Prevail with Greg Olear

One week ago, Jack Smith unsealed the 38-count indictment against Donald John Trump and his valet, Waltine Nauta. OSINT researcher extraordinaire Gal Suburban breaks it all down with Greg Olear. Plus: it’s Nauta love song. Follow Gal:https://twitter.com/gal_suburban Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/about Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short. *  Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

“If it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer.” Seven years ago today, Donald Trump, Jr., held the infamous Trump Tower meeting with a Kremlin-connected attorney and other Russian proxies. Greg Olear and Cliff Schecter break down the Trump/Russia sit-down. Plus: golf for kids.Follow Cliff:https://twitter.com/cliffschecterSubscribe to Blue Amp:https://www.youtube.com/@cschecterSubscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/aboutWould you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short. * Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

Where have all the manufacturing jobs gone? Is it possible to bring them back? Can an American manufacturing company exist in today’s market? Greg Olear talks to the best-selling author and journalist Rachel Slade, whose forthcoming new book, “Making It in America: The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A. (And How It Got That Way),” explores these and other ideas. They also discuss unions, Reagan, kaizen, floating capital in emerging markets, work culture, China, American Roots,and the genius of “Animal House.” Plus: a new support group.Visit Rachel’s website:https://www.rachelslade.net/Pre-order her new book:https://www.amazon.com/Making-America-Impossible-Manufacture-U-S/dp/0593316886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/aboutWould you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short. * Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

Greg Olear welcomes Arthur Snell back to the program. After graduating from Oxford with a first class degree in history, Snell joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. A fluent Arabic speaker, he served in Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Yemen, and Iraq, and then headed the international strand of the UK Government’s Prevent counterterrorism program. He is currently a geopolitical consultant, author of “How Britain Broke the World,” and host of the hit podcast “Doomsday Watch” which has produced a new season that chronicles the history of the war in Ukraine. The far-ranging discussion goes from Eurovision to Rishi Sunak to the coronation to Mariupol. Plus: Seid hustles.Follow Arthur:https://twitter.com/SnellArthurSubscribe to “Doomsday Watch:”https://kite.link/doomsdayBuy his book:https://www.amazon.com/How-Britain-Broke-World-Afghanistan/dp/1912454602Sign up for his Substack:https://arthursnell.substack.com/Also…Epic Sax Guy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iFbuIpe68k&t=9sSubscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/aboutWould you like to tell me more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short. Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

Greg Olear talks to the mental health therapist P. Shavaun Scott, author of “The Minds of Mass Killers: Understanding and Interrupting the Pathway to Violence,” about the scourge of mass shootings, how to identify potential killers before they strike, and what can be done about the problem. Plus: Stephanie St. John’s National Anthem for 2022.Follow Shavaun:https://twitter.com/shavaunscottBuy her book:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09MB86W17/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0The National Anthem:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBeI33dPuIM&feature=emb_imp_woyt Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/about Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

Greg Olear’s guest is the former diplomat John Fowler, co-founder of International Intrigue, a media outfit that provides smart, insightful, and witty commentary on global politics. They first discuss the politics of John’s native Australia, and then turn their attention to China, the country where he served as a diplomat: Xi, the possibility of China ever becoming a democracy, Hong Kong, the oppression of the Uyghurs, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing’s relationship with Moscow, and the Taiwan situation.Follow John:https://twitter.com/johnsnonsenseFollow International Intrigue:https://twitter.com/intintrigueSubscribe to the International Intrigue newsletter:https://www.internationalintrigue.io/Listen to the podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/internationalintrigue/ Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/aboutWould you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short. * Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

Greg Olear hits some of the week’s prevailing news topics: the debt ceiling, Tucker Carlson’s racist text, the Paul Stanley thing, and graft on the Supreme Court. Then he welcomes the British actor and comedian Will Sebag-Montefiore for a discussion on the state of British politics, the coronation, doing comedy in 2023, method acting, and “Succession.” Plus: a congratulatory message from the Bank of the Badda Bing.Follow Will:https://twitter.com/wsebagHis TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@wsebagSubscribe to “Legitimate Likes:”https://linktr.ee/legitimatelikesSubscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/aboutWould you like to tell me more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

Greg Olear is joined by the historian, columnist, and author Elwood Watson. They discuss Biden-Harris 2024, Biden’s place in history, how the 2020s are like the 1850s, the potential for a new civil war, creeping fascism, the word “woke,” and the current state of masculinity. Plus: Grateful.Follow Elwood:https://twitter.com/bleachbredBuy his new book:https://www.amazon.com/Keepin-Real-Essays-Contemorary-America/dp/1789380502/Read his work:https://muckrack.com/elwood-watson Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/aboutWould you like to tell more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short. * Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

As a bonus for PREVAIL listeners, Greg Olear shares the latest episode of THE FIVE 8, the live YouTube show he does on Friday nights with his friend Stephanie Koff, aka LB.We take FIVE of the week's most notable & newsworthy topics and spend 8 minutes covering each one. Five 8-minute segments. Three minutes of evolving animation by CHUNK. Two revved-up hosts. One comic interlude. One special guest (and sometimes more). And as many cocktails as we deem necessary. Friday nights, LIVE, 5 Pacific, 8 Eastern. It’s The Five 8.Watch The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/@thefive-8Join the community:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhA/join Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

Greg Olear is joined by the immigration attorney Samira Ghaderi, who talks about the protests in Iran that started in September, prompted by the death of Jina Amini in police custody. They discuss the brutal incident that started the protests, the significance of Amini being Kurdish, the crimes committed by the Khamenei regime, the fracturing of the movement, and the future of Iran. Plus: help from our friends.Follow Samira:https://twitter.com/Samira_Ghaderi  Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/aboutWould you like to tell more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short. * Make America Great Gatsby Again!https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-four-sticks-press-centennial-edition/e701221776c88f86?ean=9798985931976&next=tSubscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg’s new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short