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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Every guest on The Realignment

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

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Rajiv Shah
494 | Raj Shah: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War · Jul 2024

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Jimmy Soni
204 | Jimmy Soni: PayPal and the Origins of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and David Sacks · Mar 2022

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Richard Hanania
Ep 84 Season Finale: Richard Hanania on the Working-Class Realignment Myth · Dec 2020

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Anne Helen Petersen
186 | Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel: The Problem and Promise of WFH · Dec 2021

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Ashlee Vance
367 | Ashlee Vance: The Misfits and Geniuses Winning the New Space Race · May 2023

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Ben Smith
366 | Ben Smith: Genius, Rivalry, Delusion, and the Collapse of BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Vice, and the Digital Media Era · May 2023

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Beth Macy
280 | Saagar & Marshall on Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plans + Beth Macy on the Next Stage of the Opioid Crisis · Aug 2022

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Cecilia Kang

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Charlie Warzel

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Dan Wang
570 | Dan Wang: China's Engineering State, America's Lawyerly Society, and the Competition for the 21st Century · Aug 2025

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Evan Osnos
167 | Evan Osnos: The Making of America’s Fury and China’s Ambition · Oct 2021

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Jennifer Pahlka
528 | Jennifer Pahlka & Andrew Greenway: The State Capacity Agenda for 2025 · 3 episodes

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Joe Weisenthal
Ep. 87: Joe Weisenthal Returns! Stimulus Checks, Stocks, Bitcoin’s Surge, and 2020 Finance Recap · Jan 2021

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Katherine Gehl
131 | Katherine Gehl: Breaking the Duopoly with Political Innovation · Jun 2021

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Kevin Roose
106 | Kevin Roose, Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation · Mar 2021

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Kyla Scanlon
481 | Kyla Scanlon: Why America Is Stuck in a "Vibecession" · 2 episodes

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Liz Hoffman
351 | Cheap Debt, Bailouts, Crashes, and the Fight for Economic Resilience with Liz Hoffman · Mar 2023

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Mara Hvistendahl
Ep. 99: Mara Hvistendahl, The Scientist and the Spy: China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage · Feb 2021

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Mariana Mazzucato
353 | How the Consulting Industry Warped the Economy, Infantilized Government, and Weakened Business with Mariana Mazzucato · Mar 2023

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Max Chafkin
162 | Max Chafkin: What the Rise of the Silicon Valley Right Means for America · Sep 2021

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Reihan Salam
The Realignment Live from the Aspen Ideas Festival | Reihan Salam: How Did We Get Here? NYC Working Class Immigrants, the Right's H1B Debate, and the New Cultural Politics of Immigration · 2 episodes

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Sheera Frenkel
144 | Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang: The Ugly Truth About Facebook · Jul 2021

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Taylor Lorenz
469 | Taylor Lorenz & Corbin Barthold: The Case Against the TikTok Sale Legislation · Apr 2024

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Timothy B. Lee
370 | Timothy B. Lee: Why Artificial Intelligence Won't Cause Mass Unemployment · May 2023

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Wesley Lowery
385 | Wesley Lowery: Backlash Politics from Obama 2008 to the Summer of 2020 and Beyond · Jul 2023

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Zeke Faux
406 | Zeke Faux: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried & Crypto's Rise and Fall · Sep 2023

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Francis Fukuyama
241 | Francis Fukuyama: How the Left and Right Challenge Classical Liberalism · May 2022

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George Packer
582 | George Packer: The Emergency - The Post-Literate Age and the Unwinding of American Liberalism · 2 episodes

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Ian Bremmer
252 | Ian Bremmer: Pandemics, Climate Change, and Disruption. Do Crises Equal Opportunity? · Jun 2022

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John Gray
429 | John Gray: How Post-Liberal Thought Can Unpack the Chaotic and Terrifying 2020s · Nov 2023

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Mark Bergen
286 | Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to Global Domination - Mark Bergen on How YouTube Got to Billions of Daily Views · Sep 2022

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Matthew Ball
267 | Matthew Ball: How the Metaverse Could Revolutionize Everything · Jul 2022

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Michael Shellenberger
175 | Michael Shellenberger: How Progressives Failed America’s Cities · Nov 2021

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Noah Smith
525 | Noah Smith: The Trends That Will Define American Politics in 2025 · 3 episodes

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Peter Bergen
160 | Peter Bergen: What the Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden Means for the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy · Sep 2021

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Ron Wyden
533 | Senator Ron Wyden: Why We Need More "Chutzpah" in Politics + Marshall's Baby Announcement · Feb 2025

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Ross Douthat
535 | Ross Douthat: Why You Should Be Religious & the Rise of the Post-Christian Right · 3 episodes

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Shadi Hamid
584 | Shadi Hamid: A Skeptic's Case for American Power · 2 episodes

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Stephen Marche
189 | Stephen Marche: Is the U.S. on the Path to Dissolution? · Jan 2022

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Yaroslav Trofimov
443 | Yaroslav Trofimov: Will 2024 Bring Victory, Defeat, or Stalemate in Ukraine? · Jan 2024

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