The American Compass Podcast

Subscribe to the podcast on Substack

Jan 9, 2026How to Rebuild American Industry with Mike SchmidtWhat the CHIPS Act reveals about the limits—and possibilities—of modern industrial policy.Dec 23, 2025Is Venezuela the Return of Regime Change? with Michael Brendan DoughertyHow Washington’s pressure campaign fits into a larger pattern of uncertainty in current U.S. policy Dec 19, 2025Policing Monopolies with Gail SlaterHow the New Right is rethinking antitrust after decades of libertarian influence and market consolidation Dec 12, 2025A New Global Trade Order with Mark DiPlacidoWhy 2025 marked a turning point for U.S. trade policy and what a post-WTO future may look like for America and its allies.Dec 5, 2025Reassessing Globalization with Former Mexican President Ernesto ZedilloOne of the policy’s architects defends a system that Americans have begun to reject Nov 28, 2025The Tech Revolution in America’s Schools with Brad LittlejohnHow educational AI and smart toys are beginning to reshape childhood Nov 21, 2025America's Squid Game Economy with John CarneyWhy professionals feel stuck, old economic metrics are failing, and how trade, immigration, and productivity are reshaping America’s future Nov 7, 2025Is AI Really Going to Kill Us All? with Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate SoaresWill the pursuit of superintelligence actually cause the extinction of the human race?Oct 31, 2025Somewheres and Anywheres with David GoodhartHow a divided worldview between the rooted and the mobile came to define modern politics Oct 24, 2025Enforcing America’s Labor Laws with Seema NandaHow decades of neglect left America’s worker protections powerless in practice Oct 17, 2025Sharpie's American Comeback with Chris GriswoldHow a single manufacturer’s return to U.S. soil challenges half a century of economic dogma about markets and production Oct 10, 2025The Geography of Political Belonging with Salena ZitoHow America’s rooted heartland and its rootless elites came to see the same nation entirely differently.Oct 3, 2025Trump's Media Pushback with Emily Jashinsky and Haisten WillisHow far is too far in the president's battle with the press?Sep 24, 2025Labor's Realignment in the AI Age with Sean M. O'BrienWhy technological change could redefine the future of American workers Sep 17, 2025Is Abundance Just Neoliberalism?Oren Cass and Matt Yglesias debate whether the abundance agenda is something new or just a 2012 retread.Sep 3, 2025Are the Tariffs Constitutional? with Chad Squitieri and Peter HarrellTwo leading legal scholars discuss the constitutionality of President Trump's IEEPA actions.Aug 29, 2025An American Sovereign Wealth Fund with Julius KreinHow a 'development bank' could revive U.S. manufacturing and outlast one-off subsidies.Aug 22, 2025Still Hooked on Beijing with Geoffrey CainWhy Big Tech firms just can't quit their dependence on China Aug 15, 2025Rebuilding Strategic Depth with Nadia SchadlowThe arsenal of democracy isn't prepared for future conflicts.Aug 8, 2025A Tariff Reality Check with Bloomberg’s Anna WongMonths after Liberation Day, the economy is doing better than the 'experts' predicted.