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An Actor DespairsDaniel Bessner Part 1Part 1 of 2: Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he sits down with Daniel Bessner, college professor and host of American Prestige, to discuss his upbringing in New York, academic journey into U.S. foreign policy and democracy, and his analysis of how entertainment and media shape public understanding of the world. The conversation explores Hollywood’s evolution from a more artist-driven industry in the 1930s and 1940s into a system increasingly aligned with corporate and capitalist values, the decline of mass culture, the rise of gig work in entertainment, and the growing instability facing working artists today.
2026-05-061h 03
American PrestigeE246 - Cold War Liberal Empire w/ Daniel Bessner and Michael BrenesSubscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes.
Derek speaks with Danny and Mike Brenes about Cold War liberalism, its shaping of the American empire, and more from their new co-edited volume. They talk about the meaning of “Cold War liberalism,” the book’s essays, the relationship between liberalism and mass democracy, emergency politics, the continuity between New Deal liberalism and Cold War liberalism, military Keynesianism, U.S. empire, neoconservatism, Joe Biden, and the persistence of Cold War liberal ideas in long after the end of the Cold War itself.
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2026-04-281h 01American PrestigeNews - Iran Ceasefire Amid Blockade Standoff, Japan Arms Exports Expand, CIA Operatives Die in MexicoSubscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes.
Danny and Derek will livestream from Route 3 as they take to the World Cup on foot. This week’s news: in Iran, Trump extends the ceasefire after talks fail (1:02), Iran reimposes its Strait of Hormuz blockade (6:05), the Islamic Republic’s leadership rejects unilateral concessions (9:11), and Persian Gulf mines and oil spills threaten commerce (13:13); the UAE seeks a currency swap after the Iran war’s economic shocks (16:28); Israel violates the Lebanon ceasefire amid extension talks (18:11) while the IDF punishes soldiers over crucifix desecration (21:00); Gaza’s reconstruction costs ca...
2026-04-2447 min
Keen On AmericaCold Feet over the Cold War: Daniel Bessner on Why Cold War Liberalism Was Unamerican“If God died in the nineteenth century, ideology died in the twenty-first. Could you actually imagine people dying for communism or for liberal democracy? That actually happened. Now you would be considered an idiot or a fool to do that.” — Daniel Bessner Co-host of the American Prestige podcast Daniel Bessner is a bit of a bomb thrower. Which is why he’s a regular on the show. Today, he has a bomb in each hand. As the co-editor of Cold War Liberalism: Power in a Time of Emergency, Bessner has taken a scythe to America’s two most...
2026-04-1737 minAmerican PrestigeBonus - Star Wars, Empire, and the Politics of The Phantom Menace w/ Daniel Immerwahr (Preview)Subscribe now for the full episode!
Danny welcomes back to the show historian Daniel Immerwahr to talk about the political and ideological themes of Star Wars, particularly The Phantom Menace. They discuss George Lucas’s Vietnam War influences and anti-imperial framework; myth and generational conflict in the original trilogy; the rise of intellectual property and Silicon Valley ideology; the shift from rebellion to bureaucracy in The Phantom Menace; its depiction of trade, governance, and liberal institutional decay; the racialized and cultural representations in the prequels; the transformation of the Jedi into enforcers; technology and scientism; and how Th...
2026-04-1210 minAmerican PrestigeNews - Israel Bombs Lebanon, Iran Halts Hormuz Traffic, Orban Faces Election DefeatSubscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes.
Danny “Hollywood” Bessner and Derek “Bethesda” Davison are back with the news. This week: Israel bombs Lebanon and kills hundreds (2:09) as Iran halts traffic through the Strait of Hormuz in response (5:43); the U.S. and Iran prepare for peace talks in Pakistan (8:26); Trump threatens to resume the war if talks fail (13:02); the Gaza Board of Peace demands Hamas provide a disarmament response (14:56); Afghanistan and Pakistan pause talks and agree to avoid escalation (17:16); Myanmar’s parliament elects junta leader Min Aung Hlaing as president...
2026-04-1047 min
(In bed with) the RussiansINFORMATION IS PACIFICATION W/DANIEL BESSNERThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nefariousrussians.comFor this week’s vamp valley stream, I’m joined by Daniel Bessner to talk about how our politics are in the grips of a powerful decadent rationalist illusion: it’s the idea that information is power. But as Daniel points out, despite having all the information regular people have no effect on politics. We know everything, but can’t change anything. It is a longterm problem in nominally democratic US (and Europe) that has been massively exacerbated by internet technology. We’re wr...
2026-03-1402 min
Current AffairsHow the Cold War Changed Everything (w/ Daniel Bessner)🦩 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership
Daniel Bessner is a historian and professor at the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and the co-host of the foreign policy podcast American Prestige. He’s also the editor of the new Cambridge University Press volume Cold War Liberalism: Power in a Time of Emergency, which examines how liberal elites built the U.S. national security state and justified global dominance during the Cold War.
He joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss...
2026-02-2845 minAmerican PrestigeE230 - Manosphere Politics and the Climate Crisis w/ Daniel Waite PennySubscribe now to skip commercials and get all of our episodes.
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Danny and Derek speak with journalist and cultural critic Daniel Waite Penny to discuss the relationship between masculinity, the manosphere, and climate politics, as explored in the new season of Non-toxic, Carbon Bros. They talk about the “manosphere,” libertarians promoting techno-fixes, and Silicon Valley elites pushing solutions like space colonization; how gendered ideas about strength, autonomy, and grievance have fused with climate denial and hostility toward environmental regulation; where these dynamics fit within broader shifts in poli...
2025-12-3053 min
The Movies That Made MeAMERICAN PRESTIGE host, historian and author Daniel BessnerAuthor/historian Daniel Bessner discusses his favorite dystopian films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Vanishing Point (1971)
Mad Max (1971)
Casablanca (1941)
Looper (2012)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Chronicle (2012)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Black Panther (2018)
Knives Out (2019)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Children of Men (2010)
Idiocracy (2006)
The Matrix (1999)
The Animatrix (2003)
Batman...
2025-12-021h 06
What Could Go Right?What American Global Empire? with Daniel Bessner & Derek DavisonWhat can be done to change United States foreign policy? Zachary and Emma speak to US foreign policy experts and co-hosts of the American Prestige podcast, journalist Daniel Bessner and historian Derek Davison. Daniel is the author of Democracy in Exile and Derek runs the Foreign Exchanges newsletter. They discuss the American public’s engagement with foreign policy, the impacts of US global dominance, potential for a reformed policy that considers global interests, and why we shouldn’t call Donald Trump a fascist.What Could Go Right? is produced by The Progress Network and The...
