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The Highest Calling

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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

Jamie Weinstein is the former host of the Monday episode of The Dispatch Podcast. He was previously the host of The Jamie Weinstein Show, and has previously written for Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, and National Review, among other publications.

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