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Episode 9 - Moral Individualism with Professors K. Patterson and C. Karpowitz
Moral individualism—a measure of our autonomy from any external authority, be it the government, our family, a religion, science, friends, or something else—has been increasing over time. We see manifestations of this everywhere across the political spectrum, from general exhortations to “live your truth” or “do your own research” to entire movements based on the idea that our institutions can no longer be trusted. Moral individualism, as an index that can be measured, is the creation of Professors Kelly Patterson and Chris Karpowitz of Brigham Young University. Their book on the subject doesn’t come out until this summer, but I was able to catch up with them to discuss the preview they included in an article published in 2023 in the Cambridge University Press’s Perspectives on Politics. I had a heck of a time talking to them, and look forward to speaking with them again after the book comes out. These ideas really, really matter: how do you hold a society together when core institutions lose their authority? How do you restore that authority once it is lost, especially when it was lost for good reason?
Please listen and share your thoughts in the comments (and enjoy the occasional Paris sirens in the background—Professor Patterson has the good fortune to currently be teaching in France).
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Episode 8 - Dr. Casey Burgat: We Hold These "Truths"
Dr. Casey Burgat is the director of the Legislative Affairs program at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, the host of its Mastering the Room podcast, and the mind behind Crash Course with Casey Burgat on Substack. We spoke recently about his book, We Hold These "Truths": How to Spot the Myths That Are Holding America Back, a collection of essays from the professor and various politicians and political experts pushing back on certain widespread misconceptions people hold about how our government works. The book is highly accessible, as is the energetic, backwards cap-wearing Professor Burgat. We had a terrific time talking to each other (speaking for myself, at least), and I hope you come away from listening with some new information or a new way of looking at something old.
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Episode 7 - Two-Time House Candidate Adam Frisch on Democrats' Path Forward
Adam Frisch is a tough dude, a glutton for punishment, and a serious optimist. Across two races to represent Colorado’s rural 3rd Congressional District, the self-described “pro-business, pro-energy, moderate, pragmatic Democrat” drove 77,000 miles—a third of the way to the Moon—to meet voters where they were. He lost both races, the first to Lauren Boebert by just 546 votes in the closest House race of 2022, but each time, he dramatically outperformed expectations.
Not done with trying to make a difference, he then ran for vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee. That race was a little bit less close—as it turns out, “moderate” and “pragmatic” are not words that play particularly well at conventions.
Now, Adam is on Substack as a “proud centrist working with The Welcome Party on building a winning coalition.”
Adam and I had a great time discussing, well, what Democrats love to discuss: how did we get here, and how do we get away from here?
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Episode 6 - National Security Deep State - Prof. Michael J. Glennon
Professor Michael J. Glennon is a longtime professor of constitutional and international law at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. In 2016, he published National Security and Double Government (available here), in which he challenged the idea that U.S. security policy is still forged by the president and Congress, arguing instead that our policy comes—or came—from the several hundred unelected officials at the top of the various military, intelligence, diplomatic, and law enforcement agencies who are responsible for protecting the nation—in other words, from the national security Deep State. The book was based on decades of scholarly inquiry, but also on personal experience—Professor Glennon began his career as counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the 1970s; he was there when Idaho’s liberal firebrand, Senator Frank Church, led his investigation into the secret dealings of the CIA, NSA, and FBI.
The dynamic has changed since President Trump entered the political arena. He has challenged the security directorate more and dramatically more openly than any of his predecessors, and there is no guarantee this ends well. Professor Glennon and I spoke about that and much more: about the concept of "double government," drawbacks in the old way of doing things, risks in the new, and where we go from here.
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Episode 5 - Michael Baharaeen of The Liberal Patriot On Democrats' Path Forward
This is my conversation with Michael Baharaeen, Chief Political Analyst at The Liberal Patriot here on Substack. The writers for The Liberal Patriot, co-founded in 2021 by Ruy Teixeira and John Halpin, believe in and advocate for Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms: the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear. Though they primarily write to Democrats—why did they lose? What should they do now? How can they win again?—their work is insightful and worth reading even if you'd rather like Democrats to keep losing.
Michael and I spoke about all that and more: what brought Democrats to this point, where they're at now, and where they should go from here.
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Episode 4 - Gabe Fleisher of Wake Up to Politics on Trump 2.0 (So Far)
This is my conversation with Gabe Fleisher, who might be one of the best and most balanced political journalists working today. It would be a lot to say about anybody, but it's really a lot to say about Gabe--after all, he's only 23 years old. The Georgetown graduate and writer behind Wake Up to Politics, as good a subscription as there is on Substack, has been writing about politics since he was nine. All these years later, he's a seasoned pro finally doing what he loves full time, and my gosh is he good at it. Gabe and I spoke about his background, including how he got started and how he broke the news that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio was running for president, and then discussed our views on the first month of Trump Administration 2.0.
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Episode 3 - The Quiet Coup: Interview with Professor Mehrsa Baradaran
This is my conversation with Professor Mehrsa Baradaran, banking law expert and professor at the UC Irvine School of Law. We discussed Baradaran’s latest book, The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America, in which she seeks to explain the origins of why college graduates struggle to achieve financial security; why the government seems so inept in the face of natural disasters; and why so many seem to be barely getting by even as pundits tell us the economy is strong. Baradaran, an avowed progressive and avowed capitalist, is brilliant and a heck of a lot of fun to talk to, and, no matter your political priors, her arguments are worthy of serious consideration and engagement.
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Episode 2 - Truth Matters: Interview with Professor Robert George
This is my conversation with Dr. Robert George, professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University and a prominent conservative public intellectual. Though we intended to discuss Dr. George's latest book, Truth Matters: A Dialogue on Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of Division, a set of dialogues between George and his dear friend and co-professor, Dr. Cornel West, our wide-ranging conversation went well beyond that. Rarely, it seems, has fruitful disagreement been so important, and it's hard to think of a better (and more sharply dressed) instructor than Robert George.
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Episode 1 - Introduction: The Big Idea, Demystifying Republicans for Democrats and Vice Versa
In this welcome episode, host Nick Hagen explains his mission to push back on black and white, us vs. them thinking in politics and to demystify the right for the left and the left for the right. His goal is to facilitate better conversations, better arguments, better solutions, better relationships, and, eventually, with a little luck, a better country.
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