The New Liberal Podcast

The New Liberal Podcast dives into the deep end of policy, politics and identity and hosts the economists, academics, industry leaders, thinkers and politicians whose ideas are shaping society.

Are we sleepwalking into a budget crisis? ft. Jessica Riedl and Ben Ritz 04/02/2025

Are we sleepwalking into a budget crisis? ft. Jessica Riedl and Ben Ritz The national debt is enormous and still growing. And the Republican Party's proposed 2025 budget would increase it even further. Are we slowly walking into a crisis? Jessica Riedl and Ben Ritz join the podcast to discuss the state of the US government's budget, how bad things could get, and what we need to do to fix it. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/35974315

Saving Medicaid ft. Congressman Ritchie Torres 03/28/2025

Saving Medicaid ft. Congressman Ritchie Torres The Republican Party is promoting a budget resolution that would cut almost a trillion dollars from Medicaid. Congressman Ritchie Torres joins the show to discuss what impact this would have on Medicaid's almost 100 million users, why Medicaid is a bipartisan issue, and how we can focus public debate away from the scandal of the moment and onto saving programs like Medicaid from severe cuts. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/35897850

Why Class Matters ft. Richard Kahlenberg 03/25/2025

Why Class Matters ft. Richard Kahlenberg For decades, America used a system of race-based affirmative action to ensure that disadvantaged minority groups had a presence at elite universities. Was that the right approach? Richard Kahlenberg joins the podcast to talk about his book 'Class Matters', and make the case that class-based affirmative action is a superior way to get real diversity on campus. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/35855145

Creating Abundance ft. Derek Thompson 03/18/2025

Creating Abundance ft. Derek Thompson How can we build a more abundant world without scarcity in housing, energy, and more? Derek Thompson joins the podcast to discuss his and Ezra Klein's new book Abundance. We talk about the policies and the politics involved in abundance, how to spark more innovation in the economy, and why we desperately need the abundance movement. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/35742475

A Pragmatic Energy Policy ft. Elan Sykes 02/27/2025

A Pragmatic Energy Policy ft. Elan Sykes How do we balance the need to de-carbonize our energy grid with the need to lower energy costs for working class people? Elan Sykes is the Director of Energy and Climate Policy at PPI, and he joins the podcast to discuss how we can build out the grid, lower people's bills, and ultimately end up with clean and abundant energy. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/35462905

Why Nothing Works ft. Marc Dunkelman 02/18/2025

Why Nothing Works ft. Marc Dunkelman Why doesn't anything work? Why does it take so long to build housing, or green energy, or infrastructure? Why is the government so often inefficient and uncapable? Marc Dunkelman joins the podcast to discuss his new book Why Nothing Works. We talk about the history of the progressive movement and how two separate impulses - the centralization of power vs the decentralization of power - have caused progressive governance to run off the rails. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/35331900

What's the deal with DOGE? 02/12/2025

What's the deal with DOGE? The last two weeks have seen a number of controversies related to DOGE, the Department of Governmental Efficiency that Elon Musk heads in the new Trump administration. Jeremiah talks through what's going on, why DOGE seems to be breaking so many things, and what their real goals are. Also check out our conversation with Jennifer Pahlka: To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/35252895

Why Young Men Moved Right ft. Richard Reeves 02/04/2025

Why Young Men Moved Right ft. Richard Reeves One of the most important trends from the 2024 presidential election was the rightward shift of young people - especially young men. Richard Reeves joins the podcast to talk about why this shift happened, what mistakes Democrats have made in courting male voters, and how they can fix their self-inflicted wounds. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/35144030

Winning the Working Class ft. Will Marshall 01/14/2025

Winning the Working Class ft. Will Marshall Over the last several elections, Democrats have seen worse and worse results with working class voters. The traditional party of the working class is now in danger of becoming the party of the educated elite. PPI President Will Marshall joins the podcast to discuss how we win back the working class. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/34849155

The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2024, pt 2 01/08/2025

The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2024, pt 2 It's time for another books episode! Jeremiah breaks down the best books he read in 2024, covering topics like nuclear war, social media and web platforms, DC's lobbying industry, the nature of taking risks, how to make government more effective, and more! Part 1 of the books episode from earlier this year - To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/34764880

