The American Ambassadors Live! Podcast (previously called CAA Live!) invites foreign policy experts and practitioners from the United States and around the world to share their perspectives on critical international issues. Disclaimer: Views expressed on this program are solely those of individual members and should not be construed as those of the Council of American Ambassadors, executive leadership, membership as a whole, or individuals or organizations that provide financial support to t ...
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John Adams, the first American ambassador to the Netherlands, once said “Let us tenderly and kindly cherish...the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.” The John Adams Institute has brought the best and the brightest of American thinking to Amsterdam for three decades. We have amassed a unique archive of great thinkers, speakers and writers, from Spike Lee to Francis Fukuyama to Al Gore. Now we’re sharing this treasure trove of thought and word with you. We believ ...
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Reaganism is dedicated to exploring where the Reagan Movement lives today, hosted by the Director of the Ronald Reagan Institute, Roger Zakheim. The show has two goals: understand the foundations of the political philosophy that powered the Reagan Revolution; and host discussions about contemporary issues through the lens of Reagan. The podcast looks at the continuing impact of #40’s principles and beliefs on our leaders as they address the complex problems of today and tomorrow.
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Voices and conversations on Earth connection; environmental issues; climate action & sustainable solutions through an Islamic worldview. New podcast every other Jumah (Friday).
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Live from the Democratic National Convention
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim is joined by Fox News Contributor, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Marc Thiessen. They discuss the historic 2024 presidential campaign, what to expect from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and how the race will shape up between Trump and Harri…
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Military Innovation: Acquisition and Reform with Raj Shah
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Raj Shah who is a Managing Partner at Shield Capital. They discuss defense innovation, autonomy in warfare, DOD acquisitions and bureaucracy reform.By Ronald Reagan Institute
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Matthew Continetti who serves as the Director of Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). They discuss the historic 2024 presidential campaign and how the election might unfold in November.…
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Military Confirmations and Congress’ Failures with ret. Major General Arnold Punaro
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with ret. Marine Corps Major General Arnold Punaro who serves as the Chairman of the Secretary of Defense’s Reserve Forces Policy Board. They discuss the breakdown of the military confirmation process in Congress and what to expect from future presidential administratio…
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A Conversation with American Optimist, Joe Lonsdale
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Joe Lonsdale who is a Managing Partner at 8VC and also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. They discuss the fallout from the first presidential debate of 2024, the future of conservatism and the Republican Par…
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Henry Olsen who serves as a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC). They discuss the fallout from the first presidential debate of 2024 between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.…
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This fourth episode of the Future 400 podcast is all about theater and dance. Battery Dance, New York City's longest running public dance festival, is hosting the Dutch-Turkish choreographer Rutkay Özpinar from Korzo Theater as part of the Future 400 exchange. And the Dutch theater director Ira Kip is working on her new play, Kings… Come Home, a re…
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Conservative Statism with David B. McGarry
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with David B. McGarry who serves as a Policy Analyst at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. They discuss conservative statism and the effects of Trump’s America first economic policy, the corrosive effects of conservative statism on the American tradition, and how tradit…
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Design your look, design your life. Rambler Studios is a creative platform for raw talent. It offers young people a safe space where they can discover what they’re good at and find a sense of belonging – and maybe a career in street fashion. Started by Carmen van der Vecht in Amsterdam in 2010, it has branched out to New York’s Lower East Side. It …
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Renewed Pivot: America’s Future in the Indo-Pacific with Ambassador Robert Blackwill & Richard Fontaine
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Ambassador Robert Blackwill and Richard Fontaine. They are the co-authors of the new book, “Lost Decade: The US Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power.” Roger, Robert, and Richard discuss the themes of the book, including if it is correct to characterize the p…
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FUTURE 400: From the Streets to the Heart
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This second episode of the Future 400 podcast looks at work by Dutch and American photographers who are part of the annual international photo festival Photoville in Lower Manhattan. Dutch photographer Ernst Coppejans delves deep into the lives of LGBTQIA+ people living on the streets in New York. Kennedi Carter, a young Black photographer from the…
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American Diplomacy with Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat who is the former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and currently serves as the Special Advisor for Holocaust Issues, and is Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP. They discuss modern diplomacy in America ranging from Vietnam to …
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Future 400 is a bi-weekly four-part podcast series from the Dutch Consulate in New York. It is part of the two-year cultural program of the same name, marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of New Amsterdam, the city that became New York. Each episode highlights a selection of the creative collaborations between artists, communities and inst…
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Afghanistan: The Status of Human and Women’s Rights in 2024 with Nilofar Ayoubi
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with Nilofar Ayoubi who is an Afghan activist, journalist, and entrepreneur who escaped Afghanistan shortly after the Taliban takeover in August 2021. They discuss the situation for women in Afghanistan today, Nilofar’s individual story, and the prospects for the f…
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Update from the Sooner State with Hon. J. Kevin Stitt
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with the 28th Governor of the State of Oklahoma J. Kevin Stitt. They discuss Gov. Stitt’s administrative priorities in Oklahoma, his leadership position as Policy Chair within the Republican Governor’s Association, the pressing national security issues like Ukraine and …
