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Episode 30: David Garrow Apr 05, 2017

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David Garrow is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, best known for his biography on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. published in 1986. His new book is out in May, a comprehensive biography of America's 44th president. In this episode, David discusses Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, as well as other current events including Trump's election, the Supreme Court, and the current state of academia.

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What he was doing on election night and who he voted for
How the rise of the Internet has dramatically altered US politics
What David thought about the dossier and Buzzfeed's publishing of it
Trump's Russia connection and if there are people in the intelligence community who are trying to take down Donald
Trump
Why there is no chance that Obama wiretapped Donald Trump during the election
Why he thinks Gorsuch should be confirmed
What has happened the the politicizing of the Supreme Court
Why David thinks there should be a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices
David's rich understand of Justice Clarence Thomas
How Barack Obama become a politician at the Illinois State Legislature
What Obama would disagree with in this biography of him
What he thinks about Barack's reaction to Trump's election
Why David is disappointed in the current state of academia
What happened when he won the Pulitzer Prize at 33 years old

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Episode 29: Alan Keyes Mar 24, 2017

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Alan Keyes gives a fascinating, wide-ranging, and passionate interview. From his life growing up as an Army brat, his time at Cornell and Harvard with Allan Bloom and Harvey Mansfield, to his presidential campaigns, Dr. Keyes gives a detailed account of his convictions and how he came to them.

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What values Alan Keyes learned growing up as an Army brat
How he became an amazing orator
About the speech he gave in High School about the Six Day War
What was the important of Allan Bloom to his intellectual development
Why he left Cornell University
Why Alan Keyes thinks Uncle Tom is thought of in the wrong way
How he ended up going to Paris for a year
His experience during the Willard Straight takeover
Alan's move to Harvard
How Harvey Mansfield influenced him
Why he did not become a Senator or Representative
The relationship between Trump and George Soros
What happened to the Tea Party in Alan's view
What he has done in the decade since his last political campaign

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Episode 28: Jamie Kirchick Mar 13, 2017

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Jamie Kirchick is a journalist and author who focuses on foreign policy and politics. He frequently writes for major newspapers and publications, but he's here today to talk about his book The End of Europe. We talk about the rise of populism movements in Europe, how Trump's attack on NATO effects European unity, and the danger Trump poses to a stable Europe.

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Why he was a never-Trumper
How some of Trump's actions can be attributed to his personality
How the conservative media handled Donald Trump
How Jamie K. describes his foreign policy worldview
Is the Middle East ready for democracy?
The lesson to be learned from Libya and Gaddafi
What his book The End of Europe is about
How Russia views NATO and Europe
What he thinks about Trump attacking NATO
Putin's ultimate ambitions
What European solidarity means
Why Jamie K. thinks we need a European Union for a stable Europe
The difference between the immigration problem in Europe and the United States
What Europe looks like in 20 years
How he became a journalist and a specialist in foreign policy
Why it's disturbing how far Alex Jones has come in 8 years
Jamie K's relationship with Christopher Hitchens

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Episode 27: Neil Howe Mar 02, 2017

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Neil Howe co-authored the book The Fourth Turning, a book that was hugely influential on the world view of Steve Bannon, Trump's top advisor. In this fascinating episode, Neil discusses the ideas behind his book, why he thinks history moves in cycles, and what Trump means for the world and its current cycle.

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The idea behind The Fourth Turning
What a "Turning" is
Why we are in the Fourth Turning and what is going to happen
What Neil knows about Steve Bannon
How the 2008 crisis was the beginning of the Fourth Turning
What a Great Champion is
How Trump works into this idea of cyclical history
Why they decided to write the book
When Turnings are not deterministic
Why academic history is less relevant for people today
What Neil can and can't predict with his theory

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Episode 26: Martha MacCallum Feb 27, 2017

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Martha MacCallum is the host of Fox News' The First 100 Days, which covers the beginning of the Trump Administration. I talked with her at Fox's studio about meeting Trump, why he is the only GOP candidate who could have won, and how his celebrity plays into how we view him. She talked about the role of the media in today's political climate, the atmosphere at Fox News, and how she got to where she is in her career.

