Call Me Back - with Dan Senor
Episodes
'No off ramps for Putin' - with Fred Kagan
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With increasing talk about nuclear threats, we have three questions in this episode: What do we know from Putinâs past behavior that could inform h...
Cracks in Iranâs Theocracy - a view from a former CIA officer
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have all seen the images of women in cities across Iran burning their headscarves and cutting their hair in public to chants of "Death to the dicta...
BONUS EPISODE: Kol Nidrei...misunderstood - with Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins in a few days. Kol Nidrei, is one of the most misunderstood parts of the Jewish high holidays -- and of the e...
Putin's Panic Surge? With Richard Fontaine
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vladamir Putin has announced what he called a âpartial mobilizationâ of up to 300,000 reservists. According to reports, these reservists are basi...
Mike Murphy on the Mid-Terms (& the madness of polls)
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Between now and November, we will be taking a close look at the midterm election season, which -- for most voters -- is just kicking off now. If histo...
Iran, Israel & a Masterclass in US foreign policy - with Walter Russell Mead
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are we getting closer to or farther away from an Iran deal? Walter Russell Mead of The Wall Street Journal has been following developments closely. I ...
The Hidden Jobs Crisis - with Nicholas Eberstadt
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 3.7% in August from a low of 3.5% in July, job growth still remained well above the pre-covid trend....
Who by Fire - With Matti Friedman
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matti Friedman is one of the most thoughtful writers when it comes to all matters related to Israel, on the broader Middle East, and also on trends in...
The New Deal - Iran & its nuclear program, with Mark Dubowitz
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is happening right now in Vienna with the negotiations over the future of Iranâs nuclear program? What was the significance of Putinâs recent...
Zawahiri, Putin & Pelosi - with Richard Fontaine
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why did Speaker Nancy Pelosiâs visit to Taipei get such outsized attention? Sheâs not the first US Speaker to travel to Taiwan. Why did the killi...
The Summer of Shortages - with Scott Lincicome
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Air travel this summer seems broken. On some days, major airlines have been canceling 10 percent of their flights. In normal times, itâs something...
Britain's Next Prime Minister
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This next week will be among the most consequential in contemporary British politics. Ballots are sent out to Tory party members on August 1st, and th...
Nine Point One - with Mohamed El-Erian
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Inflation hit a staggering 9.1% over the last 12 months, rising 1.3% for the month of June. The increases were âbroad-based,â as the Bureau of La...
âThe War on Funâ with Noah Rothman
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are there comparable periods in our history that can guide us through the current ââwokeâ debates? Is there precedent for this kind of thing bur...
Bonus episode: Lessons from the collapse of the Israeli Government
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan recently joined the Commentary Magazine podcast to share analysis on the current state of Israeli politics. We are posting that conversation here....
The Coming Political Crack-Up â with Mike Murphy
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What have we learned so far about this election cycle, and what does it tell us about whatâs likely to happen in the midterm elections of 2022, and ...
Saudi Arabia, Biden & The Nobel Peace Prize â with Amb. Ron Dermer
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration has announced that the President will take his first trip to the Middle East as president. His first stop will be in Israel t...
100 Days: The Tide Turns Towards Putin
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After the 100-day mark of the 2022 Russian war against Ukraine. we assess some grim facts of this war, and try to understand how they should inform wh...
Revolution in Pro Sports Industry? With Jon Patricof
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to the future of sports and entertainment, Jon Patricof is always trying to innovate and disrupt. Heâs had the added challenge of laun...
What Does Putin Want Now? - with Fred Kagan
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are his objectives at this point in his war against Ukraine? And what are Ukraineâs objectives? What are US objectives? After all, the goals of...
An entrepreneur & former Naval officer on Russia/Ukraine & Global Supply Chains -- with Ami Daniel
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Israel we sit down with an entrepreneur and former Naval officer, who has built a company that has had to navigate the twin crises of Russiaâs in...
The Future of The Right - with Matthew Continetti
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Should we be surprised that there seems to be a renewed by bi-partisan consensus in response to Putinâs war? Are we back in a Cold War posture, both...
Putinâs Newly Shattered Norms - With Richard Fontaine
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is Putin crossing almost every line the West did not anticipate he would cross? What does this tell us about where he might might ultimately escalate ...
That '70s Show - with John Podhoretz
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 1970s were a tragedy â inflation, rising crime and crumbling cities, American humiliation abroad from the Iranian hostage crisis and the Soviet ...
A conversation with Ambassador Ron Dermer
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The security situation continues to deteriorate in Israel -- tragic developments, including right in the heart of Tel Aviv. We continue to monitor dev...
Paradox in US response to Russia? with Thomas Friedman of The New York Times
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Regardless of how or when the Russia-Ukraine war ends, is it possible to see the very early signs of a new geopolitical order taking shape? There are ...
Iran Nuclear Negotiations - The Origin Story, with Ambassador Eric Edelman
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While we are all following the minute to minute developments in Russia-Ukraine, a new international deal with Iran on its nuclear program may be on th...
