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A weekly current affairs podcast featuring the editors & leadership of The American Conservative. Emile Doak, Helen Andrews, Micah Meadowcroft, and Sohrab Ahmari discuss the news of the day from a decidedly TAC perspective: one that is suspicious of big business as well as big government, and localist rather than globalist.
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The Boxes Hoax Sputters
Curt joins Bradley, Helen, and Jude to discuss the operation in Rafah, the indefinite postponement of Trump's documents trial, and Speaker Johnson's chances of making it to November.
Picks of the week:
Helen: "America's Public Transit Nightmare," Harry Scherer
Bradley: "Another Trial in New York," Peter Tonguette
Jude: "The Hur Memo and the Tragedy of Joe Biden," Philip Jeffery
Curt: "Israel Looks Poised to Escalate," Bradley Devlin -
Why Trump Won't Pick Burgum
Bradley, Helen, Sumantra, and Ryan Girdusky discuss the veepstakes, what an ICC prosecution would mean for Netanyahu, and Kosovo becoming the first Muslim-majority country to approve gay marriage.
Picks of the week:
Bradley: "Is the Navalny Intelligence Leak an Olive Branch to Putin," Helen Andrews
Helen: "Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature," Nic Rowan
Ryan: "Giorgia Meloni Is Better Than You Think," Ryan Girdusky
Sumantra: "DEI Was Never about Profitability," Chris Brunet -
No Victory Lap on Ukraine Funding
Special guest Ryan Girdusky joins Bradley, Helen, and Jude to talk about the Ukraine package that just passed, Trump's trials, and the Supreme Court's oral arguments on homelessness.
Picks of the week:
Ryan: "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," Bradley Devlin
Bradley: "The Long Road to the Steyn Verdict," Peter Wood
Helen: "The Worst Case Scenario for International Adoption," Evie Solheim
Jude: "The CIA's Man in Constantinople," Michael Warren Davis -
Johnson in Trouble
Executive director Curt Mills joins Bradley, Helen, and Stacey to talk about metaphorical eruptions on Capitol Hill, literal eruptions in the Middle East, and what Trump's lawyers should look for in a jury.
Picks of the week:
Helen: "How to Tame the Deep State," Theo Wold
Bradley: "Would Israel Go Nuclear Against Iran?" Douglas Macgregor
Curt: "What Russia Sanctions Failure Says about the Future," Mark Episkopos
Stacey: "The Symposiast: Remembering Christopher Hitchens," John Rodden -
Can Speaker Johnson Hang On?
Special guest Ryan Girdusky joins Bradley, Helen, and Sumantra to talk about the looming House showdowns on Ukraine funding and government surveillance, as well as whether getting obscene books out of school libraries is a winning issue for Republicans (oddly, it's not).
Picks of the week:
Sumantra: "How Putin's Relationship with Islam Works," Helen Andrews
Helen: "New Atheism, 20 Years On," Sumantra Maitra
Ryan: "The Biden Administration Just Admitted It Has Undercounted Ukraine Aid," Bradley Devlin
Bradley: "Will Israel's War Expand?" Douglas Macgregor -
Turkish Democracy
Bradley leads Jude, Helen, and Stacey in a discussion of the recent elections in Turkey, which seem to spell trouble for Erdoğan, the deteriorating situation in Haiti, and the looming disbarment of John Eastman.
Picks of the week:
Jude: "Trump 2028," Peter Tonguette
Stacey: "The Generations We Piled with Debt Are Here," Lewis Andrews
Helen: "AMLO Will Control the Cartels If We Let Him," Jude Russo
Bradley: "One Hundred Days of Libertarian Populism in Argentina," Edgar Beltran