Chris Riback’s Conversations is back with a new season.
His first guest is Ben Rhodes, who served as a top national security adviser to President Obama, and has just written a wonderful new book, After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made.
New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson talks to Chris Riback about the challenges of running one of the first cities hit by the coronavirus.
Nearly every national media organization suddenly paid a visit. And the face of New Rochelle through all of this – the one racing from town meetings to food distribution centers to senior living homes to religious groups to 60 Minutes interviews – is the city’s hometown mayor Noam Bramson.
Full disclosure: I’ve know Noam and Chris for nearly 30 years and found this conversation as interesting as those we had in graduate school. But I think you will too.
Chris Riback speaks to former Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), director of Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, about the incredibly quick end to the Democratic presidential race and how well Joe Biden is positioned to take on President Trump in an election during a pandemic.
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Chris Riback talks to law professor Rick Hasen, author of the new book Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy.
Chris Riback checks back in with two Harvard professors — Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, who wrote the book, How Democracies Die — on how our democratic system is being eroded under President Trump.
Chris Riback talks to Washington Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, authors of the bestseller, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America.
A great conversation and a great book.
Special for Political Wire readers: A live edition of Chris Riback’s Conversations.
Rick Wilson — the sharp-witted, wise-cracking Republican political strategist – joins Chris for a conversation about the 2020 election, impeachment, and his new book, Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump – and Democrats from Themselves.
The livestream is now over. We will have video of the event later.
It started with the generals: James Mattis, John Kelly, H.R. McMaster. Along with Rex Tillerson, they were part of the “Axis of Adults,” the ones who stood between President Trump and chaos – between President Trump and his own, unchecked impulses, particularly in foreign affairs.
As we know now, only Trump is left standing. And he stands impeached, because he couldn’t withstand his unchecked impulses.
Chris Riback talks with Peter Bergen, author of Trump and His Generals, about how we got here.
Chris Riback talks to Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear, authors of the excellent new book, Border Wars.
When considering Trump’s immigration policy, it’s hard to get past the headlines. But Hirschfeld Davis and Shear’s story offers an incredibly useful way to consider the entire Trump presidency and address central questions: Who are we, and what is America?
Chris Riback talks to Philip Mudd about how President Trump has taken on the U.S. intelligence agencies and Mudd’s new book, Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World.
For your weekend listening: Chris Riback talks to Tim Alberta, author of American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump.
Alberta’s book is excellent read and highly recommended.
Chris Riback talks with constitutional scholar Robert Tsai and has him answer many questions on the state of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Adam Liptak talks to Chris Riback: “It was the Supreme Court session Democrats feared and Republicans had waited a generation for – a solidly conservative 5-4 majority. So how’d it go?”
New on Chris Riback’s Conversations: Angela Stent talks about how Vladimir Putin came to power, refused to consider Russian weakness and instead redefined Russian power and pride.
New podcast episode: Chris Riback has an excellent conversation with Jared Cohen, author of Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America.
The podcast you’ve regularly seen here has just relaunched with a new name and new website: Chris Riback’s Conversations.
The first episode of the new season features a great conversation with Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, who also served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Bill Clinton.
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Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Chris Riback on the podcast for a discussion on her new bill that aims to protect patients from the outrageous bills that suddenly land folks deep in medical debt.
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