Banter: An AEI Podcast
Tune in to Banter as American Enterprise Institute President Robert Doar and Phoebe Keller, the head of AEI’s media department, take you inside the think tank for conversations on pressing policy issues with AEI’s leading experts. Banter keeps the conversation entertaining for anyone with an interest in politics and policy.Podcasts
Adam White on the Supreme Court
Published: July 25, 2023, 1:15 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 52 seconds
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Derek Scissors on a New China Playbook
Published: July 5, 2023, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 8 seconds
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Rick Hess on Rethinking Education
Published: June 6, 2023, 12:30 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 16 seconds
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Philip Wallach on Debt Ceiling and Congress
Published: May 23, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 2 seconds
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John Bailey on AI and ChatGPT
Published: April 18, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 39 seconds
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Andrew Biggs on Social Security
Published: March 28, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 47 seconds
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Zack Cooper on A New China Playbook
Published: March 14, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 8 seconds
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Scott Winship on Upward Mobility
Published: Feb. 14, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 1 second
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Brian Miller on Hospital Consolidation
Published: Jan. 18, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 14 seconds
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Matt Weidinger on Child Tax Credit
Published: Dec. 13, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 46 seconds
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Paul Ryan on Conservative Politics and Economic Reform
Published: Nov. 22, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 26 seconds
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Ruy Teixeira on Election Demographics
Published: Nov. 8, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 15 seconds
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James Capretta on Reforming Healthcare
Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 28 seconds
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Chris Miller on Semiconductor Technology
Published: Oct. 4, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds
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Marc Thiessen on Politics and Biden's Foreign Policy
Published: Sept. 13, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 18 seconds
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Paul Kupiec on Inflation and Crypto
Published: Aug. 10, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 2 seconds
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Steven Koonin on Climate Science and Extreme Weather
Published: July 26, 2022, 2 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 12 seconds
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Adam White on SCOTUS and the Dobbs Decision
Published: July 13, 2022, 2:30 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 23 seconds
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Edward Pinto on the US Housing Market
Published: June 28, 2022, 4 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 16 seconds
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Ben Ippolito on Health Care Economics in America
Published: June 14, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 3 seconds
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John Yoo on SCOTUS, Justice Thomas, and Old Parkland
Published: May 31, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 42 seconds
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Ian Rowe on Black Conservatism
Published: May 19, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 53 seconds
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Matt Continetti on the Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
Published: May 3, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 27 seconds
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Jason Blessing on Cybersecurity
Published: April 19, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 11 seconds
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James Coleman on energy insecurity
Published: April 5, 2022, 9:45 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 23 seconds
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Chris Miller on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and what happens next
Published: March 17, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes
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Brad Wilcox on marriage in today's America
Published: March 1, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 24 seconds
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Desmond Lachman on how the Fed should respond to soaring inflation
Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 28 seconds
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Leon Aron on the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 48 seconds
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Diana Schaub on Lincoln's Greatest Speeches
Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 11 seconds
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Klon Kitchen on data privacy, American tech corporations, and defense
Published: Jan. 4, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 12 seconds
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Mark Jamison on antitrust laws and Big Tech
Published: Dec. 7, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 35 seconds
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Oriana Skylar Mastro on the Chinese regimes growing threat
Published: Nov. 9, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 25 seconds
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Yuval Levin on American Institutions
Published: Oct. 26, 2021, 11:40 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 54 seconds
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Naomi Schaefer Riley on American child welfare
Published: Oct. 12, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 4 seconds
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Elisabeth Braw on emerging national security threats
Published: Sept. 21, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 40 seconds
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Kori Schake on US defense policy
Published: Sept. 7, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 59 seconds
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Chris Stirewalt on the State of American News Media
Published: July 20, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 16 seconds
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Michael Strain on Americas Economic Outlook
Published: July 7, 2021, 2:50 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 14 seconds
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Colin Dueck on Conservatives Approach to Foreign Policy
Published: June 22, 2021, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 26 seconds
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Max Eden on Critical Race Theory in K-12 Education
Published: June 8, 2021, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 22 seconds
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Benjamin and Jenna Storey on Why We Are Restless
Published: May 26, 2021, 1:55 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes
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Muzzy Rosenblatt on Homelessness in New York City
Published: May 11, 2021, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 54 seconds
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Paul Wolfowitz on the Biden Admins Foreign Policy Outlook
Published: April 27, 2021, 3:30 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 22 seconds
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John Fortier on Voter ID and Election Reform
Published: April 13, 2021, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 2 seconds
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Kevin Kosar on Congressional Reform and the Postal Service
Published: March 30, 2021, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 28 seconds
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Jim Capretta on Vaccinations and American Health Care
Published: March 16, 2021, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 2 seconds
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Nat Malkus on School Re-Opening and Education during the Pandemic
