The Realignment

The Realignment

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  • 237 | Matthew Continetti: What's the Future of the Right in a Realigning America??

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    Marshall and Saagar are joined by Matthew Continetti, author of The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism. Matthew returns to take The Realignment back to its roots and discuss what Trump and Biden era debates on the right mean for 2024 and beyond, who exactly is (and isn't) a conservative, and what makes the current "realignment" moment so unique.

    1 hr 1 min
  • 236 | Saagar and Marshall Discuss Musk & Twitter, How Saagar Became Part of the Story, and Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Decision

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    Marshall and Saagar kick off their biweekly one-on-one discussion episodes. They cover the fallout from Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition, how Saagar became part of the story, who's winning the debate over online speech on social media platforms, and how President Biden should respond to calls to cancel student debate.

    54 min
  • 235 | Mike Solana Returns: A Heretical View of Silicon Valley

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    Today, Marshall speaks with Mike Solana, author of the Pirate Wires Substack, VP at Founders Fund, and newly appointed Lincoln Network board member, joins The Realignment to discuss debates over speech on tech platforms, Elon Musk, how Silicon Valley's wealth and power differs from the Gilded Age, and his vision of government's role in society.

    1 hr 2 min
  • 234 | Yascha Mounk: Can Diverse and Divided Democracies Survive?

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    Today, Marshall speaks with Yascha Mounk, author of THe Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure, joins The Realignment to discuss the unprecedented challenges facing diverse and democratic societies such as the United States and Europe.

    57 min
  • 233 | Saagar and Marshall Debate Finland and Sweden in NATO, Elon Musk & Twitter, Ukraine, and More

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    After Marshall and Saagar recorded yesterday's Breaking Points live show, they recorded the first official expanded Realignment discussion episode. They covered Elon Musk's attempt to purchase Twitter, whether Finland and Sweden should be let into NATO, what America's relationship to Europe should be, and the significance of the sinking of Russia's Baltic Sea flagship.

    If you have thoughts on how we should run future discussion episodes, write in or respond to today's Substack.

    54 min
  • 232 | Sohrab Ahmari: A Radical Challenge to the American Overclass

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    For today's episode, Sohrab Ahmari, founder and editor of Compact Magazine, joins to discuss the newly launched magazine's challenge to elites of the right and left, why the U.S. needs "radical" politics, and how he approaches foreign policy challenges from Ukraine to Taiwan. 

    58 min
  • 231 | David Sacks: The Case for Realism & Non-Interventionism
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    For today's episode, David Sacks, keynote speaker at Up From Chaos: Conserving American Security, cohost of the All-In podcast, and venture capitalist, joined Marshall and Saagar joined to discuss his case for foreign policy realism and non-intervention as the U.S. moves on from the War on Terror and the war in Ukraine deepens.
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    52 min
  • 230 | Ukraine Series Finale: Fredrik Logevall: Lessons from Pre-WWII JFK for Today
    For the series finale of The Realignment's daily Ukraine coverage, Marshall spoke with Dr. Fredrik Logevall, author of JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956.
    They discussed how college-aged JFK, his older brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., and their father, Joseph P. Kennedy, then serving as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, responded to the lead up to World War II in Europe and what we can learn when facing our own international crises today.
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    1 hr 5 min
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: "I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now."
    Note: This is an announcement that tomorrow's Realignment episode marks the end of our Ukraine series.
    If you didn't get the Forrest Gump reference, I've finally reached my limit and am ending the daily series with tomorrow's episode.
    That said, we're spending a lot of time planning out the future of the show going into next week, so please write us at [email protected] if you have thoughts on the number of episodes a week, discussion formats, our upcoming Supercast monetization option, or just broader thoughts on the series.
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    4 min

About The Realignment

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The United States is in the midst of a dramatic political realignment with shifting views on national security, economics, technology, and the role of government in our lives. Saagar Enjeti and…

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