American Prestige

11:01

Bonus - The Israel Lobby’s Influence on American...

American Prestige ·

2026/10/05

Subscribe now for the full episode.Danny speaks with Eli Clifton, senior advisor at the Quincy Institute, and Ian Lustick, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, about how the Israel lobby helps shape American politics and foreign policy. They discuss the changing nature of the Israel lobby, billionaire donors and campaign finance, Christian Zionism and declining evangelical support for Israel, U.S. support for Israel after October 7, suppression of criticism of Israel,

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49:56

News - U.S.-Iran Talks Stall, Russia Nuclear Warning,...

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2026/10/02

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes.As Derek completes the final phase of his vision quest, Alex Jordan of the Always at War podcast fills in once more. In this week’s news: U.S.-Iran talks stall over the order of concessions (1:28); Gulf oil exports return to prewar levels (4:34); Netanyahu uses an attempted seizure of a FlyDubai flight to reinforce his agenda as an election approaches (11:15); in Iraq, the U.S. ends its counter-ISIS mission (16:06); Pete Hegseth

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69:17

E268 - A Modern History of Assassination w/ Simon Ball

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2026/09/30

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes.Danny and Derek welcome Simon Ball, professor of international history and politics at the University of Leeds, to the show for a discussion about the history of political assassination in the modern era. They talk about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, political killing as a tool of statecraft, assassination and British imperial rule, its use by Western powers during World War II, the CIA and Cold War assassination programs, the JFK

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11:04

Bonus - The Struggle for Power in Libya w/ Wolfram...

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2026/09/28

Subscribe now for the full episode.Derek speaks with Wolfram Lacher, a senior associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and author of Libya’s Fragmentation, about Libya’s political and military breakdown since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. They discuss Khalifa Haftar and the power dynamics in eastern Libya, militia power and political fragmentation in Tripoli and western Libya, control of Libya’s oil, Turkish and Russian involvement, the spillover of Libya’s conflicts

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45:03

News - Trump-Xi Summit, Iran Offers Hormuz Deal,...

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2026/09/25

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes.Don’t forget that AP puts out a YouTube exclusive episode and a video version of our Wednesday episode every week! Studio 54 and Palladium are long gone, so the UN General Assembly is the biggest party New York currently has to offer. Meanwhile, Danny and guest host Alex Jordan bring you the news: Trump welcomes Xi as the U.S. and China extend the Busan trade truce (01:22); at the UNGA, Trump threatens Iran and gloats about U.S

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55:23

E267 - Mutiny of the College-Educated Worker w/ Noam...

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2026/09/23

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes.Danny and Derek talk with Noam Scheiber, New York Times reporter and author, about the radicalization of American college graduates. They discuss a Starbucks union campaign, underemployment among recent grads, the Taylorization of white-collar jobs, AI, corporate fixation on labor costs, the “con” of college for millennials, and the collapse of meritocracy. Buy your copy of Noam’s book on the subject, Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of

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11:08

Bonus - American Politics After the 2024 Vibe Shift...

American Prestige ·

2026/09/21

Subscribe now for the full episode.Danny and Derek speak with journalist ⁠David Wallace-Wells⁠ about the decline of the liberal order before Trump 2.0 and the current political moment. They discuss the post-2024 vibe shift, Trump's falling popularity, the erosion of institutional trust, the new generation of Democratic Party leaders, the lack of oversight of AI, and China's leadership in green technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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50:37

Unlocked: The War on Terror Comes to Comics w/...

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2026/09/19

Subscribe now for all of our episodes.Spencer Ackerman, writer of the Forever Wars newsletter and author of Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America, returns to the program to talk about his upcoming political comic book No One Escapes the Dialectic and the state of the comic book industry. The discussion covers labor in comic publishing, the direct market and consignment system, independent publishers like Image and Boom Studios, the plot and characters of the book, the purge of the

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47:14

News - Houthis Escalate Red Sea Conflict, Pentagon...

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2026/09/18

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. Derek has journeyed to Bolivia seeking contact with the newly discovered cat species, so Alex Jordan of Always at War steps in to bring you the headlines. This week: in New Delhi, BRICS member states issue a fractured joint statement on restraint in the Middle East (1:12); Iran strikes a U.S.-contracted vessel near the Strait of Hormuz (5:42); a cyberattack disables Texas-bound tankers (8:30); a new Pentagon report puts the Iran war’s

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45:01

AP x NonZero - What’s Driving Dario? w/ Robert Wright

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2026/09/18

The AP-NonZero collaboration returns!Subscribe now to AP to get a discounted membership to NonZero. The group talks about the recent vibe shift in discourse around AI. What's really going on here? 0:00 Teaser0:46 This episode's surprise vibe shift2:30 Middle East update: Houthis vs. Saudis15:21 What’s really driving Dario (et al.)?25:14 Debating effective altruism’s effectiveness30:18 The trouble with big-tech Kremlinology34:08 Was “learn to code” just sleight of hand? 40:25 Bob’s Fukuyama name

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53:10

E266 - The Biden Administration’s Complicity in Gaza...

