Undercurrents

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Ashley Frawley joins Emily to explain what Justin Trudeau’s resignation means for Canada, the U.S., and the West more broadly. Frawley argues the left and right remain obsessed with identity politics, questioning whether anyone is left to truly defend freedom.

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Batya Ungar-Sargon joins Emily to flesh out her recent argument that Elon Musk turned attention to Britain’s grooming gang scandal on X as a way to distract from his feud with populists like Steve Bannon over foreign workers. Batya explores whether Musk will be able to purge Bannon-style populism from the second Trump administration.

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Charlie Peters of GB News joins Emily to react after Parliament rejected an amendment that would establish a new national inquiry into the grooming gang scandal. Peters, whose bombshell coverage has been shared by Elon Musk and many others, sheds light on how the scandal happened, what we know about the cover-up, and what he’s heard from survivors in recent days.

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Sohrab Ahmari joins Emily to share his personal experience battling Meta’s factcheckers. After Mark Zuckerberg admitted Meta’s policies led to censorship, Ahmari argues the change is good but could mean continued collusion between oligarchs and partisans. 

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Matthew Mehan joins Emily to dive deep on the philosophical underpinnings of retribution. Mehan argues that while Trump must prove ‘there is a cost’ for corruption, he must also prove those efforts aren’t merely ‘payback’ to avoid descending into a banana republic.

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Jeremy Carl joins Emily to reveal what he learned from wading into MAGA’s internal fight about H1-B visas. Carl, who worked in the first Trump administration, explains why he believes Vivek Ramaswamy’s position on the matter is dangerously wrong.

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Emily breaks down the FBI’s response to a suspected terrorist attack in New Orleans in the early hours of 2025. Law enforcement and local officials made significant errors in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy that, according to Emily, reflect deep institutional failures.

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Robby Soave sits down with Emily to discuss whether the “podcast election” in 2024 ushered in a permanent shift for media.

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