The Dispatch Podcast

Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Mike Warren, and Mike Nelson to break down the text of the memorandum of understanding that ended the hostilities between U.S. and Iran.

The Agenda:

—Trump’s goals vs. results

—Iran’s ballistic missiles

—$300 billion reconstruction fund

—Future of Iranian terrorist proxies

—The Art of the Deal

—NWYT: Father’s Day

Show notes:

—ISW report on U.S.-Iran agreement

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Steve Hayes is joined by Kevin Williamson, Megan McArdle, and Scott Lincicome to discuss AI and state corporatism and what the national debt is costing us today.

The Agenda:

—Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund proposal

—Government ownership of tech

—Anthropic's Mythos model

—The national debt

—America's most boring nightmare

—NWYT: Optimism

Show notes:

—CATO Institute on a Social Security inflation calculator

—Scott Lincicome on state corporatism

—Europe 2031

—Klon Kitchen on Mythos

—SCOTUSblog live event

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Steve Hayes is joined by Sarah Isgur, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Warren to discuss the New York Times report on the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files and Graham Platner's primary win in Maine.

The Agenda:

—"Dumb-dumb meetings"

—Trump admin crisis management

—How presidential staff spin stories

—Graham Platner's primary win

—Can Democrats take the Senate?

—NWYT: The World Cup

Show notes:

—New York Times report on the Epstein meetings

—Kevin Williamson on political tribalism

—Kevin Williamson on excusing Platner's past

—Sarah Longwell on Republicans and moral authority

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Warren to discuss Donald Trump's interview with Kristen Welker and the latest developments in the Iran war.

The Agenda:

—Trump's Meet the Press interview

—Election integrity claims

—California vote counting

—Trump and Netanyahu

—Negotiating with Iran

—Reporting on the president

—NWYT: Tip creep

Show notes:

—Kevin on Trump's character
—Steve on DOGE and deregulation

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Michael Warren, and John McCormack to discuss whether Donald Trump has become a lame duck president and reflect on McCormack's piece on Ben Sasse.

The Agenda:

—Republicans split on slush fund

—Standing up to Trump

—Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence

—Learning from Ben Sasse

—The original Remnant cohost

—How to talk about death

Show notes:

—Ben Sasse's remarks during the Kavanaugh hearings

—Thom Tillis and Scott Bessent on Bill Pulte

—Thune and Cotton on Pulte

—Ben Sasse's podcast Not Dead Yet

—The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance

—Them: Why We Hate Each Other—and How to Heal

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, David French, and Mike Nelson to discuss the “new phase” of the Ukraine-Russia war, the “imminent” deal with Iran, and the partisan cheerleading for Graham Platner and Ken Paxton.

The Agenda:

—Exaggerating Ukraine's demise

—U.S. support for Ukraine

—The imminent Iran deal

—Similarities between Paxton and Platner

—The poison of partisan cheerleading

—NWYT: The Great American State Fair

Show notes:

—Lydia Moynihan on Ken Paxton

—Kevin Williamson on the 250 celebration

—Mike Nelson on the Iran quagmire

—Iran’s New ‘Nuclear’ Weapon

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, and Mike Warren to discuss Pope Leo’s encyclical on artificial intelligence and explain Jonah’s looksmaxxing routine.

The Agenda:

—The encyclical

—Can AI write good narratives?

—AI disclosure laws

—Creative destruction

—Regulating AI

—NWYT: Clavicular's take on books

Show notes:

—Ben Sasse at the Manhattan Institute

—Klon Kitchen on the AI threat

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and David French to discuss the potential ceasefire extension with Iran and the Democratic Party's autopsy of its 2024 presidential election loss.

The Agenda:

—The Iran deal

—Domestic consequences

—Division on the right

—Ceasefires aren't deals

—The DNC autopsy

—Party constituencies shift

—NWYT: Long school years

Show notes:

—Jonah's "anti-manifesto" on the Iran war

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Warren to discuss Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund and the indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro.

The Agenda:

—The slush fund

—The impeachment case

—Will Congress grow a spine?

—Indictment of Raúl Castro

—The Venezuela model

—NWYT: Discontinued treats

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—Keeping Antisemites Out of the Tent

—Masculinism and Feminism | Interview: Helen Lewis

Show notes:

—Steve on Schiltz for The Weekly Standard

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Steve Hayes is joined by Kevin Williamson, Mike Warren, and David Drucker to discuss Donald Trump’s primary challenges against Sen. Bill Cassidy and Rep. Thomas Massie, along with last week’s U.S.-China summit in Beijing.

The Agenda:

—Sen. Cassidy’s loss

—The consequences of crossing Trump

—Texas Republican primary

—Trump’s approach to China

—Taiwan as a bargaining chip

—NWYT: Trump’s $1.776 billion fund

Dispatch Recommendations:

—Will MAGA Come for Thomas Massie?

—Democratic Efforts to Reclaim Blue-Collar Voters Get a Test in Pennsylvania

—The Benefits of a Later School Bell

—Cornfield Baptism Near Omaha, Nebraska

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