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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Mr. Meijer Goes to Washington

Episode Date: January 15, 2021

“I was proud that after the assault on the Capitol, we were back in the chambers a few hours later,” freshman GOP Rep. Peter Meijer from Michigan’s 3r...

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A President's Final Days

Episode Date: January 13, 2021

“The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack,” said Rep. Liz Cheney late Tuesday afterno...

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Almost Inevitable

Episode Date: January 8, 2021

Wednesday’s storming of the Capitol should not have come as a surprise to anyone who has paid attention to Donald Trump’s election-related conspiracy-...

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No Such Thing as Rock Bottom

Episode Date: January 8, 2021

Was Wednesday’s storming of the Capitol by Trump rally-goers inevitable? Should President Trump be impeached? Where does the Republican Party go from...

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Sitting Here on Capitol Hill

Episode Date: December 18, 2020

House Democrats are heading into next year with the slimmest majority either party has seen in two decades. How might this shape intra-party relations...

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Somebody's Wrong Online

Episode Date: December 16, 2020

In the weeks following November 3, a surprising number of state Republican parties have made it their mission to attack any high ranking GOP officials...

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Mess with Texas?

Episode Date: December 11, 2020

How might the Supreme Court respond to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit contesting the results of the election? Why did so many House membe...

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Norms!

Episode Date: December 9, 2020

The Supreme Court denied injunctive relief on Tuesday to Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly in a one-sentence order that unceremoniously ended the Republica...

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Finding a Common Goal

Episode Date: November 20, 2020

Charles Koch and Brian Hooks joined Sarah and David to discuss their new book, Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World, which is a...

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Ironic Crayons

Episode Date: November 18, 2020

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg were in the hot seat again on Tuesday, answering questions from Senate Judiciary Committee member...

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Purging the Pentagon

Episode Date: November 11, 2020

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper got the boot on Monday in a characteristic Twitter announcement from President Trump. Esper’s sudden dismissal was acc...

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Let's Talk About Facts

Episode Date: November 7, 2020

Does a video show someone burning ballots with votes for Trump? No. Did Michigan ‘magically’ find 138,339 votes for Joe Biden? Nope. What about Wiscon...

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The Long Road to 270

Episode Date: November 5, 2020

Minutes before 5 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, the president took to Twitter to claim victory in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. The preside...

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It All Leads to This

Episode Date: October 30, 2020

What do Republican lawmakers want the Republican party to look like in a post-Trump era? “There’s a great fear of one scenario which is that Donald Tr...

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Closing Arguments

Episode Date: October 28, 2020

The idea that Joe Biden will somehow heal America in a post-Trump era has become the closing argument of the Democratic candidate’s campaign. Will Bid...

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The Science of Politics

Episode Date: October 23, 2020

Is the presidential race where the polls say it is? What might pollsters be missing this election cycle? Is there a scenario in which Biden wins the e...

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2016, 2020 and This Moment

Episode Date: October 21, 2020

The story that the New York Post published last week about Hunter Biden raised all sorts of red flags for veteran journalists. How did they come into...