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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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335 | America's Pacific Power Paradox and the Roots of Asia's Instability with Van Jackson

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 Van Jackson, author of Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of Asian Peace, joins The Realignment to discuss why he believes the U.S. is often the source of threats to peace in the ...

Jan 27, 20231 hr 4 minEp. 351

334 | Is Main Street Conservatism the Future of the Right? with Helen Andrews & Emile Doak

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 Helen Andrews and Emile Doak, co-editors of Main Street Conservatism: The Future of the Right - Lessons from 20 Years of the American Conservative, join The Realignment as a tie-in to yesterday's "Rea...

Jan 25, 20231 hr 4 minEp. 350

333 | Inside the New House China Select Committee with Rep. Mike Gallagher

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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Congressman Mike Gallagher, the newly-appointed ...

Jan 24, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 349

332 | How the Congo's Cobalt Fuels Electric Vehicles, Batteries, and Modern-Day Slavery with Siddharth Kara

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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Siddharth Kara, author of Cobalt Red: How the Bl...

Jan 20, 20231 hr 2 minEp. 348

331 | One Small Step Towards a Fusion Energy Breakthrough with Charles Seife

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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Charlie's Atlantic Article: Is This the ‘Kitty H...

Jan 19, 202359 minEp. 347

Realignment Q&A Mailbag: Does Davos/the World Economic Forum Matter, the Gilded Age and Today's Politics, Dungeons & Dragons, and Neocon Thoughts? (Supercast Exclusive)

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.

Jan 18, 20236 minEp. 346

330 | Does Great Power Equal Responsibility? America and the World from WWI to Ukraine with Robert Kagan

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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Robert Kagan, author of The Ghost at the Feast: ...

Jan 17, 20231 hr 4 minEp. 345

329 | Saagar & Marshall on Congress, Airline Debacles, & Taiwan + John Lettieri on Non-Competes and American Dynamism

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt CSIS Taiwan Wargame Results: The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan EIG's American Dynamism Report REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOK...

Jan 13, 20231 hr 29 minEp. 344

328 | The Pentagon Isn't Ready for the New World of Disruptive Innovation with Steve Blank

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt Steve Blank's Stanford class: Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Emai...

Jan 12, 20231 hr 11 minEp. 343

Realignment Q&A Mailbag | The Return of Serious Politics? Speaker Drama and Realignments, ChatGPT, and more...(Supercast Exclusive)

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.

Jan 11, 20235 minEp. 342

327 | Welcome to 2023 - Navigating Political & Market Chaos with Bradley Tusk

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt Bradley's New Manhattan Bookstore: P&T Knitwear REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail....

Jan 10, 20231 hrEp. 341

326 | Ian Kershaw: The Personalities Who Built and Destroyed Modern Europe

This episode is a part of The Realignment's daily end-of-year coverage of the themes and topics that defined 2022. JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt 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://book...

Dec 14, 202237 minEp. 340

325 | Shannon K. O'Neil: The Globalization Myth - Why Regions Matter

This episode is a part of The Realignment's daily end-of-year coverage of the themes and topics that defined 2022. 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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://book...

Dec 13, 202247 minEp. 339

324 | Paul Millerd: Imagining a New Story for Work with the Pathless Path

This episode is a part of The Realignment's daily end-of-year coverage of the themes and topics that defined 2022. 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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://book...

Dec 12, 202259 minEp. 338

323 | James Rickards: How Broken Supply Chains Will Sink the Global Economy

This episode is a part of The Realignment's daily end-of-year coverage of the themes and topics that defined 2022. 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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://book...

Dec 09, 202240 minEp. 337

322 | Jeremi Suri: America's Unfinished War Over Democracy

This episode is a part of The Realignment's daily end-of-year coverage of the themes and topics that defined 2022. 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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://book...

Dec 08, 202259 minEp. 336

321 | Beverly Gage: How the FBI and Its Politics Shaped the American Century

This episode is a part of The Realignment's daily end-of-year coverage of the themes and topics that defined 2022. 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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://book...

Dec 07, 202243 minEp. 335

320 | Trae Stephens: Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy

This episode is a part of The Realignment's daily end-of-year coverage of the themes and topics that defined 2022. Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/. Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy: https://www.rebootingthearsenal.com/ REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets...

Dec 06, 202259 minEp. 334

319 | Frank Dikötter: Shattering the Myths of China After Mao

This episode is a part of The Realignment's daily end-of-year coverage of the themes and topics that defined 2022. 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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://book...

Dec 05, 20221 hr 12 minEp. 333

318 | Noah Smith: Vibe Shifting Out of the Long 2010s

Noah Smith's Substack: https://noahpinion.substack.com/ Vibe Shift Piece: https://www.thecut.com/2022/02/a-vibe-shift-is-coming.html 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/ JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOK...

Dec 02, 20221 hr 12 minEp. 332

317 | Saagar & Marshall's 2022 Year-in-Review: China Protests & Zero COVID, the End of History Returns, and Is America Politically Exhausted?

JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt 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 kick off The Realignment's E...

Dec 01, 202252 minEp. 331

316 | William D. Cohan: The Rise & Unimaginable Fall of General Electric, America's Iconic Corporation

JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt 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 William D. Cohan, founding partner of Puck, writ...

Nov 29, 20221 hr 2 minEp. 330

315 | David Sax: The Over-Hyped Digital World and Why Our Future Is Analog

JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmlt 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 David Sax (not the All-In Podcast host/VC), auth...

Nov 22, 20221 hr 2 minEp. 329

314 | Saagar & Marshall: Unpacking Trump's 2024 Announcement + the 2022 Midterm Results

Saagar and Marshall discuss former President Trump's 2024 announcement, the Republican Party's outperformance in the 2022 midterms, and take several audience questions. 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...

Nov 18, 202241 minEp. 328

313 | William Inboden: How Ronald Reagan Won the First Cold 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 William Inboden, author of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security, and Associate Professor at the Univ...

Nov 17, 202239 minEp. 327

312 | Christopher Marquis: How China's Communist Roots Shape Its Economy, State Party, and Xi Jinping's Ambitions

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 Christopher Marquis, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at Cambridge Judge Business School and author of Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise, joins The Realignment to discuss...

Nov 15, 202257 minEp. 326

311 | Lars Doucet on Georgism: Land and Why Rent is too High & Wages too Low

PURCHASE LAND IS A BIG DEAL: https://www.landisabigdeal.com/ 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 Lars Doucet, author of Land is a Big Deal: Why rent is too High, Wages too Low, and What We Can do About It, joins The Realignment to argue...

Nov 11, 20221 hr 3 minEp. 325

310 | The Realignment x Breaking Points Election Analysis & Coverage

Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com to submit your responses/comments to next week's free Q&A episode. 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 As we wait for the full results of the 2022 midterms, check out the audio version of Saagar Enjeti, Marshall Kosloff, Kyle Kulins...

Nov 10, 20222 hr 56 minEp. 324

309 | Michael Gibson: Setting the Higher Ed Paper Belt on Fire

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 Michael Gibson, Co-Founder of the venture capital firm 1517 and author of the upcoming Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University, joins The Realignment to disc...

Nov 08, 202255 minEp. 323

308 | Johnathan Bi: René Girard, Mimetic Theory, and Confronting the Apocalypse

Johnathan Bi, host and creator of a new seven-part series on René Girard's political thought, joins The Realignment to discuss the case for studying political philosophy, Mimetic Theory's theoretical and practical applications, and how Girard's work explains 21st-century economic challenges and fears of a nuclear apocalypse. More about Johnathan: https://johnathanbi.com/ Johnathan's Lecture Series: https://johnathanbi.com/lectures Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A epis...

Nov 04, 20221 hr 13 minEp. 322
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