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Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University professor and author of The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump, joins The Realignment to discuss how working-class Republican voters trended toward's former President Trump between 2016 and 2020, debates over terminology (Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx), and how immigration reform influences the Hispanic vote.

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In today's two-part episode, Saagar and Marshall discuss President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan and how they think one can actually "solve" America's higher education crisis. Then, Beth Macy, author of Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis and Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America, joins the show to discuss the next stage of the opioid crisis. 

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Michael Beckley, Tufts University professor and co-author (with Hal Brands) of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, joins The Realignment to discuss why he believes that China's power relative to the United States will peak in the 2020s, how that makes a catastrophic conflict more, rather than less, likely, and how the United States and its allies should navigate combustible challenges such as defending Taiwan.

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Anya Kamenetz, former NPR education reporter and author of The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now, joins The Realignment to discuss how COVID impacted a generation of school-aged children, how and why we failed to elevate in-person education as an "essential service," and the role public schools play in America's social safety net.

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Tobias Harris, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and author of The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan, joins The Realignment to discuss the assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, how and why he sought to orient Japan away from its post-WWII pacifism, what the "new" Japan looks like, and how the U.S, Japan, and other allies should approach the growing threat of conflict in the Asia-Pacific. 

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In today's discussion episode, Saagar and Marshall discuss Rep. Liz Cheney's Republican primary loss, Trump's centrality to the GOP during the lead-up to 2024, whether the GOP's foreign policy stance changed with Trump, and how the U.S. should approach Taiwan after Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit.

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Washington Post columnist Jason Willick joins The Realignment to discuss the aftermath of the FBI's search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, how both parties approach federal law enforcement, and the broader question of how the justice system can operate in a zero-sum political world with eroding consensus and trust?

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In this teaser of today's bonus episode for Supercast subscribers, Marshall and Saagar answer questions from our Supercast AMA page. 

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Elliot Ackerman, author of The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan and 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, returns to The Realignment near the first anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Kabul to discuss how the war reshaped American society, the pivot to Great Power competition, and his service during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as a Marine/CIA officer.