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The Realignment

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 Marshall Kosloff explore this with thinkers, policymakers, and more.
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307 | Saagar & Marshall: Elon Musk's Twitter Buy & the Death of Social Media + Pre-Midterm Predictions

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Saagar and Marshall discuss Elon Musk's post-acquisition plans for Twitter amid the so-called "death" of social media and give their pre-midterms predictions/analysis....

Nov 03, 202255 minEp. 321

306 | Lyle Jeremy Rubin: A Marine Questions American Power, Capitalism, & the Future of the Left

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Lyle Jeremy Rubin, author of Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine's Unbecoming, joins The Realignment to discuss how his time as a Marine officer in Afghanistan led him to re-evaluate his persp...

Nov 01, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 320

305 | Nick Santhanam: The Return of Manufacturing and a Better, Faster, Stronger America

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Nick Santhanam, co-author of The Titanium Economy: How Industrial Technology Can Create a Better, Faster, Stronger America, joins The Realignment to discuss why he believes that the future of the Amer...

Oct 27, 202259 minEp. 319

304 | Shadi Hamid: The Problem of Democracy

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Shadi Hamid, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea, joins The Realignment to discuss the domesti...

Oct 25, 202257 minEp. 318

303 | Jai Malik & Lucas Bagno: Disrupting America's Industrial Base

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Jai Malik, founder and General Partner at Countdown Capital, and Lucas Bagno, an investor at Village Global and co-host of the Solarpunk podcast, joined The Realignment for a live recording at Lincoln...

Oct 21, 202240 minEp. 317

302 | Timothy Shenk: The Struggle to Realign American Politics from Alexander Hamilton to Obama and Trump

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Timothy Shenk, historian and author of Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy, joins The Realignment to discuss who popular majorities, leaders,...

Oct 20, 20221 hr 1 minEp. 316

301 | Rana Foroohar: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Rana Foroohar, author of Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World and Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business, joins The Realignment to discuss why sh...

Oct 18, 202257 minEp. 315

300 | Thomas E. Ricks: How the Civil Rights Movement Waged a "Good War"

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Thomas E. Ricks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968, along with military histories including The Generals: American Military...

Oct 14, 20221 hrEp. 314

299 | Reza Aslan: How Should Americans React to Iran's Revolution(s)?

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Reza Aslan, author of An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville, joins The Realignment to discuss the ongoing protests against the Iranian regime, the role Ame...

Oct 13, 20221 hrEp. 313

298 | Josh Steinman: Inside Trump's NSC & Rebuilding America's Industrial Base

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. Josh Steinman's NatCon Conference Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6385kbvDBQ Josh's Steinman's Substack: https://steinman.substack.com/ REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com...

Oct 11, 20221 hr 9 minEp. 312

297 | Saagar & Marshall: Marc Andreessen's Book List, Semiconductors, Responding to Putin's Speech, and More...

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. Marc Andreessen's Book Recommendations: https://a16z.com/2022/10/04/what-ive-been-up-to-lately/ REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE OF BOYS AND MEN AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com...

Oct 07, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 311

296 | Richard Reeves: Why Modern Boys and Men Are Struggling and What to Do About It

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE OF BOYS AND MEN AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Richard V. Reeves, Brookings Senior Fellow and author of Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, joins The Realignment to discuss how dec...

Oct 06, 202254 minEp. 310

295 | Chris Miller: The Chip War and the Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. Reboot Conference in Miami: Visit rebootconference.org to learn more and use code “TheRealigmentPod” for $50 off REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE CHIP WAR AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Chris Miller, Tufts University professor and author of Chip War: The Fight for the W...

Oct 04, 202247 minEp. 309

294 | Steve Case: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places Are Building the New American Dream

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. Reboot Conference in Miami: Visit rebootconference.org to learn more and use code “TheRealigmentPod” for $50 off REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and Revolution joins The Realignment to discuss his new book: ...

Sep 30, 202247 minEp. 308

293 | Saagar & Marshall: Nord Stream Leak Origins + How Should We Deter Nuclear Conflict?

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. Reboot Conference in Miami: Visit rebootconference.org to learn more and use code “TheRealigmentPod” for $50 off REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Saagar and Marshall discuss the debate over the origins of the Nord Stream leak/sabotage, Europe's energy cha...

Sep 29, 202249 minEp. 307

292 | Scott Galloway: America Adrift - The Story of the U.S. Through 100 Charts

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Scott Galloway, author of Adrift: America in 100 Charts, Professor of Marketing at NYU, and podcast host, returns to The Realignment to discuss why he believes America is on the brink of massive changes that will reshape t...

