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The David Frum Show

On the Brink of Global Recession

The David Frum Show

The Atlantic

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with a discussion of the likelihood that the partisan balance of power will shift from Republicans to Democrats at the state-government level.  Then, David is joined by the president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Adam Posen, for a conversation about the state of the world’s economy. David and Posen discuss the economic effect of the war in Iran, the United States’ reputational hit caused by Trump’s tariffs, and the chance of global recession.  Finally, David ends the episode with a discussion of “Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed,” by Maureen Callahan, and reflects on why reactions to the abuse of women by men in power seem to have become a partisan issue.  Sign up for David Frum’s newsletter alert. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exclusive subscriber audio in Apple Podcasts. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/Listener. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to the David Fromm Show.

1:17.9

I'm David Frum, a staff writer at the Atlantic.

1:22.3

If you are viewing this program, you will have immediately noticed that there's something different this week.

1:24.0

I am recording this introduction in London, where I'm traveling.

1:28.5

We had a change of plan in the show that we were planning, we intended to bring to you

1:32.4

this week.

1:33.4

We originally had a different theme, a non-Iran theme program, but because of the looming

1:37.5

crisis in the peace negotiations and the gathering threat to the world economy, I thought

1:42.3

it was urgent this week to talk about the economic

1:44.5

fallout of President Trump's Iran War, and I have invited Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute

1:50.1

for International Economics to give us a truly global perspective on the worsening, darkening,

1:54.8

economic outlook for the United States and for the rest of the world. My book this week will be

1:59.2

Ask Not, a study of the Kennedy family

2:01.3

and the maltreatment of Kennedy women, both those born into the family and those married into it.

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