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The DSR Network
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Episodes
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The Good News is Not Every Part of the Frog Has Been Boiled Quite Yet
From the potential for abuse associated with indictments like those handed down in the case of Julian Assange to the potential for abuse in not handing down…
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Happy Day! It's Our Summer Reading Episode!
Deep Staters love to...drink box wine. But sometimes, when they are sober, they also love to read. Sometimes they read when they're drunk, too. But what do…
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Who Deserves a Banana Milkshake in the Face?
Nigel Farage, who got one, certainly does? But who else does? Who might deserve a pumpkin pie? And, while we're at it, do you think that will stop the spread…
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The Threat Is Not War With Iran, It's Right Here at Home
Trump talks tough. But like most bullies, he shies away from any real fight. The problem is talking tough increases tensions and that raises the risk of…
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The Zebra Problem and Russiagate as the Original Sin of the Trump Administration
As one of our guests on this week's episode, Max Bergmann of the Center for American Progress pointed out, the Trump Administration presents the so-called…
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The President of the United States is a One Man Crime Wave
The Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee have declared we are in a Constitutional Crisis. The White House has adopted a policy of…
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Constitutional Rot, Part Twelve: How Much of This Can We Take?
Where do we start? Trump renews his video bromance with Vladimir Putin and Putin smiles. Then they collude to agree they didn't collude. 800 prosecutors say…
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So Much for Conventional Wisdom, America Actually Seems to Care About Foreign Policy
It has long been a foundational belief of political smarties everywhere that the average American does not give a hoot about foreign policy. But that…
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My Midwest Chat Fest: My Conversation with Paul Adelstein
You've seen him in Scandal, Private Practice & Grey's Anatomy..so basically ever single Shonda Rhimes show that you're obsessed with Paul Adelstein has been…
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If the 25th Amendment Won't Work, What if the Government Just Ignored the President for a Couple Years?
David Sanger of the New York Times joins Rosa Brooks of Georgetown Law and Kori Schake of IISS to discuss why the president's top advisors don't want their…
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Is Donald Trump More Like Henry VIII or the Night King?
On this episode, our experts Edward Luce of the Financial Times, Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University Law Center and Kori Schake of IISS reveal the secret and…
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The One In Which Kori Schake Shuts Down the Biden Campaign Before It Gets Started
It has been a busy week in foreign affairs even if you have been too glued to the Mueller Report, the White House Easter Egg roll and Game of Thrones to pay…
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Remember the Part of the Mueller Report that Was About Being Attacked by a Foreign Enemy?
No, the Mueller report was not about exoneration. No, it was not about politics. But one thing it was about at its inception was that the US had been attacked…
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Still in Deep Doo Doo: The Only Mueller Report Podcast You'll Ever Need
Sick of the Mueller Report tsunami of news and commentary? Zoning out on tepid hot takes from the usual suspects? Want to know what the Mueller Report really…
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mueller Report
We'll get some of the Mueller Report later this week. Or the Barr version of the Mueller Report. And it is certain to prove the president innocent...or guilty…
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How I Learned to Perfect My Key Lime Pie: A Conversation with Andrew Zimmern
This week on “Washington for Beautiful People,” Emily’s special guest is a chef, entrepreneur, father, teacher, author, television host and the guy who eats…
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Empty Posturing with Iran?
The US has designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization, the first time it has done so with a foreign military. Some see this as the…
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Another Fine Mess: The Country is Full But the Administration is Empty
According to the president, we have a crisis on our southern border. And we have national security threats from N. Korea to Venezuela to Iran. And yet, we…
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The Day I pledged Wine & Fries Sorority: A Conversation with Sam Vinograd and Asha Rangappa
“Washington for Beautiful People” hit the road for a very special episode taped from the campus of Yale University. CNN’s two favorite political minds Asha…
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Who Is America's Worst Ally...and Can Joe Biden Make Everything Right Again?
