The U.S. welfare system appears broken, both to those inside and outside of it. After three decades serving across local, state, and federal welfare systems, Clarence Carter has a vision for how to make it better.

We talk soccer with Groundwork Collaborative's Nia Law & Emily DiVito, specifically looking at how FIFA's choices & policies are affecting individuals & communities ahead of the World Cup.

The former Executive Director of the Libertarian Party, Dan Fishman, joins us to discuss what Thomas Massie's primary defeat means for the Republican Party, the liberty movement, and American politics. 

Marine Corps veteran Will Thompson joins us to provide his perspective on our military policy questions, including about U.S. military bases abroad, deploying during peacetimes and wartimes, serving under different administrations, and the military budget.

Amidst all the talk of gerrymandering, a more seismic shift in our democracy looms on a horizon that is growing ever closer. WaPo's Jason Willick helps us unpack where the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact stands and what its passage might portend for the way we elect our president.

We recap a big personal week for the gentlemen before diving into some of the topics (Iran, Trump, the Pope, tax day) that have been dominating the news lately. 

WaPo's climate zeitgeist reporter Shannon Osaka takes us behind the stories of an older issue, a constant issue, and a newer issue, all of which seem to be getting worse at once these days.

We have questions about where on the timeline we are in this AI revolution, what it means for our economy and our society, and what the future might look like; Dave Friedman of the "Buy the Rumor; Sell the News" substack has answers...or at least a recommended approach. 

Three weeks into this conflict with Iran, polls show that most liberals and independents are against the conflict yet overwhelming majorities of conservatives are in favor of it. How could this be? Why haven't traditional conservative arguments against this type of war soured this generation of conservatives on it? We try to parse these arguments in a buy-or-sell format.

We try to make some sense of the conflicting feelings we have about the latest U.S. strikes. How are we supposed to reconcile not feeling badly about the result but also not feeling good about the process?