2025-04-1651 min
What Could Go Right?What American Global Empire? with Daniel Bessner & Derek DavisonWhat can be done to change United States foreign policy? Zachary and Emma speak to US foreign policy experts and co-hosts of the American Prestige podcast, journalist Daniel Bessner and historian Derek Davison. Daniel is the author of Democracy in Exile and Derek runs the Foreign Exchanges newsletter. They discuss the American public’s engagement with foreign policy, the impacts of US global dominance, potential for a reformed policy that considers global interests, and why we shouldn’t call Donald Trump a fascist.What Could Go Right? is produced by The Progress Network and The...
2025-04-1651 min
Varn VlogFrom Cold War Legacies to Modern Political Challenges with Daniel BessnerIs U.S. foreign policy under President Biden really different from Trump's approach? Join us as we welcome Daniel Bessner from the American Prestige podcast to unravel this and other pressing questions, with a bold examination of leftist perspectives on international relations. We scrutinize the position of Palestine within American leftist discourse and consider whether shifts in younger generations' opinions might eventually sway U.S. foreign policy. Student protests and divestment movements are powerful in their own right but how much can they truly influence the political machinery? Our exploration doesn't stop at foreign policy. We delve d...
2025-04-141h 10
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2492: Daniel Bessner on how Trump is a natural outgrowth of FDRLiberals won’t like it, but according to the Seattle based historian and podcaster Daniel Bessner, Trump’s wannabe imperial presidency is a “natural outgrowth” of the centralized power of the FDR presidency. In a provocative Jacobin piece, Bessner contends that executive power has been expanding since FDR, with the U.S. President increasingly becoming an "elected monarch." The leftist Bessner criticizes American liberals for both obsessing over the fictional specter of fascism and for failing to address the economic inequality that enabled the rise of Trump. And he expresses pessimism about meaningful reform, arguing that 21st century capitalism has beco...
2025-04-0938 min
Bungacast/464/ Decline Under The Donald ft. Daniel BessnerOn Trump's foreign policy, the 2nd time round.
Historian and podcaster Daniel Bessner joins Alex Hochuli and contributing editor Lee Jones to ask how this era of rot and decay will proceed under Trump II, from Ukraine to China and beyond. We discuss:
Will we see "America First transactionalism"?
Does Trump have a capable cadre to bend the state to his will?
What will Trump’s relationship be to the deep state?
How important are generational splits in attitudes to the US empire?
Will there be a pea...
2025-01-211h 13
JACOBIN PodcastDie USA hätten eine Waffenruhe in Gaza jederzeit erzwingen können – Interview mit Daniel Bessner
Nach fünfzehn Monaten Krieg verhandeln Israel und die Hamas über einen Waffenstillstand. Außenpolitikexperte Daniel Bessner meint: Hätten die USA mehr Druck gemacht, hätte es schon längst Verhandlungen gegeben.
Interview geführt von John-Baptiste Oduor (16. Januar 2025): https://jacobin.de/artikel/gaza-hamas-israel-waffenstillstand-usa
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2025-01-1814 min
The TrialogueDaniel Bessner: The last days of liberal empire?This week, our guest is Daniel Bessner, Associate Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. We discuss Trump, American empire, Washington’s Asian fixation, and the possibility of “mutual ruin of the contending classes” among other subjects.Time Stamps:00:01:12 Childhood interest in history00:03:45 The US foreign policy ecosystem and the effectiveness of the Quincy intervention00:06:48 Progressive foreign policy during Trump part two00:09:30 Marxism and other influences00:10:58 Origins of the American empire00:11:56 The US was never...
2025-01-0333 min
Parallax Views w/ J.G. MichaelThe Economy and the 2024 Election w/ Stephen Semler/A 2024 Election Post-Mortem w/ Daniel Bessner
On this edition of Parallax Views, we continue our post-mortem of the 2024 election with two separate and distinguished guests. In the first segment, Stephen Semler of the date-based political blog Polygraph joins the show to discuss his articles "A couple charts to explain a Harris loss" and the facetiously titled "'The economy is fine'". Stephen delves into how the economy played a role in this election, and addresses criticisms by some pundits that economic anxieties could not have played a role in the election because the economy is doing well by some metrics and statistics (for example...
2024-11-141h 17
Culturally DeterminedThe Political Economy of Hollywood, with Daniel BessnerDaniel discusses his recent Harper's cover story, "The Life and Death of Hollywood," which focuses on the economics of entertainment as private equity and streaming have changed the industry.Recorded May 24, 2024Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSDaniel's piece, "The Life and Death of Hollywood"https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/Max Read on the piecehttps://maxread.substack.com/p/one-weird-trick-for-fixing-hollywood-6f0Sean Clements's podcast, "Subtitles On"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/subtitles-on-with-sean-clements/id1694805292
2024-08-1245 min
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: Albanian Bacon w/ Daniel Bessner & Derek DavisonIn Barry Levinson and David Mamet's WAG THE DOG (1997), a political spin-doctor teams with a movie producer to fake a war and save an incumbent president. You've heard of manufacturing consent, but to what extent can Hollywood and Washington manufacture reality? We're joined by Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison of the American Prestige podcast to discuss.Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-08-0348 min
Movies vs. CapitalismGremlins 2: The New Batch (w/ Daniel Bessner)Rivka and Frank are joined by historian and co-host of the American Prestige podcast, Daniel Bessner, to discuss Joe Dante’s 1990 cult classic, Gremlins 2: The New Batch. They explore the film’s anti-capitalist themes, its self-aware satire of franchised movie sequels, and, naturally, which Gremlin has the best politics.
The Life & Death of Hollywood (Harper’s Magazine)
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2024-07-111h 05
Talking HistoryThe Life and Death of Hollywood with Daniel BessnerIn this episode of Talking History, Patrick and Djene speak to Dr. Daniel Bessner about the history of Hollywood.
In 2023, the Writers Guild of America, which represents over 11,000 screenwriters, went on strike. One of the central areas of their dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers was residuals from streaming services. The work stoppage culminated, after 148 days of industrial action and an estimated $6.5 billion loss to the Californian economy, in a new agreement ratified by the WGA members. However, in a recent piece published in Harper’s Magazine entitled “The Life and Death of Holly...
