The Dispatch Podcast

Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Warren to discuss the U.S. crossing the $40 trillion debt threshold and the prospect of “growing our way out of it.”

The Agenda:

—Kevin explains how we got here

—Entitlement spending

—What would Paul Ryan do

—The DOGE effort

—Growing our way out of debt

—NWYT: Adulthood disappointments

Show notes:

—Kevin's Wanderland

—Kevin on the tragedy of U.S. debt

—Steve Hayes on DOGE

—"DOGE—the UNIPARTY killed it because it was working too well."

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Mike Nelson, and Kevin Williamson to discuss President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea, his “good relationship with Kim Jong Un,” and the U.S. munitions crisis.

The Agenda:

—Scaling back South Korea exercises

—Trump’s “relationship” with Kim Jong Un

—Abandoning Japan

—The U.S. munitions crisis

—Southern lane of the strait

—NWYT: The end of Colombia House mail-order club

Show notes:

—North Korea missile barrage

—Oil drilling in Greenland

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Steve Hayes is joined by Mike Warren, Jonah Goldberg, and Chris Stirewalt to discuss the future of the conservative movement ahead of the 2026 midterms and 2028 GOP primaries.

The Agenda:

—Subscribe to The Dispatch’s new newsletter, Next Right

—The war for the GOP

—Trump’s successor

—Ideological demography of Republicans

—2028 GOP primaries

—Mike’s conversation with Gov. Brian Kemp

—NWYT: Aspic

Show notes:

—Mike Warren on CNN

—How unpopular is Donald Trump?

—Boiling Frogs on non-MAGA Republicans

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, and Kevin Williamson to discuss the results of this month’s Democratic primaries in Wisconsin and Michigan and the left’s shift away from the radical social justice positions of 2020.

The Agenda:

—Francesca Hong’s loss

—Abdul El-Sayed’s slim victory

—The limits of the far left

—The woke reckoning

—AOC: “Woke 1 was crazy”

—NWYT: A People magazine “exclusive”

Show notes:

—WSJ: “Midwesterners Show the Limits of the Far-Left”

—NYT: “A Stunning Loss in Wisconsin Shows the Limits of the Left”

—Megan’s Washington Post column on Wisconsin primary (Gift link)

—Jonah’s Wednesday G-File

—What Steve, Kevin, and Jonah have gotten wrong

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Mike Warren and John McCormack discuss the battle between moderates and populists in the Democratic Party and the abuse allegations against Republican Rep. Max Miller.

The Agenda:

—Michigan primary

—Minnesota and Wisconsin primaries

—Blue wave possibilities

—Max Miller allegations

—Trump’s support for Max Miller

—NWYT: The cost of a burrito

Show notes:

—Francesca Hong’s Culver’s tweet

—Francesca Hong’s Thanksgiving tweets

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