The Dispatch Podcast

Host Sarah Isgur is joined by Steve Hayes, and Jonah Goldberg for a weekly thoughtful discussion on politics, policy, and culture.

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The Debate That Didn't Matter

Episode Date: August 25, 2023

Sarah, fully ready for her hiatus, is joined by Steve, Jonah, and Dispatch Politics reporter Audrey Fahlberg for a dispiriting recap of the first GOP...

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Braindead Partisanship

Episode Date: August 18, 2023

Chris joins Sarah and Jonah to discuss the upcoming GOP primary debate. How much will the candidates praise the guy they're primarying? Will there be...

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No Labels, No Problem

Episode Date: August 16, 2023

Not since Abraham Lincoln has a 3rd party candidate been successful, but political nonprofit No Labels thinks the time for change is near. No Labels c...

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Wrath of the Normals

Episode Date: August 11, 2023

A "reserve army of voters" rejected a proposal to change the constitutional amendment process in an Ohio special election. What does the abortion prox...

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Israel's Constitutional Moment

Episode Date: August 6, 2023

Israel is undergoing a sea change. The battle over a judicial overhaul hides much deeper national schisms. The Times of Israel Senior Political Analys...

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Schrödinger's Trump

Episode Date: August 4, 2023

Sarah, Steve, and Jonah discuss Trump's indictment for the listeners not privy to niche legal podcasts. Can special counsel prove Trump's intent? Will...

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Washington Is A Mess

Episode Date: July 28, 2023

Steve is back to monitor the Dispod as the Sarah, Mike, and David discuss Hunter Biden plea deals and GOP primary wackiness, but the conversation even...

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Conservatives Abroad

Episode Date: July 17, 2023

Robert Tyler, senior policy advisory for New Direction, joins Dispatch executive editor Adam O’Neal to sample the different flavors of the European ri...

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Donors and Grifters

Episode Date: July 14, 2023

Sorry, Steve Hayes. Sarah, Jonah and Mike start with Ukraine’s request for cluster munitions and the state of NATO. Jonah cynically uses Steve's absen...

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Will Taiwan Fight?

Episode Date: July 10, 2023

Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund, joins Executive Director Adam O'Neal to discuss how the U.S....

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France Riots, Explained

Episode Date: July 3, 2023

A deadly police shooting in Paris last week sparked days of riots across the country. Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy...

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Let's Go Coup-ing

Episode Date: June 30, 2023

Will the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision in Harvard lead to a public backlash? What does the Coup That Wasn't tell us about Russia (and ab...

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'Nuclear War? Yawn!'

Episode Date: June 26, 2023

The Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia is underway, but what would it take to bring these two nations to the negotiating table? Scholar, profes...

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A Race of Unpopulars

Episode Date: June 23, 2023

Steve and Jonah join Sarah to talk about Hunter Biden's plea deal, how it reflects on Joe Biden and: -Sarah's first tattoo? -Voters react to Hunter Bi...