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2026/09/16

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes.Danny and Derek welcome back Akbar Shahid Ahmed, Diplomatic correspondent for The Washington Sun and author of Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War on Gaza, to talk about the Biden administration’s role in enabling the genocide in Gaza. They discuss the conditions in the Strip as of the current day; Biden’s small inner circle of Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, and Brett McGurk; Jack Lew’s role of ambassador and

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10:25

Bonus - The War on Terror Comes to Comics w/ Spencer...

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2026/09/15

Subscribe now for the full episode.Spencer Ackerman, writer of the Forever Wars newsletter and author of Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America, returns to the program to talk about his upcoming political comic book No One Escapes the Dialectic and the state of the comic book industry. The discussion covers labor in comic publishing, the direct market and consignment system, independent publishers like Image and Boom Studios, the plot and characters of the book, the purge of the

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39:37

News - Canada-US Trade War Escalates, Houthis Seize...

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2026/09/11

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords. In this week’s news: the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms last month was tied for the hottest ever recorded (0:52); the Houthis/Ansar Allah take the port city of Mokha (1:45); the U.S. and Iran exchange ship attacks as oil prices rise (5:25); the IAEA refers Iran to the United Nations (7:32); Trump predicts an end to the Iran war immediately after the midterms (8:59); 12

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119:53

RE-POST: Rescue 9/11 w/ Jim Lobe and Laila Ujayli

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2026/09/11

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes.*This episode was originally recorded and released in September 2021* This is a special episode for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Danny and Derek begin the episode with some reflections on their 9/11 experience, and are then joined by Jim Lobe, director of LobeLog and contributing editor at the Quincy Institute’s Responsible Statecraft, to talk about the intellectual origins of the coalition that after 9/11 pursued endless war. The

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63:21

E265 - Texas’s Radical Roots w/ David Griscom

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2026/09/09

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes.Danny and Derek speak with David Griscom, co-host of Left Reckoning and author of The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South, to talk about the all-but-ignored history of leftwing politics in Texas. Topics include: the current state of Texas politics, the Farmers’ Alliance and the People’s Party, the Texas Socialist Party and its newspaper The Rebel, the role of religion in Texas socialism, and the

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11:04

Bonus - Trump and the End of History w/ Lee Jones...

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2026/09/07

Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek speak with Lee Jones, co-host of the Bungacast podcast, about Donald Trump’s foreign policy and the decay of the neoliberal order. Topics include: the unraveling of Fukuyama’s end of history thesis, the erosion of representative democracies, how MAGA and European rightwing populism differ from historical fascism, interpretations of Trump’s National Security Strategy, U.S. spheres of influence, fallout from the Iran war, and whether the U.S. would

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42:55

News - U.S.-Iran Fighting Resumes, Trump Claims U.S....

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2026/09/04

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes.The AP Labor Day barbecue seeks more bouncy castle security personnel. In this week’s news: a grim climate update (3:27); the Trump administration is trying to avoid Iran escalation until the midterms pass (6:22); the Iran war appears to resume (6:40); settler violence escalates in the West Bank (12:07); a leaked Pentagon document shows that generals object to extended deployments in Iran (13:44); Israel's defense minister backs Gaza

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62:46

E264 - Democracy’s Elite Problem w/ Hugo Drochon

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2026/09/02

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes.Danny and Derek welcome political theorist and historian Hugo Drochon to the show for a discussion about the tension between democracies and the elites who actually run them. They talk about elites taking turns in power, the 80/20 rule, the iron law of oligarchy, “dynamic democracy” and social change, and how these ideas apply to Trump, foreign policy, and the future of the EU and NATO. Grab a copy of Hugo’s book Elites and

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11:36

Bonus - The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism w/...

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2026/08/31

Danny and Derek speak with Matt McManus about his book,The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism. They discuss the core definitions of liberalism and socialism, how liberalism differs from classical republican thought, John Stuart Mill as the first liberal socialist, Karl Marx's relationship to the liberal tradition, and John Rawls's place in liberal socialism. Read Matt’s book,⁠The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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42:21

News - New US Sanctions on Iran, Syrian Democratic...

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2026/08/28

Subscribe now⁠ for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes.American Prestige brand MREs use Argentinian beef, but don't worry, it's the good kind. In this week’s news: the US launches a new sanctions campaign against Iran (1:36); Iran and Oman negotiate the management of the Strait of Hormuz (5:50); a Haitian gang killing (9:28); the Israeli government takes bids for its E1 settlement (12:00); the US removes Syria from the terrorism sponsors list (14:38); the Syrian Democratic Forces

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