The American Enterprise Institute’s Danielle Pletka and Marc Thiessen address the questions we’re all asking in their podcast, “What the Hell Is Going On?” In conversational, informative and irreverent episodes, Pletka and Thiessen interview policymakers and experts, asking tough, probing questions about the most important foreign policy and security challenges facing the world today.
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WTH is going on one year after the Jan. 6 Capitol breach? ABC’s Jonathan Karl on last year’s deadly riots at the US Capitol, just how close America was to a constitutional crisis, and his new book “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show”
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2022-01-05
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WTH is Project Exodus Relief? How a group of veterans and patriots are working to rescue the American citizens and Afghan allies left behind
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2021-12-15
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WTH is going on with Omicron? Dr. Marty Makary on why we shouldn’t panic about the newest Covid-19 variant and the facts that you do not hear from the CDC
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2021-12-08
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WTH is going on at the Supreme Court? John Yoo on Mississippi’s abortion law, the showdown at the Supreme Court, and implications for Roe v. Wade
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2021-12-02
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WTH is critical race theory? A WTH greatest hit: How a philosophy that inspired Marxism, Nazism, and Jim Crow is making its way into our schools, and what we can do
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2021-11-24
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WTH is going on with CRT denial? Yascha Mounk on why it’s intellectually dishonest and electorally disastrous for Democrats to deny critical race theory is being taught in schools
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2021-11-18
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WTH is going on with China’s hypersonic missiles? Thomas Karako on China’s recent hypersonic missile test, the science behind it, and what it means for US national security
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2021-11-10
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WTH is going on LIVE! The Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter on what happened in Virginia’s recent election and what it means for 2022 … and 2024
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2021-11-05
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WTH is “Blood on My Hands”? John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting on his latest single, his frustration with America’s betrayal of Afghanistan, and the power of music
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2021-11-03
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WTH is going on with climate change? Bjorn Lomborg on the upcoming COP26 Glasgow summit, some inconvenient truths about climate-driven phenomena, and how to manage climate change effectively
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2021-10-27
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WTH is going on with the economy? AEI’s Mike Strain on worker shortages, supply chain disruptions, inflation, and Biden’s coming sad Christmas
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2021-10-21
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WTH is with all the Trump 2024 political hysteria? Holman Jenkins on the overwrought fears of our democratic demise, the Russian collusion canard, and why Democrats need to stop lying to themselves and acknowledge they are part of the problem too
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2021-10-13
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WTH is a Liberal Patriot? Brian Katulis and Ruy Teixeira on the need for a liberal nationalism, the state of the Democratic Party, and the current battle of ideas in American society
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2021-10-06
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WTH was behind our COVID failure? Dr. Scott Gottlieb on his new book “Uncontrolled Spread,” the catastrophic initial response, and the lessons learned from the COVID pandemic
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2021-09-29
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WTH is happening on the ground in Afghanistan? WSJ reporter Yaroslav Trofimov on his travels around post-US withdrawal, the reshuffling of global power relations, and the future of a Taliban controlled state
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2021-09-22
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WTH is going on with the hostages in Afghanistan? Elliot Ackerman on those left behind and the Americans working to get them out
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2021-09-15
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WTH is going on 20 years after 9/11? An Afghanistan war veteran who lost his dad in the Twin Towers remembers
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2021-09-08
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WTH is going on with the retreat from Afghanistan? Amb. Ryan Crocker on America’s betrayal, Biden’s catastrophic withdrawal, and the consequences for US national security
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2021-09-01
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WTH is going on with the Taliban takeover? Frederick Kagan on the fall of Kabul, the Afghan army’s role, and Biden’s surrender to the Taliban
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2021-08-18
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WTH is going on with breakthrough infections? Dr. Marty Makary explains why renewed panic over COVID-19 is unwarranted
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2021-07-28
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