2024-06-0622 min
Give Them An ArgumentSeason 6 Episode 15: Fascism is When Austrian Painter (ft. Daniel Bessner & Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins)Two of our favorite Daniels--Bessner and Steinmetz-Jenkins--join Ben Burgis to talk about the Daniels' Jacobin article "Liberals’ Heated Fascism Rhetoric Sidesteps Self-Reflection" and the broader debate on the relationship between Trumpism and Fascism.Read the article:https://jacobin.com/2024/04/liberals-fascism-rhetoric-democrats-electionFollow Daniel (Bessner) on Twitter: @dbessnerFollow Daniel (Steinmetz-Jenkins) on Twitter: @daniel_dsj2110Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude fo...
2024-05-091h 54
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2038: Daniel Bessner on how the existential crisis of Hollywood's film & tv writers is the canary in the coal mine for the rest of America's professional elites Harper’s has a great cover story this month entitled “The Life and Death of Hollywood” by the intellectual historian, podcast and general muckraker Daniel Bessner. Film & tv writers face an existential threat, Bessner told me, from a Hollywood now controlled by four financialized mega-companies operated by MBA touting execs. But is this really new, I asked him, or is today’s dismal story just another rerun of the standard anti-capitalist narrative of creatives getting screwed by the money men? Yes, it is new, Bessner insists, because today’s existential crisis of Hollywood’s film & tv writers is the canary in th...
2024-04-2037 min
Facepalm AmericaDoes American Fascism Exist? With Guest Daniel BessnerDaniel Bessner, co-host of American Prestige, joins us to talk about the term "facism", from its origin, to its history, as well as diving into reactionary populism and how it applies to Trump. Find the article "Does American Fascism Exist?" here: https://newrepublic.com/article/170890/does-american-fascism-existBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/facepalm-america--5189985/support.
2024-01-2324 min
The Un-Diplomatic PodcastIs Fukuyama Liberalism the 'End of History?' w/ Daniel Bessner | Ep. 156What makes neoconservatives different from Cold War liberals? Why did Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History and the Last Man" lament the end of the Cold War? What's classical liberalism? And how do liberals like Fukuyama size up our current historical moment? Dr. Daniel Bessner joins the pod for all that and more. Bessner on Fukuyama: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/francis-fukuyama-liberalism-discontents/Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com Subscribe to the American Prestige podcast: https://www.americanprestigepod.com
2023-05-2837 min
The Michael Brooks ShowTMBS ReAir 98 - Ilhan & AOC Outclass Pelosi & Post-Empire Politics ft. Daniel BessnerTMBS 98 aired on July 16th, 2019 Episode summary: Defending and reclaiming human rights. Shoutout to workers going on strike at Amazon fulfillment centers across the world. Marianne Williamson schools Dave Rubin Daniel Bessner (@dbessner) calls in to talk about what a Post-Empire Foreign Policy would look like. We stand with Ilhan Omar, AOC, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more...
2023-05-102h 00
Real Time with Bill MaherEp. #632: Esther Perel, Glenn Loury, Daniel BessnerBill’s guests are Esther Perel, Glenn Loury, and Daniel Bessner. (Originally aired 04/21/23)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-2259 min
Wos SpeaksWith Daniel BessnerBig Wos is joined by Daniel Bessner to talk about his upcoming appearance on The Real Time With Bill Maher and much. more.WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/countthedings1Produced by John Jervay - https://twitter.com/johnjervaySign up for The Athletic: TheAthletic.com/dingsSupport us on www.patreon.com/countthedingsFind us: www.countthedings.comSocial: @countthedings @bommpodcastFacebook: www.facebook.com/countthedingsShoot The Messenger: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shoot-the-messenger-espionage-murder-pegasus-spyware
2023-04-2140 min
Hoop SenseWoke Bros - With Daniel BessnerBig Wos is joined by Daniel Bessner to talk about his upcoming appearance on The Real Time With Bill Maher and much more.WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/countthedings1Produced by John Jervay - https://twitter.com/johnjervaySign up for The Athletic: TheAthletic.com/dingsSupport us on www.patreon.com/countthedingsFind us: www.countthedings.comSocial: @countthedings @bommpodcastFacebook: www.facebook.com/countthedingsShoot The Messenger: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shoot-the-messenger-espionage-murder-pegasus-spyware
2023-04-2140 min
Varn VlogDaniel Bessner on Imperialism Realism and the Impasse of the LeftPlease support our Patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Daniel Bessner is currently an Associate Professor in International Studies at the University of Washington. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a Contributing Editor at Jacobin. In 2019-2020, he served as a foreign policy advisor to Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign.Daniel is an intellectual historian of U.S. foreign relations. He is the author of Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier, The Rise of the Defense Intellectual (Cornell, 2018), and Imperialist Realism (Zero Books, Forthcoming). He is...
2023-03-0656 min
Give Me An Argument - The Ben Burgis Call-In ShowTuesday Chat w/Daniel Bessner on the Real End of HistoryThe great Daniel Bessner—-historian, podcaster (American Prestige, co-hosted w/Derek Davison), and Jacobin Contributing Editor—joins me to take your calls and talk about his new New York Times op-ed on the intersection between the end of history (as an academic profession paying a living wage) and the increasing importance of history to contemporary political debates. (Sorry about the abrupt ending! Turned out to be the only halfway reasonable place to cut it off.)
You can read the piece here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/14/opinion/american-history-college-university-academia.html
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2023-02-2736 min
The Katie Halper ShowState Of The Union w/Gareth Reynolds, Daniel Bessner, Medea Benjamin, Norman Solomon & Jack AllisonTo hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow
Direct link to the Patreon portion of this broadcast - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-post-of-78521041
Post State Of The Union panel with Katie and her special guest Gareth "Gary" Reynolds, co-host of The Dollop podcast, historian Daniel Bessner, Medea Benjamin, Norman Solomon and Jack Allison! We talk Biden's State of The Union speech, as well as the actual state of the nation and the world.
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2023-02-1020 minThe Michael Brooks ShowReAir TMBS 82: Winning The Future With History ft. Harvey Kaye & Daniel BessnerTMBS 82 aired on March 19th, 2019. Episode summary: Michael breaks down how we fight white supremacy and the history of imperialism. Shoutout to egg boy a hero of our time Global update Bolsonaro's fascist tour in the US, a new free Lula campaign, and anti-austerity protests in Argentina. During the GEM, David breaks down the upcoming tech IPOs. We are joined live in studio, Harvey Kaye (@harveyjkaye) and Daniel Bessner (@DBessner) to talk taking back American history from the Right. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and...
