Podcasts

Robert Costa, chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News, joins Jamie to discuss what a second Trump administration would look like.

The Agenda:
—GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s previous Dispatch Podcast appearance and Costa’s response
—How Trump pressured different Republican leaders leading up to January 6
—Steve Bannon’s motivation and role
—Trump’s ongoing legal cases and how they affect his campaign
—Trump’s possible VP picks

Show Notes:

—NYT “Could Trump Go to Prison? If He Does, the Secret Service Goes, Too”

Can you compare the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses to January 6? What about 1968? Or 2011? Sarah is joined by Jonah and Steve to debate these questions and discuss Trump’s Time magazine interview.

The Agenda:
—Nostalgia for the Civil Rights protests
—Do we have political parties anymore?
—Protests become violent
—Whose fault is this?
—No Jewish hummus
—The UNC frat bros’ Iwo Jima moment
—Trump’s Time interview
—Ron DeSantis bans lab-grown meat

Show Notes:
—Kaitlan Collins interviews J.D. Vance on CNN
—Serge Schmemann: Student Protest Is an Essential Part of Education
—UCLA wins the award
—Jonah’s Wednesday G-File
—McKay Coppins: You Should Go to a Trump Rally
—Ross Douthat: There Will Be No Trump Coup

Qatar hosts a major U.S. air base, but its patronage of radical Islamist terror groups has some Americans questioning the alliance. Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins Jamie to explain.

The Agenda:
—Introduction to Qatar
—Various actors and terrorist organizations in Qatar
—Qatar’s financial influence in Washington
—Al Jazeera’s relationship with Qatar
—Responding to Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s comments on Qatar

Show Notes:
—Jonathan for The Jerusalem Post: Qatar: ‘The arsonist who then claims to be the firefighter’

Derek Thompson of The Atlantic joins Victoria to answer the question: Why did Americans stop hanging out? The two discuss the steep decline in face-to-face socializing, the rise of loneliness, and the fraternizing role of protests.

The Agenda:
—The decline of social institutions in America
—Smartphones’ effect on teenagers’ lives
—Women turning to pets
—Challenges of raising kids in the digital age

Show Notes:

—Derek for The Atlantic: Meritocracy Is Killing High-School Sports

—Derek for The Atlantic: Concerts? I’ll Pass

—Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

—Watch this episode on YouTube

Congress did their job—for now. Sarah is joined by Steve and Jonah on today’s episode of The Dispatch Podcast to discuss Speaker Mike Johnson’s successful passage of Ukraine and Israel aid and explain the intellectual history of the illiberal right.

The Agenda:
—Ukraine aid passed
—Heritage Foundation vs. Erick Erickson
—What is conservatism?
—Columbia protests
—Will history prove them right?
—Genocidal language at Columbia
—Looking Jewish

Show Notes:
—Ukraine: The Latest with Jonah
—Jonah’s recap of the Mike Johnson saga
—Erick Erickson’s article on free markets
—The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
—Norman Rockwell painting
—Why are we protesting?

Adaam is joined by Shai Davidai, an Israeli-born assistant professor at Columbia University, to discuss a viral moment in which he was denied entry to Columbia’s campus and how the university’s administration is failing to protect Jewish students.

The Agenda:
—Shai Davidai’s background, from Israel to Columbia
—The antisemitism he was warned about
—Dialogue with protesters
—The administrative involvement in the protests
—Play-by-play of Davidai’s experience on Columbia’s campus
—Are Jewish students safe on college campuses?

Show Notes:
—Davidai’s “Rape is never ok” tweet
—Petition calls for Davidai’s termination
—Davidai’s appearance on 60 Minutes
—Rep. Ilhan Omar questions Columbia University president
—Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s appearance at Columbia
—Time to Condemn’s website
—Resistance 101 event at Columbia
—Joseph Borgen, Jewish man assaulted in 2021