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Updated 5 Mar
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Updated 09/01/2025
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Updated 11/11/2025
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Updated 21/06/2024

3 MAR

WTH: War in Iran. David Albright Explains the Nuclear Threat.

Over the weekend, President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, the most ambitious US military operation in decades. In the wake of the 2025 12-Day War, Iran again worked to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program and its missile arsenal. These threats, in combination with the massacre of tens of thousands of Iranians in January, brought the US to the brink of war. The operation has targeted IRGC command, missile defense systems, and senior regime leadership, including the Supreme Leader and his successors. Secretary Hegseth has stated that nothing is off the table, including the possible deployment of ground forces, an option potentially necessary to secure Iran’s nuclear materials. Our guest, David Albright, warns that failing to secure those materials will ultimately undermine the operation’s success. In the weeks ahead, what indicators will signal whether the regime is truly at risk of collapse? Beyond military targets, what political considerations must be addressed to ensure lasting success once combat operations cease? David Albright is the founder and President of the non-profit Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, D.C. He has written numerous assessments on secret nuclear weapons programs throughout the world, has authored or co-authored nine books and briefed policymakers on non-proliferation policy making. Read the transcript here. Subscribe to our Substack here.

3 Mar

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1hr 17min
09/12/2020

Building pathways to career success for entry-level workers (Part 1)

Entry-level workers face a myriad of obstacles to finding, keeping, and advancing in their careers that can hamper progress toward achieving family-sustaining employment. These obstacles inhibit company productivity and company efforts to reduce turnover and strengthen and diversify workforces. Employer Resource Networks are a potential solution to this problem. This episode of Hardly Working is the first in a two-part sequence of a recent event hosted at the American Enterprise Institute, entitled “Employer Resource Networks: Improving employment retention and building career opportunities for low-wage workers”.

09/12/2020

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35 min
05/07/2022

I survived the Kremlin's Assassination Attempts (with Oleksiy Goncharenko MP)

Giselle and Dalibor interview Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian Member of Parliament who has survived three assassination attempts by the Kremlin. He retells his story in which he experienced, firsthand, the barbarism and insanity of the Kremlin's political agenda. He also weighs in on the current state of corruption in the Ukrainian government; discusses the trajectory of the war in Ukraine; and underscores the significance of Ukrainian ascension into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Union.

05/07/2022

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37 min
12/07/2022

Georgia, torn between Russia & Ukraine (with Amb. Batu Katelia)

Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia are joined by the honorable Batu Katelia, former Georgian Ambassador to the United State and Deputy Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council and current member of the board at the Atlantic Council of Georgia and a Next Generation Leader Fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership. Amb. Katelia shines the light on Georgia's "collaborationist" government, noting that "Georgia is weakest link on frontline against Russia”. He elucidates the divide between Georgian political elites within the Georgian Dream party which seek to appease Putin and Georgia's majority pro-Western population and shares about the Georgian people's great support for Ukraine, and he speaks to the challenges Georgia faces in pursuing its own Western integration and managing relations with Russia.

12/07/2022

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38 min
17/09/2020

The Divided Brain: Perception, Social Life, and Interpersonal Neurobiology [REBROADCAST]

Most people know that the human brain is divided into two hemispheres: the left brain and the right brain. But what purpose does this division serve, and how does it influence perception, behavior, economics, and culture? In this rebroadcasted episode of “Hardly Working,” host Brent Orrell is joined by Dr. Iain McGilchrist, author of “The Master and His Emissary,” […] The post The Divided Brain: Perception, Social Life, and Interpersonal Neurobiology [REBROADCAST] appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

17/09/2020

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38 min
03/01/2021

Building Bridges to Economic Opportunity with Glenn Hubbard

The gains from trade and technological advance in recent decades have been enormous. But the transformation has had some downsides, too. These drawbacks have transformed our politics in recent decades, and the economic disaster accompanying the coronavirus pandemic has only magnified them. Defenders of markets have too often sought to dismiss the downsides, while populists point to them as reasons to build walls of protectionism and regulation. Both approaches are forms of denial. Guest Glenn Hubbard joins us to discuss how we can make the most of the benefits of economic dynamism while addressing its costs. Rather than erecting “walls” in pursuit of perpetual economic security and stability, he argues for a policy approach focused on building “bridges” that could better connect those who suffer from economic disruption to the benefits of America’s free-market system. Glenn Hubbard is the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School and was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush. His forthcoming book is titled The Wall and the Bridge (Yale University Press). This podcast discusses themes from Glenn’s essay in the Fall 2020 issue of National Affairs, “The Wall and the Bridge.”

03/01/2021

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35 min
10/09/2023

Drugs Are Killing More Americans than Ever Before. How Should Policymakers Respond?

Almost nobody is taking America's drug crisis seriously. We talk about it plenty, but that talk rarely acknowledges what distinguishes today's drug epidemic from past ones: Those earlier crises inflicted many more or less equally weighty harms — to users' health, to families, to communities. In this crisis, one problem dwarfs all others: death. Drugs have changed, probably for good. They now kill their users. A haphazard public response was more tolerable when the harms of drug use were more spread out and took time to accumulate. But with tens of thousands poisoned to death every year, bolder action is required. Guest Charles Fain Lehman joins us to discuss how policymakers can help flatten the cycle of drug use and death. Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. This podcast discusses themes from Charles's essay in the Summer 2023 issue of National Affairs, "How to Think about the Drug Crisis."

10/09/2023

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38 min
21/06/2022

Saving Kids from Big Tech with Chris Griswold

The information revolution has produced the most dramatic economic and social transformations since industrialization. Like that preceding revolution, it has yielded some great benefits but has also generated some unanticipated and unacceptable harms that are particularly acute among one of our nation’s most vulnerable populations: our children. To grapple with this issue successfully, policymakers will need to understand that the questions involved require us to think beyond individual freedom and economic dynamism, and to take seriously the well-being of the rising generation. Guest Chris Griswold joins us to discuss the historical parallels between child labor in the 19th century and kids’ use of social media today, and to suggest steps that policymakers can take to protect them from its harms. Chris Griswold is the policy director at American Compass, a conservative organization whose mission is to restore an economic consensus that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nation’s liberty and prosperity. This podcast discusses themes from Chris’s essay in the Spring 2022 issue of National Affairs, “Protecting Children from Social Media.”

21/06/2022

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40 min
08/12/2019

Economic Dynamism (with Oren Cass)

Guest Oren Cass joins hosts Dan Wiser and Devorah Goldman to discuss the hidden dangers within the ever-popular concept of economic dynamism The post Economic Dynamism: with Oren Cass appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

08/12/2019

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46 min
18/02/2024

How to Think about Voting in 2024

Voting should be straightforward: Figure out which candidate or party best fits one’s political views or interests, and vote accordingly. But the last few elections have shown many Americans that it’s not nearly that simple. We could benefit from a new framework for thinking about voting, and not just for elections in which we find ourselves especially bewildered. Guest Bryan McGraw joins us to discuss a new philosophy of voting and how to apply it in this year’s elections. Bryan McGraw is an associate professor of politics and dean of social sciences at Wheaton College. His main areas of research are in contemporary political thought and especially how those traditions intersect with religious belief and practice. This podcast discusses themes from Bryan and Timothy Taylor’s essay in the Winter 2024 issue of National Affairs, “How to Think about Voting.”

18/02/2024

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28 min

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