Athenian historian Thucydides theorized in the 5th Century B.C. that a rising power will eventually always challenge the ruling one. Graham Allison joins us to talk about how this theory is playing out today.
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What We Learned From James Comey’s Testimony
Rebecca Dean and Dale Carpenter join us to talk about what we learned from former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Steve Bannon’s War
Michael Kirk joins us to talk about Steve Bannon’s days operating Breitbart News – and about how his views on race and nationalism have shaped the president’s policies.
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A Look At President Trump’s First 100 Days
Molly Ball of The Atlantic and Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune join us to talk about President Trump’s first few months in office.
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How The 2016 Election Happened
P.J. O’Rourke joins us to talk about a top-to-bottom rethinking of how we as a country choose our leaders, which he writes about in “How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016.”
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Building An Autocracy
David Frum joins us to talk about what it would take to fundamentally alter our democracy.
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The President’s Use Of Executive Orders
Daniel Gitterman, chair of the University of North Carolina Department of Public Policy, joins us to talk about how presidents use executive orders, which he writes about in “Calling the Shots: The President, Executive Orders, and Public Policy.”
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A Look At President Trump’s Travel Ban
President Trump’s executive order banning travel for refugees and others from seven predominantly Muslim countries led to protests at airports across the country. We talk about what happened over the weekend and what the order means going forward.
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Trump And Texas
William McKenzie of the Bush Institute and O. Ricardo Pimentel, columnist for the San Antonio Express-News, join us to talk about what Texans would like the president-elect to know about our state.
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Divided States Of America
Michael Kirk joins us to talk about how the extreme partisanship from the recent election cycle has infiltrated nearly every area of our lives.
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The Legacy Of Barack Obama
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Michael D’Antonio joins us to talk about the ups and downs of the last eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency.
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Life In Trump’s America
James Fallows of The Atlantic joins us to talk about visiting Middle America, where he spoke with voters about why they are optimistic about their communities yet concerned for the nation.
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