Pete Hegseth
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Pete Hegseth is an American television host, author, military veteran, and Republican political figure who became U.S. secretary of defense in 2025.
43 episodes featuring Pete Hegseth
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Republicans test their distance from Trump before midterms
The episode weighs whether Republican unease over affordability, foreign policy, and constitutional conflict can still alter the midterm landscape.
Sep 25, 2026 · 38 min
Up First from NPR
Carlson breaks with Trump over Iran and Republican power
The interview tests whether Carlson’s opposition to the Iran war signals a durable realignment on the American right or another media-era rupture.
Sep 24, 2026 · 1h 1m
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s media politics echo Italy’s populist past
The episode connects attacks on press access in Washington to Italy’s experience with media-driven populism, while asking whether Giorgia Meloni offers Republicans a model or warning.
Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 19m
Pod Save America
Trump’s press restrictions test media solidarity and democratic norms
The episode connects viewpoint-based press access restrictions to legal precedent, institutional resistance, and broader risks from executive overreach.
Sep 22, 2026 · 1h 21m
The Bulwark Daily
Stevens urges Democrats to confront Trump and Republican weakness
The conversation tests whether Democrats can turn Republican vulnerabilities on corruption, foreign policy, and Trump into a confident midterm strategy.
Sep 22, 2026 · 59 min
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s Iran messaging collides with AI and education fights
The episode connects strained war messaging, attacks on press access, AI policy uncertainty, and school-choice pressures to broader questions of political accountability.
Sep 21, 2026 · 1h 10m
Pod Save America
Jessica Tarlov argues Democrats must fight beyond friendly media
The conversation tests whether Democrats can persuade skeptical voters by confronting difficult issues and political opponents where those voters already are.
Sep 20, 2026 · 1h 6m
Up First from NPR
War costs collide with rate hikes and Kennedy Center turmoil
The episode connects wartime inflation, mounting military costs and institutional upheaval to decisions affecting the economy, national security and public culture.
Sep 16, 2026 · 15 min
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Trump’s agenda meets resistance at home and abroad
The episode connects court rulings, congressional accountability, economic frustration, and damaged alliances to the broader struggle over American power.
Sep 16, 2026 · 34 min
The Bulwark Daily
Economic strain meets AI’s control problem
The episode connects near-term policy risks—from inflation and census changes to recession—with harder questions about whether advanced AI can be governed safely.
Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 14m
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s inner government remains largely hidden from public view
The episode argues that secrecy, intimidation, and limited reporting obscure consequential decisions about war, technology, money, and succession.
Sep 15, 2026 · 58 min
The Bulwark Daily
Trump allies face scrutiny over Russia ties and Republican drift
The discussion connects foreign-policy inconsistency, extremist politics, economic frustration, and institutional silence to deeper questions about Republican governance.
Sep 14, 2026 · 58 min
Up First from NPR
U.S.-Iran strikes widen risks from the Gulf to Washington
The episode connects military escalation, pressure on Israeli settlements, and political strain at the Smithsonian to broader questions about regional security and public institutions.
Sep 9, 2026 · 15 min
The Bulwark Daily
Tarlov argues Democrats need facts, empathy and accountability
The conversation connects immediate fights over Trump, national security and political disinformation to the harder question of how Americans can disagree without surrendering principles.
Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 20m
Pod Save America
Democrats debate the midterm lessons that could reshape 2028
The episode connects electoral strategy, political communication, media habits, and grassroots organizing to the Democrats’ prospects in the next presidential cycle.
Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 12m
Up First from NPR
Canada retaliates as Trump-centered GOP convention tests party strategy
The episode connects a worsening U.S.-Canada trade dispute, a Republican effort built around Donald Trump, and a deadly airport crash investigation.
Sep 8, 2026 · 15 min
The Bulwark Daily
Past wave elections offer Democrats a midterm playbook
The episode tests whether today’s political conditions resemble the backlash, turnout shifts, and strategic failures that produced the 1994 and 2006 waves.
Sep 7, 2026 · 1h 3m
Pod Save America
Trump’s Iran gamble collides with Republican midterm anxiety
The episode connects Trump’s foreign-policy risks and fundraising strategy to Republican candidates’ electoral calculations, then examines the West Bank’s violence and the political structures behind it.
Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 44m
The Bulwark Daily
David French warns executive power is eroding constitutional liberty
The conversation tests whether constitutional protections, Christian commitments, and electoral institutions can withstand an administration expanding coercive power.
Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 4m
Up First from NPR
Military shake-up tests wartime readiness
The episode connects senior military departures, Venezuelan oil diplomacy, and a contested mental-health defense to questions of institutional stability and accountability.
Sep 3, 2026 · 16 min
The Bulwark Daily
Republican senators confront the consequences of enabling Trump
The discussion tests whether Republican criticism can matter after lawmakers have helped install and sustain an administration they now question.