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Anduril: A New Era in Defense Development with Matt Steckman
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Matthew Steckman who is the Chief Revenue Officer at Anduril Industries. They discuss Anduril’s new projects and initiatives like their new autonomous naval system and partnership with HD Hyundai. They also discussed the war in the Middle East, Iran, and Ukraine.…
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Mexico and Migration, Most Important Diplomatic Issue of the 21st Century
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"Migration issues are going be some of the most important diplomatic issues of the 21st century, whether we agree or disagree on them, I think we just have to at least start by acknowledging that they really are important, and that and it's going to be hard to talk about foreign policy without talking about these issues." ~ Ambassador Chris Landau …
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Report from Jerusalem: After Iran’s Attack Against Israel with Yaakov Katz
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Yaakov Katz who is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post and now serves as a Senior Fellow at The Jewish People Policy Institute . They discuss the Iranian attack on Israel this weekend and where Israel and its response goes from here.…
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Doug Cameron a reporter who covers the global aerospace and defense industry as well as the airline sector in The Wall Street Journal’s Chicago bureau. They discuss Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the National Defense Industrial Strategy, emerging technologies, and …
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Ambassador Ryan Crocker presents a frank assessment of the situation in the Middle East after the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. He served as US Ambassador to 6 nations, (Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon). He serves today on the Afghanistan War Commission. Former President George W. Bush called him “America’s Lawrence of A…
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Andrea Elliott: Family Homelessness in the US
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Andrea Elliot’s 2022 Pulitzer winning book, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, follows eight dramatic years in the life of a young woman named Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled wat…
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GOP Foreign Policy with Dr. Matthew Kroenig & Dan Negrea
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Dr. Matthew Kroenig who serves as the Vice President and Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council and with Dan Negrea who serves as the Senior Director of the Freedom and Prosperity Center at the Atlantic Council. Th…
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George Packer: America in Crisis and Renewal
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2024 is an election year. And in his book Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal', George Packer makes the case for why this may be the most important election since the civil war. Packer accepts that America may be “a failed state”. A state that is in a “cold civil war” between four incompatible versions of the US: the Free America of liber…
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Gavin Wilde who serves as a Senior Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. They discuss Russian interference in U.S. elections, continued Russian cyber espionage and attacks on American instituti…
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Free Press for Free People with Hon. David Dreier
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with former Member of Congress, the Honorable David Dreier who now serves as the Chairman of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation. They discuss former Rep. Dreier’s work in founding and leading the new Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation which seeks to construc…
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U.S. Military Buildup with Dr. Edward Keefer
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Dr. Edward Keefer who is a Historian in the Historical Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense. They discuss Dr. Keefer’s newest volume, in a 10-part series documenting America’s Secretaries of Defense, which focuses on Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger who pl…
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Ep.17: Islamically Inspired Solutions on Food System & Food Justice Issues, Dr. Tammara Soma, Research Director of the Food Systems Lab
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In this important conversation, Dr. Tammara Soma, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University & Research Director of the Food Systems Lab, speaks about her own personal journey towards the study of food, food systems and food waste from multiple dimensions. Dr. Soma explains terms such as food resiliency, food systems mapping, food justice issue…
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U.S. Military Strength with Robert Greenway
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Robert Greenway who serves as the Director of the Allison Center for National Security at the Heritage Foundation. They discuss the Heritage Foundation’s 2024 Index of U.S. Military Strength and the findings’ implications on U.S. foreign policy, defense spending an…
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Nikole Hannah-Jones: A New American Origin Story
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 1619 project has inspired both throngs of like-minded people as well as a severe backlash. This hasn’t stopped her from devoting her career to exposing systemic and institutional racism in the United States. The 1619 Project WAS published in New York Times Magazine—and is now a successful podc…
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Congress Faces America’s Challenges with Rep. Carlos Giménez
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Congressman Carlos A. Giménez who represents Florida’s 28th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. They discuss his origins as a firefighter in South Florida, his pathway to public service in Congress and how the U.S. House is approaching the most pressing …
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The U.S. Navy Of Tomorrow with Hon. Thomas Modly
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with the 33rd Under Secretary of the Navy, and former Acting Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Thomas Modly. They discuss the overall U.S. naval force structure including the 355 ship fleet, and what we need for today’s challenges. They also touch on Modly’s career i…
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Fighting For Democracy with Frances Hui
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with Pro-Democracy Hong Kong dissident Frances Hui who serves as the Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation. Frances discusses her democracy activism which she has been involved in since her teenage years and what the o…
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Mark Leibovich: Thank You for Your Servitude
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2024 is an election year and Donald Trump is running again. This makes journalist and political commentator Mark Leibovich’s second nonfiction blockbuster Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission, particularly timely. Mr. Leibovich sketches the political landscape of Washington during the Trump presidency.…
