The New Liberal Podcast
The New Liberal Podcast dives into the deep end of policy, politics and identity and hosts the economists, academics, industry leaders, thinkers and politicians whose ideas are shaping society.
Episodes
What is the Build America Caucus? Representative Josh Harder joins the podcast to discuss why he founded the Build America Caucus, why he still believes in bipartisanship, and how to implement the best ideas for building more housing, infrastructure and energy.
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What are Democrats and Republicans doing in preparation for 2026? Dave Weigel is a political reporter at Semafor and he joins the podcast to discuss the 2026 midterms - What impact will gerrymandering have? What will the baseline partisan split be? What set of issues does each party want to focus on?
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Social Security will be insolvent in seven years, and will face deep across-the-board cuts if no action is taken. Ben Ritz joins the program to discuss the new plan from the Center for Funding America's Future to save Social Security - how we can reduce benefits in a targeted way that doesn't cause much pain, how we can increase revenues in a smart way, and how we can transform the Social Security system to be sustainable for the f...
Everyone knows that the US auto industry is in decline... or is it? Adam Ozimek joins the podcast to discuss the real state of America's auto manufacturers, how it responded to challenges from Japan and other countries, how labor unions changed the geography of making cars, and how Trump's tariffs might impact the industry.
Read more from Adam and EIG's report - https://eig.org/myths-and-lessons-from-american-automaking/
This episode is a joint episode with Andrew Heaton and The Political Orphanage podcast, where Andrew and I discuss the Federal Reserve. Why is it important to manage interest rates and the amount of money flowing through the economy? What would a different monetary system without the Fed look like? And why should the Fed remain independent? We discuss all this and more!
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How are social media algorithms changing the way we communicate? Adam Aleksic is the author of the new book Algospeak, and he joins the podcast to discuss how social media users invent new words to get around algorithmic censorship, how social media changes our tone of voices, the rhythms of our speech, and ultimately changes how we understand one another.
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What would it mean for America's schools to focus on excellence? Jack Despain Zhou is the founder of the Center for Educational Progress, a new think tank focused on promoting academic excellence. He joins the show to talk about whether we've gone too far in the pursuit of equity goals in education, how we can support and challenge students at every ability level, whether or not tracking is a good idea, and ultimately what a vision...
The big Republican bill to explode the deficit and cut healthcare has passed Congress and been signed by President Trump. But it's not just bad in the obvious ways - it's also terrible on energy policy. PPI's Director of Energy and Climate Policy Elan Sykes joins the podcast to discuss how Trump's bill will lead to more expensive and more polluting energy.
Check out our previous discussion of the big GOP bill - https://podcasts.ap...
What's happening with Trump's so-called Big Beautiful Bill? Jason Furman and Ben Ritz join the podcast to discuss the long run impact the bill would have, why Republicans are so comfortable blowing up the deficit, and whether the Biden administration's mistakes are linked to the moment we're in now.
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In the wake of Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein's book Abundance, there's been a significant amount of fighting amongst Democrats about the book and the broader Abundance movement. Jeremiah walks through the various camps involved in the fight, why some Democrats seem to hate the ideas of Abundance, and what this dispute is ultimately all about.
Check out our episode with the author of Abundance, Derek Thompson: https://podcasts.appl...
How does Russian propaganda work? Not the propaganda they aim at the West - but the propaganda they aim at their own citizens. Ian Garner studies Russian propaganda and he's the author of 'Z Generation: Into the Heart of Russia's Fascist Youth'. He joins the podcast to talk about Putin's control of the media, how social media influencers in Russia promote the war in Ukraine, and how Russia is creating a new cohort of fascists in th...
Should we compensate living kidney donors for donating their kidneys? Elaine Perlman joins the show to discuss the End Kidney Deaths Act and the ethics of paying for organ donations.
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Immigration is increasingly unpopular around the world. How can we build a system of immigration that benefits immigrants and natives while also maintaining political support? Alexander Kustov joins the podcast to discuss his new book, 'In Our Interest', which tackles that question.
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Sports betting is now legal in most states in America. It's hard to attend a game or watch sports on TV without being inundated with gambling ads. Should we do something about it? Isaac Rose Berman is a fellow studying gambling policy at AIBM and he joins the podcast to talk about the rise of sports betting. How did we get to this point? Has gambling had negative consequences for vulnerable populations? And is there a way to regula...
What's going on in Canada? J.J. McCullough joins to show to break down why Justin Trudeau suddenly left politics, what kind of legacy he leaves behind, how Mark Carney has turned things around for the Canadian Liberals, and why Trump might single-handedly swing the Canadian elections.
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Trump's tariffs are sinking the American economy and have sent markets spiraling downwards. What is Trump's supposed master plan? Why is the right now so obsessed with tariffs now, and what impact is this going to have on regular families and workers? Jeremiah breaks down what's happening and where we go from here.
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The national debt is enormous and still growing. And the Republican Party's proposed 2025 budget would increase it even further. Are we slowly walking into a crisis? Jessica Riedl and Ben Ritz join the podcast to discuss the state of the US government's budget, how bad things could get, and what we need to do to fix it.
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The Republican Party is promoting a budget resolution that would cut almost a trillion dollars from Medicaid. Congressman Ritchie Torres joins the show to discuss what impact this would have on Medicaid's almost 100 million users, why Medicaid is a bipartisan issue, and how we can focus public debate away from the scandal of the moment and onto saving programs like Medicaid from severe cuts.
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For decades, America used a system of race-based affirmative action to ensure that disadvantaged minority groups had a presence at elite universities. Was that the right approach? Richard Kahlenberg joins the podcast to talk about his book 'Class Matters', and make the case that class-based affirmative action is a superior way to get real diversity on campus.
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How can we build a more abundant world without scarcity in housing, energy, and more? Derek Thompson joins the podcast to discuss his and Ezra Klein's new book Abundance. We talk about the policies and the politics involved in abundance, how to spark more innovation in the economy, and why we desperately need the abundance movement.
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