American Prestige

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A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world.americanprestige.supportingcast.fm

Recent Episodes
  • News - Kashmir Attack, US Airstrikes in Yemen, Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks Falter
    Apr 25, 2025 – 56:24
  • E208 - Israel Ramps Up its Campaigns in Gaza and the West Bank w/ Mohammad Alsaafin
    Apr 22, 2025 – 01:04:29
  • Bonus - The 2025 Canadian Election Preview w/ Luke Savage (Preview)
    Apr 20, 2025 – 10:52
  • News - Sudan Rival Government, US Pushing Ukraine-Russia Deal, US-Saudi Nuclear Tech Talks
    Apr 18, 2025 – 01:11:14
  • E207 - The Sino-Soviet Split, Pt. 1 w/ Jeremy Friedman
    Apr 15, 2025 – 01:01:08
  • Unlocked: The Sino-Soviet Split Primer w/ Jeremy Friedman
    Apr 14, 2025 – 44:32
  • Bonus - South Africa: Land Policies, Musk, and a Crumbling Coalition w/ Ben Fogel
    Apr 13, 2025 – 10:01
  • Special - The Mahmoud Khalil Ruling w/ Branko Marcetic (Preview)
    Apr 12, 2025 – 05:02
  • News - Tariff Chaos, US-Iran Talks, Trump Considers Drones Against Cartels
    Apr 11, 2025 – 01:05:56
  • E206 - Alternative Media, Trump 2.0, and the Moment in Politics w/ Katrina vanden Heuvel
    Apr 8, 2025 – 56:52
  • Bonus - Trump, Xi Jinping, and Tariffs w/ Andy Liu (Preview)
    Apr 6, 2025 – 09:59
  • Special - The Trump Tariffs Escalate w/ Vivek Chibber (Preview)
    Apr 4, 2025 – 05:51
  • News - US and Iran Inch Toward Conflict, Myanmar Earthquake, Trump Tariffs
    Apr 4, 2025 – 42:17
  • E205 - Mobility in America’s Past, Present, and Future w/ Yoni Appelbaum
    Apr 1, 2025 – 01:08:26
  • Bonus - The Constitutional Order Leading to Trump w/ Aziz Rana (Preview)
    Mar 30, 2025 – 09:27
  • News - Turkey Protests, Sudan Military Gains, Israel Takes More of Gaza
    Mar 28, 2025 – 41:35
  • E203 - The CIA’s Imperial History, Pt 1 w/ Hugh Wilford
    Mar 25, 2025 – 01:03:01
  • Bonus - The War in Ukraine in 2025 w/ Mark Ames (Preview)
    Mar 23, 2025 – 06:19
  • News - Israel Breaks Ceasefire, US Bombs Yemen, DRC Fighting Continues
    Mar 20, 2025 – 39:44
  • E202 - The End of Resistance History w/ Charlotte Rosen
    Mar 18, 2025 – 01:07:14
  • Bonus - Is the Rules-Based Order Dependent on the US? w/ Charli Carpenter (Preview)
    Mar 16, 2025 – 05:29
  • News - US-Ukraine Ceasefire Proposal, Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant, Sea Ice at Lowest Recorded Level
    Mar 14, 2025 – 46:48
  • Special - The Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil w/ Spencer Ackerman
    Mar 12, 2025 – 39:06
  • Re-Post - Jewish Anti-Imperialism from the 1930s Onward w/ Benjamin Balthasar
    Mar 12, 2025 – 01:04:09
  • E201 - Sheriffs as Members of the Security State w/ Jessica Pishko
    Mar 11, 2025 – 01:04:50
  • Bonus - Marx as a Jewish Thinker w/ Paul Reitter (Preview)
    Mar 9, 2025 – 09:28
  • AP x Nonzero - Trump’s Disruptive Foreign Policy
    Mar 8, 2025 – 29:45
  • News - PKK Ceasefire, Ukraine Aid in Question, BlackRock Targets Panama Canal
    Mar 7, 2025 – 44:49
  • E200 - The End of the PKK with Gönül Tol and Djene Bajalan
    Mar 5, 2025 – 01:13:45
  • Bonus - The Military and Video Games w/ Jesse Robertson (Preview)
    Mar 2, 2025 – 05:24
  • Special - The Trump and Zelensky Falling-Out
    Mar 1, 2025 – 05:32
  • News - PKK Disarmament, US/Ukraine Mineral Deal, German Election
    Feb 28, 2025 – 54:43
  • E199 - MAGA Defense Cuts? w/ William Hartung
    Feb 25, 2025 – 58:48
