In the premiere episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic's David Frum lays out his case for a new kind of political conversation'one that rejects the radicalized rhetoric dominating major podcasts. He then details why Donald Trump's tariffs wrecked world financial markets. David takes apart the excuses offered by tariff defenders, and tries to explain the shock and betrayal felt by America's allies. Then, David is joined by the former ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel shares the lessons he learned as White House chief of staff during the 2008'09 financial crises'and his assessment of how Democrats went wrong in 2024 and where they can advance from here. Why another podcast' It's a natural question. The answer begins with the chart I recently glimpsed from a media-studies organization. It showed that audio-visual content online tended to bunch up at the far extremes of American political dialogue: the far left and the far right'the far right having a big advantage. The...
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