

What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead
Tablet Magazine
Walter Russell Mead, a historian, pundit, and popular author, is encyclopedic about politics, culture, and history. On What Really Matters, Mead and Tablet deputy editor Jeremy Stern help you understand the news, decide what news matters and what doesn’t, and enjoy following the story of America and the world more than you do now.Check out Walter Russell Mead’s Tablet column at https://www.tabletmag.com/columns/via-meadia.
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Jul 21, 2023 • 43min
The A(braham) Bomb
 Walter and Jeremy discuss a third-party ticket, inflation in Argentina, Chicago’s pension crisis, the stupidity of Paul Ehrlich, and the rise of Abrahamic religion.Each week on What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead and Jeremy Stern help you understand the news, decide what matters and what doesn’t, and enjoy following the story of America and the world more than you do now. For more, check out tabletmag.com/whatreallymatters. You can read Walter Russell Mead’s Tablet column here, and check out more from Tablet here.Connect with us
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Jul 14, 2023 • 37min
Surfin' USA
 This week, Mead and Stern discuss Jeffrey Epstein, Chinese real estate, the teen mental health crisis, and A.P. Giannini's California dream.Each week on What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead and Jeremy Stern help you understand the news, decide what matters and what doesn’t, and enjoy following the story of America and the world more than you do now. For more, check out tabletmag.com/whatreallymatters. You can read Walter Russell Mead’s Tablet column here, and check out more from Tablet here.Connect with us
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Jul 6, 2023 • 32min
The Age of Apocalypse
 This week, Mead and Stern discuss Russia and Saudi Arabia, the remote work revolution, 19th-century French industrial policy, and living in the shadow of a Singularity. Recommended readingVia Meadia by Walter Russell Mead (Tablet)The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People by Walter Russell Mead (Knopf)RSS: A View to the Inside by Walter Andersen and Shridhar Damle (Penguin) Each week on What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead and Jeremy Stern help you understand the news, decide what matters and what doesn’t, and enjoy following the story of America and the world more than you do now. For more, check out tabletmag.com/whatreallymatters. You can read Walter Russell Mead’s Tablet column here, and check out more from Tablet here.Connect with us
Follow Walter on Twitter
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Email us: wrm@tabletmag.com
 

Jun 30, 2023 • 1min
What Really Matters - a Tablet Magazine Podcast Featuring Walter Russell Mead
 Tablet news writer Walter Russell Mead, a historian, pundit, and popular author, is encyclopedic about politics, culture, and history. On What Really Matters, Mead and Tablet deputy editor Jeremy Stern help you understand the news, decide what news matters and what doesn’t, and enjoy following the story of America and the world more than you do now.Check out Walter Russell Mead’s Tablet column at https://www.tabletmag.com/columns/via-meadia. 


