An Oligarch’s Warning—The Weekly
Molly McKew (writer and lecturer on Russian influence and information warfare) joins host Ron Steslow to examine how Ukraine’s widening reach is bringing the war home to Russia and what a defeated Russia could become.
They begin with the war’s new geography: strikes that have idled a quarter of R…
Pax Machina — The Weekly
Mike Madrid (author of The Latino Century) joins host Ron Steslow to examine how AI is redrawing the machinery of politics and forcing a reckoning with what remains distinctly human.
They begin with campaigns, where operatives now test messages on synthetic electorates, AI agents built to think l…
Democratic Socialists vs. American Power — The Weekly
Hagar Chemali (former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations) joins host Ron Steslow to take the Democratic Socialists of America’s foreign policy seriously on their own terms, reading what the movement has written down.
They begin with the DSA’s ascent: a run of 2026 primary wins…
Data Center Dissent — The Weekly
Susan Del Percio (crisis communications expert and political analyst at MS NOW) joins host Ron Steslow to trace how a revolt against data centers opens larger questions into how the AI buildout is financed and who holds the risk.
They begin with the politics of the backlash and the town by town o…
The Surveillance Revolt — The Weekly
Katherine Mangu-Ward (Editor in Chief of Reason) joins host Ron Steslow to examine the growing revolt against automated license-plate surveillance company Flock and what it reveals about privacy in the age of AI.
They begin with the backlash against flock: cameras cut down across dozens of states…
Ballot Bots — The Weekly
Zack Czajkowski (co-founder of Civly) joins host Ron Steslow to map the first election of the chatbot era and to ask why the party that once led on campaign technology is now the one recoiling from it.
They begin with voters already asking chatbots how to vote, perhaps millions directly and tens …
From 9/11 to Surveillance Dollars — The Weekly
Hagar Chemali (former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations) and Nick Anthony (Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute and a Fellow at the Human Rights Foundation) join host Ron Steslow to trace how the financial surveillance regime born after 9/11 is being rebuilt for programmable m…
Full Faith And Credit—The Weekly
Mike Madrid (author of The Latino Century) joins host Ron Steslow trace how eroding trust, the kind that backs the electoral map and the dollar, is reshaping American politics and everyday affordability.
They start with the redistricting wars and how they eroded trust in institutions and how both…
From Ashes to Algorithms—Plus Preview
Ron Steslow and Mike Madrid unpack the suspicious four-day push by some of the biggest AI companies begging to be regulated and why it’s less a safety awakening and more a bid to build a moat around who gets to control this technology.
Then, they turn to an essay by Franciscan sister Ilia Delio’s…
TAPPED: A Managed Cold War
Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations) joins Host Ron Steslow to unpack Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington—and why the two powers keep meeting more often while agreeing on less.
They begin with the administration's turn from tariffs to hospitality, and w…
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