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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Thanks, Noam Chomsky

Episode Date: July 29, 2020

This morning, Trump told Jonathan Swan from Axios that he has never confronted Vladimir Putin about Russian bounties that were paid to the Taliban to...

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All Sizzle and No Steak

Episode Date: July 23, 2020

During Tuesday’s press briefing, a reporter asked the president about Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein who is...

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From Afghanistan with Love

Episode Date: July 17, 2020

What is happening on the ground in Afghanistan and why are we still there? The Trump administration has closed five bases, reduced the number of Ameri...

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French Fry Wars

Episode Date: July 15, 2020

Peter Navarro, director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy for the Trump administration, published a scathing hit piece against top epide...

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Untold No More

Episode Date: July 10, 2020

The day after his son was born on October 2, 2009, Jake Tapper watched a news report about a team of 53 American troops who were relentlessly attacked...

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Feel My Pain

Episode Date: July 8, 2020

An open letter published by Harper’s, signed by 153 prominent names, warning against illiberal behavior received swift pushback online. Sarah, Steve,...

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The Art of Persuasion

Episode Date: July 3, 2020

Yascha Mounk, the founder of Persuasion, joins Sarah and David to discuss his new publication and the project of defending liberal democracy. Show...

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The Russian Plot

Episode Date: July 1, 2020

Sarah and the guys discuss reporting about a Russian plot to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill American troops, the battle for control...

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Some Like It On the Trail

Episode Date: June 26, 2020

Astead Herndon, national politics reporter at The New York Times, joins Sarah and Steve to discuss his reporting from the president's rally in Tulsa t...

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Exhausted American Summer

Episode Date: June 25, 2020

Sarah, Steve, Jonah, and David discuss the state of the 2020 race as we kick off the first week of summer, and what the revelations in John Bolton's b...

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License to Analyze Media

Episode Date: June 19, 2020

Martin Gurri, a former CIA analyst, joins Sarah and Steve to discuss our information overload, the loss of trust in institutions and figures of author...

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The Great Awokening

Episode Date: June 12, 2020

The Dispatch's own Andrew Egger and Declan Garvey join Steve for a discussion on the blow-up at The New York Times over its Tom Cotton op-ed, woke cul...

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Pain and Protest

Episode Date: June 10, 2020

Sarah, Steve, Jonah, and David discuss the continued fallout over the death of George Floyd and the events of Lafayette Square, why this moment feels...

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Right Hand, Left Hand

Episode Date: June 5, 2020

Jane Coaston, senior politics reporter at Vox, joins Sarah and Steve for a wide-ranging discussion on racism and police violence as protests around th...

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Apples and Pink Flamingos

Episode Date: June 3, 2020

Sarah, Steve, Jonah, and David discuss the president's walk across Lafayette Square, protests around country sparked by George Floyd's death, Steve Ki...

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Censorship Through Noise

Episode Date: May 29, 2020

McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Sarah and Steve to discuss his piece on disinformation in the 2020 campaign, Trump, Twitter, and th...

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20 Hours on Twitter

Episode Date: May 27, 2020

Sarah and the guys discuss the president's threats to crack down on Twitter, Joe Biden's ‘Breakfast Club’ controversy, the death of George Floyd in Mi...

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Hell's Comin' With Me

Episode Date: May 20, 2020

Sarah, Steve, Jonah, and David discuss the debate over unemployment benefits, the firing of the State Department’s inspector general, the recently dec...