Compact Podcast

Obamacare subsidies expire, Paramount vies to buy Warner Brothers, and a recent conference... more

Lenny Benardo of the Open Society Foundations joins Matthew Schmitz to talk about Karl Pop... more

Trump wages a drug war, the UK moves to limit trial-by-jury, and Senator Cory Booker gets ... more

Trump introduces a 28-point peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and NYC Mayor-e... more

Marjorie Taylor Greene garners a newfound respect, UK Labour plans to restrict migration, ... more

The government shutdown ends, Trump threatens to sue the BBC, and a new book on the future... more

Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, and the EU is promoting a concerning vis... more

Trump demolishes the East Wing of the White House and muses about pursuing a third term, a... more

"Nazi-streaks" spread on the left and right, Trump suspends trade talks with Canada, and T... more

Trump brings peace to the Middle East, the UK attempts to ban spanking, and the government... more

Two years have pass since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel, Trump battles wit... more

The US government shuts down, Labour moves to introduce digital ID in Great Britain, and a... more

The nation tunes into Charlie Kirk's funeral, California bans ICE agents from masking, and... more

Charlie Kirk is killed and the debate over assisted suicide continues in the UK. Ashley Fr... more

The right fights over AI chips, the Department of War returns, and the right embraces "bel... more

Graham Linehan gets arrested for his tweets, Google finds out it won't have to sell off it... more

Trump pursues peace in Eurasia, Gavin Newsom tries out a populist style, and the White Hou... more

The conflict in Gaza escalates, Trump and Putin plan for a private summit, and DSA-style s... more

NASA is calling for a nuclear reactor on the Moon, a beach town in France is asking touris... more

Oliver Bateman joins Geoff Shullenberger to discuss his new Compact piece "The Death of th... more

The United States and the European Union cut a trade deal, a gunman targets several NFL ex... more

Trump attacks Fed Chair Powell, Ari Aster's Eddington exposes the horrors of the Covid-era... more

The hosts reflect on the Trump administration's successes and misses, the internet celebra... more