2023-01-171h 42The Michael Brooks Show8:40 / 1:48:11 TMBS ReAir: 74 - MLK Was Not A Capitalist ft. Corey Pein & Daniel BessnerTMBS 74 aired on January 22nd 2019. Episode summary: Martin Luther King was not a capitalist. FBI admits it fought to keep socialists out of power. Shoutout to Luxembourg to become the first country to make public transit free. Daniel Bessner (@dbessner) joins us to talk what a Left foreign policy should look like. Corey Pein (@CoreyPein) author of "Live, Work, Work, Work, Die" joins us to talk about Hindu Nationalism For the GEM, David breaks down the power of billionaires and why we need a bold...
2022-11-231h 48
Political Economy Forum#86 - How Social Scientists Reshaped US Foreign Policy-Making - w/ Daniel BessnerIn this episode, Prof. Daniel Bessner of the University of Washington discusses his 2018 book "Democracy in Exile", describing the crucial impact that social scientists had in reshaping political institutions during the early Cold War period. This is a fascinating history of the creation of the US think tank ecosystem, the sidelining of majoritarian institutions in an era of crisis, and the origin of foundational ideas in a variety of academic fields.
2022-10-2437 min
Crashing the War PartyWhen you're investing in Empire and don't even know it, w/ Daniel BessnerFor decades Americans have been conditioned to support the idea of American Exceptionalism and the nation's obligation to promote its liberal values globally, even if it means war. This is at the very root of the American Empire, author and podcaster Daniel Bessner tells us in this week's episode. Movements are afoot to expose the narrative and start adjusting to new realities on the world stage — if only the Washington blob would get out of the way. In the first segment, Kelley and Dan talk about the violence in Baghdad this week and how the U.S. screwed up its c...
2022-09-0239 minCulturally DeterminedAfter the American Century, with Daniel BessnerHistorian Daniel Bessner discusses his recent cover story in Harper's about the waning of US global hegemony. In a wide-ranging conversation, Aryeh and Daniel debate human nature, the true toll of the Cold War, whether conflict with China is inevitable, whether American culture is decadent, and more.Recorded July 25, 2022LINKSDaniel's essay, "Empire Burlesque"https://harpers.org/archive/2022/07/what-comes-after-the-american-century/Follow @dbessnerFollow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-08-0853 minThe Michael Brooks ShowTMBS 59 ReAir: Breaking The Imperial Consensus ft. Daniel BessnerTMBS aired on October 2nd, 2018, episode summary: We talk about the ways the climate crisis will affect working people. Shoutout to Kyrie Irving for coming clean and the crew talks about conspiracy theories that pulled us in. Union organizer perfectly explains all the reasons Kavanaugh is a class enemy. Lech regulates conservatives who get upset about double standards. Griscom breaks down the student loan crisis. Daniel Bessner (@dbssner) author of “Democracy of Exile” joins us in studio to talk about the rise of think-tanks and what a left...
2022-07-271h 43
Rania Khalek DispatchesThe American Century Is Over, w/ Daniel BessnerIn his recent Harper's cover piece, “Empire Burlesque,” Daniel Bessner traced the evolution of the foreign policy vision that defined the so-called American century and how it has been reshaped by failures and a changing world order, including a new multipolarity and the rise of China. He draws a distinction between the liberal internationalists and the “restrainers,” the two dominant foreign policy camps in Washington, and he calls for planning a future beyond the American century. But can America act like a normal country? Bessner, an Associate Professor of International Studies at the Un...
2022-07-1556 min
Unf*cking The RepublicPhone a Friend: Daniel Bessner + Derek Davison of the American Prestige Podcast.Our inaugural edition of Phone a Friend, where we interview luminaries in different fields, features Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison from the American Prestige podcast. The pair answer some easy questions on lighthearted topics like Israel/Palestine, the war in Ukraine, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and whether the United States even has a foreign policy anymore. Chapters Intro: 00:00:43 Israel/Palestine: 00:07:25 U.S. Relations with China: 00:16:51 Russia/Ukraine: 00:28:07 U.S. Foreign Policy: 00:39:16 Lightning Round: 00:44:37 Outro: 00:48:23 Resources ...
2022-06-2049 min
Listen to Top-Rated Digital Audiobooks with Easy AccessDemocracy in Exile (Written by Daniel Bessner)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/91345 to listen full audiobooks.
Publisher's Summary: In Democracy in Exile, Daniel Bessner shows how the experience of the Weimar Republic’s collapse and the rise of Nazism informed Hans Speier’s work as an American policymaker and institution builder. Bessner delves into Speier’s intellectual development, illuminating the ideological origins of the expert-centered approach to foreign policymaking and revealing the European roots of Cold War liberalism.
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2022-05-0611h 21Get Lost In Your Ears To A Next-Level Full Audiobook.Democracy in Exile by Daniel BessnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/91345to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Democracy in Exile
Author: Daniel Bessner
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Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
Release date: 05-06-22
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In Democracy in Exile, Daniel Bessner shows how the experience of the Weimar Republic’s collapse and the rise of Nazism informed Hans Speier’s work as an American policymaker and institution builder. Bessner delves into Speier’s intellectual development, illuminating the ideological origins of the expert-centered approach to foreign policymaking and revealing the European roots of Cold War libera
2022-05-0611h 21
Crashing the War PartyIs the U.S. headed for a crisis with Iran? w/ Sina AzodiThis week we talk about time running out for Washington to seal the Iran deal and why the talks have seemingly stalled. George Washington University PhD candidate Sina Azodi discusses how lifting the IRGC terrorism designation has become a key sticking point in the debate, and how political pressures on Biden get worse as the midterm elections loom. In our first segment, Kelley and Daniel compare the "two Americas" as described by neoconservative and optimistic primacist Robert Kagan on one hand, and Daniel Bessner, a critic of empire on the other.More from Sina Azodi:I...
2022-04-1500 min
Parallax Views w/ J.G. MichaelCuba & Ukraine Crisis w/ William LeoGrande/Gulf States & Ukraine Crisis w/ Kristian Ulrichsen/U.S. Foreign Policy & Ukraine w/ Daniel Bessner
On this edition of Parallax Views, we continue our examination of the crisis in Ukraine after the country's invasion by Vladimir Putin's Russia. On this time we take a look at Cuba's reaction to these recent events with Dr. William LeoGrande of American Universty in Washington, D.C. LeoGrande recently penned a piece for the Quincy Institute's Responsible Statecraft publication entitled "Why Cuba has threaded the Russia needle for 60 years" that delves into the history of Cuba-Russia relation going back to the days of the Soviet Union, Cold War, and U.S. hostilities towards Fidel Castro. Dr...
