The David Frum Show

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About The David Frum Show

To defend democracy, one has to believe in it. To believe in democracy, one has to understand it. Where it came from. How it works. What’s true. What’s not. What others did before you. How it could be better. How to make a difference. 

Each week, The David Frum Show digs deep into the big questions people have about our society, explains the progress Americans have made together, and reminds us that the American idea is worth defending.

Is the Left Driving Women Away?

Shannon Watts on the increasing hostility toward women among some progressive voters. Plus: the Graham Platner news and Killing Baby Hitler by Michael Tomasky.

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The American Experiment Is Worth Believing In

The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, on America’s 250th anniversary and the American idea today. Plus: what we can learn from American history on this Fourth of July and “City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism” by Abram Van Engen.

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Did Trump Surrender to Iran?

Inside the Trump-Iran negotiations with Vivian Salama. Plus: Why do people no longer care about climate change? And “Bel Canto” by Ann Patchett.

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Cuba Is Collapsing. Will Trump Invade?

CNN international correspondent Patrick Oppmann on Trump’s fixation on Cuba, the current state of the Cuban government, and what happens next. Plus: J. D. Vance’s presidential aspirations and Othello.

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Republicans vs. the Fourteenth Amendment

Professor David W. Blight on President Trump’s war on the Fourteenth Amendment. Plus: Brexit at 10 years and “1873” by Liaquat Ahamed.

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Has Trump Corrupted the Military?

Representative Jason Crow on the chaos at Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War.” Plus: Trump’s Iran defeat and James Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson.

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Trump’s Iran War: America's Loss Is China’s Win

Phillips O’Brien on the global fallout of Putin’s war in Russia, Trump’s war in Iran, and MAGA’s indifference toward Taiwan. Plus: Trump’s new slush fund and “What Science Says About Astrology.”

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