The American Compass Podcast
Our mission is to restore an economic consensus that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nation’s liberty and prosperity. The American Compass Podcast features conversations on a wide variety of policy issues aimed at helping policymakers and the broader public navigate the most pressing issues that will define the future of the conservative movement in America.
Episodes
115 episodes
How the Media Lost Its Way with Mark Halperin
How has the American media gone from the days of Walter Cronkite to open hostility toward the president and his party?Mark Halperin, editor-in-chief of 2Way and host of the new prog...
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The Myths Behind Free Trade with Mark DiPlacido
If you’ve spent time on social media or watched cable news recently, you’ve almost certainly encountered some of globalization’s staunchest defenders, trotting out their favorite arguments against tariffs.On today’s episode, Mark DiPl...
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The Global Tariff with Rep. Jared Golden
The congressman who introduced the bill to implement President Trump’s 10% global tariff wasn’t a member of his own party, but a conservative Democrat from a Trump-won district in Maine.Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME), the sponsor...
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Our Manhood Crisis with Amber Lapp
For decades, American men have been in crisis. Globalization has caused millions of jobs to disappear, divorce rates have increased, life expectancy has decreased, and deaths of despair have skyrocketed in many working-class communities....
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After the Factories Left with David Autor
The “China Shock”—triggered by the country’s entry into the World Trade Organization—devastated America’s heartland, causing a sudden exodus of manufacturing jobs and disrupting the communities that depended on them. Promoters of globalization ...
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Abundance, Left and Right with Ezra Klein
The “abundance agenda” has taken the policy world by storm recently, led by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, who advocate for prioritizing the supply side and removing barriers to building our productive capacity.This week, E...
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A Unitary Executive with Jack Goldsmith
As outside groups continuously file lawsuits to slow down the Trump administration’s agenda, many Americans are wondering: how much power does the president rightfully have?Jack Goldsmith, Harvard Law professor and co-author of th...
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The Transatlantic New Right with Michael Gove
America isn’t the only place where the political Right is beginning to move in a new direction.On this episode, Michael Gove, the legendary former Conservative UK MP and cabinet secretary and current editor of the Spectator
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What the AI Debate Gets Wrong with Colin Kahl
Every app on your phone brags about being “AI-powered.” Policymakers and pundits predict that the technology will soon dominate every aspect of life. But what’s actually happening with AI, and what can America do to “win” the global race to act...
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Averting White House Crises with Karl Zinsmeister
Remember when the student loan market melted down during the George W. Bush administration? No? That’s because Karl Zinsmeister, Bush’s chief domestic policy advisor, kept it from happening. Every administration encounters this kind of n...
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No Tax Cut Is Free with Oren Cass and Chris Griswold
On a special, tax-focused episode of the Talkin’ (Policy) Shop, chief economist Oren Cass and policy director Chris Griswold join guest host Drew Holden to talk about the brewing fight on Capitol Hill about taxes.The...
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The Sports-Betting Addiction with Jude Russo
Just in time for the Super Bowl, Jude Russo, managing editor at the American Conservative joins Oren to discuss the proliferation of online sports betting and the harm done by the technology.The two discuss the damaging c...
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The Truth About Pro-Life Laws with Leah Sargeant
On this episode, Leah Sargeant, author of Other Feminisms, joins to debunk claims blaming pro-life state laws for the death of expecting mothers in the wake of the Dobbs <...
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A Remote-Work 'Baby Boom' with Patrick T. Brown
On this episode, Ethics and Public Policy Center fellow Patrick T. Brown joins guest host and American Compass managing editor Drew Holden to discuss how COVID's remote-work baptism-by-fire led to a surprising boom in babies born ...
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The Travel Sports Dilemma with Michael Brendan Dougherty
Why would any sane parent subject themselves to the high costs and grueling hours of travel sports teams for their kids?In this episode, Michael Brendan Dougherty, senior writer at National Review, joins to discuss his fe...
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What Will Trump’s New Economic Policy Look Like? Part 2
President-elect Trump campaigned on a fresh economic platform prioritizing ordinary Americans, departing considerably from the Old Guard Republican Party that came before him. But how much of that innovative thinking will actually become policy...
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What Will Trump's New Economic Policy Look Like? Part 1
President-elect Trump campaigned on a fresh economic platform prioritizing ordinary Americans, departing considerably from the Old Guard Republican Party that came before him. But how much of that innovative thinking will actually become policy...
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The New Right's New Home with Helen Andrews
Every political movement needs a home for its ideas. Commonplace is the answer for today’s right-of-center.On this episode, Helen Andrews, our new features editor, joins Oren to discuss the forthcoming launch of Comm...
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The Case for Tariffs with Sen. Phil Gramm
Has the devotion to unbridled free markets in recent decades benefited or harmed the United States? Earlier this month, Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) and Oren Cass sat down for a live, wide-ranging discussion of the unintended consequ...
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Checking Corporate Power with FTC Chair Lina Khan
On this episode, Oren is joined by FTC Chair Lina Khan for a wide-ranging conversation about competition, antitrust, and why the lack of strong enforcement hurts American consumers, small businesses, and our politics.The two talk...
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What DOGE Could Do with Santi Ruiz
On this episode, Institute for Progress senior editor Santi Ruiz joins Oren to talk about government efficiency, state capacity, and what President-elect Trump's focus on revitalizing the way government works could hope to accomplish in ...
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The Collapse of Parenting with Dr. Leonard Sax
On this episode, physician, psychologist, and best-selling author Dr. Leonard Sax joins Oren to talk about the disastrous state of modern parenting, and how to pull a generation of young people back from the brink.The two walk th...
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Trump's Return Agenda with Duncan Braid
On this episode, coalition director Duncan Braid joins Oren to discuss American Compass's Back to Work agenda, which provides a comprehensive set of executive actions that ...
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