Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A; episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Evan Thomas, author of Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II, joins The Realignment. Evan and Marshall discuss and assess the decision to use atomic bombs against Imperial Japan in 1945, how at its best, American foreign policy balances realism and idealism, why we shouldn't assume the "norm" against the use of nuclear weapons will hold in perpetuity, and how to reduce the danger of nuclear escalation in the Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe.

371 | Evan Thomas: The Atomic Bomb's Legacy in a Disordered World

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Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall take a break from the daily news + current events grind and discuss the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, offer historical reading/viewing recommendations, and take audience questions.

Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Reflecting on the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A; episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ The Rise of the Abundance Faction: The rise of the abundance faction (substack.com) The Future Is Faction: The Future Is Faction | National Affairs REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Steven Teles, Johns Hopkins University Professor and Niskanen Center Senior Fellow, returns to The Realignment. Steven and Marshall discuss why political factions within the left and right will upend the last thirty years of party politics, the poor track record of moderate reform efforts, the importance of enhancing state-capacity, the abundance agenda's ability to confront economic stagnation, the need for a reform movement on the level of 19th century progressives, and the path to overcoming political polarization.  

484 | Steven Teles: The Rise of the Abundance Agenda & America's Factional Political Future

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A; episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai John Strausbaugh, author of The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Union Crashed and Burned, joins The Realignment. Marshall and John discuss the rise and fall of the USSR's space program, why the U.S. had the "Right Stuff" while the Soviet's had the "Wrong Stuff" needed for long-term success, how NASA lost its way after the Apollo Moon landings, and the implications for the second space race between the U.S., China, and the private companies like SpaceX caught in the middle. 

483 | John Strausbaugh: The Wrong Stuff - How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A; episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Stephanie Ternullo, author of How the Heartland Went Red: Why Local Forces Matter in an Age of Nationalized Politics and Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Stephanie discuss how focusing on local contexts helps explain why White voters continue to shift to the right, why the New Deal coalition broke down, the debate over whether all politics is local or increasingly nationalized, and how these dynamics defined the 2016 and 2020 elections. 

482 | Stephanie Ternullo: How Democrats Lost White Voters in the Heartland

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A; episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Kyla Scanlon, Bloomberg contributor and author of In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work, returns to The Realignment. Marshall and Kyla discuss how she originated the term "Vibecession," and why it perfectly describes the mood of mid-2020s America, educational gaps when it comes to money and market related topics, using social media and publishing tools such as Substack to inform audiences, generational differences, and why she believes the "Abundance Agenda" is the best hope for improving economic opportunity. 

371 | Evan Thomas: The Atomic Bomb's Legacy in a Disordered World

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