Compact Podcast

Putin visits North Korea, the US Surgeon General wants to place warnings on social media platforms to protect children, and Xochitl Gonzalez writes in The Atlantic about the upper class' distatse for working class "noise." Sohrab Ahmari and Geoff Shullenberger join Nina Power.   Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe

EU election results shake up the status quo, the Hunter Biden conviction threatens his father's campaign, and Compact is included on a list of allegedly "anti-Ukrainian" American groups and figures. Sohrab Ahmari, Matthew Schmitz, and Geoff Shullenberger join Nina Power.   Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe

Juan David Rojas joins Geoff Shullenberger to discuss his new Compact piece “Mexico's Political Revolution.”   Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe

Trump is found guilty on 34 felony accounts in NYC and Claudia Sheinbaum is elected president in Mexico.  Sohrab Ahmari, Matthew Schmitz, and Geoff Shullenberger join Nina Power.   Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe

Elections are a month away in the UK, a controversial Eurovision song generates backlash, and the Pope apologizes for using an allegedly homophobic slur. Sohrab Ahmari, Matthew Schmitz, and Geoff Shullenberger join Nina Power.   Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe

President Raisi of Iran is killed in a hellicopter crash, President Biden imposes new tariffs on electric vehicles, and Red Lobster goes bankrupt. Geoff Shullenberger and Matthew Schmitz join Nina Power.     Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe

An assassination attempt is made on Slovakian President Robert Fico, Biden and Trump get ready to debate, and a controversial coronation portrait of King Charles III is presented. Sohrab Ahmari, Geoff Shullenberger, and Matthew Schmitz join Nina Power.   Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe

Stephen G. Adubato joins Geoff Shullenberger to discuss his essay "In Newark, A Progressivism That Works."   https://www.compactmag.com/article/in-newark-a-progressivism-that-works/   Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe

Rumors about an alleged plot to assassinate President Zelensky surface, the New Left Review publishes  an interview with Germany's Reason and Justice Alliance founder Sahra Wagenknecht, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bans lab grown meat. Sohrab Ahmari and Matthew Schmitz join Nina Power.   Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe

Campuses clash over Palestine protests, Harvey Weinstein's conviction is overturned in New York, and author Paul Auster dies. Sohrab Ahmari, Nina Power and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz.   Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe