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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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497 | Anupreeta Das: How Tech Billionaires Reshaped 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 Anupreeta Das, South Asia Correspondent for The New York Times and author of Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gate...

Aug 13, 202452 minEp. 561

Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Tim Walz's VP Selection, Trump and JD's Struggles, and the State of the 2024 Race

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, Marshall and Saagar discuss Tim Walz's VP selection, the Trump campaign's struggles, the overall state of the race, answer subscriber questions, and more...

Aug 11, 202432 minEp. 560

496 | Derek Kaufman: How the Abundance Agenda Can Remake American Politics

Inclusive Abundance Initiative: What is Abundance Derek Thompson: A Simple Plan to Solve All of America's Problems 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 Dere...

Aug 08, 20241 hr 5 minEp. 559

RE: Something Interesting - Sara Sadhwani & Juan Diego Ramirez on America's Racial Realignment and the 2024 Election

Nationaly Podcast: Nationly - Immigrantly (immigrantlypod.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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai Professor Sara Sadhwani and journalist Juan Diego Ramire...

Aug 06, 202455 minEp. 558

495 | Justin Slaughter: What Role Will Crypto Policy Play in the 2024 Election?

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 Justin Slaughter, Policy Director at Paradigm, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Justin discuss the role that crypto ...

Aug 01, 202453 minEp. 557

J.D. Vance and the Future of the Right w/Oren Cass, Marshall Kosloff, & Jon Askonas

Trump’s pick of J.D. Vance as his running mate is seen by many as the culmination of a years-long realignment of Republican and conservative politics—away from trickle-down economics toward a more populist, worker-oriented direction. While the pick ushered in a flood of reactions and think pieces, it’s unclear at this stage what Vance’s impact would truly be in a Trump second term. Will Vance be able to overcome some of Trump’s more establishment-friendly positions on taxes and regulation? Will ...

Jul 30, 20241 hr 6 minEp. 556

Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: And We're Back...The Democrats After Biden, JD Vance VP Selection, and the Future of the GOP

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, Marshall and Saagar return from The Realignment's wedding summer break to discuss the state of the Democratic Party after VP Kamala Harris secured the nomination from Biden, the prospect for Senator JD Vance's VP nomination, the state of the Republican Party, and respond to subscr...

Jul 28, 202427 minEp. 555

494 | Raj Shah: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of 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: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai In a cross-over episode with Hudson's Arsenal of Democracy podcast, Raj Shah, former Director of the Defense Innovation...

Jul 25, 202444 minEp. 554

Quick Reflections on Biden's Exit, the Harris Campaign, and Trump's 2024 Prospects

In this quick audio essay, Marshall reacts to President Biden's exit from the 2024 campaign, analyzes the prospects for Vice President Harris, and wonders whether former President Trump is prepared for an election that could no longer be a referendum on Biden's unpopular presidency. Email your reaction to this past week's events: realignmentpod@gmail.com

Jul 23, 20248 minEp. 553

493 | Zack Beauchamp: The Reactionary Spirit - The Battle for Democracy in the U.S., Hungary, Israel, India, and Beyond

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 Zack Beauchamp, Vox Senior Correspondent and author of The Reactionary Spirit: How America's Most Insidious Political T...

Jul 18, 20241 hrEp. 552

492 | Curt Mills: The Bull Case for President Biden's Reelection and the Future of 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 In a conversation recorded before the assassination attempt on former President Trump. Curt Mills, Executive Director o...

Jul 16, 20241 hr 12 minEp. 551

RE: Something Interesting | Nat Eliason on Crypto Confidential - Winning and Losing Millions on the New Frontier of Finance

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 Note: This upcoming Sunday will feature a free Ask Me Anything episode focused on President Biden's 2024 campaign, the ...

Jul 11, 20241 hr 18 minEp. 550

491 | Jonathan Darman: Why Joe Biden Didn't Drop Out and the Lessons of 1968

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ Reboot 2024: The New Reality (Use Code REALIGNMENT for a 25% discount on the gala and day-long conference). Vanity Fair - Jonathan Darman | What Biden Can Learn from LBJ's Decision to Drop Out in 1968 REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Fou...

Jul 09, 20241 hr 8 minEp. 549

490 | Steven Teles Part II: How to Enact the Abundance Agenda, the State of Universities, and Why Conservatives Are Avoiding Academia

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ Reboot 2024: The New Reality (Use Code REALIGNMENT for a 25% discount on the gala and day-long conference). The Rise of the Abundance Faction: The rise of the abundance faction (substack.com) National Affairs: Beyond Academic Sectarianism The Future Is Faction: The Future Is Faction | National Affairs REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE ...

