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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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Recap and AMA - Free Edition | Marshall on Thanksgiving, How to Ask Questions, the Death of Black Friday, and the Best Subscription Offerings

Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In this Thanksgiving week edition of The Realignment's Recap and Ask Me Anything, Marshall discusses how to ask questions, the death of Black Friday, subscription recommendations for friends and family, and the show's Thanksgiving plans.

Nov 26, 202357 secEp. 471

RE: Something Interesting | Doug Melville on Family & Ancestry through the Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen and America's First Black Generals

Purchase Invisible Generals: https://bookshop.org/lists/re-something-interesting-book-list? Welcome to RE: Something Interesting, The Realignment's new Saturday podcast focused on more casual conversations about American culture and society with people who've released something worth diving into. Today's guest is Doug Melville, author of Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black Generals. After a 2012 Hollywood production wrote out his family, Do...

Nov 25, 202346 minEp. 470

431 | Ganesh Sitaraman: Why Flying Is Miserable - And How to Fix 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 BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Ganesh Sitaraman, author of Why Flying Is Miserable: And How to Fix It, law professor, and the director of the Vanderbi...

Nov 21, 202344 minEp. 469

RE: Something Interesting | Garrett M. Graff on What the Government Really Knows About UFOs, UAPs, and the Case for Extraterrestrial Life

Purchase UFO: https://bookshop.org/lists/re-something-interesting-book-list? Welcome to RE: Something Interesting, The Realignment's new Saturday podcast focused on more casual conversations about American culture and society with people who've written, recorded, or thought about something worth diving into. Today's guest is Garrett M. Graff, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist and author of UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here--And Out There. Marshall and Garrett discus...

Nov 18, 202353 minEp. 468

430 | Ryan Craig: How Apprenticeships Will Create a Stronger and Fairer America

Ryan Craig, author of Apprentice Nation: How the Earn and Learn Alternative to Higher Education Will Create a Stronger and Fairer America and a Managing Director at Achieve Partners, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Ryan discuss America's recent abandonment of the "college for all" approach, why bipartisan agreement on the importance of apprenticeships hasn't translated into their widespread availability, which countries have apprenticeship models worth following, and why the "earn and learn"...

Nov 17, 202344 minEp. 467

429 | John Gray: How Post-Liberal Thought Can Unpack the Chaotic and Terrifying 2020s

John Gray, author of The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism, joins The Realignment. Marshall and John discuss why he believes Hobbesian political realism is the only way of understanding the world of the 2020s, how faith in a liberal, well managed future peaked in the 1990s, why history could never truly "end," and how current events from Ukraine, Gaza, and the Pacific reflect could use a more self-aware, realistic, and disabused ethical approach. Subscribe to The Realignment to access ou...

Nov 16, 202356 minEp. 466

428 | Tim Marshall: The Astropolitics Era - The U.S., China, Russia, Elon Musk, and the New Space Race

Tim Marshall, geopolitics expert and author of The Future of Geography: How the Competition in Space Will Change Our World, returns to The Realignment. Tim and Marshall discuss how nation-states like the U.S., China, and Russia are navigating the new space race, where private companies such as Elon Musk's SpaceX will run-up against state power and earthbound conflict, the Starlink service's impact on the ground and at sea in Ukraine, and the promise of a space-driven future for humanity. Subscri...

Nov 14, 202351 minEp. 465

Recap and Audience AMA - Free Edition: Marshall & Saagar on 2024 Predictions, Critiquing Gen Z, Why All-In Works, and More...

Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In this week's edition of The Realignment's Recap and Ask Me Anything, Marshall and Saagar discuss the launch of Israel's invasion of Gaza, response to audience questions, and more...Subscribers to The Realignment's Supercast can access the full version of this episode.

Nov 12, 20233 minEp. 464

RE: Something Interesting | Max Marshall on a Fraternity Crime Bust, Xanax Rings, and Coming of Age on Campus in the 2010s

Purchase Among the Bros: https://bookshop.org/lists/re-something-interesting-book-list? Welcome to RE: Something Interesting, The Realignment's new Saturday podcast focus on more casual conversations about American culture and society with people who've written, recorded, or thought about something worth diving into. Today's guest is Max Marshall, author of Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story. Marshall and Max discuss the positives and negatives of fraternities, the rise and fall of the "br...

Nov 11, 202346 minEp. 463

427 | John B. Judis & Ruy Teixeira: Where Did the Democrats Go Wrong?

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira, authors of Where Have All the Democrats Gone?: The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extr...

Nov 10, 202356 minEp. 462

426 | Moshik Temkin: The Art of Leadership in an Era of Crisis and Generational Change

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Moshik Temkin, professor and author of Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm ...

Nov 09, 20231 hr 5 minEp. 461

425 | Patrick Ruffini: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Patrick Ruffini, author of Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP and cofounde...

