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The Long Game

Eli Lake Has Hammered the FBI for its Handling of the Russia Investigation. He Weighs In on Trump's Refusal to Concede

Nov 30, 2020

One of the most common defenses of President Trump's attempts to overturn the election results is that he was undermined for much of his presidency by the media and the so-called "deep state," primarily through the Russia investigation.


In essence, it's revenge, and if millions of Americans are deceived into thinking...


We Have Entered the "Post-Truth" Era, With Pennsylvania's Lt. Gov. John Fetterman & Gisele Fetterman

Nov 24, 2020

John Fetterman is the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, and the former mayor of Braddock, PA, which is just outside Pittsburgh. He and his wife Gisele and he have long been involved in community work, helping those who are in need, and that ethic characterized their time in Braddock, where they still live.


Fetterman...


How to Tell Real Conspiracies from Conspiracy Theories, With the BBC's Marianna Spring

Nov 23, 2020

The purpose of this episode is to help us think about how do we talk to people who are either confused by conspiracy theories or committed to them. How do we interact with family members who are in one of these categories.


In just the last week I’ve had confronted these circumstances in my own life. I don't think I...


The GOP Needs Fewer Tax Cuts and More Labor Unions, Argues Oren Cass

Nov 17, 2020

 “Applying conservative principles doesn't mean just keep flipping through the 1980 playbook until you find the right tax cut,” said Oren Cass, executive director of American Compass. 


Cass, 37, is an up and coming conservative thinker who got his start in politics on Mitt Romney’s 2008 and 2012...


Tim Alberta On the Future of the Republican Party

Nov 16, 2020

Tim Alberta is chief political author at Politico and author of the 2019 New York Times Bestseller, "American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump."


We talk about what comes next for the Republican party in the wake of an election where it showed promising trends for...