Matt K. Lewis Podcasts

Will Kevin McCarthy get his due? ... What did Joe Biden get out of the deal? ... Is DeSantis a "wine track" candidate? ... Can Christie make it to the debate stage? ...By bloggingheads.tv

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and professor of public policy at the University of Southern California. On today’s podcast, she talks with Matt about her new book, The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Country. *** If you like this podcast, please con…

The dam breaks in Ukraine ... Is western media giving a clear picture of the war? ... Why do some Ukrainian soldiers wear Nazi symbols? ... How Russia-Ukraine could become a wider war ... Could the US have prevented the war? ... Seeing American foreign policy from Putin's point of view ...By bloggingheads.tv

Stephen Kent, public relations specialist at the Consumer Choice Center, stops by to talk with Matt about next Wednesday’s How to be a Pundit workshop at The Leadership Institute. They also discuss Stephen’s latest piece at the Washington Examiner, Harrison Ford will not be coddled. *** If you like this podcast, please consider leaving a five-star …

China’s role in Saudi-Iran rapprochement ... The legacy of Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal ... Does Israel have a Palestine plan? ... Tensions resurface in Kosovo ... NATO expansion and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ... Has the US mismanaged its relationship with Russia? ... Prospects for peace in Ukraine—or for massive military escala…

Charles’s argument for emphasizing education over systemic racism ... Donique: Teaching African American history doesn’t require critical race theory ... Charles: We are the 97%! ... How Donique balances oppression and triumph in black history ... What does Florida’s Stop WOKE Act actually say? ... What’s wrong with integrating LGBT history and bla…

With the anniversary of D-Day coming up on June 6, Matt revisits this 2021 conversation with historian and author David Pietrusza . *** If you like this podcast, please consider leaving a five-star review on iTunes. It really makes a difference in helping people find us! Please pre-order Matt’s new book, Filthy Rich Politicians and then go to Filth…

Will Kevin McCarthy get his due? ... What did Joe Biden get out of the deal? ... Is DeSantis a "wine track" candidate? ... Can Christie make it to the debate stage? ...By bloggingheads.tv

Sam’s Bloggingheads bona fides ... Is AI “interpretability” worth the trouble? ... Natural selection and artificial intelligence ... Are large language models absorbing human nature? ... What Sam thinks singularitarian AI doomers get wrong ... Is it time for an AI-safety Manhattan Project? ... Sam: Let a thousand GPT-4 (but not GPT-5) plug-ins bloo…