The Dispatch Podcast

In a special Independence Day episode, Sarah, Jonah, and Steve share their Fourth of July traditions and try to figure out how Democrats can get out of this mess.

The Agenda:

—Calvin Coolidge’s Declaration of Independence speech

—Centuries-old cherries found at Mt. Vernon

—Why won’t Joe Biden leave the race?

—Biden’s statement on the SCOTUS immunity ruling

—What would Sarah do?

—Harris has a problem

—Did the media cover Biden’s age well?

—What does all this mean for Trump’s VP pick?

Show Notes:

—A celebration of a free press

—Jonah’s G-File on parties

—Jake Tapper and Sen. Chris Coons

—Steve on Tim Miller’s podcast

—Matthew Dowd’s tweet 

—Hadas Gold’s piece on White House reporters

—New York Times editorial on Biden

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Philippe Reines, a Democratic political consultant and former aide to Hillary Clinton, joins Jamie to discuss President Joe Biden’s performance in last week’s debate and where Democrats should go from here.

The Agenda:

—Comparing Biden and Donald Trump’s health

—“Heaviest president since Taft”

—Should Biden bow out?

—Hillary Clinton 2024?

—January 6 and a second Trump term

—Biden’s stuttering problem

—Will Trump target Hillary Clinton?

—Project 2025

Show Notes:

—Phillipe's debate prep role as Donald Trump

—Democratic Sen. Chris Coons on Fox News

—Former President Barack Obama's tweet about the debate

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Sarah, Kevin, Steve and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle discuss Joe Biden’s hard-to-watch debate performance. Is anyone really surprised?

The Agenda:

—Will Joe still the be Democratic nominee?

—Who would let Biden step on that stage?

—Trump’s veepstakes

—Oh yeah, Trump was awful too

—Looking forward to September

Show Notes:

—Cole Murphy's explainer on the residency issue

—Our post-debate Dispatch Live

—Today's Morning Dispatch

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Jamie is joined by Dr. Shilo Brooks, executive director of Princeton’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, to discuss how looking to the past can save the next generation.

Agenda:

— Five Thinkers: Xenophon, Niccolo Machiavelli, Theodore Roosevelt, Sandra Day O’Connor, Frederick Douglass

— Restoring honorable ambition

— Rebuffing criticisms of Western classical tradition

— Getting ideology out of classrooms

— Why pro-Hamas demonstrators are on elite campuses

— Don’t be safe, don’t be boring

— Is there a leader alive worth admiring?

Show Notes:

— James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions

— Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince

— Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus

— Frederick Douglass’ “Self Made Men”

— Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil

— Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove

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Sarah, Mike, and Jonah analyze Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s debate strategies, or lack thereof. Plus: the futility of fighting political headwinds, executive overreach, and a new Dispatch newsletter.

Agenda:

— Why presidential debates don’t (and do) matter

— Improving Biden’s comms strategy

— Veepstakes for Trump

— Politics of Biden’s immigration policy

— Congress, do your job!

— This weekend: the new Dispatch Faith

Show Notes:

— The Dispatch’s The Collision

— Advisory Opinions’ Living Anachronism

— Bump stocks decision

— The Skiff’s Interview with David French

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Why does one of the world’s wealthiest men want to fund a database full of U.S. facts and figures? Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft executive and founder of USAfacts.org, joins Jamie at Dispatch HQ to discuss his philanthropic efforts.

The Agenda:

—Saying no to Mitt Romney (back in the day)

—Figures on immigration, healthcare, and debt

—Data-based decision-making

—The aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 attack

—The impact of AI

—Funding Harvard

Show Notes:

—The Atlantic: The Golden Age of American Jews is Ending

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Sarah is joined by Jonah and Steve to discuss the Hunter Biden conviction and debate how much Biden’s age matters.

The Agenda:

—“This is what Joe Biden wanted.”

—Hunter’s tax charges

—Rep. Nancy Mace’s political evolution

—Have Republicans set expectations too low for Biden?

—IVF and political malpractice

—The secret recording of Justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts

Show Notes:

—Dukakis' death penalty question

—Yuval Levin’s new book: American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again

—Yuval Levin on The Remnant

—Ryan Anderson’s piece about IVF

—NYT: Alito’s ‘Godliness’ Comment Echoes a Broader Christian Movement

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Jamie is joined by Andy Mills—host of Reflector and a co-creator of the New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast—to discuss why he left seminary for journalism and what’s gone wrong inside American newsrooms.

The Agenda:

—Andy’s background

—Why is everyone in New York?

—Policing curiosity

—The outsized power of young journalists

—Take them seriously, not literally

—Woke McCarthyism

—The Twitterization of journalists

—What makes a great podcast?

Show Notes:

—The Dispatch Podcast with A.G. Sulzberger

—Andy Mills and Matthew Boll’s Reflector

—The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling

—Nellie Bowles' book

—Tom Cotton's op-ed in the NYT

—Adam Rubenstein's Chick-fil-A story

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Sarah, Jonah, and Mike discuss President Joe Biden’s immigration executive action and the coverage of his son Hunter Biden’s trial. The three also define “whataboutism” and “both-sidesism”, narrowly avoiding an existential crisis for Jonah.

The Agenda:

—Biden’s border crisis

—Hunter’s gun trial begins

—The debate over Biden’s age

—The hostage crisis in Gaza

—Returning grocery carts

Show Notes:

—Jonah’s Wednesday G-File

—Ronald Reagan on Saturday Night Live

—Advisory Opinions’ episode on Hunter Biden

—Jonah’s Remnant with Mike Warren

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Washington Post columnist George Will joins Jamie to discuss the Trump verdict, the state of American politics, Israel’s predicament, the influence of college campuses, foreign policy, and the future of the Republican Party.

Show Notes:

—Will's Washington Post column on not voting in November

—Will's Washington Post column on nuclear annihilation

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