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To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

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To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

Charlie Sykes

Trump Is Sabotaging the American Idea

June 27, 2026 4:00am 52 min

Jamil Smith is a columnist at The Guardian and a lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. In this episode, he joins Charlie to discuss what America's upcoming 250th birthday means to them, the latest Su...

"Trump's Key Policies Are Fundamentally Anti-Libertarian"

June 25, 2026 4:00am 47 min

Peter Suderman is the features editor for Reason, a free market libertarian magazine. In this episode he joins Charlie to discuss the decline of libertarian influence in the Republican Party, the relationship between gov...

Donald Trump's Megalomania

June 20, 2026 4:00am 50 min

Sofia Kinzinger was a WH staffer under Trump during his first term. In this episode, she talks to Charlie about what it was like, and about her journey and political awakening. They also discuss JD Vance's book launch an...

Trump’s Deal Is an Abject Surrender

June 18, 2026 4:00am 48 min

Ed Luce from the Financial Times joins Charlie to discuss the deal with Iran, the Netanyahu-Trump fallout, and Elon Musk's obsession with Britain.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

America Gave Up on Its Own History

June 16, 2026 4:00am 47 min

Yoni Appelbaum, historian and deputy executive editor at The Atlantic, joins Charlie to go over what we know — and don't know — about the deal with Iran and what it all means for US interests in the region. They also dis...

Trump’s ‘Sitzkrieg’ in Iran

June 13, 2026 4:00am 57 min

Atlantic writer Tom Nichols joins Charlie to catch up on Trump's zigzagging on Iran, discuss Elon Musk's new status as a trillionaire, and unpack the absurdity of Pete Hegseth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...

The Alternative Universe of Grief

June 11, 2026 4:00am 45 min

In this special To the Contrary episode, Charlie sits down with Danielle Crittenden, whose daughter Miranda died suddenly two years ago. Crittenden recently published Dispatches from Grief: A Mother's Journey Through the...

The Ferrets Running Around in Trump’s Brain

June 09, 2026 4:00am 44 min

Legal analyst and Talking Feds host, Harry Litman, joins Charlie to dissect Trump's brief interview with Meet the Press, his legal battles over the slush fund, and the DOJ declaration that Trump has the right to bulldoze...

Tara Palmeri: Men Behaving Badly

June 06, 2026 4:00am 44 min

On today’s episode of “To the Contrary,” Charlie sits down with journalist and author of “The Red Letter” Substack, Tara Palmeri. The two of them discuss Main’s messy Senate race, Trump’s behavior with female reporters i...

"Trump Is Losing Power and It’s Making Him More Malicious"

June 04, 2026 4:00am 43 min

Jonathan Rauch is a Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. In this episode, he joins Charlie to talk about Trump's-now-killed slush fund, U.S.-Israel relations, and the war with Ir...

What Happened to Rudy Giuliani?

June 02, 2026 4:00am 48 min

John Avlon is chair of Citizens Union, former editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast and former chief speechwriter for Mayor Rudy Giuliani. In this episode, he joins Charlie to discuss Trump's UFC cage, Rudy Giuliani's fall ...

Can Trump Be Stopped? Actually, Yes.

May 30, 2026 4:00am 46 min

Miles Taylor is a former DHS official during Trump's first term and the founder of Defiance.org. He joins Charlie to discuss how the administration's changes to the green card process reveal that Trump's immigration stan...

Trump’s Bread and Circuses Moment

May 28, 2026 4:00am 44 min

Former Congressman and children’s book author, Adam Kinzinger, joins Charlie to discuss the ridiculousness of the UFC Octagon project on the WH lawn, Megyn Kelly's shock at Trump's corruption, and Texas election. Hosted ...

Should We Have Billionaires?

May 23, 2026 4:00am 50 min

Justin Wolfers is a professor of economics at the University of Michigan and author of the Platypus Economics Substack. In this episode, he joins Charlie to make the case against big tech moguls, discuss the price tag of...

It’s the Corruption, Stupid

May 21, 2026 4:00am 51 min

Phillips O'Brien is a historian and Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. In this episode, he joins Charlie to discuss Trump's corruption, his desperate Iran's gambit, and his weak pos...

Trump's Goon Squad Slush Fund

May 19, 2026 4:00am 56 min

Nicholas Grossman, editor of Arc Digital and professor of international relations at the University of Illinois, joins Charlie to discuss the new levels of corruption Trump and his family have descended into. They also d...

The Ozymandias Phase of the Trump Presidency

May 16, 2026 4:00am 44 min

Tim O'Brien, Senior Executive Editor at Bloomberg Opinion, joins Charlie to discuss the President's recent China visit, the poor state of American democracy, and Trump's golden phone scam.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

David Frum: Trump’s "America First" Is Actually "America Alone"

May 14, 2026 4:00am 54 min

David Frum of The Atlantic joins Charlie to discuss Trump's China visit, his ignorance on oil and the global economy, and the Democrats' missteps heading into the midterms. The conversation also turns personal: Frum refl...

How to Be a Dissident

May 09, 2026 5:00am 47 min

On today’s episode, Charlie welcomes Gal Beckerman, a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the book, “How to Be a Dissident.” The two walk through Gal’s book which outlines the simple but difficult steps anyone can...

Of Ballrooms, Blasphemy, and the Return of Abortion Politics

May 07, 2026 4:00am 33 min

On today's 'To the Contrary" podcast, Charlie is joined by NYT contributor Molly Jong-Fast to discuss the latest developments: the GOP's billion dollar ballroom; stunning new polling on the Trump-as-Jesus meme; this week...

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