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An Agenda to Build ft. Rep. Josh Harder Oct 27, 2026

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Congressman Josh Harder joins the podcast to talk about the Build America Caucus's new agenda for more healthcare, housing, energy, infrastructure and scientific research.

Check out the agenda here - https://buildamericacaucus-harder.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/buildamericacaucus.house.gov/files/documents/BAC-Build-More-Agenda-DIGITAL.pdf

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Can BAAJA save the environment? ft. Marc Levitt Oct 21, 2026

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What's inside BAAJA, the Senate's new permitting reform bill? Marc Levitt of the Breakthrough Institute joins the podcast to discuss why we need permitting reform, how BAAJA would make building energy and transmission faster and more reliable, and the tradeoffs that come with advancing a big, bipartisan bill.

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America is failing the Scumbag Test Sep 29, 2026

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On both the left and the right, in politics and in other forms of public life, the American public seems to have forgotten a simple idea - it's a terrible idea to associate yourself with scumbags. In this episode, Jeremiah walks through the various scumbags polluting our politics, explains why bad people make bad allies, and discusses how we can get these scumbags out of public life altogether.

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What is the center left? ft. Nate Silver, Jerusalem Demsas and Matt Yglesias Sep 03, 2026

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Matt Yglesias, Jerusalem Demsas, Nate Silver and Jeremiah Johnson sit down for a roundtable on the big questions facing the center left in American politics. Is the center left defined by moderation or liberalism? What's the difference between establishment and center-left? How can the center-left deal with an angry electorate? We tackle all these questions in this joint episode of the Argument Podcast and the New Liberal Podcast.

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Why does JD Vance hate consumers? ft. Phil Magness Aug 26, 2026

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Why has JD Vance been on a crusade against the economics profession recently? Phil Magness joins the podcast to discuss why JD Vance thinks the concept of GDP is fake, why he's skeptical that consumers having a lot of affordable goods is a good thing, and why the right is turning to 'post-liberal' economics.

Further reading: https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/hillbilly-economics

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The Case for American Power ft. Shadi Hamid Aug 08, 2026

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Is America a force for good in the world? Shadi Hamid joins the podcast to talk about his book The Case for American Power, and why he thinks that the world is better off with a muscular, powerful American government than without America.

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What went wrong for Keir Starmer? ft. Claire Ainsley Jul 27, 2026

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Why did Keir Starmer get booted as Prime Minister of the UK? Former Starmer advisor Claire Ainsley joins the podcast to discuss what specifically went wrong for Starmer over the last two years, why the UK keeps cycling through prime ministers, and what this all means for the center left in the UK and around the world.

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Is the Mississippi Miracle Real? ft. Kelsey Piper Jul 24, 2026

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Education policy has been rocked by the 'Mississippi Miracle' - the sudden improvement of test scores in reading and math in southern states like Mississippi. Kelsey Piper joins the podcast to discuss how those states improved their scores, which teaching methods best help kids, why we fight so much about testing requirements for elite schools, and what reforms we actually need.

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The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2026 (Part 1) Jul 16, 2026

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It's the semi-annual books episode! Jeremiah breaks down the best books he's read so far in the first half of 2026. He discusses books about the Supreme Court, the history of cancer, criminal justice policy, the Civil War, influencer families, modern conspiracy movements, and much more!

Referenced previous episodes: Sarah Isgur's Last Branch Standing - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-the-supreme-court-the-last-branch-standing-ft-sarah-isgur/id1390384827?i=1000762129642

Jennifer Doleac's The Science of Second Chances - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-science-of-second-chances-ft-jennifer-doleac/id1390384827?i=1000751119875

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The Crisis of Liberalism Jul 11, 2026

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Why is liberalism in crisis? Jeremiah discusses why people seem to be turning away from liberal principles on both the left and the right. He also talks about the importance of being ruthless within your own party, the benefits of liberal nationalism, and why technocratic competence still matters - and how liberals can tell the stories that will inspire people like they used to.

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