The Future of Substack ft. Hamish McKenzie 12/16/2024

The Future of Substack ft. Hamish McKenzie Substack is an increasingly important part of our cultural and media ecosystem. But is it actually any better than other forms of traditional media or social media? Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie joins the podcast to talk about content moderation, the economics of media, and much more as we dive into what exactly Substack is and where it's going. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/34466450

Making Government More Effective ft. Jennifer Pahlka 12/03/2024

Making Government More Effective ft. Jennifer Pahlka Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will be leading a new organization called DOGE, the Department of Governmental Efficiency. Can they actually make the government more effective? Jennifer Pahlka is the author of Recoding America and she joins the podcast to talk about why the government is so ineffective in so many ways, whether or not Elon and Vivek have the right ideas, and what needs to be done to build a better state capacity. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/34260425

How Democrats Win ft. Congressman Ritchie Torres 11/26/2024

How Democrats Win ft. Congressman Ritchie Torres How can Democrats break the trends we saw in 2024? Congressman Ritchie Torres joins the podcast to talk about why Democrats are losing key demographics, how the far left undermines Democrats' credibility as a party, and why we must listen to the voices of everyday Americans in the center. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/34150375

Can Antitrust help fix our broken politics? ft. Diana Moss 11/21/2024

Can Antitrust help fix our broken politics? ft. Diana Moss PPI's Diana Moss joins the podcast to make the argument that not only is fixing our antitrust enforcement good policy, but it's also a key part of fixing the Democratic Party's political woes. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/34074906

A 2024 Post-Election Breakdown 11/11/2024

A 2024 Post-Election Breakdown Jeremiah tackles Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election in this episode. Why did the country shift right? What issues were crucial to the campaign? How did digital media vs traditional campaign tactics work? And where do Dems go from here? All this and more in this episode of the New Liberal Podcast. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/33886732

The congressional district that could swing the election ft. Denise Powell 10/30/2024

The congressional district that could swing the election ft. Denise Powell Everyone's talking about the swing states, but few people are talking about Nebraska's 2nd Congressional district. Co-founder of Women Who Run Nebraska Denise Powell joins the podcast to discuss why this one district in a bright red state could end up decided the entire US presidential election. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/33679682

Modeling the 2024 Race ft. Lakshya Jain 10/25/2024

Modeling the 2024 Race ft. Lakshya Jain We're now very close to election night, so what exactly is the state of the presidential race? Lakshya Jain, CEO and co-founder of Split Ticket, joins the podcast to discuss the race. We chat about why this election has been hard to model, what people get wrong about the polls, what the state of the battle for Congress looks like, and what signs to watch out for on election night. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/33610267

A Better Climate Activism ft. Matt Yglesias 10/15/2024

A Better Climate Activism ft. Matt Yglesias Last week, climate activists disrupted a climate event because one of the speakers, Matt Yglesias, is supportive of fracking for natural gas. Matt joins the New Liberal podcast to discuss why he thinks fracking is a necessary part of our energy policy, what climate protestors get wrong in their approach to politics, and what a more effective form of climate activism would look like. Read more: To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/33459582

The Center Must Hold ft. Yair Zivan 09/30/2024

The Center Must Hold ft. Yair Zivan In an age of political polarization and extremism, how can we get things back to moderation and to the center? Yair Zivan joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Center Must Hold. We discuss how Zivan defines centrism, why he believes it's the best approach to politics, and why it could be a solution to polarization. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/33259892

Where's my Self-Driving Car? ft. Timothy Lee 09/24/2024

Where's my Self-Driving Car? ft. Timothy Lee Where did all of the hype around self-driving cars go? Timothy Lee joins the podcast to discuss the state of the self-driving car industry, technological and regulatory obstacles to getting self-driving cars in your city, and where he sees the auto industry going in 10 years. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/33184097

