Episode 3166: Henry Farrell on Trump II

If you’re anything like us you may have noticed that there has been quite a lot in the news and socials about the new Trump administration.

Tyrant. Ambrogio Lorenzetti

To help make some sense of what is going on we are talking today to Henry Farrell, who is a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a prolific blogger, essayist and author. (Links to much of his work can be found at www.henryfarrell.net)

Effects of Bad Government in the Country. Ambrogio Lorenzetti

We talk to him about the opening weeks of Trump 2, the meaning of the new alliance between the most powerful tech billionaires, the role of Elon Musk, what Henry’s recent book The Underground Empire tells us about the way the US exerts its power in today’s interconnected world, the AI race between the US and China, and the possible implications of the new regime for Europe and for Ireland.We also puzzle over the meaning of Peter Thiel’s January FT column: are we among the elect who can decode the real signal or just more pigs rooting for potato skins in the garbage.

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