Podcast
What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead
Hosted by Tablet Magazine · EN
Walter Russell Mead, a historian, pundit, and popular author, is encyclopedic about politics, culture, and history. On What Really Matters, Mead and Tablet deputy editor Jeremy Stern help you understand the news, decide what news matters and what doesn’t, and enjoy following the story of America and the world more than you do now.
Check out Walter Russell Mead’s Tablet column at https://www.tabletmag.com/columns/via-meadia.
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Iran, Data Centers, Daylight Saving, and Lindsey Graham
5d ago00:33:11Summary readyThis week, Walter and Jeremy discuss New York's ban on data centers, the fight to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, the collapse of the MOU and the current state of the Iran war, and thoughts on the passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham.
SummaryAre Americans a People?
1w ago00:31:38Summary readyThis week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the breakdown of Trump's Iran MOU, the president's newfound admiration for Ukraine, whether Americans are becoming post-literate, and why we are not a "creedal" people.
SummarySocialists, Chinese AI, Air Conditioning, and Putin
3w ago00:39:29Summary readyThis week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the wave of socialist victories in Democratic primaries; China's new plan to overhaul its economy with AI; why Europeans hate air conditioning; and the crumbling of Vladimir Putin's empire.
SummaryThe Global Crisis
4w ago01:10:04Summary readyThis week, Walter gives a lecture and Q&A at the Hamilton School at the University of Florida on "The Global Crisis." The recording is from December 1st and is republished here with the permission of the Hamilton School.
SummaryTrump's Very Own Iran Deal
Jun 1800:30:13Summary readyThis week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Finland's reversal of its prohibition on nuclear weapons, what it means for AI doctors to outperform human physicians, Hezbollah's supposedly newfound resolution, and how to interpret Trump's Memorandum of Understanding with Iran.
SummaryThe Cuban Quagmire
Jun 1000:37:28Summary readyThis week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the mounting crisis in Lebanon, Russia's setback in Armenia's elections, the sources of North Korea's strength, and why Cuba is unlikely to be an easy victory for Trump.
SummaryUS Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump
Jun 501:32:04Summary readyThis week, Walter gives a lecture and Q&A at the London School of Economics on American foreign policy in the Trump era. The recording is from February 19 and is republished here with the permission of the LSE.
SummaryWhy Peace With Iran Is Elusive
May 3000:23:39Summary readyThis week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the Pope's AI encyclical, the UAE's role in the Iran war, new concerns about the divide between labor and capital, and why America and Iran's minimum requirements for a peace agreement are unlikely to be met.
SummaryA Visit to Ukraine
May 2200:32:35Summary readyThis week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Iran's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, Trump's creation of a $1.8 billion slush fund, the noose tightening around Cuba, and what Walter saw and heard on a recent trip to Ukraine.
SummaryThe Rise of Islam and the Radicalization of America
May 1200:30:39Summary readyThis week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the greater global influence of Muslim-majority societies, the state of political radicalization in America, and to what extent the US is actually in decline.
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