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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Jesus and Evangelical Politics

Episode Date: April 16, 2021

Sarah and David (who is stepping in for Steve this week) talk to the author of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Frac...

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Defining Infrastructure

Episode Date: April 7, 2021

If it’s a day that ends in “Y” in Washington, it’s probably a day during “infrastructure week.” The gang talks about President Biden’s infrastructure...

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The World as It Is

Episode Date: March 24, 2021

This week (so far) we have seen a mass shooting, a crisis at the border, a major walkback from President Trump’s favorite lawyer, Sidney Powell, and m...

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Migrant Surge at the Border

Episode Date: March 17, 2021

In a St. Patrick’s Day edition of The Dispatch Podcast, Sarah, Steve, Scott, and Declan start off today’s discussion with the ongoing migrant crisis a...

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Always. Be. Shilling.

Episode Date: March 12, 2021

For the first time on The Dispatch Podcast, author of the Capitolism newsletter and neoliberal shill extraordinaire Scott Lincicome joins Sarah and De...

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The Battle Over H.R. 1

Episode Date: March 10, 2021

Congressional Democrats’ omnibus voting rights, campaign finance, and ethics bill, H.R. 1—also known as the “For the People Act”—passed in the House l...

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The Once and Future Right

Episode Date: March 5, 2021

The Dispatch’s associate editor and Morning Dispatch guru Declan Garvey joins Sarah to ask Oren Cass what his mission is with American Compass, a cent...

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The Politics of Relief

Episode Date: March 3, 2021

The Senate is set to debate the Biden administration’s COVID-19 relief package this week, and today the gang talks about the politics of getting it pa...

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Mitt Romney Has a Plan

Episode Date: February 24, 2021

Hot off of his latest policy proposal, Sen. Mitt Romney joins the podcast to discuss his and Sen. Tom Cotton’s plan to raise the minimum wage, a propo...

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China and the Uighur Genocide

Episode Date: February 19, 2021

In a call with European foreign ministers on Thursday, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said he would begin steps to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear...

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The Grapes of Play-Acting

Episode Date: February 18, 2021

At the beginning of the pandemic, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York drew ire from lawmakers of all political stripes for sending COVID-19 posit...

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Anatomy of an Impeachment Trial

Episode Date: February 10, 2021

We’re on day two of the Senate’s second impeachment trial of Donald Trump and our hosts are here for the breakdown. On Tuesday, the House impeachment...