Synopsis
Chronicling Donald Trump's rise to the presidency and his current administration. Jacob Weisberg, chairman of Slate, along with Slate chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie, and the writer Virginia Heffernan, talk to journalists, historians, psychiatrists, and other experts to help explain who this man is and why this is happening, right now, in the United States of America.
Episodes
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The End of American Leadership
22/12/2016 Duration: 25minVirginia Heffernan talks to Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group and a columnist at TIME magazine, about his latest piece "The Era of American Global Leadership Is Over. Here's What Comes Next." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Putin's Meddling
16/12/2016 Duration: 28minJacob Weisberg talks to Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion and Russian pro-democracy leader, about Vladamir Putin's meddling in our election and America's response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Enemies of the Planet
12/12/2016 Duration: 25minJacob Weisberg talks to Bill McKibben about Donald Trump's potential selection for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, and the other climate change denying members filling out the President-elect's cabinet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Good Fight
08/12/2016 Duration: 32minVirginia Heffernan talks to Yascha Mounk about the warning signs that signal the end of liberal democracies and how we can protect it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Brilliance of the Carrier Deal
06/12/2016 Duration: 34minJacob Weisberg talks to Josh Barro, Senior Editor at Business Insider, about Donald Trump's Carrier deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Manipulating the President-Elect
02/12/2016 Duration: 24minVirginia Heffernan talks to Will Saletan about his latest Slate piece, "How To Manipulate Donald Trump." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A Clear and Present Danger to Voting Rights
29/11/2016 Duration: 27minJacob Weisberg talks to Bruce Ackerman, a professor of constitutional law at Yale, about the impending destruction of The Second Reconstruction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This Could Get Unconstitutional
23/11/2016 Duration: 28minGuest host Virginia Heffernan talks to Asli Bâli, a professor of law and international human rights at UCLA, about what we learned from the past effects of NSEERS (National Security Entry-Exit Registration System) on Muslim communities and taking a deeper look at Trump and his administration's views on a Muslim registry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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His Rise to Power
21/11/2016 Duration: 36minJacob Weisberg talks to historian Timothy Snyder about his most recent Slate piece, "Him," and whether Hitler's rise to power can tell us anything about today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Shape of Racial Discourse in Trump's Administration
19/11/2016 Duration: 24minVirginia Heffernan guest hosts today's Trumpcast to talk to Jonathan Chait, a columnist at New York Magazine, about Donald Trump's latest additions to his administration – Steve Bannon, Ret. Gen. Michael Flynn, and Senator Jeff Sessions. The two discuss how these selections are bringing a whole new type of racism to the highest offices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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One Big Giant Conflict of Interest
17/11/2016 Duration: 23minJacob Weisberg talks to Paul Waldman of The Washington Post about how Donald Trump will use his presidency enrich himself and his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Six Rules for Surviving an Autocracy
14/11/2016 Duration: 23minJacob Weisberg talks to the Russian-American journalist, Masha Gessen, about her rules for surviving an autocracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A History Teacher and a Historic Event
12/11/2016 Duration: 24minJacob Weisberg talks to Kate Gaskill, a 10th grade history teacher in Washington D.C., about how her students reacted to the election of Donald Trump and how she handled the conversation in her classroom. Trumpcast is brought to you by Helix Sleep. Get a great night’s sleep that’s customized just for you. Go to HelixSleep.com/trumpcast to get $50 off your order. And by MeUndies. You deserve comfortable underwear, and MeUndies is here to help. Get 20 percent off your first order when you go to MeUndies.com/trumpcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Morning After
10/11/2016 Duration: 55minJacob Weisberg hosts a Trumpcast triple header. First up, Isaac Chotiner joins us from his home on the west coast to talk about what we can expect from a Trump presidency. Then, Julia Turner, the Editor-In-Chief at Slate, is in-studio to reflect on the mood at the Slate offices last night and how Slate will move forward in covering a Trump administration. And finally, Jamelle Bouie, Slate's Chief Political Correspondent, joins us in-studio to talk about why the race broke the way it did last night and how we move our national conversation forward from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Suppressing The Vote
07/11/2016 Duration: 31minJacob Weisberg talks to Slate's Dahlia Lithwick about the Trump campaign's efforts to suppress and intimidate non-white voters. Trumpcast is brought to you by Texture. Get access to your favorite magazines all in one place. Learn more about Texture and start your free trial today by going to Texture.com/trumpcast. And by Wunder Capital. Earn up to 8.5% annually, while diversifying your portfolio, curbing pollution and combating global climate change. Create an account for free at WunderCapital.com/trumpcast. Wunder Capital. Do well and do good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A Repudiation of the Liberal Democratic Order
03/11/2016 Duration: 26minJacob Weisberg talks to the Financial Times Chief Economics Commentator, Martin Wolf, about the economic future of America under a Trump presidency and its global consequences. Trumpcast is brought to you by Winc. Get wine tailored to your taste delivered right to your door. Go to trywinc.com/trumpcast for 20 dollars off, plus free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Project Alamo Or: How Trump Duped the Republican Party into Funding Their Own Destruction
31/10/2016 Duration: 32minJacob Weisberg talks to Joshua Green, a national correspondent at Bloomberg Businessweek, about the Trump campaign's data operation in San Antonio, Texas and how the Republicans turned over $100 million dollars worth of data to Donald Trump which will more than likely be used against them for years to come. Trumpcast is brought to you by Wunder Capital, earn up to 8.5% annually, while diversifying your portfolio, curbing pollution and combating global climate change. Create an account for free at WunderCapital.com/trumpcast. Wunder Capital. Do well and do good. And by MeUndies. You deserve comfortable underwear, and MeUndies is here to help. Get 20 percent off your first order when you go to MeUndies.com/trumpcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Alt-Right and a Deluge of Hate
29/10/2016 Duration: 29minJacob Weisberg talks to David French, a writer at The National Review, about the alt-right trolls on Twitter and how a few hateful tweets turned into a deluge of racist comments and harassment against him and his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Cycles of Panic Redux
28/10/2016 Duration: 22minJacob Weisberg talks to Harry Enten, FiveThirtyEight's senior political writer and analyst, about whether or not we have anything to worry about 12 days out from the election. Trumpcast is brought to you by Helix Sleep. Get a great night’s sleep that’s customized just for you. Go to HelixSleep.com/trumpcast to get $50 off your order. And by Winc. Get wine tailored to your taste delivered right to your door. Go to trywinc.com/trumpcast for 20 dollars off, plus free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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OK, You Win...
24/10/2016 Duration: 19minJacob Weisberg checks in with Jan Jennings, a Trump supporter we spoke with on the show back in May, about where he stands on Trump today. Trumpcast is brought to you by MeUndies. You deserve comfortable underwear, and MeUndies is here to help. Get 20 percent off your first order when you go to MeUndies.com/trumpcast. And by Denial. From the screenwriter of The Hours and The Reader comes the true story of one woman’s court battle for historical truth against a Holocaust denier. Starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Wilkinson. Denial: Now playing in theaters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices