13, 2022 |
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Talking "Jesus and John Wayne" with Kristin Kobes Du Mez
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May 03, 2022 |
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Andy Crouch on Taking Back Our Humanity from Technology
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Deplatforming is Not Censorship, with Rick Hasen
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Gillian Laub's Family Almost Split Apart During the Trump Years
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Katherine Gehl Talks about Alaska's Voting Experiment
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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The Way Christians Read the Bible Has Big Implications
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Robert Costa on "Peril" and whether American Democracy Can Survive
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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This Republican Strategist Says We're Being Bombarded With Disinformation
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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The 'Vital Center' of American Politics Needs Heroes & Myths to Beat Back Religious and Secular Extremists, Philip Gorski says
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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A New Podcast on Mars Hill Church Dives Deep into Evangelical Subculture
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Is There a Way Out of Information Chaos & Cancel Culture? Jonathan Rauch Shines a Light
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Dean Phillips, a rising star in Congress, thinks America is on the cusp of embracing ranked-choice voting
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May 18, 2021 |
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Curtis Chang Is Responding to Vaccine Hesitancy With Respect
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May 12, 2021 |
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Michael Slaby on Trump & Facebook and the Bigger Problem of Reforming the Internet
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May 05, 2021 |
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A conservative Christian book ignites debate over reparations — and faith itself
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Apr 24, 2021 |
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Will Big Money Donors Get Behind the Move to Get Rid of Partisan Primaries? Nick Troiano Is Working On It
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Yuval Levin Wants the GOP to stop making it harder to vote
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Can Americans Still Discuss Their Differences Constructively? David Blankenhorn Is Trying To Make it Happen.
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Adam Kinzinger says the battle with Trumpism has to be fought in public (bc he knows political parties have lost their power)
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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The Congressman Who Became A Qanon Topic Himself: Rep. Tom Malinowski
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Reducing Big Tech Censorship, Preserving Free Speech, and Fighting Disinformation, with Peter Pomerantsev
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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If Things Are Going to Hell, Let's Talk Structural Reform with Don Beyer
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Russell Moore on the Capitol Insurrection and Why He's Willing to Put His Job On the Line to Speak His Mind
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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Brendan Buck on the Lessons of the Trump Disaster & the Urgent Need for GOP Pols to Tell the Truth to their Voters
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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John Dickerson Thinks The Way We Pick Presidents is FUBAR
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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He Fought Liberal Bias in Media But Then Realized He Didn't Understand Journalism
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Eli Lake Has Hammered the FBI for its Handling of the Russia Investigation. He Weighs In on Trump's Refusal to Concede
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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We Have Entered the "Post-Truth" Era, With Pennsylvania's Lt. Gov. John Fetterman & Gisele Fetterman
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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How to Tell Real Conspiracies from Conspiracy Theories, With the BBC's Marianna Spring
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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The GOP Needs Fewer Tax Cuts and More Labor Unions, Argues Oren Cass
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Tim Alberta On the Future of the Republican Party
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Mindy Belz on What American Christians Can Learn from Middle Eastern Christians & Emily Belz on Qanon in the Church
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Charlie Camosy Talks Abortion Politics
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Kim Wyman, the Republican who oversees all-mail elections in Washington, on the security and integrity of the election
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Republican Super Lawyer Ben Ginsberg Says When It Comes to Election Fraud, There's No Iceberg
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Judy Wu Dominick thinks if you have wealth and aren't friends with others who don't, you're spiritually poor
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Eddie Glaude on his timely book about James Baldwin, Racism, and the Betrayal of the Civil Rights Movement
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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Stacey Abrams and filmmakers Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes on their new documentary "All In: The Fight for Democracy"
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Michael Steele on How Biden Should Respond to Trump and to Kenosha
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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Frank LaRose, Ohio's Top Elections Official, GOP official, Warns That a Single Law is Going to Delay Election Results in other Midwest Swing States
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Top Republican Elections Official Who Has Advised Vice President Pence Says Trump Voting Fraud Claims are "Not Feasible"
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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Howard Dean on the Democratic Convention: "All We Have to Do Is Be Ourselves"