2022-03-171h 25
The Glenn ShowDaniel Bessner – Ukraine and American DeclineWith the war in Ukraine escalating, I thought it would be a good idea to bring on a guest with some expertise in international relations. So I called on Daniel Bessner, an intellectual historian, associate professor at University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and a co-host of the American Prestige podcast. Daniel is a man of the left, so we spend a lot of time here arguing, and we have a great time doing it.Note: We recorded on February 22, 2022. Between then and now, the situation in Ukraine has changed quite a bi...
2022-03-151h 04
Movie Night ExtravaganzaEpisode 69: Death To Smoochy with Daniel Bessner and Erica StroutDaniel Bessner and Erica Strout join us to discuss Death To SmoochyDaniel Bessner co-hosts the amazing foreign policy podcast "American Prestige" with Derek Davison. Watch Movie Night Extravaganza LIVE on Tuesday and Friday at 8 PM ET:https://www.youtube.com/movienightextravaganzahttps://www.twitch.tv/movienightextravaganzaAnd become a Movie Night Extravaganza Patron to help us afford to keep this going!! https://www.patreon.com/MovieNightExtra
2022-03-091h 56
The Iron DiceThe Iron Dice | Russia Rolls The Iron Dice Part 2 ft. Derek Davison and Daniel BessnerWar in Europe. As Russia marches into Ukraine, Dan is joined by Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison of Foreign Exchanges and the American Prestige podcast to talk about the current state of the war, the future of NATO and the risk of this spiralling into an even bigger conflict.
Check out Foreign Exchanges on https://fx.substack.com/ and the American Prestige Podcast on https://www.patreon.com/americanprestige
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2022-03-0251 min
The Iron DiceThe Iron Dice | Russia Rolls The Iron Dice Part 2 feat. Derek Davison and Daniel BessnerWar in Europe. As Russia marches into Ukraine, Dan is joined by Dani Bessner and Derek Davison of Foreign Exchanges and the American Prestige podcast to talk about the current state of the war, the future of NATO and the risk of this spiralling into an even bigger conflict.Check out Foreign Exchanges on https://fx.substack.com/ and the American Prestige Podcast on https://www.patreon.com/americanprestigeOr follow Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner on Twitter:https://twitter.com/dwdavisonhttps://twitter.com/dbessnerSupport the show
2022-03-0251 min
The Katie Halper ShowWhoopi Goldberg's Holocaust Mishegas With Briahna Joy Gray & Historian Daniel BessnerKatie Halper, Briahna Joy Gray and historian Daniel Bessner break down Whoopi Goldberg's recent comments about the Holocaust, Jews, race and more as well as her non-apology, which actually raises some interesting questions about race, racism, identity politics and more.
Daniel Bessner is the co-host of the American Prestige podcast and Hanauer Honors Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington.
Briahna Joy Gray co-hosts the podcast Bad Faith, she is the former National Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders, as well as the former Senior Politics Editor for The Intercept.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
2022-02-031h 32
Dissident OrthodoxyDaniel Bessner - Leftist Perspectives on US Foreign PolicyHow can the Christian Left engage more fully with the broader US Left, particularly when it comes to foreign policy? What do the prophets have to say to us today about whistleblowers like Julian Assange, Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning? What big questions does the broader US Left have for the Christian Left?
Daniel Bessner, Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, joins Casey to discuss all these questions and more in a wide-ranging interview. Bonus of this episode is that Daniel flips the...
2022-01-2444 min
Left Reckoning49 - Dems Insider Trader & The End Of Mass Politics? ft. Daniel Bessner & Djene BajalanDavid and Matt are back to talk Nancy Pelosi: expert investor, the Texas Fence Cutting Wars, and are joined by two OG TMBS alums:Daniel Bessner (@Dbessner) joins us to talk about the "end of the era of mass politics."Djene Bajalan (@DjeneBajalan) joins us to talk Erdogan, Turkey, Gulen, and Enes Freedom.
2022-01-131h 48Give Me An Argument - The Ben Burgis Call-In ShowEpisode 6: The Left and January 6th, One Year Later (ft. Daniel Bessner and Branko Marcetic)Ben Burgis is joined by Jacobin writers Daniel Bessner and Branko Marcetic to talk about renewed interest in 1/6 on the one-year anniversary and take calls. Was it an ugly right-wing riot or a genuine threat to democracy? Should we be more worried about similar events in the future or about it being used to justify a dangerous expansion of the national security state? Are Democrats wasting their time by focusing on it or are leftists who “minimize” such events the problem?
Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also avai...
2022-01-081h 15
4 from the SouthAn interview with foreign policy expert Daniel BessnerThis week on 4 from the South, Steve interviews historian and foreign policy professor Daniel Bessner, host of American Prestige podcast, about the role of the United States in Latin America and the rest of the world.A production of EXILE Content Studio. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021-12-0232 min
New Work in Digital HumanitiesMatt Christman and Daniel Bessner, "Hinge Points: A Podcast About Historical Contingency"How do we balance the importance of individual human agency with our understanding of larger socio-economic structures? How do we explore crucial “what ifs” in history? How do we make this stuff accessible to a wider audience? These are the questions central to Daniel Bessner and Matt Christman’s new podcast mini-series “Hinge Points”. In this conversation we talk historical turning points, history podcasting, and Marx. Indeed, the conversation seemed to be guided by the famous line from “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon”: “Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it u...
2021-11-2351 min
Chapo Trap House572 - The McGloughstein Group feat. Daniel Bessner (11/1/21)We’re joined by Daniel Bessner, co-host of the American Prestige podcast, for a remarkably focused and thoughtful Will-less episode. We discuss Trump’s recent statement about Israel “owning” congress, Josh Hawley’s thoughts on masculinity, and the Lincoln Project’s bungled attempt at a false-flag operation to make a Republican appear more racist. Then Matt and Danny tell us about their new Chapo mini-series “Hinge Points,” which will explore some great historical “what-if” moments. Hinge Points will be posting on our Patreon for all subscribers on Fridays, starting 11/5.
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2021-11-021h 17
Gladio Free EuropeE21 The Iron Giant ft. Daniel BessnerThe Iron Giant asks us, how would American react if a sentient giant robot crash landed from space in the height of the Cold War? We discuss it, and with the help of special guest Daniel Bessner, the Cold War paranoia sweeping the nation in the 1950s and 60s.
