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Beyond Talking Points: An American Middle Podcast
Hosted by Abby McCloskey · EN
Beyond Talking Points Season 2: Abby McCloskey and her guests examine the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term — what America was promised and what we’re getting.
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Beyond Energy Talking Points
May 1, 202500:25:59Tap to summarizeFor the final installment of Season 2 of Beyond Talking Points, host Abby McCloskey speaks with Rick Perry, former Governor of Texas and U.S. Energy Secretary.
Transcribe →Beyond Immigration Talking Points
Apr 24, 202500:31:52Tap to summarizeThis week on Beyond Talking Points, host Abby McCloskey talks with Pia Orrenius, a labor economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, about the effects of migration and deportations on the American economy, workforce and culture.
Transcribe →Beyond Culture War Talking Points
Apr 17, 202500:35:09Tap to summarizeHost Abby McCloskey speaks with Esau McCaulley about the cultural and religious narrative Americans tell ourselves.
Transcribe →Beyond DOGE Talking Points
Apr 10, 202500:30:03Tap to summarizeIs Elon Musk's chainsaw getting government spending back under control? This week, Beyond Talking Points host Abby McCloskey talks with Jessica Riedl, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
Transcribe →Beyond Trump Family Policy Talking Points
Apr 3, 202500:35:05Tap to summarizeHost Abby McCloskey talks with Emily Oster, author and CEO of ParentData, about President Trump's health and family policies.
Transcribe →Beyond Trump Economy Talking Points
Mar 27, 202500:34:52Tap to summarizeSeason 2 of Beyond Talking Points: An American Middle Podcast kicks off with an episode about the economy. Host Abby McCloskey talks with Doug Holtz Eakin of the American Action Forum and former director of the Congressional Budget Office about tariffs, taxes and the Trump economy.
Transcribe →Beyond Election Day Talking Points
Nov 5, 202400:51:48Tap to summarizeHost Abby McCloskey interviews Yuval Levin, political analyst, academic, journalist and author of the new book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again, about how we can look beyond Tuesday's polls to what truly makes America great and where we can go from here.
Transcribe →Beyond Polling Talking Points
Oct 29, 202400:42:58Tap to summarizeHost Abby McCloskey talks with Henry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and former columnist at The Washington Post about polling in the home stretch of the election, who is likely to win between Trump and Harris, and what America could look like a year or a generation from now.
Transcribe →Beyond Economy Talking Points
Oct 22, 202400:33:25Tap to summarizeHost Abby McCloskey talks with Glenn Hubbard, former dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and former presidential advisor and chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, about the economic prospects of a Trump or Harris administration.Note: the discussion includes references to Hubbard's books which can be found here:https://a.co/d/6obwkaKhttps://a.co/d/irReWPN
Transcribe →Beyond Foreign Policy Talking Points
Oct 15, 202400:37:43Tap to summarizeHost Abby McCloskey interviews David Kramer, the executive director of the George W. Bush Institute, about conflicts around the globe and America's role in them.
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