John Bolton served as the US Ambassador to the UN under George W. Bush and as US National Security Advisor for Donald Trump. John published his memoir The Room Where It Happened about his time working in the Trump Administration. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Mar 02, 2024•31 min
Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Elliott served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for George W. Bush, where he supervised U.S. policy in the Middle East for the White House, and as Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela for Donald Trump. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Feb 17, 2024•42 min
Gary Saul Morson is the Lawrence B. Dumas Professor of the Arts and Humanities and Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern University. Saul’s work ranges from literary theory, the history of ideas, and the relation between literature and philosophy in the works of Chekov, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Feb 10, 2024•24 min
Brian Rosenberg was President of Macalester College for 17 years and is now a visiting professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. He has a new book entitled “Whatever It Is, I’m Against It”: Resistance to Change in Higher Education. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Feb 03, 2024•27 min
Hal Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Hal is the author of the book entitled The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry Today. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Jan 27, 2024•39 min
Eitan Shamir is the former head of the National Security Doctrine Department at the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs. He is also the co-author of the book entitled The Art of Military Innovation: Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Jan 20, 2024•37 min
Philip Wallach is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Philip is the author of the book entitled Why Congress, which describes the role of the legislature in the American constitutional framework and why we need to encourage Congress to legislate instead of delegating its responsibility to the executive branch, the bureaucracy, and the courts. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Jan 13, 2024•36 min
Patrick Ruffini is the author of the book Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP. Patrick is the founder of Echelon Insights that uses digital analytics to improve polling and strategy for Republican candidates. I want to hear from Patrick if voter behavior is entrenched and whether the Republicans can persuade Black and Hispanic voters to vote like their White Working-Class brethren. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein ...
Jan 06, 2024•30 min
Cynthia Nicoletti is a legal historian and law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. Cynthia is the author of the book, Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Jan 03, 2024•47 min
Gerald Posner is the author of the book Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the JFK Assassination. Gerald has spent years researching this book and interviewed all the major living players in the murder. This year is the 60th anniversary of the assassination, and I want to find out who killed JFK and if there was a conspiracy. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Dec 16, 2023•52 min
Gerald Posner is the author of the book Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the JFK Assassination. Gerald has spent years researching this book and interviewed all the major living players in the murder. This year is the 60th anniversary of the assassination, and I want to find out who killed JFK and if there was a conspiracy. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Dec 09, 2023•43 min
David Bell is a Professor of History at Princeton and the author of Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Dec 03, 2023•48 min
Jeff Speck is the author of the classic book now in its 10th edition entitled Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time. I want to learn from Jeff why some cities are more walkable, what design changes can radically improve city life, why bike lanes and active pedestrian traffic make cities more vibrant, and why speedy cars are so problematic. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Nov 25, 2023•25 min
Dr. Ari Ciment is the author of a new book entitled Breathless Tales: Life, Laughter, and Lessons. Ari managed the Covid ward at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach when I was a patient recovering from COVID in December 2020. Ari has spoken more times on this podcast than any other guest. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Nov 18, 2023•35 min
Josh Soven is a partner at Paul Weiss who works in Antitrust. Josh previously worked at the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Nov 15, 2023•26 min
Anthony King is a Professor of War Studies at the University of Exeter in the UK. Tony has written a recent book entitled Urban Warfare in the 21st Century, and he spoke previously on this podcast 18 months about the war in Ukraine. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Oct 28, 2023•40 min
Boris Vladimirov is a market strategist at Goldman Sachs. I have been a close friend of Boris for over 15 years, and I met him when he was a bond speculator for the macro hedge fund Brevan Howard. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Oct 25, 2023•19 min
Julian Jackson is an Emeritus Professor of Modern French History at Queen Mary at the University of London. Julian is one of the preeminent scholars focused on Vichy France. He has written extensively about France and the second world war and has published an important biography of Charles de Gaulle. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Oct 21, 2023•54 min
Asa Hutchinson is the former Governor of the State of Arkansas and is currently running for the Republican Nomination for President of the United States. I want to learn from him what it takes to run for president in this election, what the critical policy issues will be, and how he can beat the front-runner, Donald Trump. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Oct 11, 2023•22 min
Michael McConnell is a Stanford Law Professor who recently published a new book, Agreeing to Disagree: How the Establishment Clause Protects Religious Diversity and Freedom of Conscience. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Sep 23, 2023•40 min
Michael D. Smith is a Professor of Information Technology and Marketing at Carnegie Mellon, and he has just published a new book entitled The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World. Jonathan Bernstein is a senior at Northwestern. I want to hear the student’s perspective. I want to find out from Jonathan how he enjoyed the hybrid model at his university, how he uses online courses to learn at institutions like Wall Street Prep, and how he uses Chat GBT to study. Get fu...
Sep 16, 2023•31 min
Paula Marantz Cohen is the Dean of the Honors College at Drexel University. Paula just released a new book Talking Cure: An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation. I want to hear from Paula about what is critical to a successful conversation and why we should care. Darren Schwartz is our What Happens Next Film Critic. I’ve asked Darren to review three of my favorite films that deal directly with talk. They are Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, and Spike Jonze’s ...
Sep 09, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Robert Kaplan just released a new book entitled The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Sep 02, 2023•37 min
Aaron Tang is a law professor at UC Davis. He has written a new book entitled Supreme Hubris: How Overconfidence is Destroying the Court and How We Can Fix It. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Aug 26, 2023•35 min
Jeremy Bernstein was a work colleague of Oppenheimer at the Institute for Advanced Studies and is the author of the book Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma. Darren Schwartz is our What Happens Next culture critic and will help us find the humor in the atomic bomb. Billy Herriott, the assistant golf pro at the Lake Shore Country Club, made a road trip from Chicago to Indianapolis to watch Oppenheimer on the IMAX screen in its intended 70-millimeter. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minut...
Aug 19, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Sophia Saker is an intern on What Happens Next. Sophia recently graduated from Brown and will be working for a Hollywood talent agency after the writers’ strike is over. Kay Hymowitz is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the author of the book Manning Up: How the Rise of Women has Turned Men into Boys. Debbie Warren loved Barbies as a child and wrote her graduate school application essay on collaboration when playing with barbies as a kid. Darren Schwartz is the What Happens Next film criti...
Aug 12, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Michael Reid is a journalist and author who wrote the new book, Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Aug 05, 2023•42 min
Richard D. De Veaux is the C. Carlisle and Margaret Tippit Professor of Statistics at Williams College and the author of the college textbook Intro Stats. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Jul 29, 2023•31 min
Anthony Bradley is the Distinguished Research Fellow at the Acton Institute and a Professor of Interdisciplinary and Theological Studies at Kuyper College. He is also the author of the book Heroic Fraternities: How College Men Can Save Universities and America. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe...
Jul 22, 2023•30 min
Tom Malone is a Professor of Management at MIT’s Sloan School and the Director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. Tom is the author of the book Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
Jul 15, 2023•35 min