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  • What Happens After Trump?: Why Tim Miller Thinks Politics Can’t Go Back

    What Happens After Trump?: Why Tim Miller Thinks Politics Can’t Go Back
    Dec 15 2025
    Tim Miller is a political commentator and former GOP strategist who became one of the most outspoken “‘Never Trump”’ conservatives in the country. Tim and I talk through the Republican Party’s transformation, from the guardrails John McCain tried to hold in place, to the anger and conspiratorial thinking that helped fuel Donald Trump’s rise. We get into what it was like to be an openly gay Republican in the 2000s, why Trump’s favorability is collapsing, and the administration’s bizarre new policy of blowing up alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. I also ask him about his recent interview with journalist Olivia Nuzzi and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 9 min
  • Big Tech Made Peace with Trump. Reid Hoffman Didn’t.

    Big Tech Made Peace with Trump. Reid Hoffman Didn’t.
    Dec 8 2025
    My guest today is entrepreneur and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. He’s now facing something most tech business people never imagine: being personally targeted by a sitting president’s Department of Justice. Reid and I talk through the rise of politically motivated prosecutions, the erosion of trust in institutions, and how social media and AI have accelerated our collective slide into suspicion. We get into deepfakes, vaccine skepticism, the inequality debate, and whether billionaires should exist at all. Reid also walks me through what it’s like to wait for an indictment he believes is purely retaliatory. This is a conversation about democratic guardrails, not partisan talking points—and about what happens when political power becomes personal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 10 min
  • Justice in the Age of Retribution with Andy McCarthy

    Justice in the Age of Retribution with Andy McCarthy
    Dec 1 2025
    In today’s episode, I sit down with former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy, now a columnist at the National Review. He is someone whose legal commentary I’ve followed closely for years. Andy has consistently offered analysis of the major legal battles shaping American politics. In our conversation, we cover everything from the rise of modern lawfare to the prosecutions of both Donald Trump and his political opponents. It couldn’t feel more timely; last week, a federal judge dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Andy provides sobering analysis for what all of this means for the future of the justice system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 9 min
  • The Viral Educator: Warren Smith on Wokeness, Campus Culture, and Losing His Job

    The Viral Educator: Warren Smith on Wokeness, Campus Culture, and Losing His Job
    Nov 24 2025
    Today I’m joined by Warren Smith, a teacher and filmmaker. He created a viral video challenging a student to explain why they believed J.K. Rowling was a bigot. It sparked a national conversation and ultimately cost Smith his job. We talk about that fallout, compare our experiences on college campuses during the height of wokeness, dig into Trump’s attempts to reshape elite universities, and explore what might actually fix higher education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 15 min
  • Did Trump Win Over Black Men or Did the Democrats Lose Them? with Astead Herndon

    Did Trump Win Over Black Men or Did the Democrats Lose Them? with Astead Herndon
    Nov 17 2025
    Today I sit down with journalist Astead Herndon, whose award-winning political reporting has appeared in The New York Times, on CNN, and now in Vox, where he serves as editorial director. Astead and I explore how President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory reshaped our own views of American politics. We disagree—cordially—about how much of Trump’s rise was driven by racism, and what that moment revealed about the country. From there, we discuss why more black voters have been moving to the right, and what that shift says about ideology, class, and generational change. We also dive into Astead’s take on New York City politics, including Zohran Mamdani’s victory, touching on debates over Israel and Palestine, and Mamdani’s pivot away from “Defund the Police” and his evolving stance on rent control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 4 min
  • Victor Davis Hanson on Tucker, Trump, and the Fracturing Right

    Victor Davis Hanson on Tucker, Trump, and the Fracturing Right
    Nov 10 2025
    My guest today is Victor Davis Hanson, a classicist, military historian, and senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. Victor is one of the most articulate defenders of Donald Trump, and one of the few people willing to explain why millions of Americans still see him as a necessary corrective rather than a danger. We talk about how his years farming in California shaped his politics, how “lawfare” now cuts both ways, and why so many conservatives feel the system has turned against them. We also dive into the strange new revisionism spreading on the American right—from the claim that Churchill “started” World War II, to the idea that the Nazis killed millions by accident—and why Tucker Carlson has begun platforming the people pushing those ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 14 min
  • BONUS: The 1987 Book that Explains Mamdani’s Victory

    BONUS: The 1987 Book that Explains Mamdani’s Victory
    Nov 5 2025
    Today, I’m bringing you a special bonus episode with professor Shilo Brooks. Shilo is the host of a new Free Press books podcast called, 'Old School'. For our conversation, I picked Thomas Sowell’s A Conflict of Visions. Although our conversation happened months before Mamdani's victory yesterday, I think Sowell’s theory of the two “visions” that shape modern politics is helpful to understanding this election cycle--and why some people buy into utopian projects of remaking society, while others trust the quiet power of incentive structures like free markets. It was a great conversation and I am excited to share part of it with you today. This is just a section, for the rest of the discussion search for Old School with Shilo Brooks wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 min
  • Hormones, Ideology, and the Cost of Dissent with Carole Hooven

    Hormones, Ideology, and the Cost of Dissent with Carole Hooven
    Nov 3 2025
    My guest today is evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven. If you’ve followed her story, you know she was effectively pushed out of Harvard for articulating a basic biological fact—and doing it politely. We talk through her research on hormones, rough-and-tumble play, aggression, and libido; what puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones actually do; why sports can’t be reorganized around “hormone levels”; and how elite institutions reacted to her saying things they all once taught. This is a conversation about evidence, not slogans—and about the cost of speaking plainly. Carole Hooven is a non-resident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and an associate in Harvard’s psychology department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 37 min