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The 80th Anniversary of the Nazi Germany Surrender Apr 05, 2025

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Craig Symonds is the author of the book, Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings. Craig is a Professor of History at the US Naval Academy. I want to learn from Craig about how US and British military planners conceived of the D-Day invasion, what equipment was required for this amphibious attack, and what the challenges were there against such a formidable foe. This podcast is a first of a two-part series with Craig on the war against the Germans.

Our second speaker today will be with our What Happens Next Culture Critic Darren Schwartz. We are going to review Steven Spielberg’s classic movie Saving Private Ryan about our invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944.

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Why Authoritarianism Beats Anarchy Mar 29, 2025

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Robert Kaplan is the author of a new book entitled, Waste Land. We are going to hear why the world is in permanent instability and that we should expect ongoing conflict in economics, trade, migration, and on the battlefield.

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Dismantling the Department of Education Mar 22, 2025

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Lindsey Burke is the Director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation. I will ask Lindsey about the implications of firing most of the workers in the Department of Education. I want to know what is going to happen with the ongoing responsibilities for this department and how work that is statutorily required will be performed by other government agencies.

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Embracing Reality and NOT your Smartphone Mar 15, 2025

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Christine Rosen is the author of a new book entitled The Extinction of Experience. I want to discuss how our interaction with new technologies might be problematic to our mental health and wellbeing.

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Gene Hackman: The French Connection, Unforgiven, Hoosiers and Crimson Tide Mar 08, 2025

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Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead recently in their Santa Fe home. Today I am joined by The What Happens Next Culture Critic Darren Schwartz to evaluate Hackman’s performances in some of his most popular movies.

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Jackson vs. Trump Mar 01, 2025

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H.W. Brands is a Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Bill is a two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist who will discuss his biography Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times. Andrew Jackson was the first populist president. He attacked the established norms for governing and that caused turmoil in Washington. Several of my friends have commented on the similarities between Jackson and Trump, so I thought it would be worthwhile to do a podcast and dig deep into the history to see what relevance there might have for today’s politics.

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Beating Boredom Feb 22, 2025

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James Danckert is a cognitive neuroscientist and a Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo. James is the co-author of the book Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom. I want to learn from James about the relationship between boredom and personal agency. And I want to discuss how using new technologies like the smartphone to alleviate boredom might be problematic.

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Cocaine, Race Riots, and the Cuban Boat Lift in Miami in 1980 Feb 15, 2025

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Nicholas Griffin is the author of a Year of Dangerous Days. Miami was not the beautiful and successful metropolitan city that it is now 45 years ago. I want to find out from Nick why the Columbians used Miami as their US entry point for distributing cocaine and why that resulted in so much violence. I want to learn about what caused a massive race riot in Miami that led to the burning of over 200 buildings.

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American Glasnost Feb 08, 2025

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Eugene Kontorovich is a Professor of Law at George Mason and his father Vladimir Kontorovich is a Professor of Economics at Haverford. Eugene and Vladimir have observed that topics which were forbidden to be discussed can now be debated openly, and that this parallels the Gorbachev-era in the Soviet Union.

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The Birth Dearth Feb 05, 2025

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Nicholas Eberstadt will describe the current collapse in the global birth rate and what the implications are for business, housing, and warfare.

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