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131 | Katherine Gehl: Breaking the Duopoly with Political Innovation Jun 08, 2021

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Katherine Gehl, author of The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy and founder of The Institute for Political Innovation joins The Realignment to discuss why Washington isn’t actually broken, and instead operates exactly as it was designed, why an increasing number of people feel politically homeless, and how to restore competition to the political system. Purchase a mug: https://www.therealignment.fm/ Subscribe to our Substack: https://therealignment.substack.com/

130 | Frank DiStefano: Welcome Back to The Realignment Jun 03, 2021

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Frank DiStefano, author of The Next Realignment: Why America’s Parties Are Crumbling and What Happens Next, returns to The Realignment to define what realignments are (and aren’t), how either political party could collapse, and why our system isn’t ready to face the 21st century. Subscribe to Frank’s YouTube Channel for more on realignments: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyI2l4jUJ-GqtbtMhCvsWzg Purchase a mug: https://www.therealignment.fm/ Subscribe to our Substack: https://therealignment.substack.com/

129 | Krystal Ball and Saagar Are Leaving Rising. Here’s What’s Next Jun 01, 2021

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Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski of Krystal Kyle & Friends join The Realignment for a crossover episode to announce the launch of Saagar and Krystal’s new YouTube show/podcast, Breaking Points, launching on June 7th. Subscribe to Breaking Points at: krystalandsaagar.com. Subscribe to the Breaking Points YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints To purchase the long-awaited Realignment mugs, go to The Realignment’s store at therealignment.fm

128 | Edward-Isaac Dovere: How Joe Biden Proved Everyone Wrong May 27, 2021

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Marshall’s launched a new podcast with On Deck. Go to https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-end/id1568752165 to check out the first three episodes with Balaji Srinivasan, Erik Torenberg, and Katherine Boyle and leave a five-star review on Apple podcasts. Edward-Isaac Dovere, author of Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Trump and staff writer at The Atlantic, joins The Realignment to discuss how the Trump presidency changed the Democratic Party, how the Obama presidency left the party in shambles, and Joe Biden’s victory means for a realigning America.

BONUS | Marshall's New Podcast, The Deep End: Erik Torenberg on the Future of Higher Education May 26, 2021

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Listen & Subscribe to The Deep End: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-end/id1568752165 The Deep End is produced by On Deck - where top talent goes to accelerate their ideas and careers. We hope those who listen to the ideas on this show are inspired to build. To learn more about On Deck’s programs visit beondeck.com.

127 | Zachary Karabell: Welcome to the Anti-American Century May 25, 2021

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Zachary Karabell, author of Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power, joins The Realignment to discuss the rise of American finance, the rise and fall of “the establishment,” America and China’s long divorce process, and why American’s will have to adjust to being a “normal” country moving forward. Buy Zachary's book using our Bookshop link: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment

126 | Brad Stone: What Does an Unbound Amazon Mean for America? May 20, 2021

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Purchase Brad’s books (Amazon Unbound, The Upstarts, and The Everything Store) at The Realignment’s Bookshop store: https://bookshop.org/lists/the-realignment-bookshop Brad Stone, Senior Executive Editor for Global Technology at Bloomberg News and author of Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire, joins The Realignment to discuss the challenges, impact, and scope of Jeff Bezos and Amazon’s ambitions in cloud computing, streaming services, news media, retail, politics and more.

125 | Emergency Book Recommendation Episode May 18, 2021

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Buy a book using our bookshop link: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Due to a last-minute booking snafu (and a lack of backup episodes), we’re releasing a book recommendations update episode instead of our usual programming. Don’t worry, we’ll be back with new content the rest of the week

124 | Niall Ferguson: The Politics and History of Catastrophe May 13, 2021

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Niall Ferguson, author of Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, joins the show to discuss why some societies fall apart while others rise in the face of doom, how a Cold War between the U.S. and China could lead to catastrophe, and analyze the pathologies facing modern America through the lenses of imperial decline, finance, institutional decline, and social fragmentation. Special Niall Ferguson Bookshop Link: https://bookshop.org/lists/niall-ferguson-bookshop Subscribe to The Realignment’s Substack, now released on Thursdays: https://therealignment.substack.com/

123 | Senator Josh Hawley Part II May 11, 2021

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Senator Josh Hawley returns to The Realignment to discuss the right’s fraying relationship with the tech industry and what antitrust enforcement can (and can’t), accomplish.

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