Freak Out and Carry On

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From Anthony Scaramucci To Orville Babcock: Why Presidential Advisers Matter Jul 27, 2017

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Ron and Heather speak with Olivier Knox, Chief Washington Correspondent for Yahoo! News. They look at presidential advisers, past and present, and how they have influenced politics and policy.

President Trump And His 'Radically Different' Foreign Policy Jul 20, 2017

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Ron and Heather speak with Susan Glasser, Politico's chief international affairs columnist. They look at President Trump on the world's stage, from his flip flop on the Iran nuclear deal to the absence of a Trump doctrine.

Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails And The Collusion Question Jul 13, 2017

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Guest: Adam Liptak, legal correspondent for the New York Times. Ron and Heather respond to Donald Trump Jr.'s emails disclosures and push back on the suggestion that this might be treason. They also discuss the origins of the Logan Act in 1798.

President Trump's Tweets And 'The Bully Pulpit On Steroids' Jul 06, 2017

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Ron and Heather talk with Harvard's Nicco Mele and respond to President Trump's CNN and Mika Brzezinski tweets, discuss the media's role in the first 100 days of this administration and look at historical parallels, from the John Peter Zenger trial to Richard Nixon.

President Trump's Travel Ban And The History Of Anti-Immigrant Movements In The U.S. Jun 29, 2017

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Ron and Heather speak with Morris Vogel about Trump's partially-reinstated travel ban and the history of xenophobia in America, from Japanese internment to laws against German-Americans during WWI.

Behind Closed Doors, A Health Bill Is Born Jun 22, 2017

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Ron and Heather speak with Yahoo News’ Matt Bai about the Senate Republicans’ health care bill. They discuss the secrecy with which it was drafted, the history of the G.O.P.'s relationship to health care, and the bill's implications for Republicans in the 2018 mid-term elections.

Is The Attorney General The President's Lawyer Or America's Lawyer? Jun 15, 2017

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Ron and Heather talk to Dana Milbank, from the Washington Post, about Jeff Sessions' contentious Senate hearing and the historical tension that attorneys general, from Mitchell Palmer to Alberto Gonzalez, have faced. Do they serve the president or the American people?

Announcing Freak Out And Carry On, A New Politics And History Podcast Jun 13, 2017

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Freak Out and Carry On from WBUR is a new politics and history podcast that addresses the urgent issues of our time through a historical lens. New episodes will be available every Thursday starting June 15.

Podcast Preview: 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' Jun 09, 2017

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In our new politics and history podcast, Ron Suskind and Heather Cox Richardson discuss the news of today and its historical parallels. This week: the Comey memo, President Trump's meeting with the Russians, and what we can learn from Benedict Arnold and Presidents Eisenhower and Clinton.

Podcast Preview: Was The Comey Firing Nixonian? Jun 09, 2017

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A new podcast compares and contrasts President Trump's firing of FBI director James Comey and President Nixon's infamous "Saturday Night Massacre."