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2021-10-2743 min
The West Wing ThingA Change Is Gonna Come w/Special Guest Daniel BessnerThe West Wing kids accidentally cause an international incident between Taiwan and the Chinese, and our pal Daniel Bessner explains it all to us.
2021-09-201h 18
The Glenn ShowDaniel Bessner — American Empire before and after 9/11In this week’s TGS, I’m joined once again by intellectual historian Daniel Bessner. Given Daniel’s area of scholarly expertise—US foreign relations—it should be no surprise that the recent withdrawal from Afghanistan colors our discussion. But we range much further than that. We debate Daniel’s conception of “American empire” and its origins in the Cold War. He is quite critical of American foreign policy during that period (and beyond), and I do push back on some of his more pointed critiques. We go on to discuss the course of America’s engagement with the world after the Co...
2021-09-131h 08
Give Them An ArgumentGTAA Season 2 Episode 27: American Prestige w/Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison"American Prestige" co-hosts Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison join Ben for a deep dive on foreign policy.Follow Danny on Twitter: @dbessnerFollow Derek on Twitter: @dwdavisonFollow their podcast: @AmPrestigePodDonate to help people in need and also pressure Charlie Kirk to debate Ben:https://townsircle.com/events/89Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis.Patrons get a bonus episode every Thursday, a postgame after the main episode every Monday night, access to the Discord server, a “Sopranos” Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike...
2021-08-181h 27
Give Them An ArgumentSeason 2 Episode 27: American Prestige w/Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison"American Prestige" co-hosts Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison join Ben for a deep dive on foreign policy.Follow Danny on Twitter: @dbessnerFollow Derek on Twitter: @dwdavisonFollow their podcast: @AmPrestigePodDonate to help people in need and also pressure Charlie Kirk to debate Ben:https://townsircle.com/events/89Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis.Patrons get a bonus episode every Thursday, a postgame after the ma...
2021-08-181h 27Rania Khalek DispatchesBiden’s Imperial Foreign Policy in the Age of American Decline, w/ Daniel BessnerRania Khalek was joined by Daniel Bessner, associate professor of international studies at the University of Washington and co-host of the podcast American Prestige, to talk about US foreign policy under Biden. What’s changed? What hasn’t changed? Is the US empire collapsing? And what should a progressive foreign policy look like?
2021-08-141h 00Left ReckoningEpisode 31 - Bidenflation, Manchinomics, & Afghanistan Withdrawal ft. Derek Davison & Daniel BessnerHear the recent Corey Pein interview and upcoming Natalie Shure interview as well as support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Luxury markets and the Bidenflation scare.Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison, of the new American Prestige podcast speak with Matt and David on the Afghanistan withdrawal, "hegemonic stabilization," Bannon and a far right international?, and how it's looking for elections globally and democracy historically.Corporate and liberal attacks on democracy against India Walton in Buffalo and Kshama Sawant in Seattle.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl
2021-08-121h 35Give Them An ArgumentGTAA/Know Your Enemy Crossover w/Daniel Bessner, Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler/Bell: 1/6 and the LeftAbout a week and a half after the Capitol riot, Ben co-wrote a Jacobin article with fellow TMBS alumnus Daniel Bessner in Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/trump-capitol-riot-fascist-coup-attempt Ben and Danny think that the case they were making in the article has only gotten stronger in the last several months. Their friends (really, not just a courtesy, we like these guys) Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell disagree. Matt and Sam criticized the article on the last episode of their (otherwise excellent) podcast Know Your Enemy. Everyone graciously agreed to come on YouTube to sip a little bourbon and talk it...
2021-08-051h 39Give Them An ArgumentGTAA/Know Your Enemy Crossover w/Daniel Bessner, Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler/Bell: 1/6 and the LeftAbout a week and a half after the Capitol riot, Ben co-wrote a Jacobin article with fellow TMBS alumnus Daniel Bessner in Jacobin:https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/trump-capitol-riot-fascist-coup-attemptBen and Danny think that the case they were making in the article has only gotten stronger in the last several months. Their friends (really, not just a courtesy, we like these guys) Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell disagree. Matt and Sam criticized the article on the last episode of their (otherwise excellent) podcast Know Your Enemy. Everyone graciously agreed to come on YouTube to sip a little...
2021-08-051h 39
Chapo Trap House542 - The Oopsie Report feat. Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner (7/19/21)We’re joined by Chapo foreign policy desk Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner to check in with America’s various “oopsies”, “uh-ohs” and “oh butterfingers” accidentally enforcing our hegemony around the world.
Derek and Danny have a new podcast, American Prestige, covering just this type of thing. If you like them on Chapo, be sure to go checkout their new show and, as always, Foreign Exchanges on substack. We’re putting the first episode of American Prestige in the Chapo feed so you can get a taste.
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2021-07-201h 21
Varn VlogDaniel Bessner on Imperialist realism and the international orderPlease support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Daniel Bessner discusses liberal imperialism, imperialist realism, and the international order with us. Daniel Bessner currently holds the Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization at the University of Washington. He is a member of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and was previously the Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor in American Foreign Policy. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a Contributing Editor at Jacobin. Daniel is an intellectual historian of...
2021-07-1358 min
Low Culture BoilE 12 - Depths of a Sloar Pt 1 w/ Matt Christman and Daniel BessnerMatt Christman and Daniel Bessner take the LCB crew into the world of the original Ghostbusters and speculate on its upcoming reboot. What do the films say about Reaganism? Hedonism? Mass consumption of corn and hot dogs? Check out their article (penned with Amber A'Lee Frost) in Jacobin, "Slimer on Coke, Muncher on Zoloft" https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/ghostbusters-afterlife-reboot-slimer-muncher Become a low culture patron today! patreon.com/lowcultureboil
2021-02-2354 minLow Culture BoilE 12 - Depths of a Sloar Pt 1 w/ Matt Christman and Daniel BessnerMatt Christman and Daniel Bessner take the LCB crew into the world of the original Ghostbusters and speculate on its upcoming reboot. What do the films say about Reaganism? Hedonism? Mass consumption of corn and hot dogs? Check out their article (penned with Amber A'Lee Frost) in Jacobin, "Slimer on Coke, Muncher on Zoloft" https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/ghostbusters-afterlife-reboot-slimer-muncher Become a low culture patron today! patreon.com/lowcultureboil
2021-02-2354 minGive Them An ArgumentEpisode 27 Preview - Amber A'Lee Frost and Daniel Bessner on QAnon (PATRON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)Amber A'Lee Frost from Chapo Trap House and Jacobin Contributing Editor Daniel Bessner chat with Ben about their co-written Jacobin article "How the QAnon Cult Stormed the Capitol." (https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/q-anon-cult-capitol-hill-riot-trump) This is a free public preview. To get the full episode, support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis.