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Where Martha was on election night
What Trump is like when the camera is not on
How we've become a reality-TV nation
Why Trump is the only GOP candidate that could have won
How the Trump White House is doing so far
Why so much of how we view Donald Trump is colored by how we knew him as a celebrity
What to do as journalists knowing Trump regularly speaks in an exaggerated manner
What the role of journalists should be in the Trump era
About his CPAC speech
How she got the 7pm slot on Fox News
What is happening in the Democratic Party at this moment
How the atmosphere has changed at Fox after Roger Ailes
About Martha's theater background

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Episode 25: Hugh Hewitt Jan 30, 2017

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Hugh Hewitt is the host of the Hugh Hewitt show, an MSNBC contributor, and author of several books. He's on the show today to talk with Jamie about his interactions with Trump and how Hugh thinks Trump is doing in his first week as President. They discuss Trump's cabinet, his policies, and the recent immigration ban. Hugh also talks about what will happen in 2018 should Democrats gain control of the House.

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Hugh's personal interactions with Trump
What Hugh thinks of Trump's first week
What he thinks about the alt-right
Why he doesn't read Breitbart
How Trump's cabinet is doing
What will happen in 2018 if the Democrats win congress
How Trump could get impeached
What he thinks about Trump's immigration ban
What Trump's foreign policy is all about
How Trump won the Republican primary
What to do to become the next Hugh Hewitt
Hugh's career story

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Episode 24: General Michael Hayden Jan 13, 2017

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In this episode, Jamie Weinstein talks with former director of the CIA General Michael Hayden about the Buzzfeed intelligence reports, Trump's security picks, and more.

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What General Michael Hayden makes of the Buzzfeed article
Whether or not parts of the report or true
His views on the Russian hack of the DNC headquarters
How Putin views the world
What he thought of Rex Tillerson's testimony
What he thinks of Trump's national security team
How the CIA forecast the populist movements in the West
Career questions for Michael Hayden

Episode 23: Dennis Prager Jan 10, 2017

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Famed radio talk show host, author, and conservative thinker Dennis Prager joins us on the podcast this week. We discuss his views on progressives and The Left, as well as his views on Israel and Jewish leftists. He talks about why he supported Trump in the general election even though he didn't support him in the primaries. And we finished with what he says people should do to gain wisdom and educate themselves.

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Why Dennis was so happy the night of the election
His take of the fight that happened during the election among conservatives
Why he thinks The Left is the greatest danger to the United States
How he was anti-Trump during the primaries
What Trump's position on Russia really is
Why the conservative base is different than Republicans think
Where he thinks Trumps stands on Israel
Why Dennis thinks so many Jews vote democratic
The only time that Dennis has ever raised his voice on his radio show
How the media covered the 2016 election
How to get more conservatives in Hollywood and academia
His relationship with Adam Carolla
How to be the next Dennis Prager
What we do to gain wisdom, and how it is different than knowledge
How Dennis taught himself how to conduct music
Why there is too much power in Washington

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Episode 22: Mickey Kaus Jan 05, 2017

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A pioneer in the field of political blogging, writer Mickey Kaus is a liberal cut from a different cloth. He voted for Obama twice, then voted for Trump. He holds views that differ from democrats on issues like immigration, his signature cause at the moment. In this interview we discuss his views on Trump, why immigration is important to him, his failed Senate run, and more.

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What Mickey was doing on election night
Why he cast his first vote for a presidential Republican candidate ever in Mr. Trump
The policies that he is for that Trump put forth during the campaign
Why immigration is one of his key issues
How amnesty and border protection would work in Mickey's view
Mickey's concerns about Trump
Democrats that he would have voted for over Trump
What he thought of the Obama presidency
What he learned from his failed senate run
How the media treated Trump during the campaign
About his dinner with Matt Drudge
His time being a political blogger for Slate

Episode 21: Stephen Hadley Dec 19, 2016

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National Security Advisor to George W Bush, Stephen Hadley sat on the sidelines of this election and observed, and we get his insights into the 2016 Campaign and how he thinks the world reacted to it. We discuss what he thinks of Trump's pick for Secretary of State, how Trump will be on foreign policy, and what he thinks about Russia's meddling in the election.

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What Stephen made of the 2016 Campaign
Why the world looks at our election every four years
What Trump's worldview on foreign policy is
How Rex Tillerson will be as secretary of state
Why Russia is a player that must be dealt with
What makes a good national security advisor
The problem areas that need to most focus on in foreign policy when Trump becomes President
The immediate threat of North Korea
What he thinks about Russian hackers during the election

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