The New Liberal Podcast dives into the deep end of policy, politics and identity and hosts the economists, academics, industry leaders, thinkers and politicians whose ideas are shaping society.
New Liberal Mailbag #11
41 mins; March 31, 2026
Do Democrats have a 'Slopulism' problem? ft. Ben Ritz
39 mins; March 28, 2026
A New Plan for DC ft. Kenyan McDuffie
61 hours 32 mins; March 20, 2026
Trump Starts a War With Iran - What's Next?
59 mins; March 04, 2026
The Right Kind of Inclusivity
34 mins; February 28, 2026
The Science of Second Chances ft. Jennifer Doleac
56 mins; February 23, 2026
Are Immigrants Draining Our Resources? ft. David Bier
41 mins; February 19, 2026
How do swing voters think? ft. Sarah Longwell
40 mins; February 13, 2026
Putting Parents over Platforms ft. Rep. Jake Auchincloss
42 mins; January 30, 2026
How to Resist ICE ft. Will Stancil
44 mins; January 19, 2026
How should Democrats talk about ICE? ft. Matt Yglesias
63 hours 59 mins; January 16, 2026
How should we think about Venezuela? ft. Frank Fukuyama
46 mins; January 05, 2026
The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2025, Part 2
72 hours 17 mins; January 01, 2026
Deciding to Win ft. Simon Bazelon
48 mins; December 22, 2025
Trump's plan for Ukraine ft. Tamar Jacoby
53 mins; December 02, 2025
The Turnaround in New Orleans's schools ft. David Osborne
50 mins; November 14, 2025
Did the Internet cause global populism? A live recording with Francis Fukuyama
37 mins; October 27, 2025
Voting to Build More Housing in New York ft. Alec Schierenbeck
45 mins; October 25, 2025
Healthcare and Shutdowns ft. Congressman Ritchie Torres
29 mins; October 14, 2025
The Right Wing Media Takeover ft. Matt Gertz
44 mins; October 10, 2025
Is Free Speech Under Threat in America? ft. Sarah McLaughlin
50 mins; October 02, 2025
Authoritarians in the Academy ft. Sarah McLaughlin
47 mins; September 29, 2025
The Rise of Political Violence in America
39 mins; September 11, 2025
Building America Faster ft. Congressman Josh Harder
34 mins; September 04, 2025
The Race to the 2026 Midterms ft. Dave Weigel
58 mins; August 22, 2025
Saving Social Security ft. Ben Ritz
39 mins; August 14, 2025
Keeping America's Auto Industry Running ft. Adam Ozimek
39 mins; August 12, 2025
Why do we need an independent Fed?
83 hours 50 mins; July 30, 2025
Is Algospeak Inevitable? ft. Adam Aleksic
52 mins; July 23, 2025
Building Excellent Schools ft. Jack Despain Zhou
63 hours 0 mins; July 15, 2025
Trump's Big Bill and Your Energy Bill ft. Elan Sykes
35 mins; July 05, 2025
Breaking Down the Big Beautiful Bill ft. Jason Furman & Ben Ritz
52 mins; June 18, 2025
What We Fight About When We Fight About Abundance
55 mins; June 12, 2025
Russia's Indoctrination Machine ft. Ian Garner
54 mins; May 31, 2025
Should we pay kidney donors? ft. Elaine Perlman
47 mins; May 22, 2025
Making Immigration Popular ft. Alexander Kustov
58 mins; May 13, 2025
What should we do about the rise of sports betting? ft. Isaac Rose Berman
53 mins; April 22, 2025
Decoding Canada's Election ft. J.J. McCullough
57 mins; April 17, 2025
The Tragedy of Tariffs
53 mins; April 09, 2025
Are we sleepwalking into a budget crisis? ft. Jessica Riedl and Ben Ritz
44 mins; April 02, 2025
Saving Medicaid ft. Congressman Ritchie Torres
29 mins; March 28, 2025
Why Class Matters ft. Richard Kahlenberg
53 mins; March 25, 2025
Creating Abundance ft. Derek Thompson
60 hours 48 mins; March 18, 2025
A Pragmatic Energy Policy ft. Elan Sykes
44 mins; February 27, 2025
Why Nothing Works ft. Marc Dunkelman
57 mins; February 18, 2025
What's the deal with DOGE?
