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The Highest Calling

The presidents who defined America.

Jamie is joined by David Rubenstein—co-founder of The Carlyle Group and author of The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidencyto discuss the legacies of presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Joe Biden and what we can do about America’s debt.

The Agenda:
Original interviews with presidents
—Is Lincoln the greatest president?
—Unpredictable paths to the presidency
—Franklin D. Roosevelt’s transformation
—Gerald Ford’s Pardon of Richard Nixon
—Donald Trump and Joe Biden
—Anti-Israel encampments
—Debt and global stability

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Jamie Weinstein is the host of Monday’s episode of The Dispatch Podcast, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Dispatch, he was the host of The Jamie Weinstein Show. He has previously written for Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, and National Review, among other publications, and has appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and HBO’s “Real Time w/ Bill Maher.” When Jamie is not hosting, he is spending time with his wife and three rambunctious boys or working on his many entrepreneurial pursuits.

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