Times Like These with Charles Lane
Host Charles Lane of the Washington Post welcomes a distinguished guest twice a month to discuss politics, law, history, and foreign affairs.
We found 10 episodes of Times Like These with Charles Lane with the tag “history”.
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Episode 6: Kori Schake on Confederate Names and Military Bases
July 20th, 2022 | 33 mins 11 secs
history, law, politics
AEI's Kori Schake discusses the Jim Crow-era naming of military bases after Confederate leaders and the Congressional Naming Commission's inclusive approach to renaming federal entities.
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Episode 5: Jeh Johnson on public safety
July 7th, 2022 | 27 mins 55 secs
history, law, politics
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson discusses public safety and border security, and the importance of these issues for political candidates.
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Episode 4: Michael J. Abramowitz on the future of democracy
June 21st, 2022 | 34 mins 16 secs
history, law, politics
Michael Abramowitz joins Charles Lane to reflect on the disappointed expectations for democratic transition after 1989, and our complacent forgetfulness that democracy is something that must be struggled over continuously.
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Episode 3: Maya MacGuineas on fiscal responsibility
June 7th, 2022 | 30 mins 7 secs
history, law, politics
Is fiscal responsibility coming back into style? Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, joins Charles Lane to discuss how that reversal may yet come to pass after years of fiscal recklessness by both parties.
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Episode 2: Ruy Teixeira on the American electorate
June 1st, 2022 | 36 mins 7 secs
history, law, politics
Is the Democratic Party still the party of the White and non-White working class? Ruy Teixeira of the Center for American Progress joins host Charles Lane to assess the party’s strategic positioning today.
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Episode 1: Governor Chris Sununu on American politics
May 19th, 2022 | 27 mins 8 secs
history, law, politics
As America gears up for a midterm election in the midst of hardening partisan lines and the ongoing war in Ukraine, what are the prospects of the American political future? For the inaugural episode of the new American Purpose podcast “Times Like These with Charles Lane,” the 82nd governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu, joins host Charles Lane to discuss matters both foreign and domestic.