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Area 45 is a Hoover Institution podcast devoted to the Trump administration and the policy avenues available to America’s forty-fifth president.

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03.01.2021 In Search Of A Republican Message Trump’s hold on the GOP.
01.20.2021 As The World Turns . . . From Trump To Biden The effectiveness of the Trump approach and what to expect from the anticipated Biden “re-pivot” on China and Iran.
01.19.2021 A Post-Trump Realignment? Did a genuine realignment occur in 2020 or will the 45th president’s impact fade away?
01.14.2021 Trump, Impeachment And The Courts President Trump’s record on judges and how the Biden Administration might differ.
01.12.2021 Exit “Trumponomics” Enter “Bidenomics” The good, the bad, and the unresolved of the Trump years and what actions Biden might take.
11.05.2020 Another Philly Special? Election integrity comes under legal scrutiny.
10.28.2020 Area 45: And The Winner Is . . . What do the polls suggest about the health of the two candidacies?
10.08.2020 “Your Lights Are Getting Dimmer” David Brady reviews polling data showing how the 2020 race compares, at this point, to 2016’s contest nationally and in battleground states.
10.03.2020 Area 45: A Healthy Amendment? The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution clarifies presidential succession in the event of death or resignation. What’s not so clear is prolonged incapacitation.
09.23.2020 Foreign To This Election Markos Kounalakis discusses unrest in Egypt and Iran – and offers a few foreign policy questions in advance of next week’s presidential debate.
09.20.2020 Replacing “The Notorious RBG” The legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as well as the pros and cons of waging a bitter confirmation battle before or after Election Day.
09.17.2020 Cancel That Thought What the future may hold for social media outlets amidst the current cancel-culture phenomenon.
09.04.2020 State Of The Presidential Race: Convention Bump? The dynamics of the presidential race and “hidden” voters.
09.01.2020 President (Yes, President) Pelosi? A contentious presidential election and an indecisive Congress paves the way for the next president.
08.27.2020 Michael Auslin On Keeping Up With The Kims The family dynamics at play in Pyongyang and possible changes to American diplomacy post-November election.
08.20.2020 California: Back in Blackouts Again? James Sweeney explains the differences between crises present and past, and suggests ways California can better balance population and environmental concerns.
08.14.2020 Vice President Harris, Senator Newsom? Dan Walters talks about why a Biden-Harris victory would trigger a competition among California Democrats to replace her in Washington.
08.05.2020 Area 45: Tim Kane: Does COVID-19 Trump Immigration? A sensible approach to immigration policy that would balance America’s economic, security and humanitarian concerns.
07.30.2020 Happy Birthday, Milton Friedman What separates Friedman from other conservative economists, his quintessentially American life story, plus what the famed libertarian might make of the debate over masks, government edicts, and civil liberties.
07.24.2020 State Of The Race: Rope-A-Dope With Dave Brady and Doug Rivers The health of the two presidential candidates.
07.02.2020 Area 45: Tom Gillian: Let Freedom Ring Individual, economic, and political freedoms that are quintessentially American.
06.19.2020 San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer: Getting Vocal Challenges facing both San Diego as well as many of America’s great cities.
06.16.2020 Dave Brady and Doug Rivers: The State Of The Presidential Race . . . The strengths and weaknesses of the November candidates.
06.10.2020 Tom Bevan: The Trump-Media “War Of The Roses” The dysfunctional Trump-media dynamic and the progressive bent in America’s newsrooms.
06.06.2020 Pete Wilson: “A Charming Irishman” The last time federal troops were dispatched to quell urban unrest was in 1992, and former California Governor Pete Wilson discusses the events that lead to this action.
06.05.2020 David Henderson: Pandemics & “Never-Ending Pasta Bowls” Should Washington come to the rescue of several of the nation’s largest states?
06.01.2020 Terry Anderson: Renewing Indigenous Economies Are free markets and property rights the keys to improving Indigenous Economies?
05.25.2020 Lee Ohanian: The Place You Ought To Be? Unemployment numbers, Tesla, and Apple.
05.16.2020 Lee Ohanian: Tesla Recoil California’s record budget deficit is formally unveiled, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk re-opens his Bay Area car factory– in defiance of local business restrictions.
05.15.2020 Daniel Heil: Binge-Watching, Binge-Spending Why any serious conversation about fiscal and entitlement reform is years way at best.
05.09.2020 Lee Ohanian: Blue State, Red Ink The poor tax and fiscal choices that are partially responsible for the Golden State finding itself awash in red ink.
05.01.2020 Lee Ohanian: California Beaches Closed, (Tax) Tsunami Warning Orange County lawmakers and an unsustainable state spending spree.
04.24.2020 Lee Ohanian: California’s Great Depression 2.0 When will California’s economy restart?
04.23.2020 Colonel Joseph Felter: Afghanistan Withdrawal The lessons learned and what comes next in South and Southeast Asia.
04.17.2020 Lee Ohanian: California’s COVID Economy How best to bring California’s economy back to life?
04.14.2020 Tevi Troy: The White House “Fight House” What makes for feuds and turf struggles inside the Office of the President.
04.11.2020 Robert Service Assesses Czar Vladimir Putin’s grip on power and the role of oligarchs in maintaining that power.
03.31.2020 Area 45: Brady and Rivers: The State Of The Race The effect of COVID-19 on the presidential race.
03.12.2020 Cochrane: Is An Economic Stimulus The Right Cure For The Coronavirus? The do’s and don’ts of Washington’s economic response to the pandemic.
03.07.2020 Dave Brady: The State Of The Democratic Presidential Race . . . The State Of The Race . . . why the ground suddenly shifted in Biden’s favor.
02.28.2020 Brady And Rivers: The State Of The Presidential Race After four rounds of voting in February, the Democratic presidential primaries kick into high gear with March 3’s “Super Tuesday” avalanche of 14 states, followed by votes in key swing states across America for the remainder of the month. David ...
02.07.2020 John Yoo: Impeachment’s Lessons Will a president of the United States ever be impeached? Was the term “high crimes and misdemeanors” clarified? Did one branch of government emerge stronger than others? What does the future hold for the FBI, FISA Court, and Special Counsels? ...
02.05.2020 Army Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper: The Front Of The Long Grey Line After 40 years of service to his country, Army Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper is one of only two members of West Point’s Class of 1979 still on active duty. He reflects on changes in the military over that span, his ...
01.31.2020 Tom Church: The Fiscal Effects Of A Public Option A schism within the field of Democratic candidates: Medicare-for-All advocates vs. supporters of a “public option” for America’s health care system – i.e., expanded Obamacare. Hoover research fellow Tom Church details the enormous fiscal impact on government and taxpayers should ...
01.27.2020 Dave Brady And Doug Rivers: The State Of The Presidential Race Iowans will caucus next week and the Democratic presidential field remains unsettled. David Brady and Doug Rivers, Hoover senior fellows and Stanford political scientists, weigh in on the state of the race – what their tracking survey reveals pre-Iowa, what ...
01.24.2020 Richard Epstein: Do Cheaters Prosper? China cheats on trade, Iran cheats on nukes, Trump cheated his way into office…or so the allegations go. And of course, there’s baseball’s cheating scandal. Richard Epstein, the Hoover Institution’s Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and the voice behind ...
01.15.2020 Victor Davis Hanson: Holding The Trump Card Iran’s next move, a Senate impeachment trial, and the beginning of the Democratic primaries. Despite January and February’s uncertainties, Victor Davis Hanson, the Hoover Institution’s Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, believes in this certainty: President Trump is on a ...
01.08.2020 Abbas Milani On Post-Soleimani Iran Last week’s US drone attack killing Iranian military leader and terrorism architect Qassim Soleimani marks a new chapter in America’s relationship with the Persian people and their regime. Abbas Milani, a Hoover research fellow and the Hamid & Christina Moghadam ...
12.19.2019 Sarah Isgur: Post-Trump Republicans Regardless of next November’s outcome, Republicans will be searching for a new presidential standard-bearer for 2024 and beyond. Sarah Isgur, a staff writer for The Dispatch and a CNN commentator (and, prior to that, an aide to Jeff Sessions, Mitt ...
12.13.2019 Fred Barnes: Impeachment Then, Then, And Now He’s had a front-row seat to the Nixon, Clinton, and Trump impeachment sagas. Fred Barnes, a veteran Washington journalist and Hoover media fellow, discusses the nuances among the three proceedings dating over the past 45 years and the what current ...

