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The Realignment

The United States is in the midst of a dramatic political realignment with shifting views on national security, economics, technology, and the role of government in our lives. Saagar Enjeti...

Episodes

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The Realignment x Aspen Ideas Festival: Economy | Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, & Christos Makridis

Last week, Marshall interviewed former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, American Action Forum President and former Director of the Congressi...

00:52:56Oct 22, 2026

The Realignment at WelcomeFest 2026 | The Difference Between Good and Bad Moderation with Steve Teles

The Realignment host Marshall Kosloff and Niskanen Center Senior Fellow Steve Teles are set to appear at WelcomeFest 2026 today in Washingto...

00:51:34Jun 3, 2026

How the U.S. Can Deter China from Invading Taiwan in 2027 with Eyck Freymann

After President Trump's visit to China with his summit with President Xi Jinping, Eyck Freymann, Hoover Fellow at Stanford University and au...

00:59:17May 28, 2026

How to Bring Back National Ambition - Inside the Build America Caucus with Rep. Josh Harder

Congressman Josh Harder joins The Realignment to discuss why Americans increasingly feel the country has stopped working—and what it would t...

00:58:39May 26, 2026

Season Finale | Danielle Lee Tomson: Why the Future is Fusion

Danielle Lee Tomson, author of the forthcoming Under the Influence What's Real When America Feels Fake, returns to The Realignment. Wrapping...

01:21:42Apr 15, 2026

601 | Noam Scheiber: How the Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class Could Reshape America

Realignment Newsletter: https://therealignment.substack.com/ Realignment Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email the Show:...

00:56:22Apr 7, 2026

600 | Hannah Garden-Monheit: Why Voters Feel Government Doesn't Deliver - Lessons from the Biden Administration

Roosevelt Institute | Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration: https://roosev...

01:05:05Apr 2, 2026

599 | Henry Tonks: The Realignments Comes for the Democrats - Lessons from Liberalism's 1970s-1990s Wilderness Years

American Affairs | Henry Tonks - The Rise and Fall of the New Liberals: How the Democrats Lost Their Majority: https://americanaffairsjourna...

01:26:06Mar 31, 2026

598 | Madeline Hart: How to Mobilize the American Industrial Base, Embrace Heretics, and Deter WWIII

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00:55:58Mar 24, 2026

597 | Michael Laskawy: Why States Are the Real Center of American Politics

The States Forum Journal's Latest Issue: https://www.statesforum.org/journals/issue-2/ The States Forum Substack: https://statesforum.substa...

00:51:43Mar 10, 2026

596 | Saagar Enjeti: What the Iran War Means for MAGA, the New Right, and the America First Movement

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01:04:48Mar 9, 2026

States Forum Journal | Audio Essay: Marshall Kosloff on "The Missing Liberal Story"

The States Forum Journal | The Missing Liberal Story: https://www.statesforum.org/the-missing-liberal-story/ The States Forum Journal Substa...

00:20:00Feb 24, 2026

595 | Ned Resnikoff: One Year In - Taking Abundance Back to Its Fundamentals

Roosevelt Institute | Lessons from YIMBYism: Taking “Abundance” Back to Its Fundamentals: https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/lesson...

00:57:43Feb 19, 2026

594 | Steve Teles: Hard Lessons for Centrists Trying to Overcome the Mediocrity Challenge + Last Call for Niskanen Summer Institute Applications

Niskanen Summer Institute: https://www.niskanencenter.org/niskanen-summer-institute-democracy-that-works/ Steve Teles | Varieties of Abundan...

01:01:10Feb 17, 2026

593 | Austin Ahlman and Ben Winsor: Seven Hard Lessons on Economic Populism

Liberty and Power: 7 Hard Lessons Democrats Must Learn in 2026 Realignment Newsletter: https://therealignment.substack.com/ Realignment Book...

01:43:07Feb 12, 2026

592 | Laura Field: How the MAGA New Right Took Power - From the Flight 93 Essay to Trump 2024

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01:23:06Feb 5, 2026

591 | Saikat Chakrabarti: Building a New Consensus - How to Move America from "Failure Mode" to "Mission Mode"

New Consensus | Mission for America: https://www.newconsensus.com/mfa New Consensus | Reading List: https://www.newconsensus.com/library Rea...

00:56:05Jan 29, 2026

590 | Brink Lindsey: How the 21st Century Mugged a Libertarian

*Gallup, not Axios as cited in episode, reporting on higher liberal identification: https://news.gallup.com/poll/700499/new-high-identify-po...

01:02:43Jan 22, 2026

589 | Danielle Lee Tomson: When the Story Breaks: MAGA, Liberalism, and the Battle to Define Reality

Failure to Communicate Substack: https://failuretocommunicate.substack.com/ Danielle Lee Tomson: https://failuretocommunicate.substack.com/p...

01:15:26Jan 8, 2026

588 | George M. Dougherty: Beyond "Unmanned": How Drones Are (and Aren't) Rewriting Warfare

Niskanen Summer Institute: https://www.niskanencenter.org/niskanen-summer-institute-democracy-that-works/ Realignment Newsletter: https://th...

01:08:28Jan 6, 2026