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1. “Extinction Level Event”: Jonah Goldberg on the Midterm Elections | GoodFellows

   How bad was Election Night in America for Donald Trump and his party? Aside from the brutal math (arguably the GOP’s worst midterm meltdown since 1974’s Watergate backlash), the question arises as…

   Nov 6, 20261 h 00 min
2. Boomers, Burners, and Flying Cars with Cal Newport | GoodFellows

   While the public clamors for some semblance of government regulation of the burgeoning artificial intelligence sector, the question remains: how to prevent doom scenarios without compromising the…

   Oct 20, 20261 h 07 min
3. National Treasures, October Surprises, and Silly Walks with Michael Auslin

   Much like the fragile parchment on which a new republic’s principles and grievances were outlined, America’s Declaration of Independence endures to this day – quite the accomplishment given a…

   Oct 6, 20261 h 07 min
4. Taiwan’s Slow Squeeze, Ukraine’s Long War

   America’s complicated relationship with China doesn’t lack for subplots – tariffs, territorial designs, human rights and espionage. But does the superpowers’ Cold War-like competition over…

   Sep 23, 20261 h 03 min
5. California’s War on Wealth—and America’s War on Terror

   The rubber meets the road in California this fall when a proposed one-time 5% tax on the state’s billionaire class – wealth taxes being a longtime progressive hobby horse – faces a public vote in…

   Sep 9, 20261 h 01 min
6. Endless Summer: Iran, Woke Two?, and the George Costanza Theory of War

   On the latest GoodFellows: Is economic strangulation the key to achieving Iranian cooperation, or another misstep in the Persian Gulf? Is a sequel to “Woke 1” in the works? And does playing the race…

   Aug 20, 20261 h 04 min
7. Complicated Legacy: Jay Bhattacharya on Fauci, RFK, and Vaccines

   Jay Bhattacharya returns to GoodFellows—now as NIH director and acting CDC director—for a candid conversation on what COVID got wrong, why science needs a replication revolution, and how to restore…

   Aug 5, 20261 h 08 min
8. Trump Slump, Capitalism vs. Communism, and Old Man Yells at Claude

   After a productive first 100 days after returning to office, President Trump has since hit a rough patch – stubborn inflation (despite an otherwise powerhouse economy), an unpopular war with Iran…

   Jul 13, 202659 min
9. The Empire Strikes Out: Rick Atkinson on 1776, Is Britain Broken?, and Socialists in New York

   On paper, it was a mismatch: a fledgling republic seeking freedom from the world’s mightiest empire. And yet the American Revolution ended with the upstart colonists’ victory over the mighty British…

   Jul 1, 20261 h 09 min
10. Trump’s 14 Points: Epic Fury or Epic Fail?

    As the US and Iran prepare to sign a memorandum of understanding halting hostilities in the Middle East, will the agreement hold up for long given fundamental differences over Iran’s nuclear…

    Jun 18, 202647 min

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