The Realignment

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John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira, authors of Where Have All the Democrats Gone?: The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremes and The Emerging Democratic Majority, join The Realignment. Marshall, John, and Ruy discuss why the believe the modern Democratic Party has lost its way, why the party alienates the working class and rural voters it needs to win durable majorities, the forces that derailed their emerging Democratic majority thesis, and the President Joe Biden's 2024 prospects.

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Moshik Temkin, professor and author of Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X, joins The Realignment. In this conversation, Marshall and Moshik discuss the central question of his courses: do leaders make history or does history make leaders? They also discuss the unique leadership challenges posed by the foreign and domestic crises of the early 21st century, why "leaderless," decentralized movements across the political spectrum have failed to achieve their goals, how generational cohorts approach questions of hierarchy and activism differently, and the implications of America's coming [post-Baby Boomer and Silent Generation leadership transition.

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Patrick Ruffini, author of Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP and cofounder of Echelon Insights, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Patrick discuss how Trump assembled the most diverse Republican presidential coalition in history in 2020, how and why the GOP became the party of non-college educated workers, what the potential GOP populist coalition could look like, and how these trends could realign the American political system over the next few decades. 

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American Affairs: America’s Advanced Manufacturing Problem—and How to Fix It

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David Adler and William B. Bonvillian, authors of America’s Advanced Manufacturing Problem—and How to Fix It, published in American Affairs, join The Realignment. Marshall, David, and William discuss how the U.S. lost its leadership in global manufacturing, the impact of federal legislation like the CHIPS Act, and why the key to a successful industrial policy effort lies in redesigning the country's innovation system.

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Gilman Louie, CEO and co-founder of America's Frontier Fund, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Gilman discuss AFF's work investing in frontier technologies such as advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and energy, how the U.S. can outcompete and out-innovate rivals such as China, building a new playbook for deep tech founders, investors, and scientists, and how society can balance the promise and peril of emerging technologies.

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David M. Herszenhorn, Russia, Ukraine, and East Europe Editor of the Washington Post and author of The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner, joins The Realignment. Marshall and David discuss how Alexey Navalny became Russian President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival, the tradition of the "dissident" in Russian and Soviet history, what an alternative vision for a democratic Russia could look like, and whether a democratic Russia with a leader in the style of Navalny would have a positive relationship with the West and its former Soviet neighbors?

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In this week's edition of The Realignment's new recap and audience Q&A/AMA show, Marshall and Saagar's discuss the start of Israel's invasion of Gaza, the implications for the U.S., and more. Subscribers to The Realignment's Supercast can access the full version of this episode. 

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Nikhil Goyal, former Senior Policy for Education and Children for Senator Bernie Sanders and author of Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Nikhil discuss why the child poverty rate experienced its greatest single-year increase on record last year, the role of COVID-era governmental support in reducing the poverty rate, his multi-year ethnographic study of poor children in Philadelphia, and his ultimate belief that America's poverty status-quo is a policy choice.

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Melissa Kearney, Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, Director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, and author of The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Melissa discuss how declining marriage rates are driving many of the country’s biggest economic problems, why there is a growing marriage-gap between college-educated and non-college-educated Americans, the origins of the marriage decline, who shouldn't get married, and whether governmental support can alleviate the disadvantages of growing up in a single-parent household.