120 | Extended Q&A: Yes, We Noticed Hooters Stole Our Theme Song + How You Can Support The Realignment

The Realignment

Technology, News Commentary, National Security, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, News, Public Policy, Economics, Politics, Saager Enjeti, U.s. Politics, Policy

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Note: During today’s episode, we discuss our plans to launch a Supercast subscription in May: https://www.supercast.com/product. A bunch of you have already written that you’d like to support the show financially, so please email us at [email protected] if you’d subscribe to a paid Realignment membership, plus we’d love to hear any suggestions with what additional features we should add to make it worthwhile. Don’t worry though, we won’t paywall the Tuesday, Thursday, or Reboot episodes we already offer. Marshall and Saagar answer the backlog of Realignment Qs on the impact of a U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East and Central Asia, whether you need elite credentials to impact policy in D.C., how to skeptically discuss marijuana without sounding like a NARC, how to support the show (financially or otherwise), and more...

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0:00.0	Soga and Marshall here welcome back to the realignment.
0:03.2	This week we're very excited to do a question and answer episode.
0:12.6	It's long overdue.
0:13.6	We've been letting them pile up.
0:15.0	We've let all of the 428 roll in.
0:17.8	And so now seems like a good time in order to sit down and answer what they have.
0:23.6	Before we jump into the first question, Marshall, what should we share with the people?
0:27.2	One has been crushing it on the bookshop link.
0:30.4	It is the store where you can support local booksellers and the store.
0:34.2	So go click on the link in the show now.
0:37.0	It's people been buying all these were interesting things.
0:39.7	Not just our recommendations, but also things that they find interesting.
0:42.8	If you go through a link, you can purchase whatever you want and still support the show.
0:46.6	Secondly, you all are also crushing it when it comes to the sub stack.
0:50.7	We switched to Thursday afternoons.
0:53.2	Our open rate continues to rise.
0:55.4	We have lots of great feedback on the 420 episode.
0:58.4	So everyone who is ticked off about the 420 related question we have coming up, be sure
1:02.6	to go to the sub stack and you will see a variety of positive and negative takes on the issue.
1:07.6	Finally, huge thank you to Lincoln Network for supporting our work.
1:11.2	Let's get to the first question.
1:25.8	Just a reminder, if you guys want to ask us a question, go ahead and leave us a five star
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