As we look toward 2020 will it matter that apparently the White House was handing out security clearances like candy on Halloween? Will Trump's horrible…
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Sen. Chris Murphy: From the Middle East to the Southern Border What We Need Most is New Leadershi
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut has since entering the U.S. Senate in 2013 emerged as one of its leading voices on foreign policy and, especially on the…
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That's a Pretty Putrid Pony Blanket You've Got There
According to our Kori Schake of IISS, a military term for a strategy document is a "pony blanket." On this episode we do the unthinkable and discuss our…
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Fun, Laughs, Good Times: A Conversation with Three of my Favorite Tweople
What do you get when you combine four mouthy tweople (that 's people on twitter.) You get chaos, laughter, political conversation and did I mention chaos? On…
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Jump Down the Trash Shoot Flyboy: A Brexit Update
The current leadership in the UK may or may not be the worst since the low points of Plantagenet rule. Our experts Ed Luce of the Financial Times, Kori Schake…
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Natasha Bertrand: This Is Only the End of the Beginning of the Trump-Russia Saga
Few journalists have so distinguished themselves in their coverage of the Trump-Russia investigations as has Natasha Bertrand, staff writer for the Atlantic…
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A Crappy Human Being Surrounded by Other Crappy Human Beings
Despite the pronouncements of the Trump Administration that the president has been fully exonerated (and those by his spokesperson that people who accused him…
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Did I Forget to Mention, His Dad Worked for the CIA: A Conversation with Diedrich Bader
Diedrich Bader was born in D.C, lived in Paris, Dad worked for the CIA (yup, that CIA) and he has an IMDB page that's longer than a CVS receipt. I think it's…
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Bribing Your Way into the Global Elite
In this episode of Deep State Radio, David Rothkopf remains in an undisclosed location, and Rosa Brooks -- the Mike Pence of Deep State Radio (or maybe the…
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Stay, May, or D-Day?
In this episode of Deep State Radio, David Rothkopf takes a "vacation," and Rosa Brooks steps in as hostess with the mostest. Ed Luce tell listeners that the…
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A Conversation with Entertainment Weekly Journalist Anthony Breznican
Washington for Beautiful People is where entertainment and politics meet, so who better to talk about this than Entertainment Weekly Senior Reporter Anthony…
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The One in Which Sex Spas in South Florida Are Finally Mentioned
Lurid and sleazy are everyday descriptions in Trumpworld but the world was nonetheless stunned by revelations of a South Florida madam who founded a chain of…
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Less Than Zero: A Look at the President’s Budget…and into His Mind
For a man who’s word means nothing and who never met a lie he didn’t like, it is hard to imagine how Donald Trump could produce something even more meaningless…
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Amb. Tim Roemer: Is Our Most Neglected Big Power Relationship with India? And What's Ahead for Democrats in 2020?
America and India are entering a rough patch in the relationship between the world’s two biggest democracies. Trade issues are at the center of the current…
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The Podcast that Almost Drove America's Sweetheart To Drink: A Conversation with Valerie Bertinelli
It's not often that America's Sweetheart exclaims "this conversation is going to drive me to drink." That's the sign of a fiery conversation about Trump…
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Time for a Time Out from the Saudis?
Jared Kushner is in charge of the US relations with the Saudis (among others). How's that working for us? Is he the one giving the Saudis the thumbs up that…
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Lessons of Hanoi
David Sanger was in Hanoi for the failed negotiations between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. He recommends the food, the US approaches to the negotiation not so…
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Amb. Michael McFaul: The View from a Point In US-Russia Relations No One Could Have Envisioned
Five years ago, the Russian invasion of Eastern Ukraine began. That was followed by the annexation of Crimea, US and European sanctions and, soon after, by…
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How I Met The Creator Of How I Met Your Mother: A Conversation with the very funny Craig Thomas
Craig's college fallback plan was to become a tv writer and when you're as talented and funny as he is, a TV writer is a great fallback plan. Signing with an…
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Please Stop the News! It's Too Much!
Depending on your view of history and human life, the Michael Cohen circus on television this Wednesday was the third or fourth most important story of the day…
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Are We On the Verge of Trump’s First Big Foreign Policy Win?
