Deep State Radio

Legal Mashup: SCOTUS, the Trump Cases, George Santos

There’s a lot going on in cases involving the law and our legal system these days and we cover it…

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Isn’t Now the Moment to Double Down on Helping Ukraine Defeat Russia?

Russia is showing multiple signs of weakness in its faltering invasion of Ukraine. These are complemented by continuing signs of…

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A Coronation Primer: A Conversation with Clive Priddle

On Saturday, the United Kingdom will celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. In this special episode of Deep State…

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The 2023 Harvard Youth Poll: A Conversation with John Della Volpe

John Della Volpe is the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, and the author of Fight:…

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What do the Coronation, the WH Correspondents Dinner, the Met Gala and the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin have in common?

In this rapid fire edition of America’s most entertaining foreign policy and national security podcast, the Financial Times’ Ed Luce…

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How the Dems Can Get to 55 (Percent) in ’24

The Democrats should not be trying to eke out a narrow win in 2024. Given recent results in statewide elections,…

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How Is the World Supposed to Deal with Another Biden v. Trump Election?

The world faces the prospect that US foreign policy could once again change on.a dime if, as could happen, Donald…

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When Politics Makes Us Less Safe: The Intel Community Perspective

Two veterans of the Central Intelligence Agency, Marc Polymeropoulos and John Sipher discuss issues from the recent intel leak to new…

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Three Big Stories: Global Recession? India Passes China. China Seeks to be a Nuke Superpower.

On this episode of DSR, we discuss three immense stories making headlines this week, all of which have major Main…

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A Stage 4 Cancer on Our Democracy

It is bad enough the Supreme Court has been transformed from the central pillar of our justice system into a mood…

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Does the US Need Superpower Viagra?

France’s President Macron goes to China and succumbs to the charms of Xi Jinping. He leaves spouting Chinese talking points…

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Who is America’s Most Annoying Ally?

All friends are not allies and all allies are not friends. Sometimes countries that start out as allies stop behaving…

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Special Episode of Deep State Radio: Trump Indicted

Donald Trump has been indicted, though the details of the case won’t likely be known until Tuesday of next week…

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Maybe It Should Have Been Called the Summit with Added Democracy-Like Product

Celebrating democracy seems like a good idea. Further, President Biden and his team have been actively supporting democracy worldwide since…

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Winning Wars Without Fighting Them and Fighting Them Without Winning

In this special episode of DSR, we speak with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass) about a wide range of recent events.…

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Israel’s Democracy Crisis Continues Despite Netanyahu Temporary Halt to Plans to Gut Judiciary

On this special edition of DSR, former diplomat and advisor to Israeli leaders Alon Pinkas provides an insight from Israel…

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The Walls are Closing in On Donald Trump: An Update on Each Wall

Trump promised that he would get arrested this week but that hasn’t happened (yet).  David talked with Dahlia Lithwick of…

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Xi Scores Points in Moscow, Putin, Not So Much

Chinese President Xi Jinping made a historic visit to Moscow this week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  David…

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The China Question

America’s politicians have become more hawkish on China but is that the only path forward?  David Rothkopf debates this issue…

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Preparing for the Next Security Challenges: From AUKUS to Moldova

There are a panoply of threats facing the United States and our allies from around the globe.  In this episode,…

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