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The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza

Telos is a new publication by veteran journalist Ryan Lizza about the crisis in Washington. This stream features Substack Live conversations with Ryan and special guests. We will be launching a flagship podcast later this year. www.telos.news

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65:38

A Third Term for Trump?

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/10/28

Thank you Mark McInerney, Kelli Pryor, Leah Anderson, carolyn strawn, Stuart Cohen, and many others for tuning into my live video with Steve Schmidt!You can join me and Steve on Substack Live every Monday at noon.Telos subscribers: Please use this link to get 20% off a paid subscription to The Warning with Steve Schmidt. Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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69:23

What Comes After No Kings?

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/10/21

In our weekly chat, Steve Schmidt and I discuss:* The growing pains in the coalition that has formed against Trump, including why clear-eyed Trump critics such as Andrew Sullivan refused to join the protests on Saturday* Gavin Newsom’s wise decision to close a stretch of I-5 before the Marines, at the insistence of the Trump administration, fired live artillery over the highway, including one shell that detonated prematurely in mid-air and scattered shrapnel onto two California Highway Patrol

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67:12

Talking Comey, No Kings, Moby Dick, Ulysses, Nazis,...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/10/16

This was a delightful conversation that went in many unexpected directions—everything from the wisdom to be gained from reading Moby Dick in 2025 to the pleasures of raising a puppy to wellness advice to the lessons learned from Ian Kershaw’s biography of Hitler.Miles and I are going to discuss the possibility of a regular Substack-based book club so please let us know if that might appeal to you. At the very least, Miles and I will be doing more of these conversations, which have turned out to be

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58:57

October Has Been a Terrible Month for American...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/10/14

Thank you Mark McInerney, Dianne Mize, An Mcgreevy, Sandra Tuttle, joe alter, Marina, Caroline Motley, and many others for tuning into my live video with Steve Schmidt!You can join me and Steve on Substack Live every Monday at noon.Telos subscribers: Please use this link to get 20% off a paid subscription to The Warning with Steve Schmidt! Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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61:32

What's Really Behind Trump's Plan to Militarize...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/10/06

Thank you Dianne Mize, Cat, Iulia Huiu, Leah Anderson, John H, and many others for tuning into my live video with Steve Schmidt!You can join me and Steve on Substack Live every Monday at noon.Telos subscribers: Please use this link to get 20% off a paid subscription to The Warning with Steve Schmidt! Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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32:22

Reacting to Trump's Fascist 'Enemies Within' Speech...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/09/30

Steve and I discuss the fascist—sorry, no other word—rhetoric from Trump at today’s address to military leaders in Quantico.I have more to say about the speech in my latest column here. Thank you Cat, Steve Lubetkin, Leah Anderson, Nancy McAllister, Pamela, and many others for tuning into my live video with Steve Schmidt.You can join me and Steve live every Monday at noon. Telos subscribers: Please use this link to get 20% off a paid subscription to The Warning with Steve Schmidt! Get full access

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29:27

Ben Meiselas and Ryan Lizza on Weaponizing Defamation...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/09/19

I really enjoyed this conversation with Ben, one of the breakout stars of independent media. I appreciate his optimism about the future that he expressed at the end—and I hope he’s right!Thanks to everyone who tuned in! Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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37:41

How the Tea Party Turned Into MAGA

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/09/17

Former Rep. Joe Walsh was a victorious Tea Party candidate in the Republican wave year of 2010 who later broke with the GOP over Trump. He has deep insights into something I wrote about recently: the tranformation of the libertarian Tea Party into the authoritarian MAGA movement. Joe was also a mentor to Charlie Kirk back in the slain activist’s formative years. We discussed all of this and much more earlier this evening. (We didn’t get to it, but Joe is also reportedly considering running for

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55:29

The Coming Kirk Crackdown on the Left

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/09/16

Thank you Iulia Huiu, John H, P. J. Schuster, Sandra Tuttle, Mike Harkreader, and many others for tuning into my weekly chat with Steve Schmidt! We’ll be on a break next Monday, but back again in two weeks. If you value these weekly conversations with Steve—and all the work we do at Telos News—please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Supporting independent media has never been more important. — Ryan Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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63:58

Will the Supreme Court Ever Stand Up to Trump?

