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To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes
Hosted by Charlie Sykes · EN
You are not the crazy ones.
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Ed Luce: We Are at Peak Denial
Yesterday00:43:29Summary readyEd Luce from the Financial Times joins Charlie to talk about today's political climate, the undeniable reality of global warming and the existential threat of AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryIt's Electability Stupid
3d ago00:42:04Summary readyThe co-founder of Third Way, Matt Bennett joins Charlie to talk about the DSA's stunning defeat in Wisconsin, their agenda to destroy the Democratic Party and why electability still matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryPeter Wehner: Trump Prefers Infamy to Irrelevance
5d ago00:50:37Summary readyThe Atlantic's Peter Wehner joins Charlie to talk about Trump's desperate attempts to remain relevant, his miscalculations about Iran, and MAGA's obsession with Anthony Fauci. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryAnne Applebaum: “I Can’t Think of Anything More Corrupt”
1w ago00:45:33Summary readyThe Atlantic's Anne Applebaum joins Charlie to discuss Trump's sale of early access to Truth Social posts, his doubling down on the reflecting pool vandalism lie, and the Ceuta border crisis and how the far right has weaponized it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryTrump's Banana Republic
2w ago00:51:55Summary readyNew York Times Opinion writer David French joins Charlie to discuss Trump's unprecedented corruption, the Todd Blanche Attorney General nomination now in limbo, and Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryTrump Attacks a Female Journalist. The Press Looks Away.
2w ago00:43:56Summary readyTara Palmeri, host of The Tara Palmeri Show and author of the newsletter "The Red Letter," joins Charlie to unpack Trump's attack on Kaitlan Collins at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Todd Blanche's role in the Epstein cover-up, and Lindsey Graham's fraught legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryDoes Trump Think AI Slop Makes Him Look Tough?
3w ago00:50:36Summary readyNicholas Grossman, editor of Arc Digital and professor of international relations at the University of Illinois, joins Charlie to discuss Trump's frenzied posting of AI slop about Iran, the bizarre White House Correspondents' Dinner, and the global implications of the newly annouced Saudi nuclear deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryTrump Tried to Rewire Society. Trump Failed.
3w ago00:51:20Summary readyJonathan Rauch is a Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. In this episode, he joins Charlie to explain how the "postmodern right" thinks it can manipulate reality, how Trump's people thought they could change civil society — and why all of this is failing. They also discuss the continuing casualties from the war with Iran, Trump's obsession with numbers, and Lindsey Graham's legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryAn Administration Without Grown-Ups
3w ago00:57:33Summary readyIn this special solo episode, Charlie answers your questions about the latest crisis in US-Canada relations, Jay Clayton's confirmation hearing, and the US-Saudi nuclear deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryDo Democrats Have a Plan?
4w ago00:39:36Summary readyBen Wikler served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin for six years. In this episode he joins Charlie to talk about his new book This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy. Inevitably, they also talk a lot about Wisconsin politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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