Episodes
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Tom Gilligan on Ideas Defining a Free Society
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
After a particularly contentious June, America settles into the 4th of July holiday – and with it, an opportunity to reflect on the privileges of living in a free society. Thomas Gilligan, the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution, discusses the individual, economic and political freedoms that are quintessentially American – and Hoover’s mission as the Stanford-based think tank approaches its centennial anniversary.
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Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
A Blue Wave in the November 2018 Election?
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Will we see a big “blue wave” this November that puts Democrats back in control of the US House of Representatives or a more modest action the hurts Republicans but doesn’t end their majority status? David Brady, the Hoover Institution’s Davies Senior Fellow and a Stanford political scientist, assesses the current state of the electorate – and what the recent vote in California says about the odds of the House flipping for a third time in a little over a decade.
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Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
The 2018 summit featuring President Trump and Kim Jong-un
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
The Road To Singapore, not the 1940 film starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, but the 2018 summit featuring President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Michael Auslin, the Hoover Institution’s Williams-Griffis Fellow in Contemporary Asia, explains the historical significance of this first such meeting between the two nations’ heads of state, what steps might come next, and the ricochet effect across the Pacific Rim.
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Monday Jun 04, 2018
The US Navy - Ready for Anything
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
What all’s involved in training today’s warriors for combat? CDR Michael Nordeen, a Hoover Institution National Security Affairs fellow and decorated naval aviator, discusses the tools and technology necessary to keep the US Navy at a state of readiness. With the filming of the “Top Gun” sequel underway, he also speculates on the career path of Lt. Pete Mitchell (aka, Tom Cruise) and the automation and human skills needed to pilot an F-18 jet.
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