Best Life Admin Life Hacks Podcasts (2025)

Join Samantha and guest Laura Field, author of the new book *Furious Minds*, as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln to Project 2025. How did highly online right-wing weirdos become "the brain trust and influencer arm" of the Republican Party? What sects and factions are operating beneath the surfa…

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Outside Lands San Francisco: 583: Short Stack No. 20 49:36

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Nicole and Rebekah return for another Short Stack to break down the big news about the Cliff House donation and revisit some moments from the recent WNP Family Dinner at Celia’s by the Beach.By nicole @ outsidelands.org

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NPR News Now: NPR News: 11-16-2025 3PM EST 4:40

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NPR News Now: NPR News: 11-16-2025 2PM EST 4:40

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The Daily: Sunday Special: A Sea of Streaming Docs 50:11

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There was once a time when documentaries could be found only on public television or in art-house cinemas. But today, documentaries are more popular and accessible than ever, with streaming services serving up true crime, celebrity documentaries, music documentaries and so much more. On today’s Sunday Special, Gilbert is joined by The New York Time…

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The Nation Podcasts: Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire w/ Van Jackson | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 41:05

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The scandal around Jeffrey Epstein, who trafficked and abused children and died in a prison cell in 2019, has never gone away. It continues to explode now that House Democrats have released thousands of emails from Epstein and his cronies. But while the political class and mainstream media are understandably focused on the sex scandal, another dime…

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The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer: Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire w/ Van Jackson 41:05

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The scandal around Jeffrey Epstein, who trafficked and abused children and died in a prison cell in 2019, has never gone away. It continues to explode now that House Democrats have released thousands of emails from Epstein and his cronies. But while the political class and mainstream media are understandably focused on the sex scandal, another dime…

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Otherppl with Brad Listi: 1005. Jessica Gross 1:30:05

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Jessica Gross is the author of the novel Open Wide, available from Abrams Press. It is the official November pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Gross is the author of Hysteria (2020), which Publishers Weekly declared "every bit a page-turner as it is a descent into sexual madness." Hysteria has been optioned for TV development, and Open Wide for film …

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In Moscow's Shadows: In Moscow's Shadows 224: In Helsinki's (and Kyiv's) Shadows 44:52

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From where's Lavrov to whether it's time for Europe to speak to Putin directly, some questions with wider significance raised during my recent hectic trip to Finland. And, in the second half, how should we think about the likely fall of Pokrovsk and what to make of Ukraine's Midas Case corruption scandal -- and how it's being covered in Russia? The…

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This Week in Virology: TWiV 1271: Hokies go viral II 1:19:00

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Vincent visits Virginia Tech for the CeZAP Symposium and speaks with XJ Meng and Kylene Kehn-Hall about their research on hepatitis E virus and Rift Valley fever virus. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: XJ Meng and Kylene Kehn-Hall Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education …

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Letters from an American: November 14, 2025 10:48

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4930: Visions Of Hemispheric Defense And What That Means With Venezuela

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4929: The Islamification Of The US And The West

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Episode 4929: The Islamification Of The US And The WestBy WarRoom.org

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The Gist: David Ignatius on Space Wars, Skepticism, and His Father's Legacy 30:31

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Mike Pesca revisits his conversation with Washington Post columnist and novelist David Ignatius, recorded before the recent passing of Ignatius's father, former Navy Secretary Paul Ignatius. They discuss the future of warfare in space, why the U.S. Space Force deserves more credit than it gets, and how a century of Pentagon experience shaped a life…

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Wisdom of Crowds: Shadi Hamid on the Case for America 1:05:22

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This week’s episode is a live recording of Wisdom of Crowds, where we celebrated a very special occasion: the publication of Shadi Hamid’s new book, The Case for American Power. The book is a soul-searching study about American power as a force for good in the world, and it combines memoir and foreign policy analysis. Shadi’s thesis is that if we w…

