Justin Wolfers & Gina Hinojosa
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
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4.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Think Like an Economist’s Justin Wolfers stops by to talk about Trump’s terrible instincts and how they’re damaging the U.S. economy.
Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa joins us to discuss her run to defeat Governor Greg Abbott.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | Hi, I'm Molly JongFast, and this is Fast Politics, where we discuss the top political headlines |
| 0:10.9 | with some of today's best minds. |
| 0:13.2 | And Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramoswamy by 10 points in Ohio's governor race. |
| 0:20.1 | We have such a great show for you today. |
| 0:21.6 | Think like an economist's own Justin Wolfer stops by to talk about Trump's terrible instincts |
| 0:27.2 | destroying the United States economy. Then we'll talk to Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinajosa |
| 0:33.6 | about her run to beat Governor Greg Abbott for first the news. |
| 0:38.1 | Molly, we're going to have a collection of things that I like to think of as a trove of things |
| 0:42.4 | that when I think of how President Trump could wreck his presidency and his approval rating, |
| 0:47.0 | the first one that comes to mind is land invasion of Iran. |
| 0:50.0 | Yeah, you know, wreck his presidency and more importantly, just wreck the whole fucking world. |
| 0:55.4 | I mean, we are in it, team. |
| 0:58.0 | This story is so important because it's fucking war. |
| 1:02.6 | And Donald Trump, so Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon is moving additional |
| 1:07.5 | Marines and warships to the Middle East as Iran steps up its attacks on |
| 1:12.9 | the Straits of Ramos. So three officials in the Pentagon, Pete Heggsatz, weekend television |
| 1:19.4 | host, has approved a request from U.S. Central Command responsible for American forces in the Middle |
| 1:23.8 | East. This is more troops, 5,000 Marines and sailors. This is a Japanese-based ship, |
| 1:30.0 | and it's coming to the Middle East. Here's what's happening. We're two weeks in to a war that has no |
| 1:36.0 | reason. There is no reason for this war. And I've met this book fair in New Orleans at the |
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