5 Scenarios for Russia-Ukraine -- with Richard Fontaine
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How could Russia-Ukraine escalate? How could it deescalate? Does Zelensky survive? Does Putin survive? Does China try to bail out Russia? On this e...
What Xi is learning from Putin's war - with Matt Pottinger
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Russia has become isolated globally, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official was asked if Moscow has anyone left in its corner, anywhere in the ...
How Putin turns this around - with Congressman Mike Gallagher
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is Putin winning or losing? It looks like his war effort is not going according to plan, and that he underestimated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zele...
Fog of War - with Fred Kagan
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vladimir Putin may be unpredictable, but his direction seems to be clear. Thatâs the view of our guest today, Fred Kagan, who is a return guest. ...
With all eyes on Putin, enter Iran â a conversation in Jerusalem
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Israel's "Radical" move to the political center â and lessons for the rest of us
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You can order Micah's books here:Â Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War: Â https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/catch-67-micah...
Hollywood, China & Cold War 2, with The Wall Street Journalâs Erich Scwartzel
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this podcast, we spend a lot of time discussing the rising threat from China and Cold War 2. Weâve hosted Matt Pottinger (episode #28), Josh Rogi...
Putin-Ukraine Escalation: Lessons from an Obama Pentagon official & a NY Times columnist - with Evelyn Farkas & Bret Stephens
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is it too late to deter Russia from invading Ukraine? It certainly seems that way. And while it should be obvious that it does matter, at least as far...
Anti-Semitismâs Enablers with Bret Stephens of The New York Times
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anti-semitism was tragically back in the news in recent days with the hostage-taking at the Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. But was this ...
âBack in the USSRâ with The Wall Street Journalâs Walter Russell Mead
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In these conversations, weâve talked a lot about tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border. But what we havenât talked about is whether Putin is actua...
How does a war with China start? With Admiral James Stavridis
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this podcast series, and in many other discussions and debates in think tanks and in the media, we often speculate about the likelihood of a kineti...
From Baby Boom to Baby Bust - with Nicholas Eberstadt
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
China is poised to pass one of the great demographic inflection pointsâ â thatâs according to the Financial Times. The inflection point the FT i...
Revisiting The New Inflation - with Mohamed El-Erian
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Covid-19 recession technically ended in April 2020. At two months, it was one of the shortest economic recessions in history. Since then, we have ...
Revisiting Chinaâs Great Wall of Steel - with Matt Pottinger
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are re-posting some of our episodes from 2021 that are most relevant right now. Weâll start with Matt Pottinger on recent developments ...
How Omicron Stunned The Scientific Community - With Scott Gottlieb
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What about Omicron has most surprised the scientific community? What does it tell us about vaccines and where weâre heading? These are among the big...
Russia: In decline or on the march? with Richard Fontaine
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Russia poses a threat to Ukraine, again. But what about Russian President Putinâs threat to the unity of Europe, and what do recent developments tel...
The American College Crack-Up - with Niall Ferguson
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this decade we may finally experience a true crack-up in higher education. There have been comparable periods on American college campuses in the p...
Lessons for the 2020s - With Historian Niall Ferguson
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first of our two-part conversation with Naill Ferguson is on applied historyâs lessons of the 1920s and the 1970s...for the 2020s. Niall is a ...
Dan Senorâs New Podcast - Call Me Back
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our new podcast, âCall Me Backâ, where we try to zoom out from minute-to-minute news and look back to how we got here, what we can lear...
The Political Fallout from Covid19 - with Matthew Continetti
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The recent electoral outcomes in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City, Buffalo, Minneapolis and other areas across the country were as much to do with ...
Vaccines: A New American Success Story? â with The Wall Street Journalâs Gregory Zuckerman
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have we revolutionized vaccine development? What does this mean for our lives and our health well beyond the vaccine for Covid-19? Could this kind of ...
IS THIS THE END OF C-19âs BEGINNING? - with Yale Universityâs Nicholas Christakis
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the middle of the pandemic, Dr. Nicholas Christakis released a sweeping book, called âApolloâs Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coron...
The Merits of Merit - with Adrian Wooldridge of The Economist
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
During the pandemic, standardized tests were suspended in an entire range of educational institutions. Will these changes be temporary or permanent? ...
A New Crime Wave? - With Jason Riley
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
JASON RILEYâS BOOK: âMaverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowellâhttps://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/maverick-jason-riley/1137602681?ean=9781541619685Â TH...
Presidents and Pandemics - with Tevi Troy
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Books and essays discussed in this episode:Â Shall We Wake the President: Two Centuries of Disaster Management from the Oval Office by Tevi Troyhttps:...
A Rosh Hashanah Special: Business Principles from the Book of Genesis
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this podcast, weâve talked to a lot of policy-makers, pundits, professionals and practitioners about big picture trends they are observing and ex...
A Post-Delta World â with Dr. Sid Mukherjee
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To find the published pieces discussed in this episode:Â âWhat the Coronavirus Crisis Reveals About American Medicineâ, by Sid Mukherjee, The New ...
Delta Politics - with Mike Murphy
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Pandemic has either caused a crack-up in our politics or accelerated the crack-up that was well under way. And just when it looked like things wer...
