# first american (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover first american. Page: Feed: --- ## [Hal Brands: Allies, Autocrats, and AI](https://www.aei.org) _2025-11-11 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ Today on Political Economy , I’m chatting with Hal Brands about America’s place in the changing global order. Under the Trump administration, the US has acted less as an “ordering power,” as Brands puts it, than it has over the past century. We talk about the evolving relationship between the US and its allies, in addition to the role of emerging technology in the competition with China. Brands is… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c8f9ed73-0030-43a5-bfb0-0a90fc3b9f94.mp3) ## [Tobias Peter: Solving the US Housing Shortage](https://www.aei.org) _2025-09-30 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ Today on Political Economy , I’m talking with Tobias Peter about housing: From homeownership rates to construction types, we go over the many factors that play into a healthy housing market and explore what is holding back US homeowners. Tobias is the codirector of the Housing Center at AEI. As a senior fellow, his research focuses on housing risk and mortgage markets. Tobias has testified before… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a05bf321-86a4-4259-80db-0d73427f5500.mp3) ## [Mackenzie Eaglen: The State of US Military Preparedness](https://www.aei.org) _2025-08-19 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ Today on Political Economy , I talk with Mackenzie Eaglen about the Pentagon’s evolving strategy to confront today’s national defense challenges. Mackenzie and I take a look at the military doctrine of recent administrations compared to that of today. We discuss America’s state of preparedness, the changing defense-industrial base, and the role of automation. Eaglen is a senior fellow here at AEI… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fff4cf6b-98ad-49b6-ba96-c5b0bfbf354d.mp3) ## [Christopher Scalia: Literary Fiction for the Conservative Mind](https://www.aei.org) _2025-07-17 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ Stories are the way we communicate our values, explore complex ideas, and learn to empathize with those who fundamentally differ from ourselves. Christopher Scalia ’s most recent book, 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven’t Read) , delves into the particular benefit conservatives may find in literature they likely hadn’t considered. Today on Political Economy , I talk with Chris… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8e9b3704-3a15-40b7-a56f-aead345d94c1.mp3) ## [Edward Glaeser: What's Hampering American Housing?](https://www.aei.org) _2025-07-08 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ Today on Political Economy , I’m talking with Edward Glaeser about the problem with American housing supply and the many hurdles to building affordable homes. Ed and I look at the past century of urban and suburban construction and the attitudes and policies that have held back the US housing market. Ed is the chair of the economics department at Harvard University , where he has been a professor… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2d793c76-ca40-425f-ac83-05b643f84ba8.mp3) ## [Deirdre McCloskey: Ideas that Sparked Independence](https://www.aei.org) _2025-06-18 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ You remember your fourth grade history textbook: The British Empire unfairly taxed the American colonies. Tea was dumped in the Boston Harbor. Colonists refused taxation without representation. Therefore, the American Revolution was driven by economics, right? Well, maybe not. Today on Political Economy, I’m talking with Deirdre McCloskey about the core ideas that drove the Revolution. We explore… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/696291f8-130f-4b51-ad00-8c546e17395f.mp3) ## [Andrew Biggs: American Retirement Readiness](https://www.aei.org) _2025-06-10 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ Today on Political Economy, I’m talking with Andrew Biggs on why policymakers, the media, and most Americans are convinced of a retirement crisis that Biggs argues . . . doesn’t exist. Andrew and I discuss why this misperception continues to persist, and where the real flaws are in the American retirement system. Andrew is a senior fellow here at AEI where he researches Social Security reform,… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e27f4c5c-82a2-4499-b4a0-7f01da6e614a.mp3) ## [Derek Scissors: Trump's Tariffs and the China Trade War](https://www.aei.org) _2025-04-07 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ Today on Political Economy , I talk with Derek Scissors about what the Trump Administration’s newly-declared tariffs mean for US-China relations and what to make of today’s economic uncertainty. Derek is a senior fellow here at AEI, where he focuses on US-Asia economic relations. He is the chief economist of the China Beige Book and previously served as a commissioner on the US-China Economic and… [Listen](https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/aa533643-9bb5-4506-849a-f4a17524d84b/PE-Ep323-2025-4-9-Scissors-converted.mp3) ## [Mark Warshawsky: Sizing Up Social Security](https://www.aei.org) _2025-03-25 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ Today on Political Economy, I talk with Mark Warshawsky about the state of the Social Security system as we size up some of the reforms currently on the table. [Listen](https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/015388c4-cd1b-4ad8-8422-15a22c93e3b0/PE-Ep322-2025-3-21-Warshawsky-converted.mp3) ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iUhNhosF8dbx) _2025-03-25 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Andrew Leigh: An Economist's Guide to Human History](https://www.aei.org) _2025-02-11 · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis_ The arc of human history is a story of economics. Social values, human behavior, and the defining events of history are all woven into this field that seeks to explain how and why societies prosper — and why they often don’t. Today on Political Economy , I talk with Andrew Leigh about the economic lessons we miss in history class and what we gain from a basic understanding of how our economy… [Listen](https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/b03c0429-9de7-4a03-8ad4-5fd06e4e71cd/PE-Ep321-2025-2-10-Leigh-converted.mp3)