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Tim Talks Politics
by Tim Milosch
Tim Talks Politics curates high-quality information from across the political spectrum to help you accomplish three things: 1. Understand the whys and hows of government process and policy 2. Become a better political conversationalist3. And most importantly - build a better political culture through a deeply informed, locally engaged and relationally charitable citizenshipThe goal of this podcast is information and education, not opinion and hot takes.
Episodes
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“That’s a nice podcast you have there…”
Episode 100, baby! I started podcasting August 1, 2019 - almost exactly seven years ago when this episode goes live, and today it’s a special one: Episode 100! It’s been a learning experience, that’s for sure, and to walk with me down memory lane, friend and frequent show guest, Dustin Steeve,...
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The AI tipping point? Interview with Byron Tomes
It’s been less than a year since cybersecurity expert Byron Tomes was last on the podcast, but a lot has happened since then. Two major developments have been the ongoing friction between the Trump administration and first Anthropic and now Open AI as the dueling AI giants push the expanding...
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The Unseen World of Congressional Staffers with Micah Robertson and Solomon Chen
I’m really excited about today’s podcast. What happens away up there on Capitol Hill where laws are made, hearings are held, and legislators debate? Away from the headlines, behind closed doors, and in the many offices that house the members of Congress and the committees they sit on an army of...
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The Islamabad Memorandum
In this episode, we do what I have often done on the podcast and that is to take an important document, read through, and I offer my thoughts and comments on how to understand it. I talk about chronology and context a lot in my newsletter, and it’s for moments like this that chronology and…
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The Pro-Life Movement Amidst Conservative Realignment with Matthew Lee Anderson
In this episode, Matt Anderson and I discuss the rhetorical and political difficulties of maintaining a consistent pro-life position in a conservative political milieu divided on questions of IVF and recent court ruling related to abortion pill access. We then explore the strategic and tactical...
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Isolationism and Religion in American Conservatism with Stephen Mansfield
One of the more surprising developments in American politics in 2026 is the rift in American conservatism between those who are supportive of President Trump’s war with Iran and those adamantly opposed to it. Stranger, and scarier, still, is an anti-Israel component of the opposition camp that...
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The Kurds in the New Middle East with Stephen Mansfield
On the podcast today, I’ve brought back a returning guest and one of the leading American voices on the Kurds, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield. Stephen has worked closely with the Kurdish diaspora in America, and has traveled in Kurdistan. There are few people in America that...
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Iran, Hormuz, and Assessing Global Risk with Ron Dodson
Rod Dodson, hedge fund manager, global risk expert, and fellow Substacker is back on the podcast today to talk about the war with Iran and its strategic implications. In particular, Ron and I delve into what strategic objectives ought to be in a conflict like this one that pits a global…
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Operation(al) Epic Fury with Matt Van Hook
It’s not every day that you get the former Deputy Chief of Staff for US Air Force Central Command lined up to talk about the war in Iran, but that’s what you folks have today! You’ve heard Matt Van Hook on the podcast before to talk about everything from Abraham Lincoln to Operation Midnight...
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America and the Ayatollahs (Rebroadcast)
This is a rebroadcast of one of my earliest podcasts (apologies for the rough audio) because I think the content is more important than ever. Namely, the historical context of US-Iran relations pre- and post-1979 revolution has largely been ignored in conversations and debates surrounding…
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The Return of Christian Nationalism? with Mark David Hall
Mark Hall returns to the podcast to discuss the reemergence of Christian nationalism as a topic of interest to the Washington media. Mark and I review some of his work on White House-appointed advisory boards related to religious liberty and how that ties in to (or doesn’t) the conversation on...
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One Year of Trump 2.0 with Scott Waller, Matt Van Hook, Dustin Steeve
It’s a panel discussion on the podcast today as Dr. Scott Waller, Dr. Matt Van Hook and Dustin Steeve rejoin the podcast to unpack the arguable normal first year of Trump 2.0 despite the consequential vibes. Bottom line, despite movement on key campaign promises with measurable results, Waller...
