The DSR Network
Kanal-Details
The DSR Network
This podcast will take you on a smart, direct, sometimes scary, sometimes profane, sometimes hilarious tour of the inner workings of American power and of the impact of our leaders and their policies on our standing in the world. Hosted by noted author and commentator David Rothkopf and featuring re...
Neueste Episoden
2847 Episoden
Siliconsciousness: A 2025 AI Report Card for the US
It’s (almost) been one year of the Trump administration. Aside from, well everything else, how has US artificial intelligence policy evolved? Former D...
The Daily Blast: Trump Rages at Pollsters as Latest GOP Losses Reveal Surprise Weakness
President Trump erupted Thursday in a wild rage on Truth Social in which he appeared to blame pollsters for failing to register his world-historical s...
Words Matter: MAGApocalypse Now
The Republican Senate just voted against extending the Affordable Care Act. Twenty million people could lose their healthcare coverage soon, and the R...
AI, Energy and Climate: A Net-Positive AI Energy Framework: Ginelle Greene-Dewasmes
AI’s huge energy needs are getting enormous media attention. AI’s potential to make energy more secure, clean and affordable is getting less attention...
DSR Daily December 11: US Seizes Oil Tanker off Venezuelan Coast
On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we discuss the US seizing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump’s new $1m immigration visa scheme, Kristi Noe...
Trump's Strategy that Only the Kremlin (and Beijing) Could Love
Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy is another nail in the coffin for U.S. foreign policy. Sadly, and unsurprisingly, it furthers MAGA’s anti-Eu...
DSR Daily December 10: More Shocking Democrat Victories!
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we discuss huge Democratic victories in Miami and Georgia, dystopian social media disclosure rules for foreign tourist...
The Daily Blast: Trump Erupts in Fury as GOPers Humiliatingly Defy His Plot to Rig 2026
In today’s episode, we talk to Representative Jamie Raskin about President Trump’s corrupt scheme to gerrymander the 2026 midterms—and about Raskin’s...
DSR Daily December 9: Trump’s $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss the administration’s huge bailout for farmers, the Supreme Court considering an end to limits on party spendi...
The Daily Blast: Hegseth Defense in Total Collapse as Leaks on Strike Grow More Damning
Pete Hegseth’s defense of the killing of two men clinging to an incapacitated boat is falling apart on multiple fronts. Lawmakers who saw video of thi...
DSR Daily December 8: Supreme Court Considers Federal Firing Case
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we discuss the case before the Supreme Court on federal firings, China’s incredible trade surplus, a fiery interview with...
The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Spin on Mental State Flies Off Rails
Under persistent questioning about President Trump’s unfitness for office at his latest cabinet meeting, White House press secretary offered one of th...
DSR Weekly Wrap-Up: Trump’s Dangerous Vision for the World
On the DSR Weekly Wrap-Up for December 5, we cover the administration’s newly released National Security Strategy, the Supreme Court allowing the use...
Siliconsciousness: AI and Investing: Ally, Enemy or Both?
Would you use an AI as your stockbroker? Maybe not. Yet more and more individuals and firms are using AI tools to aid in investing. But will AI-powere...
Words Matter: MAGA is Coming Apart at the Seams
Tuesday was a surprisingly difficult victory for the Republicans in red Tennessee. The speical election’s electoral results have a lot to tell us abou...
The Daily Blast: Angry Trump Unravels over 2026 Woes as GOP Panic Grows: “Flashing Red”
Democrats have signaled that they’re running in the 2026 midterms on “affordability.” This week, Trump unleashed several angry, wild-eyed rants about...
Hegseth's War Criminal Ethos plus Can Europe Be Saved?
Are we really going to war with Venezuela? Just how bad is Hegseth’s war criminal ethos? Can Europe pull itself together to save Ukraine and itself? T...
DSR Daily December 3: Admin Pauses ALL Immigration Applications for 19 Countries
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we discuss a new pause on immigration applications for 19 countries, a new immigration crackdown in New Orleans, a Dem...
The Daily Blast: Trump Seethes Darkly at Media as MAGA Bloodlust at Bombings Boils Over
Suddenly, on many fronts at once, President Trump and his allies are demonstrating how central sheer sadism is to his agenda—and to how MAGA conducts...