Jun 27, 202449 minEp. 548

489 | Aaron Renn: The Sources of American Renewal, the Return of the Neoliberals, and Why Populists Can't Govern

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ Aaron Renn on the source of American policy renewal : https://twitter.com/aaron_renn/status/1772976770028904577 Reboot 2024: The New Reality (Use Code REALIGNMENT for a 25% discount on the gala and day-long conference). REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignme...

Jun 25, 20241 hr 15 minEp. 547

Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Prepping for the Biden-Trump Presidential Debate, RFK Jr.'s Lack of Inclusion, 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 upcoming presidential debates between President Biden and former President Trump, the how and the why behind RFK Jr.'s lack of inclusion, the overall state of the race, and take audience questions....

Jun 23, 202424 minEp. 546

488: Gen. Frank McKenzie: High Command and War in the 21st Century - From the Killing of Soleimani to the Fall of Kabul

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ Reboot 2024: The New Reality (Use Code REALIGNMENT for a 25% discount on the gala and day-long conference). 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 Gen. Frank ...

Jun 20, 202441 minEp. 545

487: John Ganz: How the 1990s Broke America - Con Men, and Conspiracies, and a Failed Transition from the Reagan Years

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ Reboot 2024: The New Reality (Use Code REALIGNMENT for a 25% discount on the gala and day-long conference). 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 Ganz, ...

Jun 18, 202458 minEp. 544

486 | Ruchir Sharma: What Went Wrong with Capitalism - Bailouts, Low Growth, Spiraling Debt, and the Case for Neoliberalism

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ Reboot 2024: The New Reality (Use Code REALIGNMENT for a 25% discount on the gala and day-long conference). 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 Ruchir Shar...

Jun 13, 202456 minEp. 543

485 | Peter S. Goodman: How the World Ran Out of Everything - Inside the Global Supply Chain

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 Peter S. Goodman, Global Economics Correspondent for the New York Times and author of How the World Ran Out of Everythi...

Jun 11, 202456 minEp. 542

Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Reflecting on the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings

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 take a break from the daily news + current events grind and discuss the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, offer historical reading/viewing recommendations, and take audience questions.

Jun 09, 202432 minEp. 541

484 | Steven Teles: The Rise of the Abundance Agenda & America's Factional Political Future

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ The Rise of the Abundance Faction: The rise of the abundance faction (substack.com) The Future Is Faction: The Future Is Faction | National Affairs 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.o...

Jun 07, 20241 hr 2 minEp. 540

483 | John Strausbaugh: The Wrong Stuff - How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

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 Strausbaugh, author of The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Union Crashed and Burned, joins The Realignment. Marshall a...

Jun 05, 202446 minEp. 539

482 | Stephanie Ternullo: How Democrats Lost White Voters in the Heartland

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 Stephanie Ternullo, author of How the Heartland Went Red: Why Local Forces Matter in an Age of Nationalized Politics an...

May 31, 202458 minEp. 538

481 | Kyla Scanlon: Why America Is Stuck in a "Vibecession"

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 Kyla Scanlon, Bloomberg contributor and author of In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work, returns to The...

May 29, 202452 minEp. 537

Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Debating Israel, Gaza, and the U.S. Response, America's Alliance System, Breaking Points on Rumble, 2024 Prospects, 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 debate and discuss how the U.S. should have approached Israel's war against Hamas, the impacts of Israel-Palestine on the 2024 election, Biden vs. Trump's electoral prospects, Breaking Points's transition to Rumble, and more......

May 26, 202443 minEp. 536

480 | Heath Brown: Did Biden's Rocky Transition to the Presidency Set His Administration Up for Failure?

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 Heath Brown, author of Roadblocked: Joe Biden's Rocky Transition to the Presidency and Associate Professor CUNY's John ...

May 23, 20241 hr 5 minEp. 535

479 | David Ignatius: The First Space War, Ukraine & China Challenges, Biden's Age, and America's New Age of Reform

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 Ignatius, Washington Post columnist and author of Phantom Orbit: A Thriller, joins The Realignment. David and Mar...

May 21, 202456 minEp. 534

478 | Craig Whitlock: The Story of "Fat Leonard" - How One Man Seduced and Corrupted the U.S. Navy

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 Craig Whitlock, Washington Post reporter and author of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Na...

May 16, 20241 hrEp. 533

477 | Nellie Bowles: Waking Up the Morning After the 2020 Revolution

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 Nellie Bowles, writer, former New York Times reporter, and author of Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the ...

May 14, 20241 hr 2 minEp. 532
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