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Protests Are Not Emotional Support Groups
Why No Kings continues to fail.
 • Dan Storyev and Maria Kuznetsova
Why Our Flag Brings Americans Together
A day to celebrate the best parts of our nation.
 • Rebecca Burgess
Episode 189: Laurence Jurdem on George H. W. Bush
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 • Richard Aldous
30:07
The Power Struggle Blocking the Strait of Hormuz
To get a deal, either the United States gives up its influence or Iran its identity.
 • Ines Burrell
Why Trump Seems Confused By His Own War
The president is attempting cold hard realism. He’s quickly discovering the limits to that approach.
 • Sam Kahn
Welcome to the Postmodern Presidency
Before there was Trump, there was French theory.
 • Damon Linker
The Democrats Sabotaged Their Own Autopsy
The report into the 2024 election was perfectly fine. So why will nobody say so?
 • Sam Kahn
H.W. Brands on the Making of George Washington
Yascha Mounk and H.W. Brands discuss the first U.S. president's life and legacy.
 • Yascha Mounk
1:20:08
Why Trump’s Slush Fund Is So Egregious
The president plans to use tax dollars to reward his friends—and ensure the IRS never investigates him again.
 • Walter Olson
Defunding ICE Would Be the Easy Part
What happens when people who have been taught that violence is acceptable are suddenly without a job?
 • Benjamin Aimlin
Ahmadinejad Leading Iran? Color Me Skeptical
Why the newly revealed American-Israeli plan never stood a chance.
 • Saeid Golkar
Marc Lipsitch on Playing Pandemic Roulette in the Lab
Yascha Mounk and Marc Lipsitch also discuss how worried we should be about Hantavirus and Ebola.
 • Yascha Mounk
1:23:28
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