The Jackpod: History, literature and politics with Jack Beatty
In this weekly podcast, On Point’s news analyst Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S.
The Jackpod: Death becomes them
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how authoritarians have co-opted their military and valorized its dead over living experience in the officer corps.
The Jackpod: Democracy by lottery
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has been reading “Politics without Politicians” by political theorist Hélène Landemore, in which she makes the case that randomly selected citizens can make for...
The Jackpod: Dad Gummit!
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how the U.S. Congress serves the financial interests of itself through insider trading.
The Jackpod: Naked to our enemy
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how the Trump administration has eroded the ability of the U.S. to counter the threat of terrorism, even as that threat appears to...
The Jackpod: The ties that bind
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and Russia and how it might explain the administration's agenda.
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The Jackpod: The founders’ worst fears
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the corrupting influence of the president’s power to wage war, and the failure of the 1973 War Powers Resolution to check that power.
The Jackpod: Hold the tiger
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the lack of justification for, and potential consequences of, a U.S. military strike in Iran.
The Jackpod: Two cheers for the filibuster
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the threat to voting rights posed by the SAVE Act, requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
The Jackpod: Don’t exhaust your indignation
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on who stands to benefit from the so-called Dmitriev package, a reported $12 trillion economic cooperation proposal between the U.S. and Russia.
The Jackpod: America’s golden age
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Americans whose recent violent encounters with immigration agents have changed them and their families. Several of them spoke at a recent forum organized...
The Jackpod: Gimme shelter!
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the role that restrictive zoning laws have played in the shortage of affordable housing in the U.S.
The Jackpod: America as a dual state
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the division between the normative state and the prerogative state and the role that could be playing in the U.S. today.
The Jackpod: Gouged
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the scourge of price gouging for captive customers at places like airports, concerts and sporting events.
The Jackpod: We coulda been Denmark
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the opportunity cost of interventionist foreign policy on social betterment programs in the U.S.
The Jackpod: It can happen here. It is happening.
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Philip Roth’s 2004 novel "The Plot Against America," and its parallels with the U.S. today.
The Jackpod: Over there
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the Trump administration’s new national security strategy and what it could mean for U.S. relations with longstanding European allies.
The Jackpod: Rural ressentiment, or ‘the country strikes back’
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the modern history of the multi-faceted divide between rural and urban America and why it threatens democracy.
The Jackpod: The revolutionary mind
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the role that concepts of power, liberty and conspiracy played in the American Revolution. (Inspired by Ken Burns’ PBS documentary series, ‘The American...
The Jackpod: Tired of winning yet?
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the state of the U.S. economy and what recent polling reveals about the perception gap between President Trump and American workers.