The American Mind Podcast

Updated: 04 Dec 2025 • 404 episodes
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The American Mind Podcast uncovers the ideas and principles that drive American political life. The hosts engage Claremont scholars and critics in thought-provoking discussions about the real causes of our current political and cultural reality. claremontinstitute.substack.com

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04 Dec 2025 • EN

Double Tap Dance

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is being accused of war crimes after allegedly making a so-called “double-tap” strike against Venezuelan drug traffickers. But it may just be a double distraction, allowing critics of Trump both to avoid more serious questions about immigration policy and to pull attention from the tra

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27 Nov 2025 • EN

Friends and Frenemies

A recent White House meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani gave the president a chance to flip the script while publicly debasing the rhetorical currency of the “anti-fascist” Left. In this special holiday episode, the guys are joined by Matthew Peterson to discuss the president’s latest strategy, and answer

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In the wake of a bad election for Republicans, the Trump Administration seems to be reeling a bit as it looks for a new direction heading into Trump’s second year of this term. Yet time remains to step away from the ledge, button up and course correct before midterms. This week, Matthew Peterson joins the guys as they

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13 Nov 2025 • EN

Kondo for Congress

A bill to reopen the government has at last passed the Senate. It includes major concessions from Democrats on health care subsidies, earning moderate Democrats the ire of progressives. As the shutdown reaches its forty-second day, hosts Spencer and Mike sit down with guest Matthew Peterson to discuss the government’s

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06 Nov 2025 • EN

Groy Polloi

Tucker Carlson hosted Nick Fuentes, an antisemitic broadcaster, for a friendly interview, causing divisions to erupt on the Right. This week, as socialist Zohran Mamdani is forecast to take New York City’s mayorship, the guys appraise the influence of Fuentes on the mainstream and discuss the Right’s alternatives to cu

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30 Oct 2025 • EN

ICE Gets Shaken Up

As Trump’s campaign to curb illegal immigration presses on, half of ICE’s top officers have been reassigned in what may be a significant policy shift ahead of the midterms. Meanwhile, Biden’s former press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sat down for an interview with The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner in which she nearly sel

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