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S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis 52:41

5h ago52:41

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Donald Trump is trying to foist the worst peace deal in the last 100 years on Ukraine, as he gets repeatedly played by foreign leaders on the world stage. At home, he's turned JFK's "Ask not" upside down to 'Ask what you can do for Donald Trump.' But when will the cowardly law firms or CEOs groveling for a tariff exemption stand up for patriotism, …

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An All-'Sinners' Episode

1d ago

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‘Sinners’ (MovieStillsDB) Alyssa is off this week, so Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark) and Peter Suderman (Reason) are joined by Ben Dreyfuss (Calm Down) to discuss all things Sinners. In cons and nons, they ask if Coogler’s unusual deal granting him copyright on the movie 25 years hence will really “destroy the studio system.” And then they review the fi…

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The Economics of Indie Distribution 1:11:37

5d ago1:11:37

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On this week’s episode, I talked to Andrew Ortenberg of Briarcliff Entertainment about distributing tricky movies like The Apprentice and Magazine Dreams. How have the economics of cinematic distribution improved for distributors with the infrastructure in place to handle it? How have the various video-on-demand tiers shifted over the last few year…

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S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption 57:12

1d ago57:12

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Trump may be brilliant at assaulting us with his daily distractions, but Democrats need to relentlessly target his corruption because that may be his weak spot. He is running the government in a pre-modern way—like it's his own personal piggy bank. And he has replaced rules-oriented bureaucrats with mostly incompetent loyalists who are only there t…

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S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters 1:00:00

2d ago1:00:00

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Trump and the people around him are trying to weaken our constitutional protections like due process. But the administration is getting rattled, because people see that the Abrego Garcia story is not about the man, but our rights, and because people keep protesting. We have to keep gumming up the works. Meanwhile, why aren't the Chamber of Commerce…

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S2 Ep1025: Bill Kristol: Hegseth Keeps Proving his Unfitness 52:16

3d ago52:16

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Republican senators could have insisted on someone who was even minimally competent to run our military, but because of their spinelessness, we've now got a SecDef who can't resist texting top secret war plans. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court shows it doesn't trust the Trump administration, and judges on lower federal courts have stopped believing wha…

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S2 Ep1024: Anne Applebaum: Everything Is a Game to Trump 48:32

6d ago48:32

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Sen. Van Hollen showed that Congress actually does have agency, and a federal judge finally scorched the administration in crystal-clear language about how it's violating the essence of our constitutional republic. But the White House is just treating the whole Abrego Garcia affair like it's a joke. Meanwhile, Trump is elevating his own businesses …

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S2 Ep1023: Ben Wittes: Sorry, We Still Have Due Process 56:52

7d ago56:52

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The White House is doubling down on justifying its extra-judicial actions around Abrego Garcia by trying to incriminate him in the court of public opinion. But the government still can't pluck people off an American street and send them to a concentration camp without due process. Plus, Judge Boasberg is not letting Stephen Miller off the hook for …

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S2 Ep1022: Stephanie Ruhle: Only Trump Is Happy 50:37

7d ago50:37

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Manufacturing orders are down, stocks are down, and mortgage rates are up. But Trump and his family are wealthier than they've ever been. He's got his Ponzi-like crypto scheme, his meme coin, and a boatload of big money types showing up at Mar-a-Lago trying to curry favors from him for some cold, hard cash. Meanwhile, Trump is play-acting like he h…

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S2 Ep1021: Josh Barro: Total Idiocy 1:13:04

9d ago1:13:04

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Trump & company want to turn us into Taiwan circa 1985. But the brilliant minds behind the idea of intentionally weakening the dollar are prioritizing making America a good place to manufacture rather than a good place to live. If the administration stays on this track, this country will have lower incomes, higher inflation, and weaker buying power…

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The Gripping Reality of 'Warfare'

9d ago

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‘Warfare’ (MovieStillsDB) On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discuss the myriad ways in which tariffs could hurt (and maybe in one very minor way help) the entertainment business. Then they review Warfare, the latest film from Alex Garland and co-writer/co-director …

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S2 Ep1020: Bill Kristol: Staring Down the Barrel 46:19

9d ago46:19

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We are here: Trump is openly defying the Supreme Court while sitting side-by-side with a Latin American strongman who openly mocked our judicial system from inside the Oval Office. Trump so badly wants his one-man rule and Republicans keep helping him, while corporate America keeps trying to get on his good side. Meanwhile, the intimidation is chil…

