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Casually Pondering the Unthinkable Mar 10, 2022

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The Biden administration’s response to the crisis in Europe goes wobbly. Between the administration trying to demonize fossil fuel producers even as they demand more production and their warnings that Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine without suggesting a way to deter such an unthinkable attack, can the public’s confidence in the White House’s competency survive? Source

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Is the January 6 Committee Blowing It? Mar 09, 2022

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The January 6 committee’s signal that it’s going to try to criminalize the very notion that the 2020 election was stolen suggests a temptation toward overreach. Will the committee’s members squander public goodwill? Also, an update on the war in Ukraine and thoughts on Cormac McCarthy’s life and work. Source

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Does Saving Europe Require Sacrificing the Middle East? Mar 08, 2022

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The Foundation for the Defense of Democracy’s Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to discuss the state of play in Ukraine and the West’s headlong rush into a new nuclear deal with Iran. Does isolating Russia have to come at the expense of efforts to isolate Iran? Source

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I Believe I Can No-Fly Mar 07, 2022

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The podcast crew gets into it today over whether the American people are going to demand and force their politicians to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine and whether that would spell disaster. And we discuss the Republican party’s move toward a more familiar kind of hawkishness. Give a listen. Source

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Doing the Enemy’s Work for Them Mar 04, 2022

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All expectations are that the Russian advance in Ukraine will only grow more brutal in the coming days and weeks. Will the West’s resolve to avoid direct engagement in the conflict weaken if we are witness to those atrocities? Also, has the January 6 Committee overstepped its bounds in a way that will only strengthen Trump? Source

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Is It OK to Compare Zelenskyy to Churchill? Mar 03, 2022

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Andrew Roberts, the foremost Churchill biographer, joins the podcast today to discuss Ukraine and grants his imprimatur to analogies suggesting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is a present-day Winston. We also discuss the military strategy or lack thereof of the Russians and the surprising nature of the West’s response. Give a listen. Source

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The State of Biden's Union Is Lousy Mar 02, 2022

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Matt Continetti joins the podcast today to do a post-mortem on Joe Biden’s SOTU—featuring an Abe Greenwald rant about how cheap the speech was that you simply gotta hear. As you have to hear the rest of it. Give a listen. Source

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Preparing For the Worst Mar 01, 2022

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With the Russians changing tactics and advancing relentlessly on population centers in Ukraine, the podcast crew wonders how the West will react when the horror begins to escalate. And why can’t the media accept the good news about COVID? And what can Biden do to make his State of the Union address a success? Give a listen. Source

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Should We Be Triumphant or Terrified? Feb 28, 2022

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By all accounts, Russia’s war in Ukraine is going badly for Moscow. Vladimir Putin is now confronted with a geopolitical environment that is wholly arrayed against Western interests. That’s good for civilization, but Putin may feel he has no choice but to engage in a standoff with the West in response. Source

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The Fog of War Feb 25, 2022

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Today’s podcast takes up the early moments of the Ukraine war and whether things are going well or badly for Russia. We also talk about Biden’s speech, the lifting of COVID restrictions by the CDC, and the new Supreme Court nominee. Give a listen. Source

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