TAC Right Now

Last week, American Compass and The American Conservative collaborated on a discussion of the successes and failures of the Trump presidency. The print articles can be found on our website, but in this episode, Arthur Bloom moderates a panel with American Compass's Oren Cass, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, and Rachel Bovard of the Conservative Partnership Institute, who has been heard on this show before.

When a vacuum cleaner salesman gets involved in the spy game and winds up in over his head, that's Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana—or is it Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina? Journalist John Meroney joins the podcast to talk about his profile of Senator Burr in the latest TAC print issue. Also in this episode: Ryan's theory of "Covid Brain" and a new poll showing just how few Trump supporters believe in QAnon, or have even heard of it.

A shorter than usual episode this week, as we try to get our debate debrief out to you as fast as possible. Who won on Tuesday night? Did Trump's aggressiveness backfire? Rachel Bovard of the Conservative Partnership Institute and TAC's own Curt Mills join Arthur and Ryan for a debate recap.

Who were the worst Nobel Peace Prize awardees, recent and long-past? Marcus Nobel, President of United Earth and a member of the Nobel family, joins the host to talk about where the prize went wrong, and what could fix it. Plus, the COVID relief debate and the anniversary of John Lennon's murder.

Former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Anton, author of "The Flight 93 Election," joins the hosts to talk about his new book, "The Stakes, and his essay about the apparent coup being planned by elements of the Democratic Party, military and media. In the intro, whether we can trust the troop drawdown announcements, and in the final segment, the new Oscar requirements.