  • Bonus - Musk and Silicon Valley in the Government w/ Becca Lewis and Eoin Higgins (Preview)
    Feb 23, 2025 – 09:17
  • News - US-Ukraine Tension, RSF Attempts to Form Government in Sudan, Trump Proposes Defense Budget Cuts
    Feb 21, 2025 – 48:32
  • E198 - A Stable, Post-Unipolar World w/ Trita Parsi and Aslı Bâli
    Feb 18, 2025 – 01:01:46
  • Bonus - (Mis)understanding the Political Right in 2025 w/ Matthew Ellis (Preview)
    Feb 16, 2025 – 09:47
  • News - Trump and Putin Talk Ukraine Ceasefire, M23 Continues DRC Advance, Sudan's Forces Make Gains
    Feb 14, 2025 – 50:09
  • E197 - American Jews, Israel, and Palestine w/ Peter Beinart
    Feb 11, 2025 – 01:02:59
  • Bonus - American Idealism and the Struggling Left w/ Nathan J. Robinson (Preview)
    Feb 9, 2025 – 05:38
  • News - Rubio in Latin America, M23 Ceasefire Ends, Trump Proposes Gaza Takeover
    Feb 7, 2025 – 44:32
  • Special - USAID: Trump's Attack and a History w/ Jonathan Guyer and Timothy Gill (Preview)
    Feb 5, 2025 – 10:42
  • E196 - M23, the DRC, and Rwanda w/ Marie-Rose Tshite
    Feb 4, 2025 – 53:46
  • Special - The Trump Tariffs w/ Marshall Steinbaum (Preview)
    Feb 2, 2025 – 05:17
  • Bonus - Biden’s Foreign Policy Legacy w/ Jeet Heer (Preview)
    Feb 2, 2025 – 09:38
  • News - Sudan Army Advances, IDF Remains in Lebanon, US Foreign Aid Freeze
    Jan 31, 2025 – 47:04
  • E195 - Decolonization as Advocacy, Pt. 2 w/ Lydia Walker
    Jan 28, 2025 – 01:00:59
  • Bonus - Biden's Legacy and Trump's Return w/ Alex Aviña and Emily Tamkin (Preview)
    Jan 26, 2025 – 08:27
  • News - Trump's First Week, Colombia Rebel Fighting, M23 Advances in DRC
    Jan 24, 2025 – 53:55
  • E194 - Decolonization as Advocacy, Pt. 1 w/ Lydia Walker
    Jan 21, 2025 – 53:47
Recent Reviews
  • idk679
    It’s literally just someone reading news headlines
    The normal episodes are just headline reads. No analysis.
  • riverchat
    American Prestige
    Kings of sarcasm help the medicine go down. Many thanks, guys!
  • Mikeb928
    Best source for global politics
    what the title says
  • J in the USA
    The best source for world news
    My favorite show for world news and US foreign policy. Derik’s research and analysis keeps me up with the world in ways no other leftist news outlet does; the breadth of coverage is staggering and impressive. Danny’s contextualization of events through a historical material lens is refreshing and the humor is necessary and appropriately cynical.
  • Coralflorida
    Edgy clown talk
    Go read a novel, dork
  • RSE*T
    1/9/2025 Episode
    Why not make Biden/Trump invest the $3.8 billion + $500 million earmarked for death & endless wars be reinvested in safer LA housing
  • mundane ”the rock” johnson
    Great news, please the ads will pull me out of this
    Incredible insight. I know this is the pain of all podcast now is that ads have become standard but it will just lead the medium to crash eventually. Maybe podcasting is not meant to be a full time gig? Or even like a real “revenue stream”?
  • harshnoisedog
    Great stuff
    News roundup is a must listen every week, and the deep dives are informative and entertaining.
  • mariathecloud
    10/10
    Their news segments allow me to keep up with the news sans propaganda and violence porn found in mainstream news outlets and social media coverage. Keeps me offline and still in touch.
  • narysalguod
    Needed now more than ever
    Love the show and the perspective
  • EdeTM
    Among the Best
    political podcasts available.
  • connectigo
    Excellent podcast
    Always