The Realignment

The United States is in the midst of a dramatic political realignment with shifting views on national security, economics, technology, and the role of government in our lives. Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff explore this with thinkers, policymakers, and more.

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Most frequent guests

Steve Teles 13 episodes
Frank DiStefano 6 episodes
Alex Kantrowitz 3 episodes
Jennifer Pahlka 3 episodes
Noah Smith 3 episodes
Ross Douthat 3 episodes
James Stavridis 3 episodes
Antonio García-Martinez 3 episodes
Elbridge Colby 3 episodes
Oren Cass 3 episodes

Every guest on The Realignment

463 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Derek Thompson
558 | Derek Thompson & Rep. Jake Auchincloss: WelcomeFest 2025 - Can the Abundance Agenda Provide the Center's Missing Vision? · 2 episodes

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Marc Andreessen
260 | Marc Andreessen on Everything: The Need to Build, Web3's Value, Political Realignments, Collapsing Trust, U.S. History, and More... · Jun 2022

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Jennifer Burns
432 | Jennifer Burns: Is the Milton Friedman Era Over? · Nov 2023

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Vivek Ramaswamy
349 | Vivek Ramaswamy on All Things Public Policy · 2 episodes

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Cenk Uygur
407 | Cenk Uygur: The Future of the Progressive Movement in Joe Biden's (or Donald Trump's) America · Sep 2023

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Annie Jacobsen
467 | Annie Jacobsen: What the Threat of Nuclear War Means for the Era of Great Power Competition · Mar 2024

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Ezra Klein
541 | Ezra Klein: The Abundance Agenda - Why Liberalism Needs to Build Again · Mar 2025

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Richard Reeves
296 | Richard Reeves: Why Modern Boys and Men Are Struggling and What to Do About It · Oct 2022

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Cal Newport
460 | Cal Newport: Why the Obsession with "Pseudo-Productivity" is Driving Knowledge Worker Revolts and Burnout · 2 episodes

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Ro Khanna
519 | Rep. Ro Khanna: Rebuilding the Democratic Party After Trump's 2024 Victory · 2 episodes

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Lars Doucet
311 | Lars Doucet on Georgism: Land and Why Rent is too High & Wages too Low · Nov 2022

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Bethany McLean
418 | Bethany McLean: How COVID Exposed a Hollowed-Out and Sickly America · Oct 2023

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Greg Lukianoff
187 | Greg Lukianoff: The Second Great Age of Political Correctness · Dec 2021

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Jeremi Suri
322 | Jeremi Suri: America's Unfinished War Over Democracy · Dec 2022

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Balaji Srinivasan
264 | Balaji Srinivasan: How and Why to Start New Countries · 2 episodes

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Niall Ferguson
124 | Niall Ferguson: The Politics and History of Catastrophe · May 2021

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Bret Weinstein
159 | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying: How the 21st Century Drove Us All Crazy · Sep 2021

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Eric Weinstein
134 | Dr. Eric Weinstein: What Happens Now? · 2 episodes

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Peter Zeihan
255 | Peter Zeihan: The End of the World Is Just the Beginning · Jun 2022

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Scott Galloway
292 | Scott Galloway: America Adrift - The Story of the U.S. Through 100 Charts · Sep 2022

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Joe Lonsdale
437 | Joe Lonsdale: The Role of Defense Technology in a New Era of Conflict · Dec 2023

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Matt Ridley
183 | Matt Ridley: Lessons from Investigating the Origins of COVID-19 · Dec 2021

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Krystal Ball
129 | Krystal Ball and Saagar Are Leaving Rising. Here’s What’s Next · Jun 2021

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Mike Solana
235 | Mike Solana Returns: A Heretical View of Silicon Valley · 2 episodes

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Rikki Schlott
416 | Rikki Schlott: The Cancel Culture Debate After the Hamas Massacre · Oct 2023

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Melissa Kearney
419 | Melissa Kearney: Two-Parent Privilege - The Decline of Marriage and the Fracturing of America · Oct 2023

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John Lovell
393 | John Lovell: Confronting the Crisis Facing America's Men and Boys · Aug 2023

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Alex Epstein
251 | Alex Epstein: The Case for Fossil Fuels · Jun 2022

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Johnathan Bi
308 | Johnathan Bi: René Girard, Mimetic Theory, and Confronting the Apocalypse · Nov 2022

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Paul Millerd
324 | Paul Millerd: Imagining a New Story for Work with the Pathless Path · Dec 2022

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John McWhorter
178 | John McWhorter on Race in America: Third Wave Anti-Racism, Lessons from BLM and Summer 2020, and the Case Against “Woke” Racism · Nov 2021

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Julia Galef
121 | Julia Galef: The Path to Thinking Better with the Scout Mindset · Apr 2021

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Alex Kantrowitz
182 | Alex Kantrowitz: Twitter’s New Leadership, Moving on from the Facebook Whistleblower, and Questions About the Internet’s Future · 3 episodes

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Peter Frankopan
363 | Peter Frankopan: How a Transforming Earth & a Rising Asia Will Define the 21st Century · Apr 2023

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Frank Dikotter
319 | Frank Dikötter: Shattering the Myths of China After Mao · Dec 2022

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Nat Eliason
RE: Something Interesting | Nat Eliason on Crypto Confidential - Winning and Losing Millions on the New Frontier of Finance · Jul 2024

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Jake Tapper
580 | Jake Tapper: How to Fight and Prosecute Forever Wars from Al Qaeda to Venezuelan Strikes and Mexican Drug Cartels · Nov 2025

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Reza Aslan
299 | Reza Aslan: How Should Americans React to Iran's Revolution(s)? · Oct 2022

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John O. Brennan
439 | John Brennan: The AI Future We Were Promised Is Finally Here · Dec 2023

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Andrew Yang
164 | Andrew Yang: The Case for a New Party, Open Primaries, and Ranked Choice Voting · Oct 2021

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