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The Political Philosophy of the Trump National Security Strategy with Ron Dodson
You’d think that with all the power moves Trump is making on the international stage (Greenland, Venezuela, Iran, etc.) the publication of the administration’s National Security Strategy in December of 2025 would’ve been the source of much public attention. Unfortunately, mainstream media largely...
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The Ethics of Drones and Autonomous Systems with Kerry Chavez
US Air Force Academy professor Dr. Kerry Chávez is back on the show to pick up where we left off in our last conversation: the ethical considerations, quandaries and pitfalls surrounding drones, AI, and other emerging tech in their military applications. While a lot of attention has been focused…
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Kazakhstan, Central Asia, and the Abraham Accords with Joseph Epstein
We’re back for 2026 and another season of the Tim Talks Politics Podcast. 2025’s end of year project, The Kirk Effects, was wonderful and worthwhile, but it did draw my attention away from the international sphere before taking that holiday break. Now, as we enter 2026, the world is in flux in a...
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Christmas Interlude
A short message wishing you all a "Merry Christmas" as I take a slightly earlier intended Christmas break. Subscribe to Tim Talks Politics on Substack for the full show notes (30% off for podcast listeners)!
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Culture, Narrative, and Charlie Kirk with Zena Dell Lowe
They say politics is downstream from culture, but what is culture downstream from? My guest today would say culture is downstream from worldview - one’s governing assumptions of morality and ultimate reality. And that’s why she’s on the podcast today. My guest is writer, actress, and comedian…
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Activist or Apologist? Understanding Charlie Kirk's work with John Wilsey
In this episode of The Kirk Effect, Dr. Wilsey and I explore the broader historical and cultural context of Kirk’s work. Dr. Wilsey explains that in many respects, Kirk’s evident Christian faith and rhetoric is not an anomaly in American public life. In fact, it’s something of a throw back to a…
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Inside the Kirk Memorial Service with Rep. David Eastman
In this episode of The Kirk Effect, Representative David Eastman of the Alaska state legislature and I discuss his experience of attending the memorial service for Charlie Kirk. The memorial service lasted for over five hours, was attended by hundreds of thousands, and raised a lot of questions...
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What Charlie Kirk saw in America's youth with Mark Hopson
What did Charlie Kirk see in America’s youth that drove him on to college campuses to discuss, debate, and advocate for conservative ideas in a largely hostile environment? Kirk wasn’t shy about why he so purposefully engaged young people: They were the future. But this wasn’t necessarily a...
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Finding freedom through TPUSA with Isela Becerra
My guest today is Isela Becerra, a longtime TPUSA member, and one of my Political Science students at Biola University. I asked Isela on the podcast to share about her involvement and experience in TPUSA. One of the biggest surprises to me following the Charlie Kirk assassination was to discover...
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Navigating the Kirk debate from the pulpit with Josh and Jeremy Matlock
Biological twins are about as demographically similar as one can get. So, it was rather surprising to me to find that social media algorithms fed Josh and Jeremy Matlock very different content related to Charlie Kirk. As we discuss in this episode of The Kirk Effect, taking a closer look at…
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Kirk, courage, and friendship with Stephen Mansfield
In this discussion, Stephen and I explore some of the early evidence of a possible “Charlie Kirk effect” on the growth of Christianity in America and discuss the upsides and downsides of using statistical data to try to understand what’s happening in American Christianity in the wake of Kirk’s...
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Introducing 'The Kirk Effect' a new podcast miniseries
In this episode, I introduce The Kirk Effect, a podcast miniseries exploring the impact of Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA on American faith and politics. In this episode, I frame the main issues I’ll be exploring around a basic thesis: Charlie Kirk’s death and its immediate fallout signaled a...
