

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.
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jun 3, 2022 • 58min
251 | Alex Epstein: The Case for Fossil Fuels
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.comAlex Epstein, author of Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas -- Not Less, joins The Realignment to discuss why he believes fossil fuels will be the dominant energy source moving forward, humanity's relationship and responsibility toward the environment, and where climate change fits into his analysis.

Jun 2, 2022 • 52min
250 | David Gelles: Undoing the Legacy of the Man Who Broke Capitalism
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.comDavid Gelles, "Corner Office" columnist at The New York Times and author of The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America -- and How to Undo His Legacy, joins The Realignment to discuss how Jack Welch's 1981 assumption of the CEO role at General Electric ushered in a new, cutthroat era of American capitalism while permanently redefining the role of the CEO.

May 31, 2022 • 1h 13min
249 | Saagar & Marshall: America's Gun Debate + Should the U.S. Fight for Taiwan?
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 disastrous police response to the Uvalde school shooting, where America's gun debate heads next, whether the U.S. should defend Taiwan, and how the lessons of Russia's invasion of Ukraine will play out in the Asia-Pacific theater.

May 27, 2022 • 1h 3min
248 | Yoram Hazony: Realigning Conservatism
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.comYoram Hazony, author of Conservatism: A Rediscovery and The Virtue of Nationalism, joins The Realignment to discuss his view that the conservative movement lost its way after the 1960s, why the left, right, and center aren't up to the task of addressing the problems of a "dissolving" America, and his vision for a less individualistic and more traditional version of conservatism.


