The Realignment

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288 | Michael Tomasky: Why Progressive, Middle-Out Economics Will Succeed Neoliberalism Sep 15, 2022

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Michael Tomasky, Editor of The New Republic and Editor in Chief of Democracy, joins The Realignment to discuss how progressives are reimaging economics to confront the neoliberal era's failures, why rising inequality and upward distribution is the central challenge facing America, and how the Biden administration's agenda reflects an emerging economic consensus in the Democratic Party.

287 | Jack Detsch: Will Ukraine's Counteroffensive Change the Course of the War? Sep 13, 2022

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Jack Detsch, Foreign Policy's Pentagon and National Security Reporter, joins The Realignment to discuss the results of Ukraine's new eastern counteroffensive, why Russian forces are struggling on the defensive, the impact of winter, and what the status quo through 2023 could look like.

286 | Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to Global Domination - Mark Bergen on How YouTube Got to Billions of Daily Views Sep 09, 2022

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Mark Bergen, technology reporter and author of Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination, joins The Realignment to discuss why YouTube flies under the radar in the big tech conversation, how the company addressed free speech and election challenges, and how it upended the media industry.

285 | Saagar & Marshall: Was the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan Botched? + 9/11 Anniversary Reflection Sep 08, 2022

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Saagar and Marshall discuss the dual anniversaries of 9/11 and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan falling the fall of Kabul in 2021, lessons from the War on Terror, and the history of civil-military relations since the end of World War II.

284 | The Realignment x The Pull Request: Antonio García Martinez on What's Broken, How to Fix It, or Do We Just Move to Balaji's Network State? Sep 06, 2022

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The Pull Request: https://www.callin.com/show/the-pull-request-ucnDJmEKAa

Balaji Srinivasan's Network State Realignment Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/264-balaji-srinivasan-how-and-why-to-start-new-countries/id1474687988?i=1000569114998
The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com/
Antonio's Previous Realignment Appearance: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/140-antonio-garc%C3%ADa-mart%C3%ADnez-americas-thirty-years-war/id1474687988?i=1000528206653&l=en
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During our Labor Day Weekend hiatus, Marshall joined previous Realignment guest Antonio García Martinez's Callin podcast The Pull Request. They discussed "What’s broken, why, and how to fix it (or do we just move to Balaji’s network state?)"

283 | California at the Epicenter of America's New Energy Crisis - Katherine Blunt on the Fall of PG&E, the Grid, and New Energy Sources Sep 02, 2022

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Katherine Blunt, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric - and What It Means for America's Power Grid, joins The Realignment to discuss the challenge of fixing the nation's overstrained and outmoded power grid, the role of utilities in the wildfire epidemic, and the new energy challenges facing America in the 2020s.

282 | The Realignment X Narratives Podcast: How Do We Make it to the 2030s? Sep 01, 2022

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The Narratives Podcast: https://narrativespodcast.com/
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In this Labor Day weekend crossover, Marshall recorded an in-person crossover episode in Austin with the Narratives Podcast. Will Jarvis and Lars Doucet spoke with him about their theories of change and progress, what outsiders get right and wrong about the American political system, and more...

281 | Why Are Latino Voters Moving Towards Trump? - Geraldo Cadava on the GOP's Relationship with Hispanic Voters Aug 30, 2022

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Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University professor and author of The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump, joins The Realignment to discuss how working-class Republican voters trended toward's former President Trump between 2016 and 2020, debates over terminology (Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx), and how immigration reform influences the Hispanic vote.

280 | Saagar & Marshall on Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plans + Beth Macy on the Next Stage of the Opioid Crisis Aug 26, 2022

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In today's two-part episode, Saagar and Marshall discuss President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan and how they think one can actually "solve" America's higher education crisis. Then, Beth Macy, author of Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis and Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America, joins the show to discuss the next stage of the opioid crisis.

279 | Sprinting Towards Conflict with a Peaking China - Michael Beckley on the Dangers of the Next Decade Aug 25, 2022

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Michael Beckley, Tufts University professor and co-author (with Hal Brands) of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, joins The Realignment to discuss why he believes that China's power relative to the United States will peak in the 2020s, how that makes a catastrophic conflict more, rather than less, likely, and how the United States and its allies should navigate combustible challenges such as defending Taiwan.

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