Neon Liberalism

How Taylor Sheridan's Fever Dreams Explain MAGA Foreign Policy (with SecDef Rock)

Samantha and the pseudonymous commentator Secretary of Defense Rock talk "Lioness," "Sicario," and the broader Taylor Sheridan-verse as a Rosetta stone for untangling rig

How the Court Built Trump's Imperial Presidency (with Josh Chafetz)

Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Josh Chafetz, professor at Georgetown Law, discuss how Supreme Court rulings around the "legislative veto" laid the groundwork for expanded e

The Moral Case for Dynamism (with Sonja Trauss)

Samantha is joined by Sonja Trauss, president and founder of YIMBY Law, to discuss the state of the housing movement. They discuss the tension between articulating a radi

Red in Tooth and Claw

Samantha Hancox-Li talks about the return of international competition in our increasingly unsettled age. In historical perspective, far from being an alien imposition on

Sovereign Citizens with Badges? (with Jessica Pishko)

So-called "constitutional sheriffs" are spreading across the country, declaring that they have the right to nullify federal law based on their interpretation of the Const

Gender and Gender Anxiety (with Katherine Cross)

So much of our politics today is driven by gender, from Graham Platner's rise and fall to Pete Hegseth's testosterone testing to various anti-trans crusades. Samantha and

Is the Lock Box Empty? (with Stephen Nuñez)

The American government is an insurance company with an army--so how do our insurance company's finances look? Samantha and guest Stephen Nuñez, Director of Stratificatio

The Power of Christian Nationalism (with Allyson Shortle)

Samantha and guest Allyson Shortle, professor at the University of Oklahoma, talk about the current state and long history of the movement which forms the hard core of Do

What Was Neoliberalism? (with Nick Hanauer)

"Neoliberalism" has become a epithet applied to almost everything.  And yet it represented a real political movement, one captured governance in America for decades.  J

The Supreme Court Is Broken (with Madiba Dennie)

The Supreme Court has never occupied a more central place in American governance.  Republican dominance on that court has enabled them to push through much of their agend

Governance After Neoliberalism (with Rey Fuentes)

Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Rey Fuentes, Director at the Roosevelt Institute, discuss the Democratic "ideas primary." Roosevelt's new "Good Life Agenda," a package of go

Would a Land Value Tax Fix That? (with Christopher England)

Samantha and guest Christopher England, author of Land and Liberty, talk the legacy of Henry George and his most famous proposal: the land value tax. They put George in h

The Democratization of Air Power (with Secretary of Defense Rock)

Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Secretary of Defense Rock talk the state of modern war: the proliferation of drones, the endurance of the human factor, Ukraine's successful

After America, Nothing (with Nicholas Grossman)

Join Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Nicholas Grossman, professor of political science at the University of Illinois, as they discuss the damage Trump is doing to the Pax Am

The Constitutional Crisis Is Here (with Robert Tracinski)

Join Samantha and Robert Tracinski, currently running for Congress in Virginia's fifth district, as they talk about the danger Donald Trump's corruption and lawlessness p

Against Slopulism, For Taxes? (with Elizabeth Wilkins)

Samantha is joined by Elizabeth Wilkins, president of the Roosevelt Institute, to discuss the economic debate that's roiling the Democratic Party--whether to lean in to R

Measuring the Vibecession (with Matt Darling)

Measuring the Vibecession (with Matt Darling) Samantha is joined by Matt Darling to discuss the state of the economy. Macroeconomic indicators are good, but the vibes a

What Next, Democrats? (with Bethany Andres-Beck)

Samantha interviews Bethany Andres-Beck, running in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District. They talk about the spiritual crisis in the Demo

Vote the Fascists Out (with Greg Sargent)

Why did JD Vance personally campaign for the former Hungarian prime minister, Victor Orban? Why did his comprehensive defeat by a former member of his own party, Peter Ma

Trump's Trade Con (with Joey Politano)

On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump announced "Liberation Day" tariffs which, according to him, would fix the trade deficit and bring American manufacturing roaring back. On