Sometimes the experts at Deep State Radio harbor a slight but noticeable skepticism about the foreign policy acumen of Donald Trump and the band of ignorant…
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Stephen Walt on Why Less is More in the Middle East and Where Donald Trump Has (Accidentally) Gotten It Right
Once upon a time Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer wrote a blockbuster book called "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy." Deep State Radio Host David…
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That Time My Friend Turned Out To Be A Russian Spy: A Conversation with Elena Nico
Everyone has a story to tell and Elena Nicolaou has a helluva one. For years Elena and her family were close friends with Paul Erickson and his girlfriend…
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What’s Worse Than America Failing Its Allies?
Donald Trump’s America has so alienated our traditional allies that when Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump went to the Munich Security Conference this past week…
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Traitors in Plain Sight
In America today we face the shocking reality that there are traitors at the highest level of our government selling out our country. What makes this more…
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Are We Ready for the Future of War?: A Conversation with General (Ret.) Charles Jacoby
In his 37 year career in the U.S. Army, General Charles Jacoby rose to become the commanding general of U.S. Northcom and the North American Aerospace Defense…
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Twitter's Dynamic Duo: My funny, profanity laced, insightful conversation with Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast
They're twitter's dynamic duo: he's the peanut butter to her jelly, the Mickey to her Minnie, the Batman to...you get the point. These two guests are hilarious…
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What Do Virginia's Confederate Monuments Have to do with Foreign Policy?
Virginia's leadership mess obscures deeper problems within the state...and the country. How do our flaws--from racism to anti-semitism to our corrupt current…
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What if We Were President?
What if Rosa Brooks was president? What if Kori Schake were? What about Evelyn Farkas? We live in an era of strong women candidates...what about strong women…
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Just Because Trumpworld is Batshit Crazy Doesn't Mean You Should Lose Sight of the Big Picture
In an in-depth conversation with former National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden Colin Kahl, now of Stanford University, we discuss the unsettling…
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The Best American Conspiracy: A Conversation with Brad Meltzer
What if I told you I know this guy who counts U.S. Presidents as fans, has been on the New York Times Bestseller list (many times) & created a tv show that…
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Why Is Adam Schiff Making the President So Nervous?
Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, is a soft-spoken, thoughtful man who does not at first glance seem to be the kind of…
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Rep. Ted Lieu: We are at the Beginning of a New Era in Congressional Foreign Affairs Oversight
Congressman Ted Lieu of California, is one of the smartest, hardest working members of the U.S. Congress. A member of the Democratic Leadership, Lieu, brings…
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Tales in Wagging the Dog: I'll Trade You Roger Stone for Nicolas Maduro
Roger Stone was very upset the FBI made his dog anxious when they raided his home. He also was unhappy he did not have chance to put on a nice suit before…
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Shuffle Off To The Deep State: A Funny Snarky Conversation With Asha Rangappa
You may know Asha Rangappa as the witty, brilliant legal & national security analyst that graces your television screens on CNN. But, I know her as my tap…
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Will the Government Shutdown Be the High Water Mark for the Rest of the Trump Years?
If the shutdown in Washington drags on and with it animosity between the political parties grows, will the remainder of Trump's first term be marked by…
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John McLaughlin: "Truth Power" & the Shifting Role of the Intelligence Community in the Age of Trump
For more than 30 years, John McLaughlin has been one of the most thoughtful and trusted minds in the U.S. Intelligence Community rising to be Acting Director…
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The Racist-in-Chief Marks Another Martin Luther King Day
Donald Trump has the figure and muscle tone of a baby whale but he moved through the MLK Memorial in Washington on Monday like Usain Bolt. Traveling with the…
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Hostage Musicals, Rap Names and Twitter Trolls: A Conversation with Warren Leight
After 300 rejection letters from local newspapers around the country, Warren Leight decided it was time to ditch his journalistic pursuits, and we're lucky he…
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Roomba for President 2020
Trump may be a disaster as a person and as a president. But he may also be triggering a rebirth in American political thought and a flowering of new policy…
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Well, If It Isn't a Brand New Bouncing Baby Constitutional Crisis!
We're finally getting there folks. It is not the government shutdown. It is not the hyper-politicization of everything. But thanks to Donald Trump and recent…