Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power Part 2

Past Present Future

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History, Politics, News, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Today’s episode is the second part of David’s conversation with Helen Thompson about what makes living in a world dominated by the United States so strange. What has changed about American power in the twenty-first century? Is Trump a deviation from the norm or is he simply an extension of it? Why does Greenland matter? And what is at stake as the contest between the US and China ramps up to the next level? Next Time: What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Incogni Special Offer for PPF listeners: https://incogni.com/pastpresentfuture (then use code PPF for 60% off annual plans) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.5	Hello, my name's David Rundsenman and this is past-present future, the History of Ideas podcast.
1:22.4	Today, it's the second part of my conversation with Helen Thompson. We are talking geopolitics and we are talking about the weirdness of living in a world so dominated by American power. This conversation
1:29.6	is about what that means in the age of Donald Trump. But it's not just about Trump. It's not
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