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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The Pure Pleasure of Speaking with Bill Buford, author of "Dirt", about food, writing, and adventure
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Nicholas Carr on "The Shallows" 10 Years Later
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Meet the Guy Who's Hauling All 4 Big Tech CEO's (Virtually) Up to the Hill Next Week, Rep. David Cicilline
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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The Election Nightmare Scenario that Keeps Rick Hasen Up At Night
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Tom Ridge: For His Own Good, Trump Should Stop Knocking Mail-In Voting
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Sen. Tim Scott on the killing of George Floyd and whether violence is a legitimate form of political action
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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NIH Director Francis Collins is overseeing the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine and is concerned about anti-vaccine activists
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May 29, 2020 |
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Religion reporter Terry Mattingly on White Evangelicals and the Qanon political cult
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May 27, 2020 |
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Tim Miller on the need to take conspiracy theories and disinformation seriously
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May 26, 2020 |
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The Man At the Center of the Red Hot Battle Over Voting Rights: Marc Elias
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May 20, 2020 |
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DL Mayfield on her new book, "The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety & Power"
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May 05, 2020 |
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Jonathan Karl on his "Trump Show" book, media as the opposition, and the "fakest thing" of the Trump era
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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The Only Things Worth Discussing: Testing, Tracing & Therapeutics, with Adam White from AEI
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Sen. Ben Cardin on Why Democrats Are Holding Up Money for the Small Business Emergency Fund
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Congressman Patrick McHenry Says Every Small Business Who Needs an Emergency Loan Should Get One
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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It's His Job To Critique the President. How Do You Do That During a National Emergency?
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Sen. Ron Wyden on His Push For A Vote-By-Mail Presidential Election
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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Yuval Levin on How to Come Back from the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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AFSCME President Lee Saunders on a contested convention and how adversity rejevenuated his union
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Addisu Demissie - who ran Cory Booker's campaign - on the Democratic primary
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Bakari Sellers On the South Carolina Primary and Joe Biden's Last Stand
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Carl Hulse on What We Learned From the Impeachment Trial & How to Cover Congress and not Lose Your Mind
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Feb 08, 2020 |
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What If You Had More Than Just Two Choices For President? Lee Drutman's Argument for Ranked Choice Voting and More than Two Parties
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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Yuval Levin On His Indispensable New Book "A Time To Build"
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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Justice John Roberts Is Not Going to Decide Impeachment Trial Witnesses - Jeffrey Rosen
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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Bob Inglis Wanted to "Destroy" Bill Clinton during the 98 Impeachment. Years Later He Tracked Him Down to Apologize.
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Susan Glasser Has Covered Impeachment and Russia Before, But Not At the Same Time
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Jack Goldsmith On Growing Up Around Mobsters, RFK's Abuses of Power, & Trump's Impeachment
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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"Kanye West Should Not Be President" - Chris Hayes On the Role of Parties In A Democracy
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Stacey Abrams: "I Talk About Power Because You're Not Supposed To"
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Mako Fujimura on Culture Care Instead of Culture War, Painting, & Restoring a Vision of the Common Good
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh Are The Establishment, says Brian Rosenwald
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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The Battle to Create Shared Facts - Laura Berlind from The Sycamore Institute
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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He Left Christianity Behind In a War Zone. This Is the Story of Bryan Mealer's Path Back to Faith.
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Voter Suppression or Ballot Fraud -- My 5-Month Investigation Into a Case in Georgia
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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David Brooks on Not Feeling Like a Convert, His New Book, and Marianne Williamson
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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The Democrats Are Losing Faith Voters Because of Their Abortion Stance, with Amy Sullivan
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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Steve Kornacki on "Wishful Thinking" Around Impeaching Trump & His Book "The Red & the Blue"
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Fox News' Carl Cameron Is Now Working For a Liberal Website?
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Jul 13, 2019 |
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The Case for Regulating Facebook & Google - Sally Hubbard
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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Live from the Miami Debate: How Bad Was It For Biden?