Afghanistan & The New Geopolitics - With Fred Kagan
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A few websites referenced in this episode:AEI's Critical Threats Project: https://www.aei.org/profile/frederick-w-kagan/Institute for the Study of War...
Chinaâs Great Wall of Steel? - with Matt Pottinger
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chinaâs borders have been sealed for well over a year now. And those borders will be closed for the foreseeable future. That, obviously, is a result...
The New Inflation - with Mohamed El-Erian
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.ft.com/content/77ed35a0-cf91-4c7e-b779-a57ecc6b1045
Delta... This is New York!
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This was supposed to be the summer that we returned to normal, here in New York City and in every major city around the world. Right? But now thereâ...
Unexpected Presidential Advisors - with Gary Ginsberg
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who do presidents, prime ministers and business leaders listen to in the midst of managing a crisis? Itâs a question thatâs always interested me, ...
Social Decay and The Pandemic - with Yuval Levin
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yuval currently wears three hats:At the American Enterprise Institute think tank, heâs the Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies....
Blackstoneâs Jonathan Pollack on Real-Estate Post Corona
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many have been surprised that areas of the real estate market are booming, Post Corona. So what do we know about the pandemicâs impact on an exodus ...
Naftali Bennett - Who Are You?
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We thank the 92nd Street Y for hosting us then, and for this podcast episode now. You can subscribe to the 92Y podcast here:https://podcasts.apple.com...
Tom Cotton on the Lab Leak Hypothesis of Covid19
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One piece that we reference throughout both discussions is by former New York Times science reporter Nicholas Wade that he published on Medium. Here i...
Is The Problem In Israel Rooted in 1967 or 1948?
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Danny is also a columnist for Bloomberg View and he's the author of more than ten books. Here are three that I highly recommend: his history of the St...
"God and the Pandemic"
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
News just out of the CDC has created fresh opportunities for normal, communal time together, indoors â just like we did pre-Corona. One of the ritua...
Post Corona Has Arrived - And This Is What It Sounds Like
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Social links:Amit Aronsohn on InstagramYonatan Sagiv on TwitterYaara Keydar on InstagramDanna Stern on Twitter
Is China Turning Crisis Into Opportunity? With Josh Rogin
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Rogin is a long-time foreign affairs journalist, currently a columnist for the Global Opinions Section of the Washington Post. Heâs also a Poli...
Will We Ever Go To The Movies Again⌠And Does That Matter?
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
That phrase - going to the movies - that shared experience in a movie theater full of strangers already makes me nostalgic, like listening to vinyl re...
Zoom University: Is Covid The Ultimate Higher Education Disruptor?
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The price of college has been skyrocketing over the past few decades, escalating far higher and faster than the rate of inflation. According to one st...
The Covid Presidency with Maggie Haberman
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before joining The Times, Maggie was a reporter at Politico, The New York Post and The New York Daily News. Sheâs a lifelong New Yorker. According t...
Vaccination Nation: Is our Post Corona future unfolding now in Israel?
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To learn more about 'Vaccination Nation' visit startupnationcentral.org
Will We Do Better Next Time?
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jim is the former editor of Popular Mechanics, where he helped reposition that century-old brand to become a major voice on contemporary tech issues. ...
John Dickerson on The Presidency Post Corona
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In addition to 60 Minutes, John recently published his third book, the New York Times Best-Seller The Hardest Job in the World: The American Preside...
Bret Stephens on Geopolitics Post Corona
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bret is a Pulitzer Prize winner and an op ed columnist for the Times, where his column appears Thursdays and Saturdays.Bret is the author of "America ...
When IS Post Corona, anyway? Part 2 - Turning the Corner
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we post this podcast, the US has vaccinated about 7.6 percent of our population, The UK is at 11.7%. Canada and Germany are hovering around 2.5...
Is New York Over? Part 3 - Crime and the City
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Weâve had a public health shock, followed by an economic shock, followed by a civic and societal shock. An emerging crisis in public security looms ...
When IS Post Corona, anyway? Part 1 - Vaccination Nation
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we post this podcast, the US has vaccinated about 2 percent of its population, Canada is at 0.5 percent, France is at 0.001 percent, and Israel? 20...
How Will History Judge 2020?
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To call 2021 a historic year is an understatement. But whatâs less obvious is how to put the pandemic of 2020 in a historical context. What lessons ...
Is New York Over? Part 2 - Broadway
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is New York over? Itâs a question thatâs hotly debated these days. We will return to this question from time to time over a number of episodes in ...
Is New York Over? Part 1 - The Subway
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is New York over? Itâs a question thatâs widely debated these days. We will return to this question from time to time in a number of episodes. On ...
Billy Beane on the future of sports
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan sits down with Billy Beane, who became famous outside the world of sports when Brad Pitt portrayed him in the film adaptation of Michael Lewisâs...
Adam Grant on the future of work
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a macro conversation on the societal effects of shifts in the workforce, Dan sits down with Adam Grant to understand the implications of remote ...
Derek Thompson of The Atlantic on the Post-Corona workforce
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When the global economy came to a halt this spring, tens of millions of American workers found themselves working from home - and millions more found ...