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To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

You are not the crazy ones.

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Peter Wehner: Trump Prefers Infamy to Irrelevance Aug 11, 2026

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The Atlantic's Peter Wehner joins Charlie to talk about Trump's desperate attempts to remain relevant, his miscalculations about Iran, and MAGA's obsession with Anthony Fauci.

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Anne Applebaum: “I Can’t Think of Anything More Corrupt” Aug 08, 2026

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The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum joins Charlie to discuss Trump's sale of early access to Truth Social posts, his doubling down on the reflecting pool vandalism lie, and the Ceuta border crisis and how the far right has weaponized it.

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Trump's Banana Republic Aug 01, 2026

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New York Times Opinion writer David French joins Charlie to discuss Trump's unprecedented corruption, the Todd Blanche Attorney General nomination now in limbo, and Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing.

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Trump Attacks a Female Journalist. The Press Looks Away. Jul 30, 2026

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Tara Palmeri, host of The Tara Palmeri Show and author of the newsletter "The Red Letter," joins Charlie to unpack Trump's attack on Kaitlan Collins at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Todd Blanche's role in the Epstein cover-up, and Lindsey Graham's fraught legacy.

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Does Trump Think AI Slop Makes Him Look Tough? Jul 28, 2026

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Nicholas Grossman, editor of Arc Digital and professor of international relations at the University of Illinois, joins Charlie to discuss Trump's frenzied posting of AI slop about Iran, the bizarre White House Correspondents' Dinner, and the global implications of the newly announced Saudi nuclear deal.

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Trump Tried to Rewire Society. Trump Failed. Jul 25, 2026

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Jonathan Rauch is a Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. In this episode, he joins Charlie to explain how the "postmodern right" thinks it can manipulate reality, how Trump's people thought they could change civil society — and why all of this is failing. They also discuss the continuing casualties from the war with Iran, Trump's obsession with numbers, and Lindsey Graham's legacy.

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An Administration Without Grown-Ups Jul 23, 2026

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In this special solo episode, Charlie answers your questions about the latest crisis in US-Canada relations, Jay Clayton's confirmation hearing, and the US-Saudi nuclear deal.

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Do Democrats Have a Plan? Jul 21, 2026

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Ben Wikler served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin for six years. In this episode he joins Charlie to talk about his new book This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy. Inevitably, they also talk a lot about Wisconsin politics.

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Killing Baby Hitler Jul 18, 2026

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Michael Tomasky is the editor of The New Republic and author of a new book titled Killing Baby Hitler.It's part sci-fi thriller, part satire and even though it takes place in the future and the past, it tells us a lot about the present.

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Is Trump Creating the Pretext for Another Coup? Jul 16, 2026

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On today’s episode, Charlie welcomes back friend of the show and former US Representative, Adam Kinzinger. The two discuss Graham’s passing and his legacy in relation to Trump, Trump’s mysterious upcoming broadcast on Thursday and the latest on the Iran War.

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