Episodes

  • Right Nation

    Right Nation
    Jul 18 2025
    Walter's on the road this week, so in place of regular programming, we’re bringing you something special: an extended excerpt from Walter’s most recent book, The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People.
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Gaza, Ukraine, Energy, and the Big Beautiful Bill

    Gaza, Ukraine, Energy, and the Big Beautiful Bill
    Jul 10 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the Trump-Bibi meetings, the consequences of the president's legislative achievement, where he stands on arming Ukraine, the Western Hemisphere's bright fossil fuel future, and Gore Vidal vs. William F. Buckley.
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    40 mins
  • What Does Trump’s Bombing of Iran Mean for the Middle East?

    What Does Trump’s Bombing of Iran Mean for the Middle East?
    Jun 27 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss why China, Russia, and North Korea haven't come to Iran's aid, what Zohran Mamdani's primary victory in New York could mean for national politics, how Trump understands Europe and NATO better than Obama and Biden did, and what the long-term significance might be of America's bombing of Fordow.
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    30 mins
  • Trump and the Israel-Iran War

    Trump and the Israel-Iran War
    Jun 19 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Israel’s control of Iranian skies, the prospects for a negotiated settlement, and the domestic politics shaping Donald Trump’s pending decision to involve US forces in military operations.
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    36 mins
  • Unrest in Los Angeles

    Unrest in Los Angeles
    Jun 12 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the ICE raids and riots in LA, heightening tensions with Iran, changing demographics in world religions, and trouble in the U.S.-India relationship.
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    31 mins
  • The Trump-Musk Eruption

    The Trump-Musk Eruption
    Jun 6 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the public spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the AI threat to white-collar jobs, Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian aircraft, and “Zero Day,” a new 10-part Taiwanese TV drama about a war with China.
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    30 mins
  • The Foreign Policy Consequences of Biden’s Decline and Fall

    The Foreign Policy Consequences of Biden’s Decline and Fall
    May 30 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Elon Musk’s departure from Washington, America’s nonexistent shipbuilding capacity, plans to revoke visas from Chinese students, and the conspicuous absence of Biden’s foreign policy team from the new book on the ‘coverup’ of his condition. Also in this weeks episode, an interview with Tablet editor-in-chief Alana Newhouse, from the podcast How to Be a Jew, about why she decided to start a print magazine. If you want to subscribe to that magazine, click here.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Resistance Fighters of the World Unite

    Resistance Fighters of the World Unite
    May 23 2025
    This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Trump's ban on foreign students at Harvard, the Supreme Court's decision on the president's authority to fire federal commissioners, the Senate's vote against California's EV mandate, and a report from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.
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    38 mins