The Realignment

Teaser | Realignment Supercast AMA - Saagar & Marshall on the Debt Ceiling Debate, Biased Analysis, Good Q&A from Audience, GOP Primary, and Lessons for Ukraine from Afghanistan

375 | Craig Nelson: How America Became the "Arsenal of Democracy" and the Lessons for Today

374 | Elliot Ackerman: How a Divided America Grapples its Past, Present, and Future

373 | Noam Bardin: Building the Future of News & Social in a Post-Twitter World

372 | CFPB Director Rohit Chopra: Reviving America's Anti-Monopoly Tradition

Supercast Ask Me Anything Teaser | Assessing Biden vs. Trump's America in 2025, Looking Back at 2016-2021, Twitter Influence, Millennials to the Suburbs, and Why Can't the Defense Budget Build Munitions?

371 | Evan Thomas: The Atomic Bomb's Legacy in a Disordered World

370 | Timothy B. Lee: Why Artificial Intelligence Won't Cause Mass Unemployment

In this episode of The Realignment, Timothy B. Lee, the author behind the Understanding AI Substack, shares insights from his article that challenges the common fear of AI leading to mass unemployment. He argues that while AI represents a major technological leap, its effects will be more gradual than drastic, much lik...

369 | Steve Drummond: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win WWII

368 | Thom Shanker: Welcome to the Age of Danger - New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats

367 | Ashlee Vance: The Misfits and Geniuses Winning the New Space Race

Supercast Ask Me Anything Teaser | Why Rome Matters, Ben Smith Reaction, What Happened to Andrew Yang?, RFK Jr's Presidential Campaign, Tucker 2024?, and the Threat of Nihilism

366 | Ben Smith: Genius, Rivalry, Delusion, and the Collapse of BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Vice, and the Digital Media Era

365 | Michael Lind: How the Suppression of Wages is Destroying America

364 | Rebecca Grant: Why Birth, Motherhood, and Pregnancy Are at the Center of American Politics

363 | Peter Frankopan: How a Transforming Earth & a Rising Asia Will Define the 21st Century

Supercast Ask Me Anything Teaser | Saagar's Birthday Edition - BuzzFeed News Shutdown, Pessimism About America, Getting Narratives Right, and More...

#362 | Steven Simon: The Rise and Fall of America's Grand Delusion in the Middle East

#361 | Emmet Penney: Roadblocks to a Nuclear Renaissance, the Broken Energy Grid, and the Decarbonization Challenge

Supercast Ask Me Anything Teaser | Anniversary Best of the AMA Edition - Future Plans, DeSantis vs. Trump, Graduate School, Politician Interviews, Realignment Issues, and More...