The Realignment

The Realignment
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Jun 22, 2022 • 7min

Teaser | Subscriber AMA: Our Favorite Elections, Government Gas Cards, Media Echo-Chambers, and More...

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to listen to this episode, and all of our other bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/.In this teaser of today's bonus episode for Supercast subscribers, Marshall and Saagar answer questions from our Supercast AMA page. Go to https://realignment.supercast.com/ to join in, support the show, and access exclusive content.
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Jun 21, 2022 • 1h 1min

258 | Michelle Wilde Anderson: How Recessions & Politics Dismantle Local Governments

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comThis episode and our expanded coverage are made possible thanks to our Supercast subscribers. If you can, please support the show above.Michelle Wilde Anderson, Stanford Law professor and author of The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America, joins The Realignment to discuss how the Great Recession devasted working-class community's across America, how bankrupt local governments struggle with decline, effective models for reform and renewal, and how local politics can make a difference. 
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Jun 17, 2022 • 1h 17min

257 | Saagar & Marshall: Unpacking Peter Zeihan, Senate Gun Legislation, and Will Biden Run Again in 2024?

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comThis episode and our expanded coverage are made possible thanks to our Supercast subscribers. If you can, please support the show above.Saagar and Marshall discuss their reaction to Peter Zeihan's appearance on The Realignment, the collapse of globalization, how and if the U.S. can still solve big problems, the debate over whether Biden should run again in 2024,  the Senate's proposed gun legislation, and more...
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Jun 16, 2022 • 59min

256 | Andrew Rice: How the Year 2000 Broke America

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comThis episode and our expanded coverage are made possible thanks to our Supercast subscribers. If you can, please support the show above.Andrew Rice, author of The Year That Broke America: An Immigration Crisis, a Terrorist Conspiracy, the Summer of Survivor, a Ridiculous Fake Billionaire, a Fight for Florida, and the 537 Votes That Changed Everything, joins The Realignment to discuss how and why the year 2000 was a decisive turning point in American politics and culture. 
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Jun 15, 2022 • 12min

Teaser | Monthly Supercast Q&A: Trump vs. Desantis, What's the Next Realignment, Celebs in Politics, and More...

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to listen to this episode, and all of our other bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/.In this teaser of today's bonus episode for Supercast subscribers, Marshall and Saagar answer questions from our Supercast AMA page. We cover: What drives our politics? Trump vs. Desantis in 2024? What issue will finally realign American politics? How celebrities should engage in politics? And more... 
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Jun 14, 2022 • 57min

255 | Peter Zeihan: The End of the World Is Just the Beginning

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comThis episode and our expanded coverage are made possible thanks to our Supercast subscribers. If you can, please support the show above.Peter Zeihan, geopolitical strategist and author of The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization, joins The Realignment to discuss why 2019 may have been the world's economic peak, which nations will rise and fall as globalization collapses, and why America's lost interest in keeping the system going.
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Jun 13, 2022 • 7min

Teaser | What Trump's Foreign Policy Legacy Means for 2024

Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to listen to this episode, and all of our other bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/.In this bonus episode for Supercast subscribers, Marshall speaks with previous Realignment guest Peter Bergen about his new book: The Cost of Chaos: The Trump Administration and the World. Go to realignment.supercast.com to subscribe for the full show.
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Jun 10, 2022 • 1h 8min

254 | Saagar & Marshall: Jan. 6 Committee, SF DA Recall, and Celebs in Politics

SUBSCRIBE & SUPPORT THE SHOW: realignment.supercast.comThis episode and our expanded coverage are made possible thanks to our Supercast subscribers. If you can, please support the show above.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comSaagar and Marshall discuss the January 6 Committee's hearings, their significance, and why they aren't driving the midterms, the results of the recall election of San Francisco's DA, Chesa Boudin,  and what his loss means for criminal justice reform, and the impact of celebrities in politics via Dr. Oz's win in the PA Republican Senate primary and Matthew McConaughey at the White House.
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Jun 9, 2022 • 1h 53min

253 | Realignment Double-Header: Is a U.S. Conflict with China Inevitable?

SUBSCRIBE & SUPPORT THE SHOW: realignment.supercast.comThis episode and our expanded coverage are made possible thanks to our Supercast subscribers. If you can, please support the show above.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comNew Format: In a special, two-part episode, two guests join The Realignment to provide differing perspectives on a pressing issue. First, Dr. Aaron Friedberg, Princeton professor and author of Getting China Wrong joins to argue why the post-Cold War "engagement" approach to China failed, and how the U.S. should redefine the relationship. Second, Zachary Karabell, previous Realignment guest and author of Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power, joins to discuss his NYT op-ed arguing that the U.S. should prioritize pushing back against actual Russian aggression as opposed to hypothetical Chinese actions.  
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Jun 7, 2022 • 60min

252 | Ian Bremmer: Pandemics, Climate Change, and Disruption. Do Crises Equal Opportunity?

SUBSCRIBE & SUPPORT THE SHOW: realignment.supercast.comThis episode and our expanded coverage are made possible thanks to our Supercast subscribers. If you can, please support the show above.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comIan Bremmer,  author of The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats -- And Our Response -- Will Change the World and of Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism,  joins The Realignment to discuss the opportunity for reform and renewal presented  by looming health emergencies, catastrophic climate change, technological disruption, and other emerging crises.

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