Episodes
Tuesday May 30, 2017
The Fate Of Obamacare
Tuesday May 30, 2017
Tuesday May 30, 2017
Recorded on May 25, 2017 As far as the fate of Obamacare goes, the ball’s in the Senate’s court: to alter the House’s plan or develop a prescription of its own. Dr. Scott Atlas, the Hoover Institution’s David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow and a frequent author on Obamacare, discusses the most commonsense path for Congress to take, the chances of a repeal/replacement law emerging in the near future, and California’s ill-advised flirtation with adopting a single-payer universal health care system. (Playing time: 40:52)
Thursday May 18, 2017
President Trump, a Rugged Individualist?
Thursday May 18, 2017
Thursday May 18, 2017
The American dream rests on the notion on “rugged individualism”: freedom, liberty, and equality of opportunity and a tradition of conquering physical, economic, social, and political frontiers. David Davenport, coauthor of Rugged Individualism: Dead or Alive?, looks at President Trump’s political philosophy, his record to date and suggests ways the new administration can restore this flickering American tradition. If you like the show, please rate, review, and subscribe! (Playing time: 42:23)
Thursday May 11, 2017
Cyber Security
Thursday May 11, 2017
Thursday May 11, 2017
It’s a threat the likes of which America has never faced: the theft of intellectual property, lifestyle disruptions, and attacks tailored to degrade or destroy the nation’s military capabilities. Amy Zegart, the Hoover Institution’s Davies Family Senior Fellow and codirector and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, outlines a strategy for how the United States can gain the upper hand in the global cyber war. (Playing time: 42:49)
Tuesday May 09, 2017
The French Elections
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Hoover senior fellow Russell Berman, a specialist in the study of German literary and cultural politics, takes us through the aftershocks of the French presidential election. Is German chancellor Angela Merkel breathing a sigh of relief or, despite the nationalist setback in France, does her future and that of the European Union remain in doubt? (Playing time: 39:49)
Saturday May 06, 2017
Trump’s First Hundred Days (Plus Six)
Saturday May 06, 2017
Saturday May 06, 2017
Hoover political scientists David Brady and Doug Rivers diagnose the Trump presidency’s health based on polling data and the state of antiglobalization populism on the eve of France’s presidential vote. Will European Union resentment, like many a would-be invader, fail to make it across the English Channel? (Playing time: 49:30)