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101

Jonathan Karl: Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth the President

102

Jonathan Freedland: The Traitor’s Circle (Live)

103

Stuart Stevens: Trumpism’s Pickett’s Charge & 2028’s Yawning Chasm

104

Tim Miller: Fissures, Fault Lines & The Great MAGA Crackup

105

Pat Ryan: Epstein Portents, Off-Year Omens & DJT’s Lame Duckification

106

Carol Leonnig: Disarray & Debauchery at the DOJ

107

Chris Matthews: What Dems Today Can Learn From RFK (Sr, not Jr!)

108

Presenting: Otherworld | Zaza

109

Democrats & Dodgers Doubleheader with Jonathan Lemire

110

2025 Election Preview with David Axelrod

111

J. Michael Luttig: Trump’s Plan to Be President for Life Is No Joke

112

Cameron Crowe, Pt 2: Backstage Passes & Lost Youth, Lester Bangs & Jeff Spicoli

113

Cameron Crowe, Pt 1: The Birth of The Uncool

114

Ro Khanna: Donald Trump’s Wrecking Ball & The Democrats' New Guard

115

Don Lemon: Living La Vida YouTube

116

Dennis Ross: Mideast Momentum & The Long Hard Road to Peace

117

Pablo Torre: Bad Bunny & Bad Ballmer

118

Michael Steele: First the Chainsaw, Now the Scythe

119

Dylan Byers: Bari's New Perch & Kimmel's Curtain Call

120

Jennifer Palmieri: Dems Are Winning the Shutdown Showdown (So Far)

121

Floyd Abrams: Comey, Kimmel, & Trump’s Limitless Enemies List

122

Rahm Emanuel: Jimmy Kimmel Shows Why Growing a Pair > Bending the Knee

123

Drew Nieporent: The Restaurateur Who Remade New York

124

Robert Draper & David Frum: Charlie Kirk Assassination Aftershocks

125

Michael Osterholm: Be Afraid – Very Afraid – of RFK Jr. & The Next Pandemic

126

Frank Figliuzzi: Charlie Kirk’s Killing & America’s Political Violence Crisis

127

Rob Reiner: The Spinal Tap Sequel, Like the Original, Goes to 11

128

Leigh Ann Caldwell: 12 Angry Women (& One Addled Man) Hit Capitol Hill

129

Jonathan Mahler: NYC’s 1980s Reinvention & The 40-Year Era it Spawned

130

Presenting: The C-Word

131

Chuck Klosterman: Oasismania Overcomes America

132

James Talarico: Flipping Seats & Flipping Tables in the Lone Star State

133

Michael McFaul: Trump’s Red Carpet & Putin’s Middle Finger

134

Dan Pfeiffer: Gavin’s Gamble, J.B.’s Jibes & Other Harbingers of 2028

135

Christine Brennan: Caitlin Clark’s Culture Wars & the WNBA’s Cluelessness

136

Robert Garcia: “Things Are Fucked Up”

137

Anne Applebaum: Nihilism in Sudan & Orbanism in the USA

138

Adam Pritzker & Daniel Squadron: Detoxifying the Democratic Brand

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Remnick & Miliband: Moral Crises & Killing Fields in Israel & Gaza

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Bob Shrum: Deep State Donald & The Democratic Messaging Imperative

141

Maggie Haberman: The Epstein Metastasis

142

Todd Purdum: How Desi Arnaz & “I Love Lucy” Created the TV Business

143

Lis Smith: MAGA & The Manosphere Turn On Trump

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Will Leitch: Games People Play

145

Nicolle Wallace: Why MAGA Went Ballistic Over Epstein & The Bear Heals All Wounds

146

Andrew Sullivan: Trump as King, State Terror Tactics & The Anti-Trans Backlash

147

Ben Kweller: Love, Loss, Grief, Hope & The Healing Power of Music

148

Angus King & Jason Crow: Casus Belli & Caveat Emptor re Iran

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Ron Chernow: Forever the Twain Shall Meet

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Tim Miller: Why Iran is Making J.D. Squirm & MAGA Media Melt Down

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Jeremy Bash: Point of No Return

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Tom Nichols: L.A. Was a Dress Rehearsal

153

Jeh Johnson: On Trump, Newsom, Noem, Padilla, & America’s Homeland Insecurities

154

Karen Hao: Superintelligence & Supreme Hype on the A.I. Frontier

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Miles Taylor: Anonymous No More

156

Robert Wolf: Elon’s Adios, Biden Agonistes & The TACO That Ate Trump

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David Hogg: Hope I Die Before I Get Old

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Mark Whitaker: Why Malcolm X Still Matters

159

Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson: Joe Biden's Sins & His Party's Penance

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Pablo Torre: Influence + Audience = The Cultural Supremacy of Sports

161

David Jolly: On the Take in the Middle East

162

Davis Guggenheim: “Deaf President Now!” & The Power of Documentaries

163

Ashley Parker & Michael Scherer: It’s Good to Be the King

164

Anthony Scaramucci: Kissing Ass & Taking Names

165

Ben Smith: Trump's Gravity Bong & Silicon Valley's Samizdat

166

Peter Hamby: The First 100 Days (Almost) of Trump 2.0

167

Susan Morrison: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night (Live)

168

Conway & Stevens: Kilmar’s Fate, Harvard’s Fight & America's Last Best Hope

169

Maya Wiley: The Rule of Lawlessness

170

Steve Rattner: No Way to Run a Railroad (Let Alone the World Economy)

171

Chris Krebs: Cyberattacks, Cyberdefenses & Trump 2.0’s Cybersurrender

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Marc Elias: Trump’s War on Big Law & Most Perilous Power Grab

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Ron Fournier & Ben Wikler: Appetite for Destruction

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Peter Baker & Susan Glasser: Moscow on the Potomac

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Mark Warner & Rick Wilson: You Cannot Be Serious (But Signalgate Surely Is)

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Leigh Ann Caldwell: Capitol Hill as Capitol Hell

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Andrew Weissmann: Law & Disorder

178

Liev Schreiber: Slava Ukraini!

179

Jake Auchincloss: Acquiescing to Chaos & Corruption

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M. Gessen: What Putin Wants (Beyond Making Trump His Bitch)

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Robert Reich: Donald Trump’s Stagflation Nation & Why Dems Can’t Play Possum

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Marty Baron: Why Bezos Is Debasing the Post & Bending Both Knees to Trump

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Michael McFaul: Whose Side Are We On?

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Joyce Vance: Eric Adams & The Quid Pro Quo That Dare Not Speak Its Name

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Preet Bharara: Canaries, Coal Mines & Batshit Crazies

186

Robert Draper: Travels with Charlie

187

Adrian Wojnarowski: Luka's Lebron Love, Boosting the Bonnies, & Life Beyond Woj Bombs

188

Laurence Tribe: God Save This Dishonorable Court

189

Ezra Klein: Don’t Call It A Coup — Yet

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Jonathan V. Last: Bullet Train to the Dark Place

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Brian Schatz: Signal v. Noise in Trump 2.0

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Jennifer Palmieri: Deja Vu All Over Again

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Beschloss & Meacham: We Don't Have the Words for What We're Seeing

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Joe Scarborough: A Tale of Two Speeches – and Two Trumps

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Mike Schmidt: If Past Is Prologue, Buckle Up

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Scott Galloway: Oligarchy Or Bust

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Mallory McMorrow: Women Are (Still) Pissed — But Also Patient

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Tim Miller: Staving Off Nihilism in the Face of Trump 2.0

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James Fallows: The Jimmy Carter Conundrum

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Jiore Craig: The Year Ahead Online (Everything is Broken)