Damon Linker
Special guest
Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a consulting editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press, a former contributing editor at The New Republic, and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.
Damon Linker has been a guest on 108 episodes.
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Is the Country Calming Down?
August 13th, 2021 | 1 hr 10 mins
bill galston, charlie sykes, damon linker, infrastructure, linda chavez, republican governors, war on public health
Charlie Sykes joins the group to discuss the infrastructure Rubik's cube, the Republican governors' war on public health, and whether the big strife is past.
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Whoa, those Cuomo woes.
August 6th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
cuomo, damon linker, democrats, eviction moratorium, linda chavez, megan mcardle, william galston
The Washington Post's Megan McArdle returns to B2D to discuss Cuomo, the eviction moratorium, and whether the left's power in the Democratic party exceeds its grass roots popularity.
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Back to January 6
July 30th, 2021 | 1 hr 11 mins
cuba, elliott abrams, infrastructure bill, january 6 committee, protest, vaccine wars
Elliott Abrams joins to discuss Cuba. The gang then address the January 6 committee, vaccine wars, and the infrastructure bill.
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How Bad Was CPAC?
July 16th, 2021 | 58 mins 11 secs
anti-vaxx, biden, cpac, sarah longwell, trump, voting rights
Guest host Sarah Longwell joins the group this week to discuss CPAC, Trump's speech, anti-vaxxers, and Biden's voting rights agenda.
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Will This Reform Save Our Democracy?
July 9th, 2021 | 58 mins 55 secs
book the politics industry: how political innovation can break partisan gridlock and save our democracy, final five, gerrymander, katherine gehl, rank choice voting, voting reform
Katherine Gehl joins the panel for a meaty discussion of voting reform.
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Why Can't Democrats Take Yes for an Answer?
June 25th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
biden, crt critical race theory, infrastructure deal, new times columinst, thomas edsall, trump
NY Times columnist Thomas Edsall joins the group to consider voting rights, the infrastructure negotiations, crime, and critical race theory.
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Putin's MAGA Talking Points
June 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins
biden, mayoral race, merrick garland, nyc, putin, russia, trump
Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes joins to discuss Biden's European trip, whether Garland is going soft on Trump, and the NY mayoral race.
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Vaccinate the World
June 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
biden, filibuster, foreign policy, g7, joe manchin, privacy, propublica, putin, taxes, voting rights
Eric Edelman joins to discuss Biden's trip, the ProPublica tax story, and the Democrats' Manchin mistake.
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Labs, Cults, and Votes
June 4th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
china, conspiracies, covid-19, election law, gop, qanon, voting rights, wuhan
NY Times contributor Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss the coronavirus lab leak theory, Qanon's status as a new religion, and voting rights and wrongs.
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How Do We Know What's True?
May 28th, 2021 | 57 mins 53 secs
book, constitution of knowledge, crime, democrats, facts, jonathan rauch, republicans
Jonathan Rauch discusses his new book The Constitution of Knowledge and joins for a discussion of the threat of crime to Democrats' political health.
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Cheney Out; Births Down; Ranked Choice Voting In?
May 14th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins
birth rates, elise stefanik, house gop, liz cheney, political dysfunction
A.B. Stoddard returns to talk about hope for reducing our political dysfunction. Group also addresses the birth dearth and Liz Cheney's fate.
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Cheney: Too Honest for the GOP
May 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 10 mins
biden, education, free daycare, gop, liz cheney, republican party, voter id
David French helps the panel diagnose the GOP's sickness. The group also talks about voter ID and the Biden daycare plan.