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Episode 15: Fabrice Pothier on NATO Jun 02, 2017

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This week Fabrice Pothier, former Director of Policy Planning for NATO, discusses the organization's history, mission, and budget.

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Episode 14: Max Ehrenfreund on Declining Wages and the Shrinking Middle Class May 26, 2017

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This week's guest is Washington Post reporter Max Ehrenfreund. We spoke with him about a new report examining declining American wages and the shrinking middle class.

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Episode 13: Robert Danin on the Middle East Peace Process May 19, 2017

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This week's guest is Robert Danin, a senior fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and former Deputy Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs during the George W. Bush administration. We spoke with him about the history of the Arab-Israeli peace process.

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Episode 12: Tim Wiener on the FBI and James Comey May 12, 2017

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With President Trump's dismissal of now-former FBI Director James Comey dominating the news we spoke to Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner, author of Enemies: A History of the FBI.

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Episode 11: LuAnn Bennett on Running for Congress May 05, 2017

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With both parties recruiting candidates to run for office during the 2018 midterm elections, our guest this week is LuAnn Bennett, who lost in 2016 to Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock in the race to represent Virginia's 10th District. We talked with her about her experience running for office.

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Episode 10: Richard Norton Smith on President Trump's first 100 Days Apr 28, 2017

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Our guest this week is presidential historian and author Richard Norton Smith. We talked with him about using a president's first 100 days in office as a measurement of success and why FDR set a standard that may not be matched.

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Episode 9: Nile Gardiner on Brexit and the UK Election Apr 21, 2017

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Our guest this week is Nile Gardiner, a former aid to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Director of the Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. We talked with him about Brexit and the upcoming general election in the U.K.

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Episode 8: Maya MacGuineas on the Debt and the Deficit Apr 14, 2017

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Our guest this week is the Maya MacGuineas, She is the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. We talked with her about the differences between the $20 trillion debt and the year-to-year deficit and why failing to raise the debt ceiling could be catastrophic for the U.S. and global economies.

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Episode 7: Bill Richardson on North Korea Apr 07, 2017

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Our guest this week is the former Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson. As a diplomat and Special Envoy, Gov. Richardson has received four Nobel Peace Prize nominations, and has successfully won the release of hostages and American servicemen in North Korea, Cuba, Iraq and Sudan. We talked with him the current state of tension between North Korea and the U.S. and why he thinks the U.S. needs to change its approach to engaging with what many describe as "the Hermit Kingdom."

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Episode 6: Don Ritchie on the Senate and the Nuclear Option Mar 31, 2017

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With the Senate set to vote on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court, our guest this week is Don Ritchie. He is the Historian Emeritus of the U.S. Senate. We talked with him about the Senate filibuster rules and how the threat of the so-called nuclear option has been used by both parties.

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