Best Alan Alda Podcasts (2024)

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Cady Coleman: Sharing Space 39:29

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Sharing her experiences of three space missions – including 159 days as the only woman on the 6-person crew of the International Space Station – Cady Coleman also shares lessons about getting along:valuable insights for the rest of us down here on earth.By Bobi NYC

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Cady Coleman: Sharing Space 39:29

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Sharing her experiences of three space missions – including 159 days as the only woman on the 6-person crew of the International Space Station – Cady Coleman also shares lessons about getting along:valuable insights for the rest of us down here on earth.By Bobi NYC

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Charles Duhigg: Connecting and Communicating 39:47

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Alan and the author of a new book called Supercommunicators share their thoughts on what makes a great conversation. The result? A great conversation!By Bobi NYC

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NPR News Now: NPR News: 07-02-2024 1AM EDT 5:00

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts: Opinionpalooza: The Supreme Court Puts Presidents Above the Law (Preview) 10:58

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The Supreme Court’s conservative majority rounded out the term by gifting massive unprecedented power to commit criminal wrongdoing to presidents. A court that already put a thumb on the scale for former President Donald J Trump by slow talking and slow walking the immunity case in exactly the way he hoped, has now thrown out the scale in favor of …

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The Gist: Donald Trump, Immune Buffoon 46:04

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SCOTUS gives immunity to Presidents for official acts, and leaves it to lower courts to define (and maybe get overruled on) what constitutes "official acts." Plus, Sarah Isgur, of ABC and The Dispatch, is here again to break down a slew of other Supreme Court cases. Plus, a compendium of some of the most prominent voices arguing that concerns about…

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Letters from an American: June 30, 2024 9:21

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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The Reason Roundtable: Biden, Cognitive Decline, and the End of American Empire 1:05:34

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman stare ever deeper into the abyss while recapping the hapless display at last week's first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. 01:50—Reactions to the Biden vs. Trump debate 21:43—Were any concrete policies discussed …

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The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer: The Real Problem With Joe Biden’s Bad Debate 47:50

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Joe Biden’s performance on the first presidential debate, held on Thursday in Atlanta, has been widely criticized. Much of the criticism has focused on Biden’s style: his horse voice, frequent halting digressions and verbal flubs. But the substance of Biden’s comments, as Moira Donegan pointed out in her Guardian column, was equally troubling. In t…

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The Bulwark Podcast: Tom Nichols: Political Malpractice 57:46

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All Americans who love this country and hate Donald Trump deserve answers about Thursday's abysmal performance—and how we are going to move forward. And do not answer our doubts about Biden and his staff with a MAGA-style blaming-the-press bit. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court recklessly assists Trump yet again, and Bannon goes to the big house. Tom Ni…

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Changelog: Changelog News 101: The scariest chart in all of software

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Software developer jobs are trending down, the creator of dotenv creates a better dotenv, the Chrome team puts Gemini Nano AI model right inside your browser, a pollyfill.js supply chain attack hits 100k+ sites & Steph Ango asks, “What can we remove?” Leave us a comment Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads…

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The Eurasian Knot: The Rise and Fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin 1:09:54

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Guests: Anna Arutunyan and Mark Galeotti on their new book Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the New Fight for the Future of Russia published by Penguin. The post The Rise and Fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.By The Eurasian Knot

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar: 7/1/24: NYT Says Biden Drop Out, Kamala Implodes Defending Debate, Biden Donor Revolt, 72% Say Biden Mentally Unfit, Far Right Stuns Macron In French Elections ... 1:13:39

11h ago1:13:39

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Saagar discusses Morning Joe flips on Biden campaign, Kamala collapses defending Biden debate, Biden donors revolt, Pod Save bros fall in line, White House covers up old man moments, 72% say Biden not cognitively capable of being President, far right stuns Macron in French elections, and Glenn Greenwald sounds off on Biden age. To become a Breaking…

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Bad Faith: Episode 385 Promo - "It Was a Debate!" (w/ Kim Iverson) 7:31