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Public Service and Regaining Democratic Credibility on Foreign Policy with Joel Rubin
My guest today is former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Democrat strategist Joel Rubin who publishes The Briefing Book on Substack and is the author of the forthcoming book Making Sense of the World: How Democrats Can Win Again on Foreign Policy. Joel is the definition of a career public...
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Recapturing a Classical Ideal of Citizenship with Eric Adler
In a polarized age of rapid technological advances that increasingly seem to pull us apart and turn us inward, the need for a robust civics education seems more important than ever, but most of the public discussion descends into hand wringing. My guest today suggests that the framework for a...
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Cyber defense in a world of AI with Byron Tomes
We dive deeper into an ongoing exploration of the implications of new technologies on national security with a barnstorming tour of the cyber domain with cybersecurity expert Byron Tomes. In this episode, Byron and I explore his unique journey into cybersecurity and national security, and the...
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National Security in the Space Domain with Jim Borders
The space domain has long been looked to as the “final frontier,” inspiring by hope and dread depending on what kind of sci-fi you like. And while space in both fiction and nonfiction is a source of deep wonder and interest to people as they contemplate the future, it's very, very, VERY relevant...
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Future Tech and National Security with Kerry Chavez
I am excited to bring this conversation to you all today! Kerry Chavez is an exceptionally sharp scholar at the United States Air Force Academy working on research related to national security and future tech. While she has published quite a bit looking at the use of drones and their effect on…
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Middle East Update with Joseph Epstein
Joseph Eptstein, newly minted Director of the Yorktown Institute’s Turan Research Center, returns to the podcast for a barnstorming tour of the Middle East. Joseph was last on the show at the very end of 2024 to discuss the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. In the first six months of 2025, we’ve...
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Operation Midnight Hammer with Matt Van Hook
After a brief summer break, I am back and Matt Van Hook is back on the podcast to discuss Operation Midnight Hammer, the US-lead air raid to strike Iranian nuclear facilities that occurred earlier this summer. Dr. Van Hook is a retired Air Force pilot and, pertinent to this conversation, served…
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100 Days of Trump 2.0 with Scott Waller, Matt Van Hook, and Dustin Steeve
To help us assess the Trump administration’s first 100 days in power, I’ve called back to the podcast guests who have all been on to talk about different aspects of this administration. Dr. Scott Waller, Dr. Matt Van Hook, and Dustin Steeve all on the podcast on individual prior episodes to…
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Bitcoin Strategery with Andrew Bailey
Dr. Andrew Bailey returns to the podcast to talk about Bitcoin, or rather, the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. Amidst the flurry of President Trump’s executive orders was one that was celebrated by many in the cryptocurrency world, but generally raised, at best, ambivalent eyebrows in the broader…
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Religious Nationalism Goes Global with Mark David Hall
Mark David Hall is back on the podcast to talk about Christian nationalism, only this time, we’re talking about the broader topic of religious nationalism globally. While Christian nationalism has received quite a bit of (inflated) attention in the US, there has been a noticeable trend towards...
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"What Did the DOGE Do?" An Interview with Dustin Steeve
For the moment, the press and populace appear to be focused on the Trump administration’s handling of Ukraine, but don’t let that fool you; the lightning rod of controversy in the second Trump administration remains Elon Musk and DOGE. Just what is DOGE doing? What is the method behind Musk’s...
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US-Europe Relations After VP Vance's Munich Speech with Matt Van Hook
Whoa, Nelly! Starting with the Munich Security Conference this past February, Vice President Vance outlined a bracing critique of the emerging political cultures in America’s European allies. As of this posting, US-Europe relations have been on one crazy rollercoaster, careening from Vance’s…
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What Exactly is a "Constitutional Crisis"?
We’re only one month (not even) into the second Trump administration, and word is we’re in the midst of a “constitutional crisis”! So, set your hair on fire, clutch your pearls, and rage tweet! Of course, you know I don’t think you should do that. Google Trends indicates that the term...
