The Dispatch Podcast

Steve Hayes was joined over the weekend by Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, at the 2025 Principles First summit in Washington, D.C. The two discussed why Christie initially endorsed Donald Trump in 2016, the Trump administration’s decision to side with Vladimir Putin, and where the line of a “constitutional crisis” is.

Watch the interview here.

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MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency and whether or not we should hit the panic button over the elected “king.”

The Agenda:

—Separating signal from the noise

—The seven-year itch (to ghost)

—Will SCOTUS stop President Trump?

—Using the Justice Department

—The future of the GOP

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Sarah Isgur is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Mike Warren, and Steve Hayes to discuss Trump's social media post calling Zelensky a "dictator," the downside of DOGE, and the White House's monarchy "joke."

The Agenda:

—Zelensky, “a dictator without elections”

—Are we now a pro-Russian country?

—Good guys vs. bad guys

—Banning the Associated Press from the press room

—AP name games

—The downside of DOGE

—Entitlement reform

—“Long live the king”

Show Notes:

—Peter Baker: Trump flips the switch on Ukraine

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War correspondent Tim Mak joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss the latest news out of Ukraine following President Donald Trump’s calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Agenda:

—What’s on the negotiating table?

—Throwing Ukraine to the wolves

—Ukraine’s response to the Biden administration’s actions

—Russia’s economic issues

—Controlling rare earth minerals

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Sarah Isgur is joined by David French and a tanned Jonah Goldberg to discuss the legacy of cancel culture, the impact President Trump’s negotiating style will have on the future of Gaza, and the sorry state of American public schools.

The Agenda:

—Cheap grace when forgiving people

—A lot of FAFO’ing in the Middle East

—Solving the public education crisis

—Ending proceduralism

—Pro-penny lobby: Talk to us

Show Notes:

—Tom Friedman's piece on Trump and Gaza

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Dr. Einat Wilf, a former member of Israel’s Labor Party and co-author of The War of Return, joins Adaam James Levin-Areddy once again to discuss President Donald Trump’s supposed plan to encourage Palestinians to voluntarily self-deport from the Gaza Strip—and what it means for the future of the conflict.

The Agenda:

—Consequences for aggressors

—Where does the money go?

—No one knows Gaza’s future

—What is Gaza?

—The drip, drip, drip of hostages

Show Notes:

—Friday’s Dispatch Podcast Roundtable mentioning the Trump-Netanyahu meeting

—Dr. Wilf on The Remnant

—Dr. Wilf and Adaam discuss the history of UNRWA

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Sarah Isgur is joined by Jonah Goldberg and Steve Hayes to discuss President Donald Trump’s latest saber-rattling tactics against our allies and enemies—and whether his bluffs will pay off.

The Agenda:

—Did free trade policies fail?

—Global saber rattling (IEEPA?)

—Scott Lincicome: Why Donald Trump is wrong about tariffs

—Trump fishes with dynamite

—Gaz-a-Lago

—Will Trump ever follow through?

—USAID: Carrot-and-stick or waste?

—Let’s not commit war crimes

—David Hogg as Democratic National Committee vice chair

Show Notes:

—Thank God for the stock market.

—Our fact check on the Politico-USAID story

—Lara Trump to join Fox News

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Jamie Weinstein is joined Michael Singh, the managing director and Lane-Swig senior fellow at The Washington Institute, to explain how the Trump administration can take on a weakened—but potentially nuclear—Iranian regime.

The Agenda:

—Preventing a nuclear Iran

—Iran’s “ring of fire” strategy

—Iranian proxies operating abroad

—A maximum pressure campaign

—Regime change

—How to build a nuclear warhead

—America’s red line

—Relations with Russia and China

—Is Iran apocalyptic?

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This is an unlocked episode of our weekly Dispatch Faith podcast, which is typically released on our members-only podcast feed, The Skiff. If you enjoy the conversation, we hope you’ll consider signing up as a full Dispatch member today.

President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders related to immigration disrupted the operations of several faith-based charities that aide migrants and refugees—and Vice President J.D. Vance’s comments on CBS News’ Face the Nation further drove a wedge between those groups and the new administration. Michael Reneau is joined by Mark Seitz, Bishop of El Paso and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, and Matthew Soerens, vice president of advocacy and policy at the Christian humanitarian organization World Relief, for discussions about how their respective groups operate and how they’re preparing for what’s next.

Show Notes:

—Michael Warren on the clash between J.D. Vance and the Catholic Church

—Michael Reneau on Evangelicals and their outlook on immigration reform

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel went before Congress this week, and Sarah Isgur, Steve Hayes, Mike Warren, and David French consider whether confirmation hearings are a giant waste of time. Also, Donald Trump’s shaming of Colombia’s president made Sarah rediscover the allure of Great Men of History theory.The Agenda:

—The hearings that weren’t worth your (and the nation’s) time

—Gerrymandering isn’t the problem you think it is (or is it?)

—Everything is broken and I didn’t break it

—Trump bullies his way to foreign policy wins

—The power of leadership over the human heart

—Is DeepSeek our Sputnik moment? (And should we retire Sputnik comparisons?)Show Notes:

—John McCormack on RFK's confirmation process

—The Dispatch explainer on Trump's Colombian feud

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