Ian Bremmer: Is the US Falling Behind in Clean Energy?
The world, especially China, is going all in on renewable energy. Does the US risk being left in the dark? Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben…
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Scott Gottlieb on CDC Vaccine Review & Healthcare Trends
Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and current board member of Pfizer and Illumina, joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss expectations for a CDC…
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Eyck Freymann: Big Ships and Little Tech
A force that cannot see the battlefield cannot win on it. The battlefields of Ukraine have made this clear. Commercial sensors, cheap drones, resilient comms,…
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Newt Gingrich on Faith, Free Speech & Civil Discourse
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich comments on the importance and need for faith, free speech and civil discourse on ‘Kudlow.’ Few figures in American politics…
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Robert Redfield on Social Media, Violence, and Health Security
Former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss the potential connection between social media use and rising political violence. Dr. Robert…
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Chris Miller on Critical Minerals & Global Power
I review a fascinating dissertation on interwar metals trading and the “Age of Alloy Steel” After Beijing used restrictions on rare earth magnet exports to…
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Niall Ferguson: Illuminating Global Power and Security
On September 12, 2025, conversation with General Keith Kellogg, the Assistant to the US President and Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine, was organised on the…
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Patrick McGee: How China Is Using American Companies to Trap the West
This is a conversation with Patrick McGee, and it’s perhaps a bit of an unusual episode. Patrick is an author of a book called Apple…
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Niall Ferguson on American Democracy and Historical Parallels
As the killing of Charlie Kirk fires debate about American democracy, are President Trump’s critics right to fear a descent into imperial fascism? A recurrent…
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Leana Wen on RFK and the Future of Healthcare
The health and human services secretary’s new MAHA plan bears a cruel irony. When President Donald Trump tapped anti-vaccine crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as…
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Edward Fishman’s Chokepoints Longlisted for FT Award
Edward Fishman’s Chokepoints Longlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year 2025 Edward Fishman’s Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon…
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Peter Zeihan on Trump’s Economic Shifts
Today, we’ll be turning our attention towards the economic moves that the Trump admin made while I was away. Intel was partially nationalized (10% government…
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