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Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The eponymous host of the Kim Iverson Show joins Bad Faith to break down Thursday's disastrous-for-Democrats debate, RFK Jr.'s response, and what third party opportunities this unique political moment present…

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Politics in Question: Is American democracy in crisis? 1:06:34

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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Jake Grumbach joins Lee and James to consider whether American democracy is in crisis. Grumbach is an associate professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. He studies the political economy of the United States, with interests in democratic institutions, labor, federalism, racial a…

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EconTalk: Is Israel Occupying the West Bank? (with Eugene Kontorovich) 1:06:18

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To international law expert Eugene Kontorovich of George Mason University, all the arguments that make Israel out to be an occupying force collapse under the weight of a single, simple fact: A country cannot occupy territory to which it has a legal claim. Listen as Kontorovich speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the legal issues surrounding o…

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Bankless: ETH ETF: Bullish or Bearish? | Alex Thorn & Matt Hougan 1:14:04

4h ago1:14:04

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Is the Ethereum ETF Bullish for ETH? Matt Hougan and Alex Thorn put together their own analysis of inflows for the ETH ETF. Remarkably, their numbers came in somewhere close to the same place. We discussed how much demand there will be for the ETH ETF, whether or not it will overperform or underperform expectations and the overall state of the Cryp…

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The Daily: Will Biden Withdraw? 32:09

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President Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week set off a furious discussion among Democratic officials, donors and strategists about whether and how to replace him as the party’s nominee. Peter Baker, who is the chief White House correspondent for The Times, takes us inside those discussions and Biden’s effort to shut them down. Guest: P…

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The Gray Area with Sean Illing: 1992: The year politics broke 44:59

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We’re living in an era of extreme partisan politics, rising resentment, and fractured news media. Writer John Ganz believes that we can trace the dysfunction to the 1990s, when right-wing populists like Pat Buchanan and white supremacist David Duke transformed Republican politics. He joins Sean to talk about the 1990s and how it laid the groundwork…

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Trending In Ed: Crossing the Post-Secondary Canyon with Coleen Keating-Crawford and Elizabeth Booze from Teach for America 45:00

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Mike Palmer speaks with Colleen Keating-Crawford and Elisabeth Booze from Teach for America's Reinvention Lab about their study, "Crossing the Canyon: Ethnographic Findings About Life After High School." We explore youth perceptions of life after high school, discussing the pressure to attend four-year colleges and the growing skepticism about high…

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Decoder with Nilay Patel: How Big Green Egg CEO Dan Gertsacov is getting zoomers into the cult of kamado cooking 1:16:00

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It’s almost the Fourth of July, and that means it’s time for our annual grilling episode. This year, I’m talking with Big Green Egg CEO Dan Gertsacov, who has big plans for using very modern fan-based marketing techniques to expand the market for the company’s old-fashioned, fire-burning, aspirational product. Links: Big Green Egg Appoints a New CE…

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The Rest Is Money: 71.⁠ ⁠How could our money be better spent within the NHS? 35:08

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Robert and Steph answer your questions including, how do we measure our productivity in the UK? Why didn’t the Bank of England cut interest rates? How much of what we invest actually come back to the Exchequer? Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Insta…

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Odd Lots: The Theory That Explains Why Everyone Went Crazy 50:14

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Does it feel to you like society has gone crazy? Well, you're not alone. There's a general view that all around the world, in the realms of politics, culture, business, and so forth, a lot of people are losing their minds. So if this is true, what's the reason for it? On this episode we speak with Dan Davies, the author of the new book The Unaccoun…

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Macro Musings with David Beckworth: Ernie Tedeschi on Full Employment, the US Safe Harbor Premium, and the Current Path of R-Star 59:05

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Ernie Tedeschi is the Director of Economics at the Budget Lab and is a visiting fellow at the Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy. Recently, Ernie was a chief economist at the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, and he is also a returning guest to the podcast. Ernie rejoins Macro Musings to talk about the CEA and some of his rece…

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Life and Art from FT Weekend: The best books to read this summer 23:25

