The Jamie Weinstein Show

Since his book Between the World and Me was published in 2015—and perhaps even before—Ta-Nehisi Coates has been considered one of the most influential commentators on race in America.

A national correspondent for the Atlantic, Coates's provocative writings often create headlines and instigate debate. In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Coates discusses his worldview, Donald Trump, his thoughts on America's racial history, the letter he wrote President Obama, the lessons he learned over his career, his influences, and much, much more.

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· Why Coates thinks Trump is a racist and whether he thinks Trump would be happy if African Americans were worse off after his presidency · On the motivations of conservatives who opposed President Obama · Coates on whether individuals can do very much to fight the white supremacy he sees embedded in American society · On whether stories of black success in America, from President Obama to Jay Z, challenge his worldview in any way · On America's founding and American exceptionalism · What does Coates think should happen to Civil War statues – and statues of America's founders · On police shootings · On how white liberals view Coates · Coates reveals the letter he wrote to President Obama after he left the White House · On Andrew Sullivan, Matt Drudge and Louis Farrakhan · Get off Twitter – and other career advice for aspiring journalists · On the historical leaders Coates admires, the books that influenced him, and the journalists he regularly reads

One of the most connected journalists in politics, Mike Allen has authored one of the must-read morning political tip sheets in Washington for over a decade, first at Politico and now at Axios, a publication he co-founded just over a year ago.

In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Allen discusses how covering President Trump is different than covering the other presidents he's covered, what he makes of the Russia investigation, what he sees happening in 2020, and much more.

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• How is covering Trump different than covering other presidents?
• On Allen's interactions with Trump
• Do White House staffers respect Trump?
• Where Allen sees the Russia investigation going
• Who Allen thinks will run in 2020
• The difference between his morning email at Axios and his morning email at Politico
• How he schedules his day
• On Matt Drudge, Anthony Scaramucci, Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon
• Mike Allen's career advice

Eli Lake is a longtime national security reporter known for breaking stories and ruffling feathers.

Lake, who now serves as a columnist for Bloomberg View, is the latest guest on The Jamie Weinstein Show podcast, where he evaluates the Trump administration's foreign policy after year one, analyzes where the Russian investigation is heading, discusses his thoughts on foreign policy challenges around the world, and much more.

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• Is the world better off after Year 1 of the Trump administration?
• What is the Trump Doctrine?
• Where the Russia investigation is going?
• Is there an American Deep State?
• Lake discusses is journey to Axis of Evil countries
• On the Egyptian Revolution, the Libyan intervention, what to do in North Korea and Syria, and whether Saudi Arabia is on the right path
• On Christopher Hitchens, Sebastian Gorka, Steve Bannon, Michael Bloomberg and Matt Drudge
• Lessons from Lake's career
• Lake on his influences and what story has been under-covered

For nearly 15 years, David Brooks has been a conservative columnist—for much of that time, the lone conservative columnist—on the New York Times op-ed page.

In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Brooks talks about how his view of Trump has changed over the years, what he would focus on if he found himself in the Oval Office, his surprising relationship with Steve Bannon, how Bill Buckley helped propel his career, and much more.

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• How Brooks's view of Trump has changed
• Grading Trump's first year
• On the Russia investigation
• What David Brooks would focus on if president
• On the tension of being a Burkean and a "National Greatness Conservative"
• How Brooks feels the media has covered Trump
• On his surprising relationship with Steve Bannon
• Brooks' view of drug legalization
• On Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Joe Scarborough, and Matt Drudge
• How Bill Buckley helped shape Brooks's career
• Closing questions: the books that shaped Brooks, and what he feels is the most under-covered issue

A longtime political commentator and activist, Bill Kristol is best known these days for his opposition to Donald Trump. In his second appearance on The Jamie Weinstein Show, the editor-at-large of The Weekly Standard opens up on Trump's first year, whether he plans to help organize a third-party challenge to Trump in 2020, Oprah's presidential prospects, and much more.

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• Grading Trump's first year
• Where he falls on the NeverTrump divide
• What Kristol meant when he tweeted #NeverPence
• Does Kristol believe honorable people can serve in the Trump administration?
• Kristol discusses his plans for the 2020 presidential campaign
• On Mitt Romney's run for Senate – and whether Romney 2020 could happen
• On Oprah 2020
• How his position on Trump has affected his career
• How Bill Kristol consumes the news
• What issue Kristol believes has been under-covered by the press

Few political strategists have had as much success as Mike Murphy.

The loquacious political guru most famously worked for Mitt Romney, John McCain, Jeb Bush, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Murphy discusses his opposition to Donald Trump, why he thinks Trump won, a potential Mitt Romney 2020 presidential campaign and much more.

