To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes Podcast
1) The "Wing Nut" Rise to Power
On today’s episode, Charlie welcomes author, journalist, political commentator and former Congressional candidate, John Avlon. The two discuss the stark contrast between the decorum of past presidents...Show More
2) “I Phoned Donald Trump. He Answered...”
Ed Luce from the Financial Times joins Charlie to discuss his recent phone call with the president, Trump's obsession with the British Prime Minister, and whether the US is opening another front&...Show More
3) Trumpology and the Iran Quagmire
Trying to make sense of Trump's incoherent approach to war and peace with the New Yorker's Susan Glasser, one of the nation's foremost Trumpologists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...Show More
4) Iran War: It’s Not Just the Economy, Stupid
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5) Trump’s Iran FUBAR
Molly Jong-Fast, host of the Fast Politics podcast and a contributing NYT Opinion writer, joins Charlie to discuss the miscalculations of the Iran war, the newly-streamable docu-bribe Melania, and Tru...Show More
6) The "Crude" Economic Reality of War in Iran
Author and Senior Editor of Arc Digital, Nicholas Grossman, joins Charlie to discuss the White House's "hype videos" concerning the War in Iran, the economic consequences of the conflict and how the S...Show More
7) All the Things That Didn’t Get Noem Fired (But Should Have)
In this solo episode, Charlie is recapping the long awaited firing of Homeland Security Secretary. He also answers the questions you sent us on a wide range of current issues. Hosted on Acast. See aca...Show More
8) The Government Can’t Keep Its War Story Straight
Josh Barro, co-host of Central Air and author of the Very Serious Substack, joins Charlie to discuss a wide range of political news: the Iran war, the Texas primaries, Anthropic, and Trump’s tariff ob...Show More
9) Trump’s War of Choice
The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum joins Charlie to try to figure out why we're at war with Iran. Is it about Trump's friends and business partners in Gulf states and Israel? Was Iran a long-term obsession...Show More
10) Trump and the Death of Shame
The Atlantic writer, Tom Nichols, joins Charlie to discuss the rise of extremist ideologies within the Republican Party, the Epstein files, and whether we're going to war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...Show More