63 hours 12 mins; February 12, 2025
Why Young Men Moved Right ft. Richard Reeves
57 mins; February 04, 2025
Winning the Working Class ft. Will Marshall
59 mins; January 14, 2025
The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2024, pt 2
72 hours 14 mins; January 08, 2025
The Future of Substack ft. Hamish McKenzie
55 mins; December 16, 2024
Making Government More Effective ft. Jennifer Pahlka
64 hours 26 mins; December 03, 2024
How Democrats Win ft. Congressman Ritchie Torres
27 mins; November 26, 2024
Can Antitrust help fix our broken politics? ft. Diana Moss
59 mins; November 21, 2024
A 2024 Post-Election Breakdown
51 mins; November 11, 2024
The congressional district that could swing the election ft. Denise Powell
38 mins; October 30, 2024
Modeling the 2024 Race ft. Lakshya Jain
58 mins; October 25, 2024
A Better Climate Activism ft. Matt Yglesias
66 hours 3 mins; October 15, 2024
The Center Must Hold ft. Yair Zivan
51 mins; September 30, 2024
Where's my Self-Driving Car? ft. Timothy Lee
58 mins; September 24, 2024
Why Conservatives Demonize Immigrants
38 mins; September 19, 2024
The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2024, pt 1
78 hours 50 mins; September 13, 2024
Liberalism in the Democratic Party ft. Project Liberal
76 hours 46 mins; August 31, 2024
On The Edge ft. Nate Silver
52 mins; August 12, 2024
Should America have more babies? ft. Lyman Stone
77 hours 21 mins; August 08, 2024
A Pragmatic Liberal Budget ft. Ben Ritz & Laura Duffy
59 mins; July 26, 2024
How Lobbying took over DC ft. Brody Mullins
53 mins; July 25, 2024
It's Kamala Time ft. Matti Miranda
52 mins; July 22, 2024
The Purpose of Liberalism
28 mins; July 16, 2024
Breaking down Labour's Landslide ft. Claire Ainsley
50 mins; July 08, 2024
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex ft. Jonathan Ireland
59 mins; June 20, 2024
The Politics of Fashion ft. Derek Guy
59 mins; June 12, 2024
The Tour to Save Democracy ft. Sam Schwartz and Maya Luna
49 mins; June 05, 2024
Green Energy, Wires, and Housing ft. Rep. Scott Peters
55 mins; May 31, 2024
Fixing New York's Housing Crisis with Councilmember Erik Bottcher
47 mins; May 16, 2024
A new Chief Neoliberal Shill ft. Joey Politano
59 mins; May 08, 2024
Liberalism in India ft. Gurcharan Das
66 hours 30 mins; April 30, 2024
America, China, and TikTok ft. James Palmer
51 mins; April 22, 2024
Should we ban kids from social media? ft. Shoshana Weissmann
56 mins; April 18, 2024
Will North Carolina Flip in 2024? ft. Blair Reeves
57 mins; March 31, 2024
How Abortion Impacts the 2024 Election ft. Grace Panetta
49 mins; March 26, 2024
Should Puerto Rico be a state? ft. George Laws Garcia
63 hours 0 mins; March 12, 2024
Everyone Hates TicketMaster ft. Diana Moss
46 mins; February 29, 2024
The UK's Housing Crisis ft. Freddie Poser
52 mins; February 26, 2024
Is GOP Dysfunction Harming Global Liberalism? ft. Francis Fukuyama
59 mins; February 15, 2024
Bonus episode unlocked! Does Bidenomics Work? ft. Ed Gresser
55 mins; January 28, 2024
How Labour got its groove back ft. Claire Ainsley
55 mins; January 23, 2024
The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2023
60 hours 29 mins; January 15, 2024
New Liberal Mailbag #10
53 mins; January 08, 2024
Why Dems win in Colorado ft. Sarah Andrews
48 mins; December 28, 2023
Are your points in danger? ft. Brian Kelly, The Points Guy
46 mins; December 14, 2023
Why is the public down on the economy? ft. Will Stancil
62 hours 31 mins; December 08, 2023
Should Joe Biden drop out? ft. Nate Silver
49 mins; November 27, 2023
The Integralist Right ft. Kevin Vallier
53 mins; November 16, 2023
Saving 25 million lives ft. Mark Dybul
57 mins; November 10, 2023
Fixing the Opioid Crisis ft. Rep. Brittany Pettersen
33 mins; October 31, 2023
Should you doom about the climate? ft. Jessica Weinkle & Alex Trembath
53 mins; October 29, 2023
Getting the border under control ft. Alex Nowrasteh
50 mins; October 24, 2023
Congressional Chaos - McCarthy's out, now what? ft. Eric Garcia