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What should you read on the beach this summer? What about if you’re stuck indoors, or if you need a break from kids? Each June, our literary editor Fred Studemann and deputy books editor Laura Battle put together the FT’s summer books special, and today they give us their recommendations, each with a different summer activity in mind. Their overall…

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Know Your Enemy: Joe's Gotta Go [Teaser] 4:25

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Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy We watched it, and you probably did too. Here is our analysis of the incredibly depressing, even shocking first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. While the topic of this episode is self…

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This American Life: 835: Children of Dave 1:01:10

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Boen Wang has a theory that a lot of the misery in his life can be traced to a single moment that happened years before he was born. So he makes a pilgrimage to see if he’s right. Prologue: Ira talks about what it’s like to go back to 1119 Bayard Street in Baltimore. (6 minutes) Part One: Boen visits Norman, Oklahoma, where he was born, to meet the…

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The Ezra Klein Show: What Is the Democratic Party For? 17:47

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Top Democrats have closed ranks around Joe Biden since the debate. Should they? Mentioned: “This Isn’t All Joe Biden’s Fault” by Ezra Klein “Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden” by The Ezra Klein Show “Here’s How an Open Democratic Convention Would Work” with Elaine Kamarck on The Ezra Klein Show The Hollow Parties by Daniel Schlozman and Sam…

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The Daily: 'Animal,' Episode 5: Wolves 34:58

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In a broken world, what can we gain by looking another animal in the eye? "Animal" is a six-part, round-the-world journey in search of an answer. In Episode 5, the writer Sam Anderson travels to an obscure memorial in rural Japan: the statue of the last Japanese wolf. For photos and videos of Sam's journey to Japan, visit nytimes.com/animal.…

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In Moscow's Shadows: In Moscow's Shadows 153: Geopolitics, Nepotism, Terror and Assassination... (all the nice things) 1:01:58

1d ago1:01:58

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A compilation of current issues, which will nonetheless somehow connect: The Trump-Biden debate: what does the Kremlin really want? Nepotism: why are the princelings returning to politics? Terrorism in Dagestan: what does it portend? Covert Ops: ought the West be in the assassination business? The Spectator piece I mentioned is here. Tickets for th…

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This Week in Virology: TWiV 1127: Giving prions the (zinc) finger 1:53:12

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TWiV discusses secret anti-vax campaign run by Pentagon to undermine China during pandemic, NY governor’s subways mask ban proposal, Colorado bat facility sparks outbreak fears, House budget billls suggest ban on gain of function research, evolution of STAT2 resistance to flavivirus NS5, and brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated deli…

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The Gist: BEST OF THE GIST: Mixed Signals Edition 36:09

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In this installment of Best Of The Gist, the remainder of Mike’s interview with Ben Smith and Nayeema Rasa, co-hosts of the new Semafor podcast Mixed Signals. Topics touched upon include (but are not limited to) naming a podcast, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the future of media. To hear part one of this interview, listen to our show from Wednesday, June 26…

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Letters from an American: June 28, 2024 8:33

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar: 6/29/24: Dave Smith VS Vaush: Did NATO Expansion Push Ukraine Invasion? 1:12:52

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Libertarian comedian Dave Smith and politics streamer Vaush join Counterpoints Fridays for a debate on the Ukraine war. To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.com/ Dave Smith: https://x.com/ComicDaveSmith Vaush: https://www.youtube.com/@Vaush See omnystudio.com/li…

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Changelog: Ship It! 110: The Kubernetes of Lambda

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Bailey Hayes & Taylor Thomas from Cosmonic join the show for a look at WebAssembly Standard Interfaces (WASI) and trade-offs for portable interfaces. Leave us a comment Changelog++ members save 12 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Neon – Fleets of Postgres! Enterprises use Neon to operate hundreds of…

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Macro N Cheese: Can Unions Survive the Struggle Within? with Traven Leyshon 52:26

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** For a full transcript of this and every episode of the podcast, go to our website, where you will also find an “Extras” section with information and links to resources discussed in the episode. realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese-podcast/ At Macro N Cheese we’ve been having an ongoing conversation about the need for radical change in the labor m…

