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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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465 | Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman: How AI, Biotech, and Geopolitics Will Define the 21st Century

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ a16z Podcast: a16z Podcast | Andreessen Horowitz REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Former NATO Allied Supreme Commander Admiral James Stavridis and Ellio...

Mar 21, 202427 minEp. 513

464 | Saleha Mohsin: How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ a16z Podcast: a16z Podcast | Andreessen Horowitz REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Saleha Mohsin, author of Paper Soldiers: How the Weaponization of the ...

Mar 19, 202452 minEp. 512

463 | Jim Sciutto: Has Great Power Conflict Set Us on the Path to the Next World War?

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ a16z Podcast: a16z Podcast | Andreessen Horowitz REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Jim Sciutto, CNN Chief National Security Analyst and author of The Ret...

Mar 14, 20241 hr 1 minEp. 511

462 | Frank H. McCourt, Jr.: How Decentralization Can Fight Big Tech & Reclaim the Internet's Promise

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ a16z Podcast: a16z Podcast | Andreessen Horowitz REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Frank H. McCourt, Jr., founder of Project Liberty and author of Our Bi...

Mar 12, 20241 hr 4 minEp. 510

Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Biden State of the Union Reaction, Contrasting WWII Leadership with Today's, Unpacking Cal Newport's Spatial Computing Vision, and More...

Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall discuss their reaction to President Biden's State of the Union address, the takeaways of their reading binge on America's WWII leadership, Cal Newport's long-term vision for the Apple Vision Pro, and answer audience Q&A....

Mar 10, 202428 minEp. 509

461 | Lucas Vaz: Navigating Decaying Infrastructure, Failing Institutions, and Geopolitical Threats with “Critical Software”

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Lucas Vaz, Founder and General Partner of Ravelin Capital, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Lucas discuss, Ravelin, ...

Mar 07, 202437 minEp. 508

460 | Cal Newport: Why the Obsession with "Pseudo-Productivity" is Driving Knowledge Worker Revolts and Burnout

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Cal Newport, Georgetown University professor of computer science, founding member of the Center for Digital Ethics, and...

Mar 05, 20241 hr 18 minEp. 507

459 | Steve Coll: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Perils of Misreading Dictator'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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Steve Coll, author of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq and ...

Feb 29, 20241 hrEp. 506

458 | Carlos Lozada: How to Read Politics & Politicians - What Books Say About Power, Personalities, and Washington

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Carlos Lozada, New York Times columnist and author of The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians & W...

Feb 27, 202457 minEp. 505

457 | Jacob Heilbrunn: From Isolationism to America First - Does the American Right Have a Foreign Dictator Problem?

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Jacob Heilbrunn, Editor of The National Interest and author of America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Fore...

Feb 22, 202453 minEp. 504

456 | Alexander Ward: Biden's Internationalists, Trump's Nationalists, and the Fight for the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Alexander Ward, Politico reporter and author of The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy Aft...

Feb 20, 202455 minEp. 503

Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Apple Vision Pro Review, Will AI Video Kill Hollywood?, What We're Reading, Good Vibes, Bad Policy, and More...

Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall discuss Saagar's Apple Vision Pro review, OpenAI's Sora AI video generation product, and answer subscriber-exclusive questions on the cases for and against Biden and Trump, how to fix the immigration system, their latest reading, and more......

Feb 18, 202416 minEp. 502

455 | Sarah Scoles: What Does the Future Hold for America's Nuclear Arsenal?

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Sarah Scoles, author of Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Sarah di...

Feb 15, 202437 minEp. 501

454 | Jeffrey Rosen: How the Education of the Founders Can Inspire the Next Generation of American Leaders

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center and author of The Pursuit of Happiness: How Clas...

Feb 13, 202452 minEp. 500

453 | Benn Steil: The Rise & Fall of Henry Wallace and the Inevitability of the 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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Benn Steil, author of The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century and Senior Fellow and D...

Feb 08, 202459 minEp. 499

452 | Jerry Hendrix: The Age of U.S. Naval Dominance Is Over

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai The Atlantic: The Age of American Naval Dominance Is Over A Period of Consequences Speech Jerry's Broader Writing on Na...