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Bonus Episode: Tom Wolf reacts to today's Supreme Court gerrymandering decision
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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Disarming Fear & Defensiveness around the Race conversation, with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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Peter Wehner On Trump, Impeachment, and the limits of faith to overcome political ideology
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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The Supreme Court Is About to Issue a Massive Ruling on Gerrymandering: Here's What You Need to Know
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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Paul Kane on Pelosi's Impeachment Challenge and Congress' "Lost Decade"
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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Let's Get Rid of the Speaker of the House, Says Former Aide to John Boehner
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May 29, 2019 |
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Snapchat's Peter Hamby Knows the Youth Vote & Sees Trouble Ahead for Bernie Sanders
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May 10, 2019 |
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Is Beto O'Rourke Already Played Out? Reid Epstein of The New York Times Joins to Discuss
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May 03, 2019 |
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Jonah Goldberg On His New Media Venture: 'We Don't Want To Be An Anti-Trump Thing'
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Nicco Mele: We Are Living In Two Worlds At Once
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Joe Trippi: Dems Could "Blow It" in 2020, But Here's Why They Won't
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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Joe Kennedy III On Mental Health, Packing the Courts, & The Green New Deal
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Sen. Tim Scott Used Trump's Charlottesville Response To Help Low-Income Communities
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Democrats Need a Unifying Candidate in 2020, Jennifer Palmieri Says
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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Trent Lott On Congress, Trump's Qualifications & Chances, & Growing Up in the Deep South
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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Patrick McHenry Has Some Advice For the New Rock Stars of Congress
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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My book CAMELOT'S END is out Today! And a Joe Biden interview excerpt
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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Al Mohler & The Report on Slavery and Racism in the History of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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Panera Founder Ron Shaich Is Preaching Against Short-Term Thinking In Business & Politics
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Dec 28, 2018 |
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Senator Michael Bennet Considers A Run for President and How to Rebuild the Senate
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Andrew Sullivan on Christianity's Collapse, the Wisconsin GOP & Identity Politics
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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The Lawsuit Alleging Voter Suppression in Georgia
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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I Guess We’re Doing Season 2 Now. Here’s What’s Up Next
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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The Path to the 2018 Midterm Elections
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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The Gravitron
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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CBS News' Major Garrett on his new book, "Mr. Trump's Wild Ride"
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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Brian Kemp Says There Are 'Outside Agitators' in Georgia Election
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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BuzzFeed's Charlie Warzel on the Information Wars & Media Gatekeeping
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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10 Years Since the 08 Crash, Are We Ready For The Next Big Crisis?
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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John McCain
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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The Man Behind the GOP Data Machine
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Mitch Daniels On Why Tribalism Opens the Door to Tyrants
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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Yuval Levin on What You Can Do To Help Solve Our Broad Social Crisis
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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Adam Wren On Finding His Way In A New Journalism Landscape
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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Terry Sullivan on the GOP & Marco Rubio's 2016 Loss
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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Lee Drutman on Ranked Choice Voting & Multi-Member Congressional Districts
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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Amy Walter On the California Primaries
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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AB Stoddard Has Watched Congress Collapse
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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DNC's Ken Martin Says 'Resistance' Has to Mature
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May 25, 2018 |
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Ambassador Tim Roemer on $$$$ in Politics
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May 21, 2018 |
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Reed Galen Likes Sore Losers
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May 14, 2018 |
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Joel Searby Wants to Take Down the Two-Party System
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May 08, 2018 |
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The Missouri Governor's Scandal
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May 01, 2018 |
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Matt Bai Thinks I'm Crazy (or at least wrong)
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Summary Episode - Everything We've Covered So Far
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Apr 13, 2018 |
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Steven Levitsky, author of "How Democracies Die"
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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What I'm Reading #2 - Dan Koch - "How to Think" by Alan Jacobs
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Mar 30, 2018 |
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Seth Masket
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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What I'm Reading #1 - "12 Rules for Life" by Jordan Peterson
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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Norm Ornstein
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Jan 12, 2018 |
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Elaine Kamarck
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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Jonathan Rauch
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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Jemar Tisby
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Aug 14, 2017 |
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Yuval Levin
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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The Origin Story
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Jun 21, 2017 |