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Trump’s Third Way in Iran | RealClearInvestigations Podcast #133 (opens the original)
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On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney mark Labor Day by giving their guests the week off. In an extended news round-up, Zane and Varney discuss two articles on the Iran conflict – a Tablet article detailing Trump’s evolving strategy and an AP piece on how the Pentagon’s latest precision missiles are not so precise. Turning their attention to the changing world of journalism, they discuss a Semafor story descri
Standing Up To Political Correctness with Matt Calkins | RealClearInvestigations Podcast #132 (opens the original)
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On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with sports columnist Matt Calkins, who resigned from the Seattle Times after the newspaper killed his column that argued it is not hateful to oppose biological men playing women’s sports. On the news round-up, Zane and Varney discuss a series of stories on the media including: a PJ Media piece on California’s chilling new law Republicans have dubbed the “Stop Nick S
Jason Arday and Academic Freedom with Tyler Austin Harper | RCI Pod #131 (opens the original)
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On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Atlantic writer Tyler Austin Harper about his widely discussed, gracefully written articles – including a piece addressing the recent suicide of Cambridge Professor Jason Arday and another detailing why Harper left his tenure track job at Bates College – reporting how identity politics is undermining academic freedom. On the news round-up, Zane and Varney discus
The Prestige Industrial Complex with “Yuri Bezmenov” RCI Pod #130 (opens the original)
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On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with the Substacker who writes under the pseudonym “Yuri Bezmenov” (he’ll tell us why) about his reporting on the network of awards, fellowship, teaching gigs and other lucrative and prestigious incentives that reward people who espouse progressive ideas. On the news round-up, Zane and Varney discuss a National Review article that details Iran’s efforts to take the w
Nancy Guthrie and the Truth about True Crime | RealClearInvestigations Podcast #129 (opens the original)
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On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with true crime reporter extraordinaire Valerie Bauerlein of the Wall Street Journal about her recent coverage of the Nancy Guthrie abduction, her book on the Alex Murdaugh murder case and her podcast on another South Carolina homicide, “Camp Swamp Road.” On the news round-up, Zane and Varney discuss the Washington Post’s investigation into fraud and abuse at the Vet
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