The Realignment

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.

  • 45 minutes 31 seconds
    472 | Dana Mattioli: Amazon's Quest for Domination, Antitrust's Return, and the Rise of Lina Khan

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    Dana Mattioli, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of The Everything War: Amazon's Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Dana discuss Amazon's rise through the lens of debates about corporate power, why FTC Chair Lina Khan's 2017 law review article kicked off a new era of government antitrust regulation, and why the FTC's 2023 monopoly lawsuit against Amazon could be one of the largest antitrust cases of the 21st century. 

    25 April 2024, 8:00 am
  • 53 minutes 1 second
    471 | Natalie Foster: Universal Basic Income, the Expanded Child-Tax-Credit, & Why America's Economy Will Be Based on "Guarantees"

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    Natalie Foster, author of The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy and President & Cofounder of the Economic Security Project, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Natalie discuss how the 2016 election and the COVID pandemic created the opportunity to shift the conventional wisdom about the American economy away from the neoliberal status quo, what an economy built around "guarantees" would look like, lessons from UBI experiments and the expansion of the Child-Tax-Credit, and how progressives should respond to post-COVID inflation's dampening of support for government spending programs. 

    23 April 2024, 8:00 am
  • 18 minutes 4 seconds
    Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: How the U.S. Should Handle Israel & Iran's Escalation, Ukraine Aid's Passage Means for the Battlefield, Audience Questions, and More...

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    In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall discuss the fallout from Iran and Israel's latest escalation cycle, what the passage of Ukraine aid means for the battlefield and Zelensky's political strategy, take-aways from their latest live events (conference on black conservatism and an Israel livestream debate), take audience questions, and more...

    21 April 2024, 12:35 pm
  • 59 minutes 20 seconds
    RE: Something Interesting | Steven Kurutz on the Entrepreneurs Bringing the Art & Business of Making Clothes Back to the USA

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    Steven Kurutz, a features writer at The New York Times and author of American Flannel: How a Band of Entrepreneurs Are Bringing the Art and Business of Making Clothes Back Home, joins the show. Marshall and Steven discuss how and why Americans went from wearing 70% domestic-made apparel to almost none, the revival of domestic clothes manufacturing in the 2000s and 2010s, and how the lessons of the industry's domestic revival applies to post-COVID reshoring opportunities in critical industries. 

    18 April 2024, 8:00 am
  • 50 minutes 4 seconds
    Realignment Ask Me Anything | Supercast Anniversary Edition - Show's Future, Texas Book Pitch, and 2028 & Beyond (Full Episode)

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    To celebrate the anniversary of The Realignment's Supercast subscription, Marshall recorded a special, best-of edition where he answers questions on everything from the show's future to his Texas-centered book idea and more...

    16 April 2024, 8:00 am
  • 42 seconds
    Note: Personal Day for Work Travel

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    The Realignment is taking the day off so that Marshall can travel to Dallas to moderate a conference panel. There is however, a new episode of his Hudson Institute podcast, Arsenal of Democracy, summing up the lessons from the recent TikTok legislative debate and what it means for U.S. digital sovereignty and political economy. 

    11 April 2024, 12:10 pm
  • 43 minutes 25 seconds
    470 | Nick Troiano: Are Party Primaries the Cause of America's Political Dysfunction?

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    Nick Troiano, author of The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes and founding executive director of Unite America, joins The Realignment. Marshall discuss the case against party primaries, how politicians respond to the structure of the American political system, the lessons and results of 2020s election reforms, and whether proposed election reforms benefit one side of the aisle over the other.

    9 April 2024, 8:00 am
  • 1 minute 8 seconds
    Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Working at the Institute for the Study of War, Thoughts on Japanese Culture and Ally-Status, Barstool Conservatism's Future, Trump's VP Choice, and More...

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    In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall discuss what its like to start one's career at the DC national security think tank, their thoughts on Japanese culture and status as an American ally, the state of the "Barstool conservatism" phenomenon, why Trump won't pick Tulsi Gabbard as his VP choice, and more...

    7 April 2024, 1:05 pm
  • 1 hour 53 minutes
    469 | Taylor Lorenz & Corbin Barthold: The Case Against the TikTok Sale Legislation

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    Taylor's New Podcast: Vox Media: Podcast Network | Power User with Taylor Lorenz

    Corbin's Podcast on First Amendment Issues with the TikTok Bill: #371: So You Want to Ban TikTok | Tech Policy Podcast (techfreedom.org)

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    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post columnist and author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, and Corbin Barthold, TechFreedom's Internet Policy Counsel and Director of Appellate Litigation, join The Realignment. In this two-part episode, Marshall and Taylor discuss her work on the creator economy, broader story of the social internet's development, and her opposition to the House legislation to force ByteDance to divest itself from TikTok. Then, Marshall and Corbin discuss his belief that the legislation as written violates the First Amendment.

     

    4 April 2024, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 35 seconds
    468 | Adam Klein: Why TikTok Should Be Owned by Americans

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    Adam Klein: TikTok Should Be Owned by Americans RealClearPolicy March 18, 2024

    Rutgers Report on TikTok: A Tik-Toking Timebomb: How TikTok's Global Platform Anomalies Align with the Chinese Communist Party's Geostrategic Objectives December 2023

    Adam Klein Senate Testimony: Protecting Americans' Private Information from Hostile Foreign Powers September 14, 2022

    Adam Klein: The Problem with "Disinformation" City Journal July 15, 2022

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    Adam Klein, Director of the Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin and former Chairman of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Adam discuss the case for forcing ByteDance to divest itself from TikTok or face a ban, why a forced divestment of TikTok passes constitutional muster, the case for treating a social media app like a radio station or cable network from a foreign-ownership ban perspective, and how to balance the American tradition of free speech and privacy in national security contexts.

    2 April 2024, 8:00 am
  • 48 minutes 56 seconds
    467 | Annie Jacobsen: What the Threat of Nuclear War Means for the Era of Great Power Competition

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    Annie Jacobsen, journalist and author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Annie discuss what experts predict the initial minutes after a nuclear launch and strike would look like, why the return of Cold War style relationships between great powers has brought the threat of nuclear conflict back to the forefront, the history of the U.S. military and Executive Branch's nuclear policies, and the need to ensure that adversary nations maintain lines of clarity and communication to prevent a disastrous miscalculation. 

    28 March 2024, 8:00 am
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