The Lincoln Project

Host Reed Galen is joined by Lincoln Project Senior Advisors Trygve Olson and Jeff Timmer. They share their thoughts on the recent tragic Nashville school shooting (especially given that according to research from the Kaiser Family Foundation, guns are now the leading cause of death for children in the U.S.), give their reactions to Donald Trump’s Waco rally, and discuss the series of deals made by members of the Republican party that brings the GOP’s transformation to full autocracy ever closer to completion. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Reed Galen gives his immediate reaction and analysis to yesterday’s news that Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. He discusses what we can expect in the immediate future, what this means for the Republican party and the 2024 presidential race, and how until this all plays out…our nation’s democracy remains in danger. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Reed Galen is joined by Hugo Lowell, Political Investigations Reporter for The Guardian. They discuss the latest in the Trump indictment narrative, the dangers of Trump’s seemingly productive 2024 campaign team, and what Ron DeSantis is already getting wrong in regards to his yet-to-be-announced presidential campaign. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Reed Galen is joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Author and Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. They discuss how the entire GOP has become an autocratic entity (not just the MAGA extremists), why Trump’s propaganda has turned into policy, and how Donald Trump’s victimhood complex is just another play from the standard authoritarian playbook. Plus, what’s the fallout from the original sin of not prosecuting Donald Trump? If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Reed Galen is joined by Tom Nichols (Author and Staff Writer at The Atlantic) to discuss why so many Americans (especially Republicans) find themselves in a midlife crisis, the motivations of the Fox News propaganda machine, and why Americans must recalibrate their voting behaviors in the direction of democracy…rather than party. Plus, Vladimir Putin is nothing more than a moderately clever thug. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Reed Galen is joined by retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman who was the former Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council. They discuss the current state of the war in Ukraine, why ultra-MAGA’s pro-Russia rhetoric encourages Putin to prolong the war, how the U.S support of Ukraine offers a very favorable return on investment in terms of American interests on the global stage (especially with regard to China), and what does Xi Jinping’s recent trip to Moscow mean for the relationship between Russia and China? If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Reed Galen is joined by Maya May (Comedian and Lincoln Project Content Creator) to answer questions asked by YOU, the members of the Lincoln Project community. Listeners ask about the latest with the Fox News lawsuit, the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court, and the road to the 2024 election (both as a whole and what the impact of a third party candidate could be). If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Reed Galen is joined by Dr. Steven Levitsky (Professor of Government at Harvard University) to discuss how authoritarianism continues to threaten American democracy, why the GOP continues to publicly embrace authoritarianism while many privately denounce it, and what to expect from Trump, DeSantis, and the rest of the 2024 hopefuls. Plus, is the United States in line for a violent origin of durable authoritarianism? Be sure to pre-order Dr. Levitsky’s upcoming book, “Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point”. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Reed Galen is joined by Simon Rosenberg, Founder and President of New Democrat Network (NDN)/New Policy Institute, to discuss how Fox News can no longer be trusted as a news organization, why the “red wave” never came in the 2022 midterms, why Democrats must become information warriors if they want to be successful in this new political era, and what to expect in the road to 2024. To hear more from Simon, be sure to subscribe to his brand new substack, “Hopium Chronicles”. As mentioned in the episode, here is the link to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Reed Galen is joined by journalist and New York Times Bestselling Author, Anand Giridharadas. They discuss how our current political age may be best titled as “the age of impunity”, how decades of dramatic social change has left Americans morally adrift, and how there hasn’t been a better time in recent history for the pro-democracy movement to reclaim “freedom” and “patriotism”. Plus, why it’s so important to challenge the true intentions of elite do-gooding. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices