# Margaret Hoover

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Is American foreign policy for sale? Anne Applebaum on Trump’s ‘empire of grift’

As President Trump addresses the UN General Assembly and hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum explains how an alliance of ideologues and kleptocrats is reshaping U.S. foreign policy. She assesses prospects for ending the wars in Iran and Ukraine and exami…

Danny Meyer on the secret sauce of hospitality

Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer tells Firing Line how a hot dog cart became a global brand—and why some of his biggest failures taught him the most about business. The restaurateur explains the philosophy behind “enlightened hospitality,” why he puts employees before customers, and what closing his…

Sen. Thom Tillis on Trump's sycophants—and his biggest regret

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) takes on the “sycophants” in the second Trump administration and reflects on his regrets over voting to confirm some of them–particularly Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who he is now working to get out of the Pentagon. As he prepares to retire from the Senate in January, Ti…

Vibing with Adam Grant: How can we forge strong connections in a lonely world?

Dr. Adam Grant sits down with Margaret Hoover to discuss the causes and consequences of loneliness, the impact of artificial intelligence on human connection, and the precarious state of modern manhood. Grant, an organizational psychologist and professor at Wharton, breaks down the science of formi…

Ambassador Mike Huckabee says Israeli & U.S. interests are 'identical'

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee joins Margaret Hoover from Jerusalem as elections approach in Israel and the United States, with questions mounting over the future of the U.S.–Israel alliance and the possibility of renewed war with Iran. Huckabee says American support for Israel will endure…

Margaret Hoover | But Also With Michael And Asher

Margaret Hoover, host of Firing Line on PBS, joins Michael and Asher to talk about working Hurricane Katrina from inside the Bush White House, how the Republican Party went off the rails, and confronting Bill O'Reilly on her own show. 00:00:00 Cold Open00:00:18 Giuliani Water and Kidney Stones00:0…

Will a blue wave sweep the South? Jennifer Palmieri explains why it might

With control of Congress on the line next Tuesday, Jennifer Palmieri–former communications director for the Obama White House–joins Margaret Hoover to break down the state of the midterms and explain why the South is central to Democrats’ chances of victory. Palmieri is co-host of the new YouTube d…

Rahm Emanuel on the blue wave, the Democratic agenda, and his plans for 2028

Democrats swept Congress. Rahm Emanuel warns they could squander their victory—and confirms he's considering running for president in 2028. The former Chicago mayor and Obama White House chief of staff tells Margaret Hoover that voters rejected Republicans but haven't necessarily embraced Democrats…

Four of Ninety

Herbert Hoover lived 90 remarkable years, but history remembers only four. In the first episode of Hoover 360, Nick Westergaard talks with Margaret Hoover, political commentator, author, host of PBS's Firing Line, and Hoover's great-granddaughter, about the man who got lost behind the textbook vers…

Godfather of AI Geoffrey Hinton: If superintelligence wants humanity gone, ‘we’re toast’

With artificial intelligence hurtling toward superintelligence, Dr. Geoffrey Hinton–known as the godfather of AI–joins Margaret Hoover to detail his warnings about the existential threat posed by the technology he pioneered and what he believes can be done about it. Hinton, co-author of the upcomin…