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The Nation Podcasts: Setting the House on Fire: Lauren Michele Jackson on Nettie Jones’ Fish Tales | Reading Writers 56:27

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This week, Jo discovers the seminal elegance of Sylvia Wynter’s Black Metamorphosis: New Natives in a New World, while Charlotte considers how well she would fare if she traveled back in time to the era of Alexander the Great, as depicted in Mary Renault’s The Persian Boy. Then, the dazzling Lauren Michele Jackson joins to discuss the chaotic, thri…

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Macro N Cheese: Ep 354 - The Fed As a Weapon of Class Power with L. Randall Wray 55:39

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Randy: “We’re supposed to believe the central bank manages inflation by using interest rates?" Steve: “It’s ridiculous.” L. Randall Wray, one of the original MMT economists, recently wrote a paper with Yeva Nersisyan entitled, No, the Fed is NOT Independent – It is a Creature of Congress. Steve invited Randy for a conversation about how the Federal…

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The Good Fight: William MacAskill on Effective Altruism 1:26:59

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Yascha Mounk and William MacAskill also discuss artificial intelligence. William MacAskill is a moral philosopher and cofounder of the effective altruism movement. He's the author of Doing Good Better and What We Owe the Future. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Forethought Research and works on preparing society for rapid AI-driven technological c…

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The Daily: 'The Interview': Tina Brown on Epstein, the Über-Rich and Her Most Burning Resentments 48:38

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The longtime editor and chronicler of the elite says she’s liberated and is letting it rip. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New Yor…

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The Nation Podcasts: (Solar) Power to the People with Elizabeth Yeampierre | A People's Climate 25:09

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In this episode of A People’s Climate, host Shilpi Chhotray sits down with Elizabeth Yeampierre, veteran organizer and executive director of UPROSE, Brooklyn’s oldest Latino community-based organization, to explore how frontline communities are taking climate action into their own hands. In a capitalist world that prioritizes bigger, faster, and mo…

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Odd Lots: Citi's Dirk Willer on How You Know When the Bubble Is Over 39:52

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According to Dirk Willer, the Global Head of Macro Strategy at Citigroup, we are definitely in bubble territory. Per his research, the stock market has been in a bubble since May. Unlike many people, whose definitions of bubbles are a bit more vague or a bit more based on sentiment, Dirk's work focuses on precise timing and price indicators that di…

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts: He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm 1:20:20

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Dahlia Lithwick welcomes retired federal judge Mark Wolf for his first ever podcast interview. The Reagan-appointed jurist made headlines last week with his searing indictment of the threat posed to the rule of law and democracy by the current administration. Judge Wolf opens up about his decision to leave the bench after decades of public service …

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This Week in Virology: TWiV 1270: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin 50:56

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello record from the ASTMH meeting in Toronto and discuss continuing avian flu outbreaks, the continued global measles outbreak, the effectiveness of high and low doses of the influenza vaccine before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza an…

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The Bitchuation Room: Bubba and Trump Sitting in The Epstein Files w/ Emma Vigeland (Ep 307) 1:47:37

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Does Putin have photos of Trump fellating Bill Clinton? Cause… we never want to see them. This week has been a wild political whiplash from the cowardly Democrats to new kompromat, this week has been political whiplash. Luckily Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report joined Francesca to talk about it all --- 'cuz the shutdown may be over, but the ling…

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Letters from an American: November 13, 2025 10:51

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4928: Georgia Appoints A New Attorney Against Trump; Wagging The Dog With Venezuela

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Episode 4928: Georgia Appoints A New Attorney Against Trump; Wagging The Dog With VenezuelaBy WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: WarRoom Battleground EP 892: The Crisis In The Catholic Church And The Harm Of Uncontrolled Colonial-Era-Inspired Legal Migration

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The Naked Pravda: Elena Kostyuchenko explains why E.U. multiple-entry visas were so crucial for Russian dissidents and journalists 32:18