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The Good Fight: Yuval Levin on the Coming Realignment 1:14:43

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Yascha Mounk and Yuval Levin discuss why neither Democrats nor Republicans have built a durable post-Cold War coalition—and how American politics could be transformed in 2028. Yuval Levin is an academic and the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Levin is the author of A Time to Build: From…

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Jacobin Radio: Michael and Us: The Search for Sonny Skies 57:48

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You can go looking for the zeitgeist, but only the zeitgeist can find you. That's what the makers of countless pieces of failed Oscar bait have learned. In this special episode, we run through some of the most legendary failed Oscar bait of the last 25 years and speculate why they didn't catch anything. PLUS: presidential libraries, the Obama Found…

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The Daily: 'The Interview': Eddie Murphy Is Ready to Look Back 58:18

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David Marchese talks to the comedy legend about navigating the minefield of fame, “Family Feud” and changing Hollywood forever.By The New York Times

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The Nation Podcasts: What Can Jamaal Bowman's Defeat Teach Us? | See How They Run 1:10:28

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On this episode of See How They Run, Micah Sifry and Peter Beinart join D.D. Guttenplan for a discussion about 2024's most divisive congressional primary. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBy The Nation Magazine

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The Eurointelligence Podcast: The centre is not holding 33:09

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In our latest podcast, our team discusses the weakness of the centre in European politics - and what it should do, but most likely won't.By Wolfgang Munchau

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts: Opinionpalooza: The Day SCOTUS Became President 53:37

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While most everyone was reacting to Thursday’s Presidential debate, we had our eyes trained on the Supreme Court. It was again (surprise!) bad. SCOTUS determined that sleeping outside was illegal in Grants Pass v Johnson. They limited the scope by which insurrectionists could be charged for their actions on January 6, 2021 in Fischer v United State…

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This Week in Virology: TWiV 1126: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin 39:03

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses RSV vaccination recommendations and revisions to guidelines before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, data suggesting that individuals with high HLA-DQA2 expression (MHC class II) are better at preventing the onset of a sustained viral infection, how moderate coffee intake c…

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The Gist: Must Joe Go? 45:45

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Jospeh Robinette Biden did not cover himself in glory in last night's debate. As Democrats discuss changing horses midstream, The Gist analyses what went wrong besides the obvious mental discombobulations. Our guest is Sarah Isgur, ABC legal expert, Senior Editor at The Dispatch, and veteran campaign adviser including to Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, an…

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The Bulwark Podcast: Sarah Longwell, Jonathan V. Last, and Jonathan Martin: A Disaster 1:10:22

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The Secret Pod makes an emergency appearance to work through last night's terrible performance by Biden and to urge the Democratic Party to do the responsible thing in this moment. And Jonathan Martin discusses the strategy behind Biden's failed gamble and whether sitting Democrats would actually publicly push the president to leave the ticket. Sar…

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Outside Lands San Francisco: 385R: Toppling Monuments (repodcast) 38:40

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It's been 4 years since the Francis Scott Key, Junipero Serra, and Ulysses S. Grant statues in Golden Gate Park were toppled. Revisit our podcast episode from June 2020 where Woody, David, and Nicole discuss the context in which the statues were put in the first place, and the history of the 3 subjects, and their unplanned removal.…

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Hillsdale College Podcast Network: The First 2024 Presidential Debate

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Once per week, Hillsdale College president Larry P. Arnn joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss Great Books, Great Men, and Great Ideas. This week: the first 2024 debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, President Joe Biden’s age, and the nuances of the 25th Amendment. Matthew Spalding, vice president of Washington operations and dean of Hillsdal…

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The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan: Tim Shipman On The UK Elections 39:54

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com The best political reporter in Britain returns to the Dishcast to discuss the election on July 4. Tim has been a chief political commentator at The Sunday Times since 2014, after serving eight years as political editor. His first two books, All Out War and Fal…

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