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In this week’s wide-ranging Roundup, Ron Steslow and Andy Kroll (Investigative Reporter at ProPublica) discuss Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper’s book Original Sin, “conspiracy theories” that turn out to be possible, and the role that the media and eroding trust in the news are playing in the age of conspiracy.
Finally, in Politicology+, they talk about the problems facing boys and men and Democrats $20 million plan to win them back.
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In this episode, Ron talks to Casey Michel (Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation) about his book Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World and how foreign money influences our politics.
They discuss:
(01:46) The shadow world of foreign lobbying
(03:45) Ivy Lee and Paul Manafort
(07:36) The First Amendment and foreign influence
(10:23) Understanding FARA
(13:28) How Paul Manafort shaped modern lobbying
(15:49) Legal loopholes and foreign influence in politics
(18:11) The case of Viktor Pinchuk
(22:13) The Trump Administration’s impact on foreign lobbying
(27:19) How Universities and Think tanks are the new frontier of influence
(33:05) Colorful characters in foreign lobbying
(41:39) The Biden Family and foreign influence accusations
(45:27) Contrasting foreign influence on Trump and Clinton
(49:00) Proposed reforms
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In this week’s wide-ranging Roundup, Ron Steslow and Mike Madrid (author of The Latino Century) discuss the connection between MAGA’s economic populism and immigration agendas and populism as a force seeking to dismantle existing systems.
Finally, in Politicology+, they discuss the Coinbase data leak, why data leaks in the A.I. era will hurt even more, and the need for greater privacy protections.
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Mike Madrid and host Ron Steslow discuss Bernie Sanders and AOC’s “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” and where economic populism on the left is heading.Related media:CNN - Bernie Sander's Town Hall Clip
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In this episode, Ron talks to Nick Anthony (Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute and a Fellow at the Human Rights Foundation) about Central Bank Digital Curriences, their potential to invade privacy, alter the dynamics of financial control, how governments are trying to justify them, and why those arguments are insufficient.
They discuss:
(04:16) Intro to CBDCs
(07:58) How CBDCs would give unprecedented control over how you can spend money
(12:15) The Arguments for and against CBDCs
(19:53)The hidden assumptions behind CBDC arguments
(24:50) The real world privacy implications of CBDCs
(33:05) CBDCs around the globe
(36:21) The political dynamics in the U.S.
(47:47) Bitcoin vs CBDCs
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In this week’s wide-ranging Roundup, Ron Steslow and Lucy Caldwell (Board Advisor to the Renew Democracy Initiative and advisor to the Forward Party) discuss how and why we’ll need to rethink our education system in the rapidly changing world.
Finally, in Politicology+, they discuss Steve Bannon’s recent speech at Hillsdale College, the escalating rhetoric about being on the verge of war, and how legitimate class and cultural grievances—from the left and the right—are meeting ascendant illiberal ideas and pushing us toward the destruction of liberalism.
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In this week’s wide-ranging Roundup, Ron Steslow and Hagar Chemali (Fmr. spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) discuss the escalating tensions between two nuclear powers, India and Pakistan, in Kashmir.
Then, they talk about the spread of Islamism in the West and the threat it poses to global democracy.
Finally, in Politicology+ they discuss what foreign policy would look like with a progressive nominee for the Democratic party.
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In the second part of this two-part episode, Ron talks to Molly McKew (writer and lecturer on Russian influence and information warfare) about whether Russia is truly isolated, and what the future of American influence could look like as our self-isolation creates a power vacuum.
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In the first part of this two-part episode, Ron talks to Molly McKew (writer and lecturer on Russian influence and information warfare) about the recent drone attacks in Ukraine, Trump’s “Peace Plan” and what a lasting peace might require.
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Nick Gillespie (Editor at Large at Reason) and host Ron Steslow discuss AI, what it’s doing to us, and our relationship with what it means to be human.
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In part two of this series, Ron talks to Rebecca Roiphe (Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of Law at New York Law School) about critical legal studies, the attacks on our understanding of what the law is and how it should function from across the political spectrum. They focus on how the chilling actions of the Trump Administration stem from a belief that law is merely an instrument of power, and why that belief is corrosive—to the everyday practice of law and to liberal democracy itself.
They discuss:
(08:00) Understanding liberalism vs progressivism
(09:08) Fairness in the legal system
(16:43) The role of the Federalist Society and its shift at Harvard
(21:19) The Trump Administration’s legal philosophy
(25:39) The independence of the Justice Department
(28:33) The impact of executive orders targeting law firms
(32:33) The future of legal representation
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In this week’s wide-ranging Roundup, Ron Steslow and Mike Madrid (author of The Latino Century) discuss high profile warnings that AI could outrun us very soon.
