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Jason Willick, opinion columnist at The Washington Post, returns to The Realignment. Marshall and Jason discuss California's past and future as the chief opposition state to Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom's futures, why the legal approach to opposing Trump failed, and where the Resistance to Trump goes from here. 

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Misha Chellam, Co-Founder of the Abundance Network, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Misha discuss the state of the Abundance movement, Abundance Network's efforts to organize in states like California, the need to move Abundance conversations beyond coastal blue states towards red states that actually build, and how Realignment listeners can get involved at the local and state level. 

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In a special edition of The Realignment podcast, Marshall and Saagar discuss today's ongoing presidential election. They discuss whether the issue of "character" should determine one's vote, what the realignment's framework got right (and wrong), and the prospects for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on election night.

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Nicholas Dirks, former Chancelor of UC Berkeley, author of City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University, and President & CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences, joins The Realignment. Nicholas and Marshall discuss how his tenure at UC Berkely in 2010s presaged today's debates over free speech, tuition, and administrative bloat, increased societal distrust of higher education, and how the university system must evolve to meet the needs of a changing America. 

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In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall discuss the state of the GOP Primary moving into South Carolina, the state of the media industry after this week's mass layoffs, the standoff between the Biden administration and Texas, answer audience questions, and more...

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Noah Smith, author of the Noahpinion Substack, returns to The Realignment. Noah and Marshall discuss the likely Biden vs. Trump contest in November, the challenges facing the U.S.-led alliance system, the state of America's defense industrial base, the future of warfare through the lens of Ukraine, how democracies can deter autocratic aggression, and how to actually accomplish the industrial policy aims of the CHIPS Act and IRA.

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Benjamin Herold, education reporter and author of Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs, joins The Realignment. Benjamin and Marshall discuss the rise and fall of suburbia through the lens of five families, why many middle-class suburbs resemble a Ponzi scheme, debates between progressives and the liberal status quo over race, the role of school choice, and the state of the American dream. 

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Nick Romeo, New Yorker writer and author of The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Nick discuss the outdated nature of many of the dogmas preached by modern economists, the growing number of new approaches aimed at reshaping economic outcomes, the importance of "political economy," and the opportunity to provide an alternative to a stagnating status quo. 

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Tina Nguyen, a national correspondent for Puck and author of The MAGA Diaries, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Tina discuss the evolution of the conservative movement since President Obama's 2008 election, Tina's career in the right-wing ecosystem from Claremont to the Daily Caller, the state of digital media, and why alternate 2024 Republican alternatives aren't able to take over the MAGA mantle. 

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In 2024's first edition of The Realignment's Recap and Ask Me Anything, Marshall and Saagar discuss their 2024 reading goals, the aftermath of the airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, Taiwan's elections, the start of the 2024 GOP presidential campaign, November election predictions, and audience Q&A.