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More than 500,000 Russians were granted visas to the European Union’s Schengen zone in 2024 — nearly half of which allow for multiple entry over many years. The visitor numbers are down by 90 percent compared with pre-pandemic 2019, but half a million people still isn’t nothing. And it’s about to seem astronomical, following a recent decision by th…

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The Gist: Katie Herzog Is the Kind of Person Who Googles Recidivism Rates in an AA Meeting 32:44

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Katie Herzog breaks down Drink Your Way Sober: The Science-Based Method to Break Free from Alcohol and how naltrexone—used through the Sinclair Method—let her "drink" her way out of addiction after years of half-hearted AA attempts. She explains why rock bottom kept moving, why abstinence felt impossible, and how targeted medication can disrupt the…

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Big Technology Podcast: Inside The AI Bubble: Debt, Depreciation, and Losses — With Gil Luria 1:01:28

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Gil Luria is the head of technology research at D.A. Davidson. Luria joins Big Technology Podcast for a special Friday edition special report digging into the AI bubble, or whatever term you'd like to use for the questionable investment decisions in AI today. We cover all the bad stuff: debt, depreciation, and losses. We talk about Michael Burry's …

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The Bulwark Podcast: David Frum: This Is Shame-Faced Trump 57:49

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Our commander-in-chief and breaker of mores can only muster the energy to beg Republicans to stop talking about Epstein. Where is the blustery guy who's declared that only suckers pay taxes and that he could shoot anyone on 5th Avenue? Because of the lame duck smell he's giving off—and the economic problems Trump himself brought on—he's not getting…

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The Majority Report with Sam Seder: 3625 - Shut Down Ends, Epstein Barrage Begins; Republican Dummymander w/ Heather 'Digby' Parton 1:35:16

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It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On today's program: More Epstein emails continue to surface, and they're becoming a growing problem for Donald Trump. Pundits are working overtime to run interference. In 2018, Megyn Kelly said on NBC that there's no such thing as consent for anyone under 18. But now that this standard is inconvenient for T…

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4927: Is Israel Seeking Sovereignty; MAGA Far From Dead

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Episode 4927: Is Israel Seeking Sovereignty; MAGA Far From DeadBy WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4926: Fighting For Everyday Americans; Sleepwalking Into 2026

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Episode 4926: Fighting For Everyday Americans; Sleepwalking Into 2026By WarRoom.org

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War on the Rocks: Is Strategy Possible Now? Ever? 1:03:29

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The American president has a ... different approach to strategy than his predecessors. To make sense of the extent American strategy can work and is working at the moment, Ryan was joined by Frank Hoffman, Justin Logan (Cato Institute), and Rebecca Friedman Lissner (Council on Foreign Relations). Join for the brilliant minds. Stay for the spicy tak…

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The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan: Fiona Hill On Putin's War And Populism 52:29

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Fiona was an intel analyst under Bush and Obama, and then served under Trump as senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council. Currently a senior fellow at Brookings and the chancellor of Durham University, her books include…

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Changelog: Retreat to attack 1:44:16

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Do you like director’s commentaries and extended cuts? This episode is like that, but for this week’s News. We go deep on the alive internet theory, Meshtastic mesh networks, Zstandard compression, the FDE job explosion, React’s seemingly perpetual dominance, and more. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 8 minutes on this episode because t…

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11/14/25: MSM IGNORES Israel in Epstein, Groypers Occupy Trump Admin?, Mass AI Hack REVEALED 1:20:30

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To see the 2nd of the Friday show become a member: https://breakingpoints.locals.com/support On today's show the team breaks down mainstream media's focus on Epstein's sex trafficking while avoiding mention of his alleged occupation as an asset for Israel, Emily looks at how many "Groypers" occupy the Trump administration, a massive first of its ki…

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar: 11/14/25: MSM IGNORES Israel in Epstein, Groypers Occupy Trump Admin?, Mass AI Hack REVEALED 1:20:30