NTK: After the Fox: The Search for Who to Trust in the New Media Era
How dead is old media? As more and more traditional outlets are swallowed by powerful individuals and corporations, it’s hard to determine what’s wort...
NTK: How to Combat Authoritarianism in the US: A Conversation with Sen. Jeff Merkley
President Trump has grown even more authoritarian and bold with each passing day in his second term. With illegal strikes on boats and the pardon of t...
DSR Daily December 2: Trump Pardons Former Honduran President
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we break down Trump’s pardon of the former president of Honduras, Hegseth and the White House scrambling in the fallout...
The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Spin Implodes as Fresh Boat Bombing Horrors Rattle GOP
President Trump’s illegal boat bombings just got even worse. We’ve now learned that after demolishing a boat allegedly carrying drug smugglers in Sept...
DSR Daily December 1: Netanyahu Asks for Pardon
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we discuss Benjamin Netanyahu requesting a pardon, Pete Hegseth’s potential war crimes, deadly flooding in Southeast Asia...
The Daily Blast: Trump’s Fury at NYT Explodes amid Fresh Concerns about Mental Decline
President Trump dreads being seen as weak. He exploded in a long, crazed rant about a harsh new piece in The New York Times about his ongoing decline....
This Year We're Thankful for Courage and Resistance
Trump’s foreign policy can be summarized with one phrase: FUBAR. The administration’s commitment to Ukraine is laughable, and Trump’s politics are dri...
DSR Daily November 26: Witkoff/Russia Audio Leaks
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we discuss a leaked recording of Steve Witkoff, 20 states suing the administration over cuts to homeless housing fundi...
The Daily Blast: Trump Erupts in Frantic Tirade over 2026 as GOP Slips into Fresh Panic
This week, the White House leaked plans to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for some of the millions of people who stand to lose out from their ex...
Words Matter: A Curmudgeon's Guide to What to Be Thankful For
As we approach Thanksgiving in our current political climate, Norm Ornstein and David Rothkopf ask - what is there to be thankful for? Donald Trump’s...
DSR Daily November 25: Comey and James Prosecutions DISMISSED
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss the dismissal of the cases against James Comey and Letitia James, Ukraine agreeing to a peace proposal, the P...
The Daily Blast: Raging Trump Spirals Further as Push to Jail Enemies Backfires Badly
This weekend, President Trump raged over a video from Democrats that warned against carrying out “illegal orders.” That led him to get his Defense Sec...
Siliconsciousness: AI and Government: The Success Stories You Need to Hear About
The relationship between artificial intelligence and government has been a contentious one here in the US. Yet the same can’t be said for countries ar...
DSR Daily November 24: Mamdani Charms Trump at White House
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we cover the strange White House meeting between Trump and Mamdani, MTG’s shocking resignation announcement, progress on...
The Daily Blast: Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
Suddenly, media outlets seem to have figured out that President Donald Trump is really, really unpopular. There’s been a palpable shift in the discour...
DSR Weekly Wrap-Up: A Smorgasbord of Bad Decisions from the Trump Admin
On the DSR Weekly Wrap-Up for November 21, we cover the administration opening up new oil and gas drilling, Trump backtracking on tariffs, Eric Swalwe...
The Daily Blast: Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
On Thursday, President Trump called for the execution of a number of members of the opposition party. This came after Democratic lawmakers released a ...
Words Matter: How Much Worse Can It Get? (Spoiler Alert: Way Worse)
If the current political climate wasn’t bleak enough, Donald Trump is now calling for his political enemies to be executed. The transgression of these...
DSR Daily November 20: Trump and Mamdani to Meet???
On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we discuss tomorrow’s meeting between Mamdani and Trump, US military officials in Kyiv, Trump signing off on the releas...
The Daily Blast: Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking
President Trump is cratering in two new polls. A Marist survey has his overall approval rating at 39 percent, and a Marquette poll has his approval pl...
"Things Happen"
Donald Trump shrugged off the murder of Jamal Khashoggi this week by saying "things happen." The casual acceptance of cold-blooded murder should strik...