Sep 3, 2026 · 1h 14m
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
USPS ballot changes sharpen fears over election oversight
The episode connects election-administration uncertainty with congressional weakness, political violence, and the Democrats’ struggle to define priorities.
Sep 2, 2026 · 34 min
The Bulwark Daily
Pentagon turmoil meets Democrats’ affordability test
The episode connects defense-policy dysfunction and escalating geopolitical risks with a domestic political problem Democrats must solve: convincing voters they can deliver practical economic relief.
Sep 2, 2026 · 1h 22m
The Daily
Ocean rescues expose a hidden Coast Guard brain injury risk
The reporting challenges the assumption that traumatic brain injuries require explosions or direct blows, revealing how routine rescue work may cause lasting harm.
Sep 1, 2026 · 42 min
Pod Save America
Trump’s choices deepen Republican risks before the 2026 midterms
The episode connects war, trade, election oversight, constitutional disputes, and AI backlash to mounting political and institutional risks for Republicans.
Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 45m
Up First from NPR
Court lets Trump ballroom rise as Pentagon tensions deepen
The episode connects an unresolved constitutional fight, a senior military resignation, and global economic anxiety over the Iran conflict.
Sep 1, 2026 · 15 min
The Bulwark Daily
Iran conflict tests Democrats’ leverage over Trump
The episode connects military secrecy, economic pressure, and congressional inaction to a broader debate over how Democrats can constrain the administration.
Aug 31, 2026 · 57 min
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Foreign policy tests Democrats’ midterm strategy
The episode connects Democratic unity and Senate races to the military, media, and economic consequences of Trump’s foreign-policy agenda.
Aug 31, 2026 · 1h 1m
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Trump turns Canada conflict into a test of political power
The episode connects symbolic nationalism, immigration policy, foreign-policy risk, and conflicts of interest to a broader argument about political accountability.
Aug 28, 2026 · 38 min
The Bulwark Daily
ICE arrests and Trump’s midterm machine face scrutiny
The episode connects expanding immigration enforcement, Republican electoral planning, and Florida corruption allegations to the broader risks of Trump-era governance.
Aug 27, 2026 · 1h 21m
The Bulwark Daily
Bond-market pressure collides with MAGA media infighting
The episode connects Treasury-market stress and inflation risks to a political movement increasingly shaped by factional conflict and online propaganda.
Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 7m
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Applebaum links the Canada trade war to a collapsing world order
The conversation connects North American trade tensions to weakened alliances, constrained journalism, executive-power risks, and the future of modern warfare.
Aug 24, 2026 · 50 min
Pod Save America
Democrats test a post-resistance message in key Senate races
The episode connects Trump’s insular information environment to a broader Democratic challenge: turning opposition into an economic and electoral strategy.
Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 31m
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s inner circle reveals the costs of political devotion
The discussion connects personal loyalty around Donald Trump to broader concerns about fiscal policy, politicized justice, and election integrity.
Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 7m
The Daily
Hegseth replaces Navy chief with ideological ally
The leadership change tests whether military promotions will prioritize political loyalty over professional qualifications and candid advice.
Aug 20, 2026 · 35 min
The Bulwark Daily
Southern Democrats test coalition politics as civil service faces ideological targeting
The episode connects the South’s electoral stakes with a personal account of how political identity can override public service and institutional competence.
Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 20m
The Daily
A carrier’s long deployment exposes the Navy’s fragile logistics
The Lincoln’s worsening conditions show how a damaged supply network and too few carriers can turn operational pressure into a readiness crisis.
Aug 18, 2026 · 33 min
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s threats expose a credibility crisis at home and abroad
The discussion connects erratic threats, nepotistic diplomacy, and weakened alliances to a broader erosion of U.S. credibility and accountability.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 7m
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Democrats debate coalition discipline as Carlson eyes 2028
The episode connects Democratic infighting and Texas opportunity with a Republican succession question that could reshape the political center.
Aug 18, 2026 · 57 min
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s access economy collides with foreign-policy failure
The episode connects presidential profiteering, institutional protection, war’s human costs, and Democratic strategy into one argument about power without accountability.
Aug 17, 2026 · 1h 16m
Pod Save America
AI’s promise collides with its safety and power problem
The episode connects AI’s technical limits to urgent questions about privacy, jobs, national security, regulation, and who controls its development.
Aug 16, 2026 · 1h 4m
Up First from NPR
Consumers retrench as warships strain and polls miss late shifts
The episode connects household pressure, military readiness, and polling uncertainty to broader questions about how institutions respond to rapid change.
Aug 15, 2026 · 19 min
Pod Save America
Iran war and ICE abuses sharpen Democrats’ midterm challenge
The episode connects foreign-policy fallout, domestic enforcement abuses, and Democratic strategy to the political pressures likely to shape the midterms.
Aug 14, 2026 · 1h 22m