Published: March 2, 2021, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 36 seconds
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Sally Satel on the Opioid Crisis and Addiction during the Pandemic
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds
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Mackenzie Eaglen on Defense Policy, Military Readiness, and American Grand Strategy
Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 4 seconds
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Hal Brands on the Presidential Transition and the Future of American Foreign Policy
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 1 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 3 seconds
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Angela Rachidi on the Social Safety Net and Welfare Policy
Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 8 seconds
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Dan Cox on Conspiracy Theories, Polling, and Civil Society
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 34 seconds
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Rick Hess on Remote Learning, Woke Teachers, and Free Speech in Higher Education
Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 14 seconds
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Matt Continetti on the 2020 Presidential Election, the Biden Agenda, and the Future of the Republican Party
Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 26 seconds
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Scott Winship on Income Inequality, Poverty, and Social Mobility
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 12 seconds
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Adam White on Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court, and the Administrative State
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 1 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 42 seconds
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Nick Eberstadt on demographic change in China, Russia, and North Korea
Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 11 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 34 seconds
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Marc Thiessen on his interview with President Trump, the 2020 election, and the state of the country
Published: July 22, 2020, 11:03 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 15 seconds
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Robert Doar and Ian Rowe on police reform and race in America
Published: July 14, 2020, 8:48 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds
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What comes after the coronavirus lockdowns? A conversation with Lyman Stone
Published: June 2, 2020, 6:39 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 18 seconds
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How does coronavirus affect identity politics? A conversation with Christina Hoff Sommers
Published: May 13, 2020, 7:37 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 seconds
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COVID-19 in Latin America: Ryan Berg on the viruss implications for the Americas
Published: May 7, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 19 seconds
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John Yoo on the constitutional questions raised by the coronavirus
Published: April 23, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 16 seconds
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Congressman Dan Crenshaw on Fortitude and the coronavirus pandemic
Published: April 14, 2020, 5:22 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 30 seconds
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What will COVID-19 mean for US foreign policy? An interview with Kori Schake
Published: April 1, 2020, 7:26 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 26 seconds
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AEI President Robert Doar on Americas response to the coronavirus
Published: March 27, 2020, midnightDuration: 30 minutes 47 seconds
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Whats next for the reform conservatives? Yuval Levin on the future of the American right
Published: March 11, 2020, 1 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds
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Super Tuesday special: Matthew Continetti on Biden, Bernie, and the future of the Democratic Party
Published: March 5, 2020, 6:35 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 22 seconds
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The New Class War: Michael Lind on the growing divide in US politics
Published: Feb. 7, 2020, 1:37 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes
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Governor Jeb Bush on education, immigration, and what hes learned from his career in politics
Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 8:15 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 8 seconds
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Anthony Scaramucci on the Democratic field, his relationship with President Trump, and experience as an outsider in DC
Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 7:45 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 12 seconds
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Ross Douthat on cancel culture, religion in America, and the sad state of Star Wars
Published: Jan. 21, 2020, 1:23 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 39 seconds
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Congresswoman Elise Stefanik on impeachment, Iran, and the future of the Republican Party
Published: Jan. 14, 2020, 9:50 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 34 seconds
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David French on the launch of The Dispatch and the future of the conservative movement
Published: Jan. 8, 2020, 9:07 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 33 seconds
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Caitlin Flanagan on college craziness: Admissions scandals, campus madness, and more
Published: Dec. 30, 2019, 11:45 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes
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Andrew Sullivan on Trumps presidency, Boris Johnsons achievement, religious liberty laws, and much more
Published: Dec. 24, 2019, 12:48 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 1 second
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Speaker Paul Ryan on capitalism, socialism, millennials, inequality, and more
Published: Dec. 16, 2019, 8:45 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 51 seconds
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NYTs Bret Stephens on the necessity of American global leadership
Published: Dec. 11, 2019, 12:45 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 37 seconds
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Chinas stealth war: A conversation with General Robert Spalding
Published: Dec. 4, 2019, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 50 seconds
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Cancel student debt? A former Trump administration official argues there is a conservative case
Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 2 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 58 seconds
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An entrepreneurs memoir: Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts on hard work, competition, and free enterprise
Published: Nov. 19, 2019, 10:22 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 6 seconds
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On the front lines of the Islamic State
Published: Nov. 14, 2019, 2 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 30 seconds
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What has globalism ever done for us?
Published: Nov. 6, 2019, 3 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 55 seconds
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Kim Strassel on Trump, impeachment, and Resistance (At All Costs)
Published: Oct. 30, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 20 seconds
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Free-market environmentalism: Larry Selzer on conservation in the 21st century
Published: Oct. 23, 2019, 11 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 14 seconds
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The global challenges facing America: A conversation with Paul Wolfowitz
Published: Oct. 17, 2019, 7:44 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 37 seconds
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What does the US troop withdrawal mean for Syria, Turkey, and the Kurds?
Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds
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How do Americans feel about impeachment? Parallels between now and 1998
Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 50 seconds
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Foreign policy in an age of nationalism
Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes
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The past, present, and future of global migration: A conversation with Jason DeParle
Published: Sept. 18, 2019, 2:15 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 31 seconds
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Tech platforms and Section 230: Is it time to change how we regulate the internet?
Published: Sept. 11, 2019, 9:55 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 17 seconds
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Trump, Powell, and the trade war: What should the Federal Reserve do?
Published: Sept. 5, 2019, 11:54 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 37 seconds
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Is President Trumps North Korea strategy working?
Published: Aug. 28, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 57 seconds
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Is Latin America about to turn hard left?
Published: Aug. 22, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 27 seconds
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How does Americas higher education system compare to abroad?
Published: Aug. 14, 2019, 11 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes
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Scott Gottlieb on the CBD craze, vaping, and Juul: A conversation with the former FDA commissioner
Published: Aug. 7, 2019, 11:12 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 22 seconds
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When neocon became a slur
Published: July 31, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 12 seconds
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Is China the economic threat its made out to be?
Published: July 24, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 10 seconds
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Alex Berenson on Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence
Published: July 17, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes
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Are you about to be automated out of a job? A conversation with Brent Orrell
Published: July 10, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 58 seconds
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Does the US economy need low-skill immigration?
Published: June 26, 2019, 10:15 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 52 seconds
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The Arthur Brooks exit interview
Published: June 19, 2019, 6:30 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 43 seconds
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George F. Will on The Conservative Sensibility
Published: June 12, 2019, 11 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 55 seconds
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The dignity of back row America: A conversation with photojournalist Chris Arnade
Published: June 5, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 40 seconds
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Where the National Defense Strategy falls short: A conversation with Rick Berger
Published: May 29, 2019, 6:46 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 9 seconds
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How boomers stole millennials economic future: A conversation with Joseph C. Sternberg
Published: May 21, 2019, 11:54 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 43 seconds
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Michael Strain on the economics of the two-income trap
Published: May 16, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds
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What is conservative foreign policy? A conversation with Professor Colin Dueck
Published: May 9, 2019, 7:25 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 45 seconds
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My Father Left Me Ireland: A conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty
Published: May 1, 2019, 7:39 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds
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Chasing universal coverage: An interview with health policy expert James Capretta
Published: April 25, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 11 seconds
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The myth of the population bomb
Published: April 17, 2019, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 47 seconds
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Elections in India: Can Narendra Modi hold onto power?
Published: April 11, 2019, 3 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 40 seconds
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An interview with Daniel Mulhall, Irelands ambassador to the US
Published: April 2, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 34 seconds
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The Third Pillar: A conversation with Raghuram Rajan about markets, the state, and communities
Published: March 27, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 45 seconds
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Whats going on with Britain and Brexit? A conversation with Dalibor Rohac
Published: March 21, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 51 seconds
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What does Jair Bolsonaro mean for the future of Brazil? A conversation with Ryan Berg
Published: March 19, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 30 seconds
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Jessica Trisko Darden on Insurgent Women and ISIS brides
Published: March 13, 2019, 1 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 21 seconds
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Alienated America and the state of the American Dream: A conversation with Tim Carney
Published: March 5, 2019, 2 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 26 seconds
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Negotiating with North Korea, competing with China, and another Trump-Kim summit: A conversation with Oriana Skylar Mastro
Published: Feb. 27, 2019, 2:15 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 50 seconds
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Banter #350: Harvard president Larry Bacow on the state of higher education
Published: Feb. 22, 2019, 3 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 6 seconds
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Banter #349: Rick Berger on Trumps emergency declaration
Published: Feb. 18, 2019, 2 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 39 seconds
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Banter #348: Incoming AEI President Robert Doar on poverty, think tanks, and the future of AEI
Published: Feb. 14, 2019, 9 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 28 seconds
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Banter #347: The Iranian Revolution past and present A conversation with Michael Rubin
Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 3 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 31 seconds
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Banter #346: Roger Noriega on the ongoing crisis in Venezuela
Published: Feb. 7, 2019, 9 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 19 seconds
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Banter #345: Nicholas Eberstadt on Chinas demographic outlook
Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes
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Banter #344: Ken Pollack on Armies of Sand
Published: Jan. 17, 2019, 11 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 15 seconds
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Banter #343: Isabel Sawhill on The Forgotten Americans
Published: Jan. 10, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 56 seconds
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