Paul Rieckhoff: Grievance, Guns, and Power
Charlie Sykes sits down with Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Independent Veterans of America, for a wide-ranging conversation about America’s mass shooting crisis, the culture of grievance fueling extremis...
30 Sep 202544min
Nicholas Grossman: UN Escalators, NATO, and Free Speech
Charlie Sykes is joined by Nicholas Grossman to unpack another chaotic week in politics and foreign affairs. From Trump’s bizarre UN speech and a mysterious generals’ meeting to the flip-flop on Ukrai...
28 Sep 202555min
David French: Free Speech, Cancel Culture, and the Kimmel Moment
Charlie Sykes welcomes David French back to the podcast to unpack the fallout from Jimmy Kimmel’s viral monologue and Donald Trump’s failed attempt to cancel him. Together they explore why government ...
25 Sep 202550min
Julian Zelizer: Power and Punishment
Charlie Sykes and historian Julian Zelizer take a hard look at a whirlwind week of political intimidation, weaponized investigations, and the GOP’s muted response. Zelizer explains how public commands...
23 Sep 202538min
Daniel Drezner: Trump 2.0, Free Speech, and Foreign Policy Failures
Charlie Sykes talks with Daniel Drezner, academic dean and distinguished professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, to discuss the evolution of Trump from “toddler-in-chief” to something far mor...
21 Sep 202540min
Adam Kinzinger: Free Speech Under Siege
Charlie Sykes is joined by former Congressman Adam Kinzinger to unpack the mounting threats to free speech in America. They examine Donald Trump’s escalating lawsuits, the dangerous conflation of crit...
18 Sep 202541min
Tom Nichols: Into Darkness
Charlie Sykes and Tom Nichols return to “the gloom” for a conversation about political violence, creeping authoritarianism, and the weaponization of tragedy. They explore how figures like Donald Trump...
16 Sep 202552min
Garry Kasparov: Putin, Poland, and the Peril of American Democracy
Former world chess champion and democracy activist Garry Kasparov joins Charlie Sykes to discuss Russia’s escalating war, including the deliberate drone strike on Poland. He warns how Vladimir Putin t...
14 Sep 202545min