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The (Bipartisan) Limitations of Executive Orders (Rebroadcast)
Today’s show is a rebroadcast of Episode 34 where I discussed the nature and limitations of executive orders. Both the Biden and Trump administrations spent their first days in office signing executive orders almost as fast as staffers could get them across their desks. And while those executive...
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Trump 2.0: Unpacking Inauguration Day with Scott Waller
This week ushered in the second Trump administration as President Trump took the oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda due to inclement weather. Rather fitting, no? A storm is raging outside, but the American republic literally and figuratively takes shelter within the physical and political...
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How isolationist are American conservatives really? An interview with Stephen Mansfield
It’s 2025 and we’ve got a new year, new Congress, new President, and a very different political landscape in the US and abroad. How, then, should America conduct itself on the world stage? How will the new Trump administration approach the many simmering conflicts around the world while…
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Syria: Where do we go from here? Interview with Joseph Epstein
Joseph Eptstein is back on the podcast to discuss recent events in the Middle East. As listeners of my podcast and readers of my newsletter know, Syria has undergone a seismic change in the last month with the collapse of the Assad regime, and the emergence of a new government composed of…
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Resistance Money with Andrew Bailey
Disclaimer: Since we’re talking about bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in this podcast, and I reference my work as a financial advisor, I must emphasize that the content of this podcast is for information and educational purposes ONLY. Nothing discussed here should be taken as personal financial or...
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Terrorism in the Era of Great Power Competition with Steven Childs
There was a time not too very long ago when the so-called Global War on Terror dominated American national security and foreign policy thinking. Not so today as the doyens of American grand strategy fret over great power competition with Russia and China, and the return of nuclear proliferation...
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Four Score and Seven Year Ago - The Gettysburg Address with Matt Van Hook
It’s a week after Election Day and what a fascinating election it was. You can see my initial assessment of the election in my newsletter (link below), but in this podcast I’m going for a bit of a palette cleanser. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or generally weary with all the election...
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The Democratic Platform with Scott Waller and Darren Guerra
We’re less than a week away from Election Day and the presidential race looks as tight as most people anticipated. However, recent media appearances by Kamala Harris have again failed to move the needle in her favor, and may even be accelerating a sense of alienation between independent voters…
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The GOP Platform with Scott Waller and Darren Guerra
As America careens towards another presidential election, it’s already been a campaign season marked by once in a generation changes such as the pro-life movement getting marginalized inside the GOP, key blocs of voters breaking with the Democratic Party, assassination attempts on Donald Trump…
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The Future of the Pro-Life Movement - Interview with Matthew Lee Anderson
As we hit the homestretch of the 2024 election, we’re witnessing significant changes to the demographics of the Democratic and Republican coalitions. Political scientists call this “realignment” and we haven’t seen one this big in a generation. Just this last week, a new report came showing that...
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Who's Afraid of Christian Nationalism? - Interview with Mark David Hall
Christian nationalism has gotten a lot of play the last few years, particularly in the rhetoric of its opponents in journalism, academia, and even the White House. According to its critics, Christian nationalism is a malevolent ideology that has allied itself with Donald Trump to capture...
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Summer Stalemate in the Mid East? Interview with Joseph Epstein
Joseph Epstein is back on the show to give us an update on the regional conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran. While Hamas remains the main target of Israeli operations in Gaza, the conflict with Iran is increasingly coming to the forefront, which is raising fears of a broader war.…
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The World While America Sleeps
OK, the title is a little dramatic, but I wanted to build off of comments I made in my last podcast as well a theme I’ve been developing this summer in my newsletter: The American news media is so caught up in the drama of the upcoming presidential election that it is not serving the American...
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Tim Talks Politics curates high-quality information from across the political spectrum to help you accomplish three things: 1. Understand the whys and hows of government process and policy 2. Become a better political conversationalist3. And most importantly - build a better political culture through a deeply informed, locally engaged and relationally charitable citizenshipThe goal of this podcast is information and education, not opinion and hot takes.
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Tim Milosch
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