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Host Reed Galen is joined by retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman who was the former Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council. They discuss the current state of the war in Ukraine, why ultra-MAGA’s pro-Russia rhetoric encourages Putin to prolong the war, how the U.S support of Ukraine offers a very favorable return on investment in terms of American interests on the global stage (especially with regard to China), and what does Xi Jinping’s recent trip to Moscow mean for the relationship between Russia and China? If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.
 

Host Reed Galen is joined by Maya May (Comedian and Lincoln Project Content Creator) to answer questions asked by YOU, the members of the Lincoln Project community. Listeners ask about the latest with the Fox News lawsuit, the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court, and the road to the 2024 election (both as a whole and what the impact of a third party candidate could be). If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.
 

Host Reed Galen is joined by Dr. Steven Levitsky (Professor of Government at Harvard University) to discuss how authoritarianism continues to threaten American democracy, why the GOP continues to publicly embrace authoritarianism while many privately denounce it, and what to expect from Trump, DeSantis, and the rest of the 2024 hopefuls. Plus, is the United States in line for a violent origin of durable authoritarianism? Be sure to pre-order Dr. Levitsky’s upcoming book, “Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point”. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.
 

Host Reed Galen is joined by Simon Rosenberg, Founder and President of New Democrat Network (NDN)/New Policy Institute, to discuss how Fox News can no longer be trusted as a news organization, why the “red wave” never came in the 2022 midterms, why Democrats must become information warriors if they want to be successful in this new political era, and what to expect in the road to 2024. To hear more from Simon, be sure to subscribe to his brand new substack, “Hopium Chronicles”. As mentioned in the episode, here is the link to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.

Host Reed Galen is joined by journalist and New York Times Bestselling Author, Anand Giridharadas. They discuss how our current political age may be best titled as “the age of impunity”, how decades of dramatic social change has left Americans morally adrift, and how there hasn’t been a better time in recent history for the pro-democracy movement to reclaim “freedom” and “patriotism”. Plus, why it’s so important to challenge the true intentions of elite do-gooding. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.

Host Reed Galen is joined by Matt Bennett, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President for Public Affairs at Third Way. They discuss why it is impossible for a third party presidential candidate in 2024 to win the presidency, how just about every third party run scenario would greatly benefit Donald Trump, and why so many in the political sphere continue to operate like it’s 2015. To read Third Way’s full report on the dangers of third party candidates (as referenced in this episode), here is that link. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.