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/09/02

In our weekly chat, Steve Schmidt and I break down the latest federal court decisions on tariffs and the Posse Comitatus Act, discuss which Democrats are best positioned for 2028, pick over the latest absurdities out of Trump’s Oval Office comments, and talk about Steve’s budding interest in gardening and birding. Thanks to Mark McInerney, Dianne Mize, Iulia Huiu, J.J. Loughran, Julie, and many others for tuning in.Steve and I will be back on Monday at noon!Telos subscribers: Please use this link

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34:39

Miles Taylor on How Trump’s DHS Could Undermine the...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/08/29

I always learn something when I talk to Miles, and today was no different. His inside knowledge of how Trump wanted to abuse DHS in his first term continues to be enormously relevant to understanding Trump this time around. Thanks to everyone who tuned in, including Sue Gordon, eric, MissGuided Kris, Janet Carter, Ms. H, and many others! Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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40:27

Paul Krugman on Trump's Attempt to Take Over the Fed

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/08/27

Paul Krugman on Trump's Attempt to Take Over the FedThanks to the nearly four thousand of you who joined Paul Krugman and me for this excellent conversation, including G. Elliott Morris, Cat, Wesley Neff, H. Pike Oliver, Leah Anderson, and many more. Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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75:57

The Frightening Escalation of Trump's Militarization...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/08/26

Thank you Stephanie G Wilson, PhD, Bernadette Beach, Arnaud Mittempergher, John H, P. J. Schuster, and many others for tuning into my weekly Substack Live with Steve Schmidt!We had a huge audience this week, and this one is well worth watching if you missed it. Steve and I plowed through a lot of material, including the truly ridiculous spectacle at the White House today.Please note I somehow neglected to post our last chat, which occurred the day Trump sent troops to D.C., but it’s up now and you

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68:02

Trump's Occupation of DC Begins

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/08/26

In our weekly chat from August 11, Steve Schmidt and I discuss the beginning of Trump's occupation of D.C. Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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73:27

Is Gavin Newsom the 2028 Dem frontrunner? Steve...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/08/05

In our weekly chat Steve and I discuss wjether Gavin Newsom is the 2028 Dem frontrunner and break down the 2028 field.Also: the pitfalls of constitutional hardball, gerrymandering and the midterms, and whether Democrats should commit to impeaching Emil Bove and purging the federal government of MAGA operatives.Join Steve and me on Substack Live every Monday at noon! Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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60:10

My Weekly Chat with Steve Schmidt (July 21)

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/07/21

Thank you Iulia Huiu, Sandra Tuttle, J.J. Loughran, Meidas_hj, Jason Dyer, and many others for tuning into my live video with Steve Schmidt! Join Steve and me on Substack Live every Monday at noon!Telos subscribers: Please use this link to get 20% off a paid subscription to The Warning with Steve Schmidt! Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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64:08

The Surge in ICE Funding is a Five-Alarm Fire for our...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/07/07

Steve and I break down the dangers of an unrestrained Trump controlling a super-funded ICE.Thank you Iulia Huiu, John H, eric, bruce beckman, Sandra Tuttle, and many others for tuning into my live video with Steve Schmidt!Steve and I will be back next Monday at noon. Get full access to Telos News at www.telos.news/subscribe

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27:16

Judge Michael Luttig on "The Self-Evident Truths of...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/07/04

I sat down yesterday with Judge Luttig to discuss the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paine, King George, Donald Trump, and what the 1770s have in common with the 2020s, all of which are addressed in his new piece for Telos News marking the July Fourth holiday. You can read Judge Luttig’s piece, “The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny,” here.You can listen to an audio version of Judge Luttig’s piece here.You can also watch Luttig’s recent interviews with Steve Schmidt, Jim Acosta,

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66:46

Judge Michael Luttig and Ryan Lizza talk to Anand...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/07/04

Thank you Dianne Mize, Cathy R. Payne, Nick P, Leah Anderson, Susan McGraw-Keber, and many others for tuning into the live video with Anand Giridharadas and Judge J. Michael Luttig!Read “The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny,” J. Michael Luttig here at Telos News. Get full access to Telos at www.telos.news/subscribe

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65:56

Judge Michael Luttig and Ryan Lizza stop by The Jim...

The Telos News Podcast with Ryan Lizza ·

2025/07/04

Thank you Waking Up Energy, Cathy R. Payne, Theresa Lease, Leah Anderson, CO, and many others for tuning into this live video with Judge J. Michael Luttig and Jim Acosta! This was a great conversation with my old friend Jim Acosta. Highly recommended!Read “The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny,” J. Michael Luttig here at Telos News. Get full access to Telos at www.telos.news/subscribe

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