Feb 06, 202456 minEp. 498

451 | Jonathan Blitzer: The Central American Origins of the Border Crisis

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Jonathan Blitzer, author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisi...

Feb 01, 202459 minEp. 497

450 | Nicholas Dirks: The Uses and Abuses of the University - Where Does Higher Ed Go from Here?

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Nicholas Dirks, former Chancelor of UC Berkeley, author of City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University, an...

Jan 30, 20241 hr 2 minEp. 496

Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: GOP Heads to SC, Mass Media Layoffs, Texas Border Standoff, AMA, and More...

Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall discuss the state of the GOP Primary moving into South Carolina, the state of the media industry after this week's mass layoffs, the standoff between the Biden administration and Texas, answer audience questions, and more......

Jan 28, 20242 minEp. 495

449 | Noah Smith: 2024's Stakes, Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy, and How to Get Industrial Policy Back on Track

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Noah's Writing/Substack: Noahpinion | Noah Smith | Substack Noah Smith, author of the Noahpinion Substack, returns to T...

Jan 25, 20241 hr 8 minEp. 494

448 | Benjamin Herold: Are America's Schools and Suburbs Unraveling?

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Benjamin Herold, education reporter and author of Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs,...

Jan 23, 20241 hrEp. 493

447 | Nick Romeo: The Public Rejects the Status Quo. What is the Alternative?

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Nick Romeo, New Yorker writer and author of The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy, joins The Realignment. Marsha...

Jan 18, 202451 minEp. 492

446 | Tina Nguyen: How the Conservative Movement Went MAGA

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Tina Nguyen, a national correspondent for Puck and author of The MAGA Diaries, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Tina...

Jan 16, 20241 hr 1 minEp. 491

Supercast Preview: 2024 Reading Goals, Yemen Strikes, Taiwan's Election, the GOP Primary Kicks Off, Audience AMA, and More...

Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In 2024's first edition of The Realignment's Recap and Ask Me Anything, Marshall and Saagar discuss their 2024 reading goals, the aftermath of the airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, Taiwan's elections, the start of the 2024 GOP presidential campaign, November election predictions, and audience Q&A.

Jan 14, 20241 minEp. 490

445 | Arun Gupta: Venture Meets Mission - How Mission-Driven Capitalism Can Solve Societal Challenges

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Arun Gupta, CEO of the NobleReach Foundation and co-author of Venture Meets Mission: Aligning People, Purpose, and Prof...

Jan 12, 202454 minEp. 489

444 | Joshua Green: AOC, Bernie, & Warren - The Left Populist Struggle for a New American Politics

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Joshua Green, Bloomberg National Correspondent and author of The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria O...

Jan 11, 20241 hr 5 minEp. 488

443 | Yaroslav Trofimov: Will 2024 Bring Victory, Defeat, or Stalemate in Ukraine?

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal's Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and author of Our Enemies Will Vanish:...

Jan 09, 202455 minEp. 487

442 | Heather Jo Richman: The AUKUS Partnership and How the U.S., U.K., and Australia Can Invest in Dual-Use Technologies

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Heather Jo Richman, Founder and Chair of the U.S. Defense Investors Network, joins The Realignment. Heather and Marshal...

Dec 22, 202359 minEp. 486

FAI Presents | Jennifer Pahlka & Michael Kratsios : From Tech to Government and Back Again

Earlier this month Marshall moderated a conversation Jennifer Pahlka and Michael Kratsios on their experiences moving from tech to government and back again. Jennifer Pahlka, founder of Code for America, served as the Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States under President Obama, and as a member of the Defense Innovation Board under Presidents Obama and Trump. This year, she published Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better. Michael Kr...

Dec 21, 202346 minEp. 484

441 | Matthew George: Human-Machine Partnership and the Case for Autonomous Flight

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: [email protected] Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai In the last episode of The Realignment's coverage of the Reagan Defense Forum, Matthew George, CEO of Merlin Labs, join...

Dec 19, 202328 minEp. 483
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