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.
WebsiteEvery guest on The Realignment
463 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.
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Benjamin Herold
448 | Benjamin Herold: Are America's Schools and Suburbs Unraveling? · Jan 2024
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Bret Kugelmass
344 | Inside the Nuclear Energy Renaissance with Bret Kugelmass · Feb 2023
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CFPB Director Rohit Chopra
372 | CFPB Director Rohit Chopra: Reviving America's Anti-Monopoly Tradition · May 2023
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Cameron Abadi
512 | Cameron Abadi: Why Radical Climate Activism Isn't Helping Environmental Politics · Oct 2024
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Charles Seife
331 | One Small Step Towards a Fusion Energy Breakthrough with Charles Seife · Jan 2023
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Charlotte Alter
132 | Charlotte Alter: Are Millennial Politicians the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For? · Jun 2021
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Chris Fenton
259 | Chris Fenton: Top Gun: Maverick & the Future of Hollywood in China · Jun 2022
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Chris Matthews
585 | Chris Matthews: The Politics of Authenticity and Why Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters · Dec 2025
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Christian Brose
214 | Christian Brose: Can the U.S. Military Compete with Russia and China? · Mar 2022
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Christopher C. Miller
342 | Trump's Last Defense Secretary on Cutting the Pentagon Budget, Base Closures, Forever War Accountability, and New Threats with Christopher C. Miller · Feb 2023
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Christopher Leonard
190 | Christopher Leonard: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy · Jan 2022
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Christopher Marquis
312 | Christopher Marquis: How China's Communist Roots Shape Its Economy, State Party, and Xi Jinping's Ambitions · Nov 2022
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Coco Krumme
404 | Coco Krumme: The False Promise of Optimization - Plus, Saagar & Marshall on the Biden Presidency · Sep 2023
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Craig Nelson
375 | Craig Nelson: How America Became the "Arsenal of Democracy" and the Lessons for Today · Jun 2023
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Craig Whitlock
478 | Craig Whitlock: The Story of "Fat Leonard" - How One Man Seduced and Corrupted the U.S. Navy · May 2024
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Danielle Lee Tomson
Season Finale | Danielle Lee Tomson: Why the Future is Fusion · 3 episodes
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Danielle Pletka
Horns of a Dilemma: Danielle Pletka - What the 2024 Election Means for America's Foreign Policy · Nov 2024
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David Adler
424 | David Adler & Bill Bonvillian: America's Advanced Manufacturing Problem - and How to Fix It · Nov 2023
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David Kilcullen
207 | David Kilcullen: Insurgencies, Resistance, and Russian Strategy and Tactics · Mar 2022
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David M. Herszenhorn
422 | David M. Herszenhorn: Alexey Navalny, the Dissident of Putin's Russia - Does the Dream of a Democratic Russia Live On? · Oct 2023
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David Sax
315 | David Sax: The Over-Hyped Digital World and Why Our Future Is Analog · Nov 2022
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Demetri Kofinas
209 | Demetri Kofinas: What’s Next in Ukraine Part II · 2 episodes
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Derek Kaufman
496 | Derek Kaufman: How the Abundance Agenda Can Remake American Politics · Aug 2024
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Derek Leebaert
392 | Derek Leebaert: FDR's "Unlikely Heroes" and America's Triumph Over the Great Depression and WWII · Aug 2023
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Derek Robertson
174 | Derek Robertson: What’s Next for America’s New Culture Wars · Nov 2021
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Didi Kuo
539 | Didi Kuo & Steve Teles: Why Are Political Parties So Unpopular? · Feb 2025
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Doug Melville
RE: Something Interesting | Doug Melville on Family & Ancestry through the Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen and America's First Black Generals · Nov 2023
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Doug Most
575 | Doug Most: Pragmatism in Action - WWII Shipbuilding, the Arsenal of Democracy, and Today’s Challenges · Sep 2025
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Edward F. O'Keefe
476 | Edward F. O'Keefe: The Era, Women, and Realignment That Made Theodore Roosevelt · May 2024
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Edward Fishman
542 | Edward Fishman: Chokepoints - How America and Other Great Powers Wage Economic Warfare · Mar 2025
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Elizabeth Wilkins
550 | Elizabeth Wilkins: Abundance and the Left, Antitrust, & the Future of State Capacity · May 2025
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Emmet Penney
#361 | Emmet Penney: Roadblocks to a Nuclear Renaissance, the Broken Energy Grid, and the Decarbonization Challenge · Apr 2023
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Erik Torenberg
BONUS | Marshall's New Podcast, The Deep End: Erik Torenberg on the Future of Higher Education · 2 episodes
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Evan Thomas
371 | Evan Thomas: The Atomic Bomb's Legacy in a Disordered World · May 2023
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Eve Fairbanks
269 | Season Finale: Eve Fairbanks on What South Africa's Reckoning Means for the U.S. · Jul 2022
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The Realignment at WelcomeFest 2026 | The Difference Between Good and Bad Moderation with Steve TelesJun 2026
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How to Bring Back National Ambition - Inside the Build America Caucus with Rep. Josh HarderMay 2026
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601 | Noam Scheiber: How the Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class Could Reshape AmericaApr 2026
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599 | Henry Tonks: The Realignments Comes for the Democrats - Lessons from Liberalism's 1970s-1990s Wilderness YearsMar 2026
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598 | Madeline Hart: How to Mobilize the American Industrial Base, Embrace Heretics, and Deter WWIIIMar 2026
with Madeline Hart
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596 | Saagar Enjeti: What the Iran War Means for MAGA, the New Right, and the America First MovementMar 2026
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594 | Steve Teles: Hard Lessons for Centrists Trying to Overcome the Mediocrity Challenge + Last Call for Niskanen Summer Institute ApplicationsFeb 2026
with Steve Teles
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592 | Laura Field: How the MAGA New Right Took Power - From the Flight 93 Essay to Trump 2024Feb 2026
with Laura K. Field
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591 | Saikat Chakrabarti: Building a New Consensus - How to Move America from "Failure Mode" to "Mission Mode"Jan 2026
with Saikat Chakrabarti
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589 | Danielle Lee Tomson: When the Story Breaks: MAGA, Liberalism, and the Battle to Define RealityJan 2026
with Danielle Lee Tomson
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588 | George M. Dougherty: Beyond "Unmanned": How Drones Are (and Aren't) Rewriting WarfareJan 2026
with George M. Dougherty
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587 | Mike Konczal: What’s Actually Driving the Affordability Crisis + Announcing the Niskanen Summer Institute for UndergradsDec 2025
with Mike Konczal
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586 | Oliver Libby: Strong Floor, No Ceiling - A Radical Moderate's Case for Reigniting the American DreamDec 2025
with Oliver Libby
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585 | Chris Matthews: The Politics of Authenticity and Why Robert F. Kennedy Still MattersDec 2025
with Chris Matthews
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583 | William D. Hartung & Ben Freeman: The Pentagon's Trillion Dollar War Machine and the Debate Over America's Role in the WorldNov 2025
with William D. Hartung
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582 | George Packer: The Emergency - The Post-Literate Age and the Unwinding of American LiberalismNov 2025
with George Packer