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Matters of Policy & Politics episodes:

In Search Of A Republican Message

As The World Turns . . . From Trump To Biden

A Post-Trump Realignment?

Trump, Impeachment And The Courts

Exit “Trumponomics” Enter “Bidenomics”

Another Philly Special?

Area 45: And The Winner Is . . .

“Your Lights Are Getting Dimmer”

Area 45: A Healthy Amendment?

Foreign To This Election

Replacing “The Notorious RBG”

Cancel That Thought

State Of The Presidential Race: Convention Bump?

President (Yes, President) Pelosi?

Michael Auslin On Keeping Up With The Kims

California: Back in Blackouts Again?

Vice President Harris, Senator Newsom?

Area 45: Tim Kane: Does COVID-19 Trump Immigration?

Happy Birthday, Milton Friedman

State Of The Race: Rope-A-Dope With Dave Brady and Doug Rivers

Area 45: Tom Gillian: Let Freedom Ring

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer: Getting Vocal

Dave Brady and Doug Rivers: The State Of The Presidential Race . . .

Tom Bevan: The Trump-Media “War Of The Roses”

Pete Wilson: “A Charming Irishman”

David Henderson: Pandemics & “Never-Ending Pasta Bowls”

Terry Anderson: Renewing Indigenous Economies

Lee Ohanian: The Place You Ought To Be?

Lee Ohanian: Tesla Recoil

Daniel Heil: Binge-Watching, Binge-Spending

Lee Ohanian: Blue State, Red Ink

Lee Ohanian: California Beaches Closed, (Tax) Tsunami Warning

Lee Ohanian: California’s Great Depression 2.0

Colonel Joseph Felter: Afghanistan Withdrawal

Lee Ohanian: California’s COVID Economy

Tevi Troy: The White House “Fight House”

Robert Service Assesses Czar Vladimir

Area 45: Brady and Rivers: The State Of The Race

Cochrane: Is An Economic Stimulus The Right Cure For The Coronavirus?

Dave Brady: The State Of The Democratic Presidential Race . . .

Brady And Rivers: The State Of The Presidential Race

John Yoo: Impeachment’s Lessons

Army Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper: The Front Of The Long Grey Line

Tom Church: The Fiscal Effects Of A Public Option

Dave Brady And Doug Rivers: The State Of The Presidential Race

Richard Epstein: Do Cheaters Prosper?

Victor Davis Hanson: Holding The Trump Card

Abbas Milani On Post-Soleimani Iran

Sarah Isgur: Post-Trump Republicans

Fred Barnes: Impeachment Then, Then, And Now

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