2021-01-2809 minGive Them An ArgumentEpisode 27 Preview - Amber A'Lee Frost and Daniel Bessner on QAnon (PATRON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)Amber A'Lee Frost from Chapo Trap House and Jacobin Contributing Editor Daniel Bessner chat with Ben about their co-written Jacobin article "How the QAnon Cult Stormed the Capitol." (https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/q-anon-cult-capitol-hill-riot-trump) This is a free public preview.To get the full episode, support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get a weekly bonus episode, access to the Discord server and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats.Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgisLike, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.yo...
2021-01-2809 minGive Them An ArgumentEpisode 28 - Biden and U.S. Empire with Katie Halper, Daniel Bessner, and Rania KhalekBen and Forrest break down Biden's inaugural address and his first week in office. Katie Halper, Daniel Bessner, and Rania Khalek come on for an all-star panel on Biden's foreign policy. Forrest plays a teaser of the patron-exclusive episode dropping Thursday with Ben's conversation with Bessner and Amber A'lee Frost about their excellent Jacobin piece exploring the insanity of QAnon. David Griscom talks about The Highwaymen on Outlaws & Revolutionaries. Guys, this is a fantastic episode.Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www...
2021-01-263h 15
In the Context of EmpireEpisode 32: Tearing Down the Bipartisan Imperial Consensus with Daniel BessnerJon and Matt were joined by Dr. Daniel Bessner to discuss the need to challenge the bipartisan consensus on US foreign policy. Dr. Bessner currently holds the Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization at the University of Washington. He is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He also the author of Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual More of Dr. Bessner's writing can be found in Jacobin, the New York Times, and his blog, Foreign ExchangesDiscussed in this Episode:- The...
2021-01-1539 minLeft ReckoningEpisode 2 - The Full $2k, Joe + What to Expect From a Biden Foreign Policy ft. Daniel BessnerTo support the show and access exclusive content like the postgame, sub at patreon.com/leftreckoningDaniel Bessner (@dbessner) makes his first appearance on Left Reckoning to look ahead to Biden's foreign policy and the national security state's hunger for an age of domestic counterterrorism.Check out Daniel's contributions to Derek Davison's excellent Foreign Exchanges substack:https://fx.substack.com/Other Stories:Snyder faces chargeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXwXtXsqLP8&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=67thDistrictCourtGeneseecountyhttps://www.freep.com/story...
2021-01-151h 17
The Katie Halper ShowIs Trumpism Fascism? Debate w/ Jason Stanley, Jodi Dean, Sam Moyn, Daniel Bessner, Eugene PuryearIs Trump a fascist? Has he unleashed fascism? Was July 6 a coup? A failed coup? Never going to be a coup? Do these labels matter? To answer that question, Katie will chat with an amazing round table consisting of: philosopher Jason Stanley; historian and law professor Samuel Moyn; political scientist Jodi Dean; historian Daniel Bessner; and journalist Eugene Puryear.
Jason Stanley (https://twitter.com/jasonintrator) is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University whose latest book is "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them." He's a contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The...
2021-01-151h 45Bungacast/169/ Authoritarian Liberalism and Its Discontents ft. Amber A'Lee Frost & Daniel BessnerOn the Biden administration and Trumpist reaction.
We discuss the riot at the US Capitol and why it was not a (failed) coup attempt. How serious was the event, and what next for Trumpist reaction - will it lead to a split in the Republican Party?
Our guests - journalist Amber Frost and political science academic Daniel Bessner - help us preview what the Biden administration has in store for the US. With Democratic control of both houses, it should be able to pass legislation - but does it have any substantial plans to do so...
2021-01-121h 06
Superstructure20 - the Fascist Analogy (with Daniel Bessner)In this episode, Natalie Smith & Maxximilian Seijo host Daniel Bessner (@dbessner) to debate the pertinence of contemporary leftist efforts to analogize Trumpian neoliberalism to 1930s fascism. The conversation also takes up matters of left strategy & media, including the role of theoretical provocation and the politics of online culture.
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2020-12-301h 26
Money on the LeftSuperstructure: the Fascist Analogy (with Daniel Bessner)In this episode, Natalie Smith & Maxximilian Seijo host Daniel Bessner (@dbessner) to debate the pertinence of contemporary leftist efforts to analogize Trumpian neoliberalism to 1930s fascism. The conversation also takes up matters of left strategy & media, including the role of theoretical provocation and the politics of online culture.Link to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MoLsuperstructureMusic: “Yum” from “This Would Be Funny If It Were Happening To Anyone But Me” EP by flirting.flirtingfullstop.bandcamp.com/Twitter: @actualflirting
2020-12-301h 26
The West Wing ThingInauguration Pt 2: Over There w/Special Guest Daniel BessnerDaniel Bessner is back for Inauguration Part 2, as we dive deep, deep, deep into Aaron Sorkin's rewrite of Rwandan genocide.
2020-12-281h 16
Chapo Trap House470 - Mothership Connection feat. Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner (11/9/20)We’re joined by the Chapo Foreign Affairs desk of Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner to discuss what might change and what might continue in a foreign policy transition from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Then, we get beamed aboard the MOTHERSHIP as we take a look at Daniel and Amber’s recent Jacobin article on Democrats’ material incentives to lose.
Subscribe to Derek and Daniel’s substack Foreign Exchanges here: https://fx.substack.com/
And check out Daniel and Amber’s Jacobin piece here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/11/democratic-party-2020-elections-campaign-donations-failure
2020-11-1000 min
Chapo Trap House470 - Mothership Connection feat. Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner (11/9/20)We’re joined by the Chapo Foreign Affairs desk of Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner to discuss what might change and what might continue in a foreign policy transition from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Then, we get beamed aboard the MOTHERSHIP as we take a look at Daniel and Amber’s recent Jacobin article on Democrats’ material incentives to lose.
