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My First Love
On the heartbreak, disillusionment, and the enduring promise of loving a beautiful, but deeply-flawed nation.
4 hrs ago • Matthew Dowd
The Monster We Made: Trump and the Politics of Audience Capture (Part II)
The normal democratic penalty for saying or doing something outrageous begins to disappear when the audience has already decided that outrage itself is…
7 hrs ago • Kristoffer Ealy
A Russian Hostage’s Journey Back to Normalcy | History of the Present with Paul Whelan
The mental and physical strain for hostages is unimaginable. How do they overcome that anxiety and return to a life that’s continued without them?
21 hrs ago • Lincoln Square and The Intellectualist
1:03:43
Stuart Stevens on Ukrainian Liberation Day
Stuart Stevens comes to us live from Poland before heading back to Ukraine for another humanitarian aid trip.
24 hrs ago • Stuart Stevens
0:57
God's Money & the Homeless | Unholy Ground
In Trump’s America, there are always strings attached.
Aug 24 • Andra Watkins and Sam Osterhout
33:08
Trump and El Niño
Chaos agents coming for all of us.
Aug 24 • Sam Osterhout
Former Ambassador Bob Rae: The End of American Alliances? | The History of the Present
Under Trump, America turns its back on its allies and embraces dictators.
Aug 23 • Lincoln Square and The Intellectualist
1:01:14
Primaries, Police Cams, & Presidential 'Assistants' | It's the End! ... of the Week
Things are getting weird. Just look at Natalie Harp.
Aug 23 • Max Burns and Sam Osterhout
34:36
The Dual State: How Trump Is Using Ernst Fraenkel’s Playbook to Fracture the Law
Donald Trump has created a space in America where the law is no more than the armed weaponization of his desires.
Aug 23 • Edwin Eisendrath
‘We Need BIG Ideas Going into 2028’| That Trippi Show with Reed Galen
Independents are driven by anger. Can Democrats capitalize on that?
Aug 22 • Alex Shashlo and Reed Galen
34:35
The Next Generation’s Done Waiting | Run for Something’s Amanda Litman on It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath
How we build a winning coalition for the future.
Aug 22 • Edwin Eisendrath and Amanda Litman
31:14
The Death of Beauty
Perhaps Trump unleashed something dark in the American character that we cannot unwind.
Aug 22 • Rick Wilson
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