Then, they talk about the death of Pope Francis and what’s next for the Catholic Church before discussing christianity’s merger with MAGA, and what that means for the fate of liberalism in America
Finally, in Politicology+ they discuss Bernie Sanders and AOC’s “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” and where economic populism on the left is heading.
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In this two-part episode, Ron talks to Rebecca Roiphe (Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of Law at New York Law School) about critical legal studies, the attacks on our understanding of what the law is and how it should function from across the political spectrum.
They discuss:
(04:57) The challenges the rule of law is facing
(07:31) Understanding Critical Legal Studies
(10:16) Intersectionality and Its Impact
(12:00) Power Dynamics in Critical Legal Studies
(20:54) The Adversarial System and Its Importance
(27:05) The Evolution of Critical Legal Thought
(32:45) The Role of Law in Democracy
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In this week’s wide-ranging Roundup, Ron Steslow and Nick Gillespie (Editor at Large at Reason) discuss why it’s essential to engage with libertarian values—especially in this moment.
They talk about the current assault on due process and how immigration is central to what America is and what it means.
They discuss the FTC lawsuit against Facebook, the collision between The Trump Administration and “New Right” ideas about economics.
Then, they look at rising economic resentment and consider how well free-market capitalism is working right now.
Finally, in Politicology+ they discuss AI, what it’s doing both for us and to us, and our relationship with what it means to be human.
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This week, Ron Steslow and Liam Donovan (Principal at Bracewell LLP) discuss the tariff rollercoaster, the “new right” economic theory driving them, and why the Trump administration cares a lot less about the stock market than in his first term.
Then, we discuss why we’re engaged in full-throttle economic warfare with China.
Finally, we head to Politicology+ where we discuss how the uncertainty around tariffs is impacting business and how tariffs breed cronyism.
Segments this week:
(07:44) The “new right”
(37:42) Economic warfare
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Some of the most vexing political controversies, policy questions, and cultural crises of our current moment trace their orbit around the singular legal and cultural gravity of our 1st Amendment—and the radical, enlightenment wisdom enshrined in it.
What has really been going across college campuses—and what’s at stake for wider society outside the confines of higher education?
Is the colloquial public square, practically speaking, now privately held by a handful of tech titans?
How has the idea of “free speech” become so shockingly misunderstood that one of our major political parties can persuade a large swath of the country that a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol is “legitimate political discourse?”
Greg Lukianoff (President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss FIRE’s fight to protect free speech on—and, now, off—campus.
(02:15) Greg’s background and FIRE’s role in protecting the First Amendment
(5:15) The Coddling of the American Mind
(10:30) The state of free speech on college campuses
(30:20) What’s driving the complaints on college campuses
(39:55) FIRE moving off campus to create a culture of free speech
(41:05) Why they decided to take on off campus speech issues
(50:31) Limits to protected speech
(59:10) Free speech and Big Tech
(1:04:25) Creating a culture of free speech
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Former presidential candidate and Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina joins Ron Steslow to discuss how short-term gains have gotten preferential treatment over long-term planning and success.
(04:39) The differences between short-term vs. long-term
(07:02) Expecting quick fixes to long-term problems
(15:30) The shift in corporate responsibility from just shareholders to stakeholders
(30:32) How the short-term goal of winning elections short-circuits governing
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This week, Ron Steslow and Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) meet in studio to discuss the senior administration officials who accidentally shared attack plans with a journalist on Signal.
Then, we dive deeper into whether the perception of Trump as a consistent liar can create a paradoxical stability in global affairs, how an information war threatens an entire financial system, and revisiting the stakes of the AI race.
Finally, we head to Politicology+ where we discuss two recent convictions in a plot to kill Iranian-American journalist and dissident Masih Alinejad and the boldness of our enemies engaging in transnational repression on American soil.
Segments this week:
(04:43) Signal leak
(27:19) Trust collapse
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In the second part of this two-episode conversation, Stanford Professors Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein join Ron Steslow to discuss their book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot.
(07:11) The modern day trolley problem
(16:54) Reorienting invention toward problem solving
(23:16) The other skills tech companies need
(28:53) The problem of the inventor/CEO
(39:57) What companies and governments can do to reshape how big tech operates
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In this two-episode conversation, Stanford Professors Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein join Ron Steslow to discuss their book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot.
(05:42) Why they decided to write their book
(10:56) How venture capital has shaped Silicon Valley
(19:04) Optimization mindset meets Democracy
(37:36) Our privacy boundaries when it comes to government and private companies
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