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The CCP and International Human Rights with Dr. Rana Siu Inboden
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with Dr. Rana Siu Inboden who is a senior fellow with the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin. They discuss China and its human rights abuses, and China’s attempt to co-opt US liberal international human …
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Ep.16: Connecting to the Qur'an & the Creator through Nightsky Exploration - Sr. Nadia Abuisnaineh: NASA Solar System Ambassador
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In this majestic episode of Islam & Earth, Sr. Nadia Abuisnaineh, a NASA Solar System Exploration Ambassador, speaks about how the majesty of the nightsky. She discusses how this connects us the Creator and the wonders of the Qur'an. Sr. Nadia provides examples of how the sahabi, and our previous predecessors connected to the nightsky, navigated us…
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A Senator’s Perspective with Sen. Ted Budd
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with with Senator Ted Budd who represents North Carolina in the U.S. Senate. They discuss the Israel-Hamas War and Congress’s leadership role in national security.By Reagan Institute
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Dictators & Dissidents: A Venezuelan’s Fight for Freedom with Leopoldo López
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with Venezuelan democracy activist and dissident Leopoldo López who serves as the National Coordinator for Voluntad Popular. They discuss the autocratic Maduro regime in Venezuela, the global network that helps support dictatorial regimes around the world, and the …
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Congressman Seth Moulton who represents Massachusetts’s 6th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. They discuss the Israel-Hamas War and other national defense and security challenges facing the United States.…
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Ep. 15: From Turtle Island to Gaza: Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine - Dr. Nick Estes, Member of Lower Brule Sioux Tribe & Professor of American Indian Studies
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In this episode of Islam & Earth in the last Jumah of Jumada al-Awwal, 1445, Dr. Nick Estes, a member of the lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Professor of American Indian Studies, as well as co-founder of the Red Nation Movement, and Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine speaks both of his personal experiences as well as the work he leads on Indigenous soli…
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Iran, Israel, and a Nuclear Middle East with Yonah Jeremy Bob
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Yonah Jeremy Bob who serves as the senior military correspondent, intelligence analyst and Literary Editor for The Jerusalem Post. They discuss the the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Iran-Israel competition in the Middle East, and Iran’s ongoing nuclear aspirations.…
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From Hollywood to Hanoi, Jane Fonda has endeared and enraged Americans for decades with her sparkling performances and outspoken views. Following an eclectic career as an actress, activist and fitness guru plus a string of high-profile husbands, the acclaimed Fonda tells all in her autobiography My Life So Far. In this episode of Bright Minds, Jane…
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America’s College Campuses & Antisemitism with Matthew Waxman
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Matthew Waxman who serves as an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. They discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the rise of antisemitism on America’s college campuses, and the impact of social media on the national conversation surrounding ant…
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America’s Naval Supremacy in the Indo-Pacific with Dr. Jerry Hendrix
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Dr. Jerry Hendrix who serves as a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute. They discuss the current state of America’s naval supremacy in the Indo-Pacific in contrast to the mounting challenges posed by Communist China.…
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Paul Theroux: On Missionaries, China and Dickens
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From Hemingway to Dickens, from Nabokov to Twain, from Isak Dinesen to Graham Greene, many of the world’s great writers were also great travel writers. Paul Theroux, arguably the most renowned living travel writer, has capped a fifty-year writing career with The Tao of Travel, a collection of travel stories – by himself and others. Join us for a tr…
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Reagan and The Right with Kate Bachelder Odell
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Kate Odell who is a member of the Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal. They discuss the changing environment on the political right including substantive policy shifts happening at the Heritage Foundation and other centers of political thought and advocacy.…
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Ep.14: Gaza - Under Genocide & Ecocide - Sr. Abeer Butmeh, Environmental Engineer in Palestine
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In this second Jumah of Rabi al- Akhar, as more than 20 days of genocidal attacks in Gaza are passing, this podcast episode is a conversation with Abeer Butmeh, an environmental engineer who is in Palestine right now. She shares what is happening right now in Gaza, what the immediate impacts are, what the projected long-term impacts will be on the …
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Ep.13: Environmentalists for Palestine - Special IG Live - Nazish Qureshi; Kadjahtou Balde; & Tasnim Mellouli
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In this special LIVE recorded episode of Islam & Earth, three guests: Nazish Qureshi (Muslim Climate Watch); Kadjahtou Balde (Faithfully Sustainable); and Tasnim Mellouli (Climate Justice Activist) join for a very critical conversation on climate justice and Palestinian justice issues. These three guests provide deep insights on how the Palestinian…
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with national security expert Michael Allen who serves as the Managing Director and Partner at Beacon Global Strategies. They discuss the ongoing war in Israel, the renewed struggle against global terrorism, and how America’s national security and defense posture is aff…
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President Bill Clinton’s former Secretary of Labor argues in his important book that in the last thirty years capitalism has flourished at the expense of democracy. Robert Reich – one of America’s most renowned economists – says people now see themselves as buyers and sellers first and citizens only later, if at all. The rise of supercapitalism has…
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The Nuclear 1980’s with Dr. Anthony Eames
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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with his colleague, and the director of the Reagan Institute’s Scholarly Initiatives, Dr. Anthony Eames. They discuss Dr. Eames’ latest book entitled, “A Voice in Their Own Destiny: Reagan, Thatcher, and Public Diplomacy in the Nuclear 1980s.” Topics covered include Sov…
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