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American Prestige

by Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison about the United States and all the friends it's made along the way. americanprestigepod.com

Latest episodes

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Bonus - Ukraine and Modern Warfare w/ Anatol Lieven (Preview)

Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek welcome back to the program ⁠Anatol Lieven⁠, director of the Eurasia Program and Andrew Bacevich Chair in American Di

Oct 26
10 min

News - U.S. and Israel Plan Iran Strikes, Ansar Allah Hits Saudi Arabia, Mass Protests Sweep France

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Neera Tanden has not yet posted a tirade about AP, and we’re starting to take it personally. In this week’s ne

Oct 23
47 min

E271 - Muskism w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. It’s Tech Day here at AP, so Danny and Derek speak with Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at

Oct 21
1 h 16 min

Bonus - Ethiopia and Eritrea on the Brink of War w/ Mohamed Kheir Omer (Preview)

Subscribe now for the full episode. Derek welcomes back to the program Horn of Africa political analyst Mohamed Kheir Omer for a conversation about renewed fighting in E

Oct 19
10 min

News - Ethiopian Forces Near Eritrea, Israel Demolishes Southern Lebanon Towns, Two Commercial Ships Attacked Near Hormuz

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Metallica says they stay out of politics, so Danny and Derek are reassessing their approach to the show. In th

Oct 16
50 min

Trailer - Welcome to the Crusades: The Second Crusade

Pre-order now!!! Nearly 50 years after the First Crusade made major gains in the Levant, the Crusader states found that they might have bitten off more than they could c

Oct 14
1 min

E270 - The Political Power of Police Unions w/ Stuart Schrader

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek speak with historian Stuart Schrader about the history and political power of police unions in

Oct 14
57 min

Bonus - Gaza’s Gravediggers (Part 1) w/ Norman Finkelstein (Preview)

Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek speak with Norman Finkelstein about his intellectual and political journey, in part one of a conversation about his n

Oct 12
11 min

News - War Breaks Out in Tigray, Brazil Elections, Houthi/Ansar Allah Attacks Hit Saudi Airports

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Derek has returned, but he keeps trying to get Danny to go to some seminar led by a charismatic “mentor” he en

Oct 9
44 min

E269 - Palestine Three Years After October 7 w/ Rashid Khalidi

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek welcome back to the show Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies

Oct 7
1 h 05 min

Bonus - The Israel Lobby’s Influence on American Politics w/ Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick (Preview)

Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny speaks with Eli Clifton, senior advisor at the Quincy Institute, and Ian Lustick, professor of political science at the Univers

Oct 5
11 min

News - U.S.-Iran Talks Stall, Russia Nuclear Warning, Brazil Election w/ Alex Jordan

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. As Derek completes the final phase of his vision quest, Alex Jordan of the Always at War podcast fills i

Oct 2
49 min

E268 - A Modern History of Assassination w/ Simon Ball

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek welcome Simon Ball, professor of international history and politics at the University of Leeds

Sep 30
1 h 09 min

Bonus - The Struggle for Power in Libya w/ Wolfram Lacher (Preview)

Subscribe now for the full episode. Derek speaks with Wolfram Lacher, a senior associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and author of Lib

Sep 28
11 min

News - Trump-Xi Summit, Iran Offers Hormuz Deal, Drones Near NATO Military Sites w/ Alex Jordan

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. Don’t forget that AP puts out a YouTube exclusive episode and a video version of our Wednesday episode e

Sep 25
45 min

E267 - Mutiny of the College-Educated Worker w/ Noam Scheiber

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. Danny and Derek talk with Noam Scheiber, New York Times reporter and author, about the radicalization of

Sep 23
55 min

Bonus - American Politics After the 2024 Vibe Shift w/ David Wallace-Wells (Preview)

Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek speak with journalist ⁠David Wallace-Wells⁠ about the decline of the liberal order before Trump 2.0 and the current p

Sep 21
11 min

Unlocked: The War on Terror Comes to Comics w/ Spencer Ackerman

Subscribe now for all of our episodes. Spencer Ackerman, writer of the Forever Wars newsletter and author of Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America, retu

Sep 19
50 min

News - Houthis Escalate Red Sea Conflict, Pentagon Report on Iran War Costs, BRICS Summit Exposes Divisions

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. Derek has journeyed to Bolivia seeking contact with the newly discovered cat species, so Alex Jordan of

Sep 18
47 min

AP x NonZero - What’s Driving Dario? w/ Robert Wright

The AP-NonZero collaboration returns! Subscribe now to AP to get a discounted membership to NonZero. The group talks about the recent vibe shift in discourse around AI.

Sep 18
45 min

Chart trend

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#56
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#148 ▼ 13 Politics US

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TMBS (Michael Brooks Show) alums look at US International relations with wit so dry vintners use it to calibrate their instruments (seriously- if if you’re not sure there’s sarcasm in something they’ve said, there’s 120% chance it’s sarcasm- go back and find the other 20% you still missed. This podcast provides essential foreign policy analysis- all others are deficient Danny’s wrong on fascism not being able to return, tho

_OldTurk · Jun 2025

You can trust American Prestige’s hosts to interrogate the ideas and claims discussed on their show. They ask incisive questions of guests and cut to the heart of the matter. I wish all left-wing podcasts approached their subject matter with the same rigor as American Prestige.

Mas987654321 · Jun 2025

Legitimate news but also presented in an interesting often funny way by hosts I have grown to like and trust!

Joeeeeybca · Jun 2025

Fantastic weekly news updates. Deep dive historical shows and interviews provide great insight into why the world is so messed. A question for which we could all use an answer.

399 Mitch · Jun 2025

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