Sep 27, 202241 minEp. 306

291 | Geoffrey Cain: Should TikTok Be Banned or Independently Spun-Out?

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. Geoffrey's Testimony: https://lincolnpolicy.org/2022/testimony-of-geoffrey-cain-to-the-u-s-senate-committee-on-homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/ REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Geoffrey Cain, Lincoln Network Senior Fellow in the FACET program a...

Sep 22, 202249 minEp. 305

Teaser | Marshall & Saagar Supercast Subscriber Q&A: Personal Bias, American Dynamism, Ukraine's Offensive, Book Recs, and More...

WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR SUPERCAST: https://realignment.supercast.com/ Marshall and Saagar answer Realignment Supercast subscriber Q&A from our ask-me-anything page. Subscribers to The Realignment's Supercast help us monetize the show, submit questions for Q&A episodes, listen to exclusive content, and more.

Sep 21, 202227 minEp. 304

290 | David Phillips: The War for the Soul of the Navy Seals, Recruitment Shortfalls, and the Military's Afghanistan/Iraq Hangover

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com David Phillips, author of Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times national correspondent, joins The Realignment to discuss scandals within the Navy...

Sep 20, 202258 minEp. 303

289 | Jonathan Darman: How FDR, Lyndon Johnson, and Ronald Reagan Realigned America

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Jonathan Darman, author of Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President and Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America, joins The Realignment to discuss how FDR, LBJ, and Ronald Reagan ...

Sep 16, 202252 minEp. 302

288 | Michael Tomasky: Why Progressive, Middle-Out Economics Will Succeed Neoliberalism

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Michael Tomasky, Editor of The New Republic and Editor in Chief of Democracy, joins The Realignment to discuss how progressives are reimaging economics to confront the neoliberal era's failures, why rising inequalit...

Sep 15, 202252 minEp. 301

287 | Jack Detsch: Will Ukraine's Counteroffensive Change the Course of the War?

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Jack Detsch, Foreign Policy's Pentagon and National Security Reporter, joins The Realignment to discuss the results of Ukraine's new eastern counteroffensive, why Russian forces are struggling on the defensive, the ...

Sep 13, 202229 minEp. 300

286 | Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to Global Domination - Mark Bergen on How YouTube Got to Billions of Daily Views

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Mark Bergen, technology reporter and author of Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination, joins The Realignment to discuss why YouTube flies under the radar in the big tech conversa...

Sep 09, 202259 minEp. 299

285 | Saagar & Marshall: Was the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan Botched? + 9/11 Anniversary Reflection

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. Note: See tomorrow's Substack for the full list of books we mention in this episode. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Saagar and Marshall discuss the dual anniversaries of 9/11 and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan falling the fall of Kabul in 2...

Sep 08, 202254 minEp. 298

284 | The Realignment x The Pull Request: Antonio García Martinez on What's Broken, How to Fix It, or Do We Just Move to Balaji's Network State?

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. The Pull Request: https://www.callin.com/show/the-pull-request-ucnDJmEKAa Balaji Srinivasan's Network State Realignment Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/264-balaji-srinivasan-how-and-why-to-start-new-countries/id1474687988?i=1000569114998 The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com/ Antonio's Previous Realignment Appearance: https://podcasts.appl...

Sep 06, 20221 hr 6 minEp. 297

283 | California at the Epicenter of America's New Energy Crisis - Katherine Blunt on the Fall of PG&E, the Grid, and New Energy Sources

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Katherine Blunt, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric - and What It Means for America's Power Grid, joins The Realignment to discuss the challenge of fi...

Sep 02, 202241 minEp. 296

282 | The Realignment X Narratives Podcast: How Do We Make it to the 2030s?

The Narratives Podcast: https://narrativespodcast.com/ Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com In this Labor Day weekend crossover, Marshall recorded an in-person crossover episode in Austin with the Narratives Podcast. Will Jarvis and Lars Doucet spoke w...

Sep 01, 20221 hr 29 minEp. 295

281 | Why Are Latino Voters Moving Towards Trump? - Geraldo Cadava on the GOP's Relationship with Hispanic Voters

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com 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 Republi...

Aug 30, 202256 minEp. 294

280 | Saagar & Marshall on Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plans + Beth Macy on the Next Stage of the Opioid Crisis

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com 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 Rais...

Aug 26, 20221 hr 26 minEp. 293

279 | Sprinting Towards Conflict with a Peaking China - Michael Beckley on the Dangers of the Next Decade

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com 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 ...

Aug 25, 202256 minEp. 292
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