David Wallace-Wells

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678 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 16 Sep

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The Opinions · Is This the Fastest Opinion Shift in American Politics? · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

workable, that we could, in civil society and in our politics, take control of the force of progress in history represented by science and technology.

And it didn't seem outrageous.

And I just wonder whether we have

any possibility like that today, or whether the tech companies in particular have just grown so rich and so powerful that they seem to operate beyond the reach of conventional politics in a way that doesn't just dispirit the average voter, but makes it hard to imagine anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders pulling together a meaningful political response.

So one last question for you, a little more pointed.

If the main thing that seems to be on the table policy-wise in the U.S.

is a data center moratorium, do you think that's a good idea?

We'll leave it there.

Rob Meyer, thanks so much for talking.

The Opinions · ‘Platner Is Vile.’ McConnell Is Missing. Welcome to American Politics. · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

It's your day to play.

It's your song to analyze line by line.

How about humiliation?

I'm thinking of, you know, the embarrassing spectacle of the America's 250th.

I'm thinking about the U.S.

soccer team embarrassing itself on the field against Belgium.

I'm thinking about the online left somewhat embarrassing itself with Graham Plattner.

And I'm thinking also about Trump's desperate need to avoid humiliation in this conflict with Iran.

One thing, David, you said that's interesting to me is that you said that Donald Trump now knows that he has to reopen the strait.

And actually, I'm not sure about that.

I think one of the things that may have happened over the last few weeks, maybe the last few months, is that Trump started to see the effects of the war shaking out in less consequential ways than many advisors and commentators had predicted before.

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