Episodios

  • BlueSky and the Silo Effect
    Dec 3 2025

    We look at how Americans have divided political discourse into right- and left-wing silos, and how this makes it more convenient to hate one another with optimal efficiency.

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    23 m
  • Realistic Thinking and Russian Policy
    Nov 25 2025

    We examine the importance of making decisions based on how things are, rather than how we think they should be, using the Russia-Ukraine peace plan as a case study.

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    28 m
  • Soft Power
    Nov 20 2025

    On this episode, we'll consider whether it matters what other countries think of the US (it does), whether we should care (we should), and how much we should care (not THAT much).

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    25 m
  • Trump's Executive Authority
    Nov 12 2025

    We'll take a look at how President Trump has expanded executive authority, how his expansion of executive power compares with similar expansions under previous presidents, and the long-term implications for our country of ever-expanding executive power.

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    25 m
  • Trade under Trump
    Nov 12 2025

    We'll examine how Trump has shifted the paradigm on trade, and the pluses and minuses of his tariff gambit

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    24 m
  • Trade and Trumpism
    Nov 12 2025

    We'll examine how a bipartisan consensus on trade led to the rise of Donald Trump, focusing specifically on how the political class ignored the impacts globalization had on the working class.

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    20 m
  • It's OK to not Know
    Nov 12 2025

    We'll examine why people feel the need to have an opinion on every single topic, even when they're completely clueless on said topic.

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    21 m
  • What is a Rational Nationalist?
    Nov 12 2025

    A brief overview of Rational Nationalism, the philosophical framework used on this show.

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    30 m