Why the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Pushes People’s Buttons
This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Biden’s Oval Office address, Iranian attacks on US targets in the Middle East, attacks on synagogues in Europe and North Africa, and why people who hate America an...
21 Okt 202328min
‘Paragliders From Hell
Walter and Jeremy discuss Israel’s wartime unity government, the specter of a second front in Southern Lebanon, why American universities are “honoring the martyrs of Hamas,” and whether President Bid...
12 Okt 202335min
Americans Are Happier Than You Think
This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss why so many Americans are living at home, the Biden administration’s Iran policy, whether parts of Oregon will break off and join Idaho, and why elites are more mi...
6 Okt 202329min
Why Is Everything Blue?
This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Nagorno-Karabakh, a U.S. government shutdown, the India-Canada spat, why every American institution is liberal, and the time Walter met Winston Churchill. Also ch...
29 Sep 202330min
Roe v. Dobbs
This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the crisis of faith in higher ed, what German cars have to do with rightwing populism, why the U.S. Navy is mothballing its submarine sinkers, and how abortion pol...
22 Sep 202343min
America’s Near Abroad
This week, Walter and Jeremy battle colds to discuss America’s new lithium wealth, the Palestinians’ bargaining position in Saudi-Israeli peace talks, the drugs, violence, and migration problems in Am...
15 Sep 202336min
Are the BRICS a Thing?
This week, Walter and Jeremy talk Biden’s drug price controls program, a possible autoworkers strike, “de-dollarization,” and whether the BRICS exist. Each week on What Really Matters, Walter Russell...
8 Sep 202340min
Debating Civil Rights Law
Walter and Jeremy discuss US military advice to Ukraine, Latin America’s economic future, the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, and whether a worthwhile Canadian initiative qualifies as news. Each...
1 Sep 202335min