Why Conservatives Demonize Immigrants 09/19/2024

Why Conservatives Demonize Immigrants Over the past two weeks, a viral lie has taken off in right-wing circles about Haitian migrants in the US. In this episode Jeremiah explains how the lie started, what's actually happening in reality, and why conservatives need to lie about immigrants. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/33120542

The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2024, pt 1 09/13/2024

The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2024, pt 1 A member-exclusive podcast, now released free to the public! It's time for another books episode! Jeremiah breaks down the best books he's read thus far in 2024, covering topics like American evangelicals, how social media and smartphones are changing society, liberal theory, pragmatic environmentalism, and much more! To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/33037857

Liberalism in the Democratic Party ft. Project Liberal 08/31/2024

Liberalism in the Democratic Party ft. Project Liberal Jeremiah is a guest on the Project Liberal podcast/livestream, and talks with Project Liberal founder Josh Eakle about the state of liberalism, the state of the Democratic Party, and the most effective ways to make America more liberal. Check out Project Liberal at To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/32818487

On The Edge ft. Nate Silver 08/12/2024

On The Edge ft. Nate Silver What do poker players, effective altruists, and venture capitalists have in common? Nate Silver proposes that they all have a particular approach to dealing with risk, and form a single tribe that he calls 'The River'. Nate joins the podcast to talk about the culture of taking big risks, how this analytical approach applies to politics, and what we can learn from gamblers of all kinds. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/32545342

Should America have more babies? ft. Lyman Stone 08/08/2024

Should America have more babies? ft. Lyman Stone Almost every rich country (including America) isn't having enough kids to sustain their current population. Is this something we should be worried about? And if so, how do we fix it? Lyman Stone is the Director of the Pronatalism Initiative and joins the show to discuss the ideas around pronatalism. Why is it a problem if society has fewer and fewer kids each generation? Are there economic or cultural barriers to people having as many kids as they'd like to? And what policies can impact the fertility rate? We discuss all this and more! To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/32494702

A Pragmatic Liberal Budget ft. Ben Ritz & Laura Duffy 07/26/2024

A Pragmatic Liberal Budget ft. Ben Ritz & Laura Duffy The federal budget is always a hot topic in election years. How can we build a budget that address our deficit problem while funding the things we need? PPI's Ben Ritz and Laura Duffy join the podcast to discuss their new proposed budget. They discuss how they'd stabilize runaway costs for Social Security and Medicare, how to pay for programs like the Child Tax Credit and Paid Family Leave without breaking the bank, as well as how the budget can impact housing, immigration, trade and much more! Check out PPI's proposed budget here - To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/32300857

How Lobbying took over DC ft. Brody Mullins 07/25/2024

How Lobbying took over DC ft. Brody Mullins Lobbying in the 1950s and 60s was a small-time, sleepy industry without much impact. How did it grow to the behemoth political force it is today? Brody Mullins is the author of the new book The Wolves of K Street, and he joins the podcast to talk about corporate lobbying power, how lobbyists actually influence politicians, and how to design a better system. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/32232527

It's Kamala Time ft. Matti Miranda 07/22/2024

It's Kamala Time ft. Matti Miranda CNL assistant director Matti Miranda joins the show for an emergency podcast on Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing Kamala Harris. Is this a positive development for Democrats? How will Republicans respond? How does this change the dynamics of the 2024 presidential race? To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/32239667

The Purpose of Liberalism 07/16/2024

The Purpose of Liberalism Jeremiah discusses the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, and why liberalism requires that we oppose political violence. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/32161242

Breaking down Labour's Landslide ft. Claire Ainsley 07/08/2024

Breaking down Labour's Landslide ft. Claire Ainsley In the UK, Labour have just cruised to a historic election victory, winning a huge majority in Parliament for the first time in 14 years. PPI's Claire Ainsley joins the podcast to discuss how it happened and what it means. Why did the Conservatives collapse so hard after more than a decade in power? What will be on Keir Starmer's agenda as takes power as the new Prime Minister? And can the UK finally wake up and start building housing? We discuss all this and more as Labour takes control. To get bonus episodes, support us at or Got questions? Send us a note at . Follow us at: Join a local chapter at /episode/index/show/neolibpodcast/id/32045322

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