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To see the 2nd of the Friday show become a member: https://breakingpoints.locals.com/support On today's show the team breaks down mainstream media's focus on Epstein's sex trafficking while avoiding mention of his alleged occupation as an asset for Israel, Emily looks at how many "Groypers" occupy the Trump administration, a massive first of its ki…

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Bell Curve: Revenue Meta, RWA Looping & Uniswap Fee Switch | Roundup 51:12

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This week, we break down the violent selloff across equities and crypto, how real revenue, institutional capital, and RWA-looping are reshaping which assets survive. We also discuss the rise of institutional lending markets, Uniswap’s long-awaited fee switch proposal, and why retail-driven tokenomics are dead while fundamentals and sustainable busi…

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Money Stuff: The Podcast: Mouth Noises: 50y, ISS, HF 31:39

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Katie and Matt discuss ASMR, 50-year mortgages, Fannie and Freddie, housing as a positional good, indentured servitude, assumable and/or portable mortgages, Matt’s mortgage rate, optimal exercise of prepayment options, proxy adviser competition, shareholder proposals, good governance, index fund voting, hedge fund talent constraints, gardening leav…

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The Nation Podcasts: Thailand–Cambodia Ceasefire Breaks Down, U.S. Escalates Military Presence Around Venezuela, Gaza Ceasefire Framework Stalls w/ Nathaniel Powell | American Prestige 54:59

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our content! Danny and Derek are vigorously programmed to bring you the news headlines. This week: the Thai-Cambodia ceasefire breaks down as border fire and incidents escalate (0:30); in Gaza, Trump’s framework stalls while governments debate the shape and purpose of an international security force (4:2…

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Future of Life Institute Podcast: We're Not Ready for AGI (with Will MacAskill) 2:03:08

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William MacAskill is a senior research fellow at Forethought. He joins the podcast to discuss his Better Futures essay series. We explore moral error risks, AI character design, space governance, and persistent path dependence. The conversation also covers risk-averse AI systems, moral trade between value systems, and improving model specifications…

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Jacobin Radio: Dig: Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos 2:34:13

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Featuring Thea Riofrancos on Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. The green energy transition requires a vast array of inputs: copper, cobalt, rare earth elements, and the focus of this discussion, lithium — all of which must be mined from the earth. This is a wide-ranging discussion stretching from Chile to Nevada, and from the dawn of c…

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The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens: 11 Discoveries That Changed My Worldview | Frankly 113 37:41

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In this episode, Nate weaves personal reflections into an exploration of the human predicament, unpacking a series of chronological insights that have reshaped his worldview. What began years ago as an investigation into oil has morphed into a deep lifelong journey into the complex web of energy, psychology, evolution, and systems that drive today'…

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Hard Fork: Data Centers in Space + A.I. Policy on the Right + A Gemini History Mystery 1:11:30

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This week, we talk about Google’s new plan to build data centers in space. Then, we’re joined by Dean Ball, a former adviser at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Ball worked on the Trump administration’s A.I. Action Plan, and he shares his inside view on how those policies came together. Finally, Professor Mark Humphries join…

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The Bay Blend: Friday, November 14, 2025: Your local weekend event roundup + Clearwater's Manatee Rehab Center is back up and running! 7:26

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We’re talking holiday wonderland, a community fun run, and a disco show on today’s weekend event roundup. You’ll hear the latest from Malaika Hollist from Arts Axis Florida, but before that, let's get to the news. Website: https://www.wusf.org Sign up for our daily newsletter: https://www.wusf.org/wakeupcall-newsletter Follow us on social media: Fa…

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The New Bazaar: Lessons of the Rare Earths Showdown 58:51

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How can the United States make its economy more resilient not just to future economic shocks but the threat of such shocks from its geopolitical rivals? Arnab Datta has spent years working on this very question. In the immediate aftermath of the recent rare earths showdown between America and China, Datta and his colleagues at the Institute for Pro…