The Dispatch Podcast

Latest Episodes:

The Tucker Wing Is Winning | Roundtable Apr 18, 2025

Show notes

Sarah Isgur, Michael Warren, Jonah Goldberg, and Steve Hayes discuss political capital when it comes to re-election prospects and reversing presidential decisions. Will public perception influence Trump’s next moves?

The Agenda:

—Flash back to the George W. Bush administration

—The Trump show

—Stop tariffs via courts? Or let Trump sleep in his own bed?

—Congress sucks!

—Sarah asks a really good question

—Bond market woes

—Iran ‘to be great,’ but without nuclear powers

—We can’t call war crimes ‘war crimes’ because it will offend Russia

—Policies and regime change

—Reporter braves flirting assignment

Show Notes:

—Scott Lincicome on Wall Street and Main Street

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Destroying Global Trade | Interview: Ryan Peterson Apr 14, 2025

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Ryan Peterson, CEO of Flexport, a platform for global logistics, joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss the effects of President Trump’s tariffs and how companies are being swallowed by the trade wars.

The Agenda:

—Understanding the executive orders

—Businesses are devastated by losses

—How brands like Walmart are coping

—Dealmaking with China

—What is the end game?

—Invasion of Taiwan and likely trade scenarios

—Update on Houthi attacks

—Advising President Trump

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Our Failing Branches of Government | Roundtable Apr 11, 2025

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Sarah Isgur, David French, and Jonah Goldberg discuss the sad state of the three branches of government and the wild, wild world of tariffs.

The Agenda:

—Judicial branch wins for the week

—Congress does nothing

—The youths yearn for the assembly line

—Free trade is good

—Abusing emergency powers

—Trump's comments on Chris Krebs

—Throw cheese slices at your kid?

Show Notes:

—Our editorial: Slouching Towards Tyranny

—Thursday morning's TMD on the budget battle

—For premium members: Dispatch Town Hall

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Can We Beat China? | Interview: Sen. Tom Cotton Apr 07, 2025

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GOP Sen. Tom Cotton joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss his news book, Seven Things You Can't Say About China, as well as the looming military threats against Taiwan and the Republican Party’s divided foreign policy views.

The Agenda:

—Tariff trouble

—The China threat is more severe than most Americans realize

—Taiwan’s defense spending needs to increase significantly

—The foreign-policy divide within the GOP

—China’s influence in global trade

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Are We Liberated Yet? | Roundtable Apr 04, 2025

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Liberation Day has come … and Sarah Isgur is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes, and Michael Warren to help figure out exactly what we’re being liberated from.

The Agenda:

—Party like it’s 1889

—Tariff myths, debunked

—Liberating Republicans from a midterm win

—Are the experts right (on tariffs)?

—“Every word of Trump's claim is false.”

—Democrats win in Wisconsin

—NWYT: Third terms

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Trump’s Deportations Are ‘Performance Art’ | Interview: John Bolton Mar 31, 2025

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Jamie Weinstein is joined by John Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations and Donald Trump’s onetime national security adviser, to discuss the Trump administration’s mass deportation program, the “loss of American prestige,” and the Signal saga.

The Agenda:

—“Loss of American prestige” on the world stage

—How to negotiate with Greenland

—The Soviet Union won

—“The biggest trade deal in history”

—Why does Trump attack our allies?

—Groupchat-gate

—Trump’s deportations are “performance art”

—The "Free World" is gone

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National Security Used To Be a Thing | Roundtable Mar 28, 2025

Show notes

The Agenda:

—The Atlantic: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

—The Goldbergs

—War plans vs. attack plans vs. whatever

—How to handle classified information as a reporter

—Hillary was bad, too

—Kurt Schlichter: Troll

—NWYT: Snow White?

Show Notes:

—The Dispatch's reporting on Signal

—TMD on the Houthi group chat

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Rethinking the Democratic Playbook | Interview: Jim Kessler Mar 24, 2025

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Jim Kessler, the executive vice president for policy at the Third Waythink tank, joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss the failures of the Biden administration, where Democrats could gain ground, and whether Donald Trump will lose his mojo.

The Agenda:

—What is Third Way? (00:00)

—Did the Democrats botch the government funding fight? (1:48)

—Where Trump could lose his mojo (5:00)

—Dealing with defeat and Trump’s first few months (7:00)

—Democrats are out of touch (15:30)

—Transgender issues and winning common-sense battles (19:00)

—Israel, education, and young voters (28:00)

—Should Joe Biden have stayed in the race? (36:30)

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Abundance About-Face | Roundtable Mar 21, 2025

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Sarah Isgur is joined by Megan McArdle, Jonah Goldberg, and Steve Hayes to discuss the rise of “Abundance Democrats” and Donald Trump's attack on judicial independence.

The Agenda:

—Chuck Schumer falls into the John Boehner trap

—What are “Abundance Democrats”?

—Libs discover supply-side matters

—People don’t care about procedure

—Did Vladimir Putin laugh at Trump?

—Gaza ceasefire breakdown

—NWYT: Sad beige homes

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A Second Civil Rights Movement? | Interview: Juan Williams Mar 17, 2025

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Political analyst Juan Williams joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss his new book, New Prize for These Eyes, which argues that America is experiencing a second civil rights movement, distinct from the first. He explores the impact of Barack Obama’s presidency on race relations, the backlash that followed, and the emergence of movements like Black Lives Matter.

The Agenda:

—Barack Obama’s 2004 speech: a pivotal moment

—The use of race in presidential campaigns

—Diversity taking care of itself

—Black Lives Matter, the movement and the grift

—Is a post-racial America possible?

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