Subscribe to Derek and Daniel’s substack Foreign Exchanges here: https://fx.substack.com/
And check out Daniel and Amber’s Jacobin piece here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/11/democratic-party-2020-elections-campaign-donations-failure
2020-11-101h 23
Foreign Exchanges: the PodcastThe Institutions Behind US Foreign Policy, with Daniel BessnerUniversity of Washington professor, Quincy Institute fellow, and (above all) Foreign Exchanges columnist Daniel Bessner joins me for a chat about his first two FX pieces, the development of US foreign policy and the foreign policy establishment in DC, and some of the structural obstacles to overhauling that foreign policy for leftists.There are lots of links for this one:* Daniel’s first two FX pieces are here and here* You can read his piece on the Military-Intellectual Complex at The New Republic* The Center for International Policy’s new study on t...
2020-10-161h 06
Left AnchorEpisode 157 - Imperial Rollback with Daniel BessnerToday we've got Daniel Bessner, University of Washington professor and recently inaugurated Foreign Exchanges columnist, on to discuss various foreign policy topics: the motivations and functioning of the American empire, how we should think about China regarding the Uyghur abuses and climate change, and how one might go about rolling back the imperial system. Enjoy!
2020-09-2946 min
Let's Pod it Out: An Entourage PodcastLet's Pod it Out Episode 20 - "Good Morning Saigon" feat. Daniel BessnerThe boys are back with a fresh Entourage ep and this week they're helped by smarty-pants historian Daniel Bessner (@dbessner). Danny joins the gang to break down Season 2 Episode 12 "Good Morning Saigon". Vince is totally whipped by Mandy and the reps for both stars are VERY concerned. Ari lies to Vince and tells him that even James Cameron is concerned. Meanwhile, Turtle and Drama go on an adventure to sign an up and coming rapper named Saigon. Daniel discusses the "pre-millennial sensibility" of Entourage, while also going deep on the Jessica Krug/Jess La Bombolera controversy...
2020-09-151h 14
Podcast Archives - The DigHigher Ed in CrisisDan interviews Tithi Bhattacharya, Daniel Bessner, Simon Torracinta on the manifold crises engulfing higher ed as covid exposes and exacerbates decades of austerity and neoliberal iniquity.
“House of Cards: Can the American university be saved?” by Daniel Bessner thenation.com/article/society/gig-academy-meritocracy-trap-universities-crisis
“Extinction Event: Given what is to come, schools of every kind are now at risk” by Simon Torracinta nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/extinction-event/
“After 2020, There’s No Going Back to the Old America” by Dan Denvir in Jacobin jacobinmag.com/2020/09/joe-biden-imperialism-trump-america
2020-09-121h 57The DigHigher Ed in CrisisDan interviews Tithi Bhattacharya, Daniel Bessner, Simon Torracinta on the manifold crises engulfing higher ed as covid exposes and exacerbates decades of austerity and neoliberal iniquity.
“House of Cards: Can the American university be saved?” by Daniel Bessner thenation.com/article/society/gig-academy-meritocracy-trap-universities-crisis
“Extinction Event: Given what is to come, schools of every kind are now at risk” by Simon Torracinta nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/extinction-event/
“After 2020, There’s No Going Back to the Old America” by Dan Denvir in Jacobin jacobinmag.com/2020/09/joe-biden-imperialism-trump-america
2020-09-121h 57
Highlands BunkerE84 - Keep on Truckin (w/Janet Lindenmuth, Daniel Bessner)Delaware Law School librarian Janet Lindenmuth joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about some Delaware history fun facts. Then, historian and foreign policy expert Daniel Bessner joins Rob to talk about the rise of our current foreign policy consensus, and how it relates to the politics of Joe Biden and Chris Coons.Show Notes:Delaware's segregation lawsDelaware blue lawsDaniel's bookThe False Promise of Liberal OrderA Peoples' Policy for the Americas
2020-09-111h 24
The Katie Halper ShowMichael Brooks' podcast host remembers him with Nando Vila And Daniel BessnerPlease support the Katie Halper Show at https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow
Nando Vila and Daniel Bessner talk about Michael Brooks, his political theory, his legacy and his friendship. Then Teen Vogue's Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Historicly's Esha Krishnaswamy share their thoughts and memories.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2020-07-241h 32
Foreign Exchanges: the PodcastThe Dollar's Role in American Empire, with David Adler and Daniel Bessner (PODCAST 2-04-2020)David Adler of the Democracy in Europe Movement and the University of Washington’s Daniel Bessner join me to discuss the US dollar’s global influence and how that it with the more overtly military aspects of Empire USA. Their recent The New Republic piece is called “To End Forever War, End the Dollar’s Global Dominance.” Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe
2020-02-0458 min
Nostalgia TrapThe Tenured Radical w/ Daniel BessnerDaniel Bessner is a professor and writer and frequent Nostalgia Trap contributor. He joins us to talk about his controversial recent Chronicle piece taking on the American Historical Association, and to share his vision of how to rescue the humanities from the destructive forces of neoliberalism.
2019-06-121h 12Nostalgia TrapFifty Shades of Bernie w/ Daniel Bessner (BONUS EP PREVIEW)Here's a brief preview of this week's bonus episode, featuring a conversation with historian Daniel Bessner on the significance of Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential run. To listen to the entire episode: patreon.com/nostalgiatrap
2019-03-1203 min
History and PoliticsDaniel Bessner on History and Its DiscontentsConversation with historian Daniel Bessner who is an Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and author of Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual. We talk about the decline in history majors, the lack of tenure track positions in History deparments and ways to change this.
2019-03-0831 minNostalgia TrapImperialism is Over If You Want It w/ Daniel BessnerDaniel Bessner is a historian with a particular focus on American foreign policy. His book Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual mixes biography with a striking analysis of Cold War policy-making. In this conversation, Bessner expands on the ideas he presented in a recent New York Times op-ed, in which he argues that the left needs a more focused and practical pathway to dismantling the American imperial project and drawing down the endless wars that have decimated globe for decades.
2018-10-161h 09Nostalgia TrapImperialism is Over If You Want It w/ Daniel BessnerDaniel Bessner is a historian with a particular focus on American foreign policy. His book Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual mixes biography with a striking analysis of Cold War policy-making. In this conversation, Bessner expands on the ideas he presented in a recent New York Times op-ed, in which he argues that the left needs a more focused and practical pathway to dismantling the American imperial project and drawing down the endless wars that have decimated globe for decades.
2018-10-161h 09
1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast1869, Episode 35 with Daniel Bessner, author of Democracy in ExileAuthor Daniel Bessner joins us to talk about his book, Democrary in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual. Daniel Bessner is the Anne H. H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.
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2018-04-1620 min