Show Roadmap · Murphy rates Trump's first year · On the State of the Republican Party brand · When Murphy met Trump · Why Trump won · Could Trump have been stopped in the GOP primary? · What he makes of a potential Steve Bannon presidential run · Romney 2020? · Thoughts on Roger Ailes, Don Rickles, Chris Christie, Matt Drudge and more · Closing questions: Murphey's influences

In the last year, Ben Shapiro has exploded.

A pundit since he was 17, the Harvard Law-trained Shapiro now boasts the number one conservative podcast in the country. In his second appearance on The Jamie Weinstein Show, Shapiro grades Trump's first year, bursts media myths surrounding his former boss Steve Bannon, explains how he thrived in the conservative world in the Age of Trump despite not voting for the president, gives his thoughts on bitcoin, and much, much more.

Show Roadmap· Shapiro grades Trump's first year · On how the media has covered Trump · What the media gets wrong about Steve Bannon · How Shapiro exploded in 2017 despite not voting for Trump · Shapiro weighs in on the trajectory of his career vs Milo · How Shapiro's podcast became the number one conservative show. · Would Shapiro ever consider a presidential run? · Shapiro answers Twitter Qs: on his work schedule, bitcoin, debating Rosie O'Donnell, and more · On Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge, and Rush Limbaugh · Closing questions: On the liberals he reads, the issue he thinks is undercover, and more.

Joel Pollak was personally recruited by the late Andrew Breitbart to join his then burgeoning media empire and today is senior editor-at-large at Breitbart.com.

In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Pollak opens up about his thoughts on President Trump's first year in office, what he believes Breitbart's role is in the current media ecosphere, how he defends the website from its conservative and liberal critics and how he would fix America if he were emperor for a day, among many other topics.

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· How Pollak thinks Trump has done in his first year · Has Trump delivered for the populist nationalist agenda? · Why Trump won · When exactly did Pollak become a Trump supporter? · Is Pollak being considered for Ambassador to South Africa? · Does Pollak have any concerns about Trump? · What is Breitbart's role in the media? · Pollak responds to critics of Breitbart · What the term "globalist" means to Pollak · Why does Matt Drudge seem to dislike Steve Bannon? · The 3 issues Pollak would focus on if he was emperor for the day · What would Andrew Breitbart think of Breitbart today? · Pollak on the Mercers, Milo, Ben Shapiro and Jared Kushner · Lessons from Pollak's career · On Breitbart's support of Roy Moore · On Pollak's influences

Andrew Sullivan has a lot of opinions.

In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, the man whom conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat said is arguably "the most influential political writer of his generation" sounds off on a whole host of issues, including how he thinks President Trump is doing, how he thinks the #MeToo movement has gone too far, and why he still has questions about Trig Palin's parentage. Among many other topics, he also talks about his relationships with and his thoughts on prominent figures such as the late Bill Buckley, Boris Johnson, Niall Ferguson, and Ta-Nehsi Coates.

Show Roadmap

· Why Andrew Sullivan thinks Trump needs to be removed from office

· On why a President Pence is less alarming to Sullivan

· Who Sullivan would like to run for president in 2020

· What three policies would Sullivan enact if he was emperor for a day

· Sullivan on whether bakers should have to bake cakes for gay weddings

· Why Sullivan believes the #MeToo movement has gone too far

· On his interactions with and thoughts on Bill Buckley, Matt Drudge, Boris Johnson, Niall Ferguson and Ta-Nehisi Coates

· Why Sullivan still believes the conspiracy that Trig Palin is not really Sarah Palin's child

· Andrew Sullivan's career advice

· Sullivan on his influences

James Rosen is a man of many interests. Fox News's Chief Washington Correspondent is known to viewers of the cable news network as a hard-nosed journalist, but off-the-air he wears other hats, including being something of a historian of the Watergate scandal, a Beatles super-fan, a boxing aficionado, and an admirer of Bill Buckley. In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Rosen talks about all of that, plus his thoughts on covering President Trump, the criticism Fox News has faced, the books that shaped him and much more.

Show Roadmap:

• How covering Trump is different than covering other presidents

• Rosen on his personal interactions with Trump

• Rosen rates the media's coverage of Trump

• On the criticism Fox News has faced over its coverage of Trump

• Rosen on being surveilled by the Obama administration

• On his "obsessions": Watergate, the Beatles and boxing

• Rosen talks about his book on Bill Buckley's obituaries and about Buckley's legacy

• Rosen discusses the topic of his next book: Antonin Scalia

• Advice for aspiring broadcast journalists

• Closing question: On the books that shaped him