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Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz, renowned political historians, invite you into their conversations with the most cutting edge and authoritative guests at the crossroads of political, history and the constitutional crisis.

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Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz discuss FCC chair Brendan Carr threat to pull licenses if they don't tow Trump'd Iran line, Trump's treason label of journalists and how it fits into his overall scheme of controlling the media with Seth Stern and C... more

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz discuss Trump dressing his cabinet members in Florsheim shoes, how dictators humiliate those close to them, and how Trump has created a hierarchy of humiliation.

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Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz talk with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about his floor speech, “Trump/Russia, Trump/Epstein, Epstein/Russia,” questions about Trump’s “wag the dog” reasons for the Iran War, the corrupt contracts at Kristi Noem’s DHS,... more

Sidney Blumenthal talks about his latest guardian column with Sean Wilentz, how Trump has cornered himself in his Iran war split his manga base and wants to use the war to subvert the midterm elections.

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Recent Guests

Rosa Brooks
Chair in Law and Policy at Georgetown University Law Center; Faculty Director of the Center for Innovations and Public Safety and the International Criminal Justice Initiative
Georgetown University Law Center
Episode: Trump White House Incompetence on Full Display
James Mann
Author of Rise of the Vulcans and other works on American foreign policy
Johns Hopkins University SAIS (author in residence)
Episode: Trump Subverts Congress as War Escalates
Nina Burleigh
Journalist, historian, author
Newsweek, American Freakshow (Substack)
Episode: Trump Panics as Dark Past Surfaces at Worst Time
Nina Bureligh
Journalist and historian, author; consults on Epstein and Maxwell investigations
Journalist and author; Newsweek contributor
Episode: Trump DOJ Cover-Up Gets Worse with New Testimony
Jon Meacham
Historian and author, former editor-in-chief at Newsweek, and current editor at Random House.
Episode: Trump’s Attacks on Democracy Are No Match for the Rule of Law
Fiona Hill
Former Deputy Assistant to President Obama; former Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs on the NSC; Brookings senior fellow; Chancellor of Durham University
Brookings Institution; Durham University (Chancellor)
Episode: Trump’s Russian Adviser Exposes His Disaster Strategy
Jason Zengerle
Prolific writer and author of "Hated by All the Right People, Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind"
Episode: The Tucker Carlson Problem for Trump & MAGA
Michael Waldman
President of the Brennan Center for Justice and author of The Fight to Vote
Brennan Center for Justice
Episode: Inside Trump’s Secret Plot to Steal the Midterms
Gabriel Sherman
Author of Bonfire of the Murdochs and special correspondent for Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
Episode: Insider Reveals Murdoch–Trump Hate-Fueled Pact

Hosts

Sidney Blumenthal
Co-host with deep expertise in American political history and analysis.
Sean Wilentz
Co-host and distinguished historian with extensive knowledge of American political structures and history.

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4.8 out of 5 stars from 46 ratings
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    Nothing but TDS here

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    Numidia124
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  • Greenland

    Have added your podcast to those I listen to frequently. Very much appreciated Sidney recently pointing out that dictator of Russia stands to be major beneficiary if current administration comes to rule over Greenland. Shankar Narayan has been one of very few in media (independent or otherwise) to point out that sea corridor passing from Greenland’s southern border and extending around both Iceland and th UK has always been a critically important strategic barrier to capacity of Russian to th... more

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Trump Panics as Dark Past Surfaces at Worst Time
Q: What is her description of what, I know you don't want to, you know, you don't want to talk about it. What did Trump do to her?
Nina Burleigh describes allegations that the accuser reported forced sexual acts and violence by Trump, based on the FBI interviews and the accuser's testimony, while emphasizing these are unproven in a court and subject to the usual uncertainties of allegations from decades past.
Trump Panics as Dark Past Surfaces at Worst Time
Q: So this really broke, and I should correct myself, that you broke this on February 17th, not the 14th, but this really broke earlier with an independent journalist named Roger Sollenberger, who published a piece about the FBI concealing evidence about Trump.
Nina Burleigh explains that Roger Sollenberger initiated exposure of the issue, and that the Court has been digging through the files to uncover deeper layers, including four potential interviews with the accuser and the ongoing effort to redact and reorganize materials.
Trump’s Fmr. Russia Adviser Exposes How Putin “Runs Circles Around Him”
Q: To what degree do you think that Trump models himself on Putin or views him as a father figure?
The guest suggests that Trump seeks Putin's form of authority and admiration, but lacks Putin's ruthlessness, which can make Trump vulnerable to underestimating the consequences of inaction or misreading strategic signals.
Trump’s Russian Adviser Exposes His Disaster Strategy
Q: What do you make of these so-called peace negotiations involving Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff? Zelensky has said they have put on the table with the Russians the idea of trillions of dollars in an economic relationship, trillions far greater than the actual Russian economy.
There are elements of bold economic proposals and attempts to use large-scale trade deals as leverage, but implementation and alignment with Ukraine's security needs remain uncertain, with history showing that such deals can be used to push strategic objectives rather than purely commercial gains.
Trump’s Russian Adviser Exposes His Disaster Strategy
Q: What is Putin's state of mind, as far as you understand it, in the face of this Western confusion and absence of strategy?
Putin is focused on seizing control of Ukraine by any means, willing to pay high costs for what he views as victory, and he is leveraging Western fractures to advance a more opportunistic strategy that aligns with his vision of European order and the global balance of power.

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