Nov 07, 202350 minEp. 460

424 | David Adler & Bill Bonvillian: America's Advanced Manufacturing Problem - and How to Fix It

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ American Affairs: America’s Advanced Manufacturing Problem—and How to Fix It REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai David Adler and William B. Bonvillian, aut...

Nov 03, 202354 minEp. 459

423 | Gilman Louie: How America Can Win the Frontier Technology Renaissance

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Gilman Louie, CEO and co-founder of America's Frontier Fund, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Gilman discuss AFF's w...

Nov 02, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 458

422 | David M. Herszenhorn: Alexey Navalny, the Dissident of Putin's Russia - Does the Dream of a Democratic Russia Live On?

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai David M. Herszenhorn, Russia, Ukraine, and East Europe Editor of the Washington Post and author of The Dissident: Alexe...

Oct 31, 202345 minEp. 457

Recap and Audience AMA - Free Edition | Marshall & Saagar on the Launch of the Invasion of Gaza

Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In this week's edition of The Realignment's new recap and audience Q&A/AMA show, Marshall and Saagar's discuss the start of Israel's invasion of Gaza, the implications for the U.S., and more. Subscribers to The Realignment's Supercast can access the full version of this episode.

Oct 29, 202332 minEp. 456

421 | Stuart A. Reid: The Lumumba Plot - The Secret History of the CIA, a Cold War Assassination, and Decolonization

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai...

Oct 27, 202359 minEp. 455

420 | Nikhil Goyal: Child Poverty Doubled Last Year - What Does that Mean for Our Safety Net?

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Nikhil Goyal, former Senior Policy for Education and Children for Senator Bernie Sanders and author of Live to See the ...

Oct 26, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 454

419 | Melissa Kearney: Two-Parent Privilege - The Decline of Marriage and the Fracturing of 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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Melissa Kearney, Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, Director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, a...

Oct 24, 202354 minEp. 453

418 | Bethany McLean: How COVID Exposed a Hollowed-Out and Sickly 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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Bethany McLean, co-author of The Big Fail: and co-host of the Capitalisn't podcast, joins The Realignment. Marshall and...

Oct 20, 202352 minEp. 452

417 | Seth D. Kaplan: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Seth D. Kaplan, fragile states expert and author of Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at ...

Oct 19, 202353 minEp. 451

416 | Rikki Schlott: The Cancel Culture Debate After the Hamas Massacre

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Rikki Schlott, co-author (with Greg Lukianoff) of The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, ...

Oct 17, 202355 minEp. 450

Weekly Recap and Audience AMA - Free Edition | Marshall & Saagar on Gaza, Hamas, and Israel

Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In the premiere episode The Realignment's new week recap and audience Q&A/AMA show, Marshall and Saagar's discuss Israel, Gaza, Hamas, and the broader state of the war. George Packer | https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/israeli-government-response-hamas-attack-gaza-9-11-lessons/675622/...

Oct 15, 20231 hr 15 minEp. 449

415 | James Pethokoukis: Conservative Futurism & Up Wing Politics - Building the Sci-Fi Future We We're Promised

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai James Pethokoukis, AEI Senior Fellow and author of The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Pr...

Oct 13, 202349 minEp. 448

Marshall & Saagar Weekend Special | Submit Your Questions for a Israel, Hamas, and Gaza Themed 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 Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai On Sunday, Marshall and Saagar will release a special Ask-Me-Anything and discussion episode focused on all things Isra...

Oct 12, 20231 minEp. 447

414 | Oren Cass: Is the GOP's Pro-Worker Economic Policy Realignment Underway?

Survey Results and Executive Brief | The New Conservative Voter - American Compass 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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Oren Cass, Executive Director and fo...

Oct 10, 202335 minEp. 446

413 | Nabila Ramdani: Fixing France - How to Save a Broken Republic

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Nabila Ramdani, journalist and author of Fixing France: How to Save a Broken Republic, joins The Realignment. Nabila an...

Oct 06, 202351 minEp. 445

412 | Yonah Jeremy Bob: Iran's Nuclear Program, the Abraham Accords, and the New Middle East

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Yonah Jeremy Bob, co-author of Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Di...

Oct 05, 202357 minEp. 444

411 | Vincent Bevins: Why Didn't a Decade of Global Mass Protests Lead to Revolutionary Change?

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Vincent Bevins, author of If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution and The Jakarta Method: Washin...

Oct 03, 202358 minEp. 443

410 | Thomas P.M. Barnett: How Globalization, North-South Migration, Climate Change, and Demographic Collapse Will Define America's New Map

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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Thomas P.M. Barnett, author of America's New Map: Restoring Our Global Leadership in an Era of Climate Change and Demog...

Sep 28, 20231 hr 14 minEp. 442
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