The Dispatch Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Explainer: The Politics of Classified Documents (w/ Peter Meijer) Jun 18, 2023

Show notes

Classified documents stored in a Mar-A-Lago bathroom will live in infamy, but it’s not the only intelligence scandal among politicians: Biden, Pence, and Hillary Clinton have also made headlines for their intelligence information.

Peter Meijer joins Mike Warren to break down the security issues with these documents and:

-There are levels to this - Classified, confidential, secret, top secret.

-Peter’s surprising insight into classified info

-Clinton, Biden, Pence, Trump: what they all have in common

-Over-classification problem?

-Online gamers and security clearances

-Trumps says “No.”

-Will Peter run again?

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Circle the Wagon Jun 16, 2023

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Sarah, Steve, and Jonah return to talk about Trump’s indictment in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Also:

-Dispatch Editors: The GOP’s Trump Choice

-But her emails

-Conservatives should just say what they believe

-Biden administration violates the Hatch Act

-Pe-cahn or Pee-can

-Biden’s estranged grandchild

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Penceian Posture Jun 09, 2023

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Jonah invites Chris Stirewalt and Mike Warren on to analyze the state of the GOP primary field, as Mike Pence and Chris Christie officially join the race. Stay for the jocularity and:

-RNC nominee “pledge”

-Tim Scott vs. The View

-House speakership fight

-Stirewalt’s Shrimp Cocktail Crawl

-Who destroyed the Kherson dam?

-Tucker Carlson’s anti-semitic Twitter show

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Explainer: Turkey Today Jun 06, 2023

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently secured another election victory, leaving many in the West to question the country's diplomatic future. Dispatch Reporter Charlotte Lawson speaks with Eric Edelman, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Finland, and under secretary of defense for policy, to explain what's happening under the country's longest serving leader.

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Explainer: Do Other Candidates Stand A Chance? Jun 04, 2023

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It’s not over for those not named Trump or DeSantis, says GOP operative Mike Murphy. Join The Dispatch’s Mike Warren as speaks with Murphy about the candidates chances of rising in the polls and what they’re doing to fight in the 2024 election.

Show Notes:

-Mike Murphy's article for The Bulwark

-Mike Warren's article for The Dispatch

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Debt Deal Denouement? Jun 02, 2023

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Sarah, Steve, and Jonah wonder if the Biden-McCarthy deal marks a return to politics as normal, whether Tim Scott's bachelorhood will play into the election, and more:

-Nick Catoggio on DeSantis

-Brian Riedl's debt-limit deal breakdown

-Mike Pence in Iowa

-Dresscode redux

-Voters aren't happy with Biden... but they'll take him over Trump

-God's chicken goes DEI

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Debt Ceiling Countdown: An Explainer May 26, 2023

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Price St. Clair walks us through the ongoing debt ceiling fight in an interview with Ben Ritz, Director of the Center for Funding America's Future at the Progressive Policy Institute. The two discuss the nuances of the issue, including:

-Throwbacks to 2011

-Trump "caps" or lack of

-Likely (and worst case) scenarios

-No paychecks?

Show Notes

-Watch: Price St. Clair interviews Ben Ritz on The Dispatch Podcasts YouTube channel

-Ben Ritz profile at Progressive Policy Institute

-Price St. Clair's Explainer for The Dispatch

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Faking Empathy May 25, 2023

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The OG roundtable returns with some rank punditry on the 2024 GOP field. But first, David returns from his Ukraine trip with insight on the war effort. Also:

-DeSantis officially in the race

-Tim Scott as the candidate we don’t deserve?

-Politics of 14th amendment and debt ceiling

-Jonah’s strong (and correct) opinion on restaurant dress codes

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The Durham Split Screen May 19, 2023

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The Durham report points to serious problems in the FBI's investigation of Trump, but finds no criminal wrongdoing and recommends no systemic changes. Sarah, who worked in the White House during the Muller investigation, gives an insider's perspective, as Steve and Mike try to make sense of the fallout. Also:

-Biden and McCarthy inch towards a debt ceiling compromise

-Congress mulls AI regulations… But is the future already sealed?

Show Notes:

-Listen: Steve and Sarah interview Sen. Bill Cassidy on Entitlement Reform

-Watch: "Bill on the Hill" Cassidy

-Gov. Chris Sununu on The Dispatch Podcast

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Entitlement Reform w/ Senator Cassidy May 14, 2023

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Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy joins Sarah and Steve to talk debt and entitlements. The doctor gives a deadly prognosis for the country’s economic (and moral?) trajectory and breaks down what his office is proposing to do about it.

Show Notes:

-Subscribe to The Dispatch and watch an exclusive live Remnant with Jonah, Steve Hayes, and Chris Stirewalt

-Watch: Bill On The Hill

-Cassidy says Biden and Trump have ‘same plan’ on Social Security, ‘which is to do nothing’

-Social Security can be saved by investing it in the stock market, says Sen. Bill Cassidy

-Refusing to Reform Social Security Is a Plan — and a Bad One

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