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Banter: An AEI Podcast

Tune in to Banter as American Enterprise Institute President Robert Doar and Phoebe Keller, the head of AEI’s media department, take you inside the think tank for conversations on pressing policy issu... Read more

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Caitlin Flanagan on college craziness: Admissions scandals, campus madness, and more

Caitlin Flanagan on college craziness: Admissions scandals, campus madness, and more

This week we sat down with the great Caitlin Flanagan of The Atlantic to discuss a few of her recent essays on the crazi... Read more

30 Dec 2019

48mins

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Kim Strassel on Trump, impeachment, and ‘Resistance (At All Costs)’

Kim Strassel on Trump, impeachment, and ‘Resistance (At All Costs)’

The Wall Street Journal columnist discusses her new book, the ongoing impeachment drama, and the norms at risk from the ... Read more

30 Oct 2019

33mins

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Foreign policy in an age of nationalism

Foreign policy in an age of nationalism

AEI visiting scholar Colin Dueck returned to Banter to discuss in light of his forthcoming book, "Age of Iron: On Conser... Read more

27 Sep 2019

36mins

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Speaker Paul Ryan on capitalism, socialism, millennials, inequality, and more

Speaker Paul Ryan on capitalism, socialism, millennials, inequality, and more

According to some polls, more millennials today support socialism than capitalism. Is this a temporary blip or a more wo... Read more

16 Dec 2019

26mins

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David French on the launch of ‘The Dispatch’ and the future of the conservative movement

David French on the launch of ‘The Dispatch’ and the future of the conservative movement

David French — former National Review writer, Harvard-educated lawyer, and US Army veteran — joined the show to discuss ... Read more

8 Jan 2020

50mins

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What’s next for the reform conservatives? Yuval Levin on the future of the American right

What’s next for the reform conservatives? Yuval Levin on the future of the American right

What has come of the reformocon agenda? How does the presidency of Donald Trump relate to it? And will reform conservati... Read more

11 Mar 2020

30mins

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Alienated America’ and the state of the American Dream: A conversation with Tim Carney

Alienated America’ and the state of the American Dream: A conversation with Tim Carney

What is the American Dream, and what killed it for so many communities? In his new book, "Alienated America: Why Some Pl... Read more

5 Mar 2019

35mins

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George F. Will on ‘The Conservative Sensibility’

George F. Will on ‘The Conservative Sensibility’

The acclaimed conservative columnist joins "Banter" to discuss his latest book, the American founding, the underpinnings... Read more

12 Jun 2019

33mins

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Banter #347: The Iranian Revolution past and present — A conversation with Michael Rubin

Banter #347: The Iranian Revolution past and present — A conversation with Michael Rubin

This week on Banter, on the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, AEI resident scholar Michael Rubin joined the sh... Read more

11 Feb 2019

29mins

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The dignity of ‘back row’ America: A conversation with photojournalist Chris Arnade

The dignity of ‘back row’ America: A conversation with photojournalist Chris Arnade

For the past seven years Chris Arnade has traveled around the United States photographing and interviewing residents of ... Read more

5 Jun 2019

38mins

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Anthony Scaramucci on the Democratic field, his relationship with President Trump, and experience as an outsider in DC

Anthony Scaramucci on the Democratic field, his relationship with President Trump, and experience as an outsider in DC

The Mooch joined the show to break down the Democratic primary and discuss how he went from the president's chief defend... Read more

23 Jan 2020

43mins

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Banter #345: Nicholas Eberstadt on China’s demographic outlook

Banter #345: Nicholas Eberstadt on China’s demographic outlook

This week on Banter, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy Nicholas Eberstadt joins the show to discuss his new report,... Read more

31 Jan 2019

32mins

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Chasing universal coverage: An interview with health policy expert James Capretta

Chasing universal coverage: An interview with health policy expert James Capretta

Democratic presidential hopefuls are laying out their plans to reduce the roughly 28 million uninsured Americans to zero... Read more

25 Apr 2019

38mins

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Banter #350: Harvard president Larry Bacow on the state of higher education

Banter #350: Harvard president Larry Bacow on the state of higher education

What is the purpose of a higher education? Why does it cost so much? And how come college campuses seem to be so left-le... Read more

22 Feb 2019

19mins

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Michael Strain on the economics of the ‘two-income trap’

Michael Strain on the economics of the ‘two-income trap’

Did millions of women entering the work force actually make families worse off? It's a counterintuitive argument put for... Read more

16 May 2019

28mins

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The Arthur Brooks exit interview

The Arthur Brooks exit interview

In his final appearance on "Banter" as AEI's president, Arthur Brooks discusses his latest book, how the political lands... Read more

19 Jun 2019

31mins

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How boomers stole millennials’ economic future: A conversation with Joseph C. Sternberg

How boomers stole millennials’ economic future: A conversation with Joseph C. Sternberg

Why are millennials so liberal? How much did the Great Recession hurt millennials specifically? And do we really spend a... Read more

21 May 2019

34mins

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The myth of the population bomb

The myth of the population bomb

On this episode of Banter we discuss why the panic over a "population bomb" is so misguided, what's causing declining fe... Read more

17 Apr 2019

28mins

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NYT’s Bret Stephens on the necessity of American global leadership

NYT’s Bret Stephens on the necessity of American global leadership

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Bret Stephens joins Banter to discuss American foreign policy under President Trump. Th... Read more

11 Dec 2019

40mins

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‘The New Class War’: Michael Lind on the growing divide in US politics

‘The New Class War’: Michael Lind on the growing divide in US politics

To break down this conflict, and discuss how to help solve it, we interviewed Michael Lind, author of "The New Class War... Read more

7 Feb 2020

40mins

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