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S2 Ep1019: David Frum: It's Too Late to Stop the Pain 51:44

13d ago51:44

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Trump has effectively imposed a trade embargo on China, which means that after the inventory runs out, American retail will soon dry up. And since Europeans are already bypassing U.S. military contractors to beef up their defense spending —El Salvador is our only ally now— Trump is likely to do something desperate, like firing the Fed chair or seiz…

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Hollywood Imagery's Impact on Politics 43:31

13d ago43:31

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On this week’s episode, I’m joined by New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson to discuss her new book about Joan Didion, We Tell Ourselves Stories. I mentioned the book in a newsletter a couple of weeks back, but I wanted to focus on the ways in which the political world has borrowed showbiz’s penchant for image calibration, from the ways in wh…

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S2 Ep1018: Andrew Weissmann and Patrick Gaspard: Naked Corruption 1:19:08

14d ago1:19:08

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Just before he paused the tariffs on Wednesday, an unusual spike in activity on the S&P 500 prompted speculation that Trump was orchestrating an insider trading scheme. After the markets closed, he joked with *the* Charles Schwab about how the financier had made $2.5 billion in trades that day. Meanwhile, Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate two fo…

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S2 Ep1017: Catherine Rampell: Trump's Tariffmageddon 1:20:09

15d ago1:20:09

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The White House is pumping out a lot of happy talk about countries wanting to make deals over the tariffs, but the tumult Trump has created has spread to the bond market. And that may be a sign that he has people so spooked about the U.S. economy that our Treasuries are no longer seen as a safe bet. Meanwhile, China has a lot of leverage here and m…

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S2 Ep1016: Jonathan Cohn and Mark Lilla: Lobotomizing America 1:07:18

16d ago1:07:18

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When it comes to biomedical research, America is already great. We are the world's leader in the field. But the Trump administration is gutting research and innovation on things like cancer, Alzheimer's, and arthritis—and the amputation of our scientific expertise under RFK, Jr. has been about as thoughtful as the tariffs rollout. Meanwhile, when i…

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Panic! at 'The Studio'

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‘The Studio’ (MovieStillsDB) On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason/Coruscant) ask if the wild behavior of teens and tweens at A Minecraft Movie is good or bad for the moviegoing experience. Then they review The Studio, AppleTV+’s new panic attack in television form. Is …

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S2 Ep1015: Bill Kristol: The High Cost of Stupidity 56:59

17d ago56:59

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Part of the reason for the market bloodbath is because the finance wizzes didn't factor in that Trump would actually do the truly moronic thing he kept saying he would. Their shock over his recklessness is intensifying the crash. Meanwhile, a trio of administration fools trying to defend the tariffs—Lutnick, Bessent, and Hassett—showed there is no …

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S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire 53:21

20d ago53:21

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It's been great to live in America since World War II, but Trump is in the process of blowing up that whole order. Even Canada is looking to lead a new alliance, because how can other countries trust us after voters put the stupidest convicted American back in charge? And never forget that Russia is not on the tariff list—despite the fact that the …

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S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis 52:41

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An All-'Sinners' Episode

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The Economics of Indie Distribution 1:11:37

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S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption 57:12

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S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters 1:00:00

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S2 Ep1025: Bill Kristol: Hegseth Keeps Proving his Unfitness 52:16

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S2 Ep1024: Anne Applebaum: Everything Is a Game to Trump 48:32

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S2 Ep1023: Ben Wittes: Sorry, We Still Have Due Process 56:52

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S2 Ep1022: Stephanie Ruhle: Only Trump Is Happy 50:37

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S2 Ep1021: Josh Barro: Total Idiocy 1:13:04

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The Gripping Reality of 'Warfare'

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S2 Ep1020: Bill Kristol: Staring Down the Barrel 46:19

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S2 Ep1019: David Frum: It's Too Late to Stop the Pain 51:44

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Hollywood Imagery's Impact on Politics 43:31

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S2 Ep1018: Andrew Weissmann and Patrick Gaspard: Naked Corruption 1:19:08

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S2 Ep1017: Catherine Rampell: Trump's Tariffmageddon 1:20:09

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S2 Ep1016: Jonathan Cohn and Mark Lilla: Lobotomizing America 1:07:18

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Panic! at 'The Studio'

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S2 Ep1015: Bill Kristol: The High Cost of Stupidity 56:59

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S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire 53:21

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