The Realignment

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375 | Craig Nelson: How America Became the "Arsenal of Democracy" and the Lessons for Today Jun 01, 2023

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Craig Nelson, author of V is for Victory: Franklin Roosevelt’s American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II, joins The Realignment. Craig and Marshall discuss the "miracle" of America's manufacturing potential, FDR's leadership before and during World War II, how the combination of the New Deal and American industrial strength birthed 20th century middle-class prosperity, extraordinary scientific and technological achievements, and how the lessons from the period apply to today's defense manufacturing challenges.

374 | Elliot Ackerman: How a Divided America Grapples its Past, Present, and Future May 26, 2023

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Elliot Ackerman, author of Halcyon, The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan, and 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, returns to The Realignment. Elliot and Marshall discuss his alternate history of America in the 2000s, how revisiting the past challenges our assumptions about our national character, conflict versus character, and his broader writing foreign policy reporting as the country faces new challenges and conflicts.

373 | Noam Bardin: Building the Future of News & Social in a Post-Twitter World May 25, 2023

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TechCrunch on Post: https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/03/post-a-twitter-alternative-that-pays-publishers-via-microtransactions-launches-public-beta/

Noam Bardin, founder and CEO of Post, joins The Realignment. Noam and Marshall discuss his vision for social media in a post-Twitter world, why micropayments could provide a sustainable business model for media organizations and creators, how 2020s social media differs from its 2000s-2010s heyday, and what it means for the internet to decentralize away from legacy platforms.

372 | CFPB Director Rohit Chopra: Reviving America's Anti-Monopoly Tradition May 23, 2023

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Director Chopra's Anti-Monopoly Summit Remarks: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/prepared-remarks-cfpb-director-rohit-chopra-2023-american-economic-liberties-project-anti-monopoly-summit/

Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and former FTC Commissioner, joins The Realignment. Director Chopra and Marshall discuss the history of America's anti-monopolist tradition, how new FTC Commissioners ended decades of governmental inaction in 2018, the need to aggressively enforce laws on the books, how anti-monopoly policy can create strange ideological alliances, and the lessons from the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic.

Supercast Ask Me Anything Teaser | Assessing Biden vs. Trump's America in 2025, Looking Back at 2016-2021, Twitter Influence, Millennials to the Suburbs, and Why Can't the Defense Budget Build Munitions? May 19, 2023

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371 | Evan Thomas: The Atomic Bomb's Legacy in a Disordered World May 18, 2023

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Evan Thomas, author of Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II, joins The Realignment. Evan and Marshall discuss and assess the decision to use atomic bombs against Imperial Japan in 1945, how at its best, American foreign policy balances realism and idealism, why we shouldn't assume the "norm" against the use of nuclear weapons will hold in perpetuity, and how to reduce the danger of nuclear escalation in the Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe.

370 | Timothy B. Lee: Why Artificial Intelligence Won't Cause Mass Unemployment May 16, 2023

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369 | Steve Drummond: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win WWII May 12, 2023

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Steve Drummond, NPR journalist and author of The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two, joins The Realignment as part of the show's expanded history coverage. Steve and Marshall discuss how the Truman committee uprooted corruption while promoting readiness and efficacy, why previous wartime committee efforts during the Civil War and WWI failed, the role of Congress in foreign policy and national security, and then how Senator Truman's leadership model can inform today's oversight efforts.

368 | Thom Shanker: Welcome to the Age of Danger - New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats May 11, 2023

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Thom Shanker, Director of the Project for Media and National Security, co-author (with Andrew Hoehn) of Age of Danger: Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats, and a former National Security/Foreign Policy Editor at the New York Times, joins The Realignment. Thom and Marshall discuss the major threats to U.S. national security in the 2020s and beyond, what distinguishes the "Age of Danger" from the War on Terror, the opportunities and perils facing defense reformers, and whether the Pentagon's trillion dollar-plus budget is well spent.

367 | Ashlee Vance: The Misfits and Geniuses Winning the New Space Race May 09, 2023

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Ashlee Vance, author of When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach and Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, joins The Realignment. Ashlee and Marshall discuss the geopolitics of the new space race, the cheap and fast rocket and satellite launch revolution, how the "wild west" of lower orbit differs from the business billionaire-led space tourism, and how the new business of space could transform life on Earth.

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