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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Jeremy Dauber
179 | Thanksgiving Special: Jeremy Dauber on the History of Comics, Debates Over Diversity/Representation, and the State of Comedy · Nov 2021
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Jeremy W. Peters
202 | Jeremy W. Peters: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got What They Wanted · Feb 2022
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Jerry Dunleavy
397 | Jerry Dunleavy & James Hasson: Two Years After the Fall of Kabul - Was the Chaotic Withdrawal Inevitable? · Aug 2023
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Jerry Hendrix
452 | Jerry Hendrix: The Age of U.S. Naval Dominance Is Over · Feb 2024
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John B. Judis
427 | John B. Judis & Ruy Teixeira: Where Did the Democrats Go Wrong? · Nov 2023
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John Cassidy
551 | John Cassidy: The Rise of Capitalism's Critics on the Nationalist Right and Democratic Socialist Left · May 2025
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John Lettieri
329 | Saagar & Marshall on Congress, Airline Debacles, & Taiwan + John Lettieri on Non-Competes and American Dynamism · Jan 2023
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John Nagl
215 | John Nagl: Russia's Insurgency Problem · Mar 2022
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John Strausbaugh
483 | John Strausbaugh: The Wrong Stuff - How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned · Jun 2024
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Johnny Smith
RE: Something Interesting | Johnny Smith on What Michael Jordan Meant for 1990s America, the Colorblind Racial Ideal, and Sports in Politics · Dec 2023
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Jon Askonas
534 | Jon Askonas: The Rise of the Tech Right - Smartphones, Porn, DOGE vs. USAID, and the New Trump Coalition · Feb 2025
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Jon Wolfsthal
225 | Jon Wolfsthal: How Do We Handle Nuclear Weapons After Ukraine? · Mar 2022
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Jonathan D.T. Ward
377 | Jonathan D.T. Ward: The 2020s - The Decisive Decade for the U.S. & China · Jun 2023
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Jonathan Darman
491 | Jonathan Darman: Why Joe Biden Didn't Drop Out and the Lessons of 1968 · 2 episodes
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Jonathan M. Katz
192 | Jonathan M. Katz: Reckoning with American Empire + Debating “War Is a Racket” · Jan 2022
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Jonathan Taplin
402 | Jonathan Taplin: Reality vs. Dystopia - The Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars, & Crypto · Sep 2023
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Joseph Weisberg
197 | Joseph Weisberg: An Exit Strategy for the Second Cold War with Russia · Feb 2022
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Josh Harder
How to Bring Back National Ambition - Inside the Build America Caucus with Rep. Josh Harder · May 2026
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Josh Steinman
298 | Josh Steinman: Inside Trump's NSC & Rebuilding America's Industrial Base · Oct 2022
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Joshua Green
444 | Joshua Green: AOC, Bernie, & Warren - The Left Populist Struggle for a New American Politics · Jan 2024
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Joshua Zeitz
378 | Joshua Zeitz: What President Lincoln's Faith Means for a Secularizing America · Jun 2023
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Juan Williams
532 | Juan Williams: The Rise & Fall of the 2nd Civil Rights Movement · Jan 2025
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Julian Weisser
176 | ConstitutionDAO’s Julian Weisser and Will Papper: We’re Trying to Buy the Constitution · Nov 2021
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Julius Krein
527 | Julius Krein: The Blueprint for an American Manufacturing Renaissance · Jan 2025
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Justin Slaughter
495 | Justin Slaughter: What Role Will Crypto Policy Play in the 2024 Election? · Aug 2024
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Kara Frederick
200 | Kara Frederick: The Right vs. Big Tech, Debating Misinformation, & Nuanced Takes in Un-Nuanced Times · Feb 2022
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Katherine Blunt
283 | California at the Epicenter of America's New Energy Crisis - Katherine Blunt on the Fall of PG&E, the Grid, and New Energy Sources · Sep 2022
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Kathryn Cramer Brownell
398 | Kathryn Cramer Brownell: The Rise and Fall of the Cable News Era · Aug 2023
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Kevin D. Roberts
521 | Kevin D. Roberts: Trump's Election Mandate and the Legacy of Project 2025 · Nov 2024
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Kevin Sabet
118 | Dr. Kevin Sabet: 4/20 Special: America’s Decriminalizing Drugs, What’s Next? · Apr 2021
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Kevin Vallier
403 | Kevin Vallier: Integralism & the Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism · Sep 2023
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Kinsey Grant
148 | Kinsey Grant and Josh Kaplan: What’s the Future of Media Look Like? · Aug 2021
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Krish O'Mara Vignarajah
547 | Krish O'Mara Vignarajah: The Post-Realignment Politics of Refugee Policy and Immigration Reform · Apr 2025
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Kyle Strickland
181 | Kyle Strickland: 20th Century Racial Liberalism’s Reached a Dead End. What’s Next? · Dec 2021
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Larry Kramer
391 | Larry Kramer: America After Neoliberalism · Jul 2023
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Lee Drutman
Ep. 93: Lee Drutman, Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop · Jan 2021
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Recent episodes
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The Realignment at WelcomeFest 2026 | The Difference Between Good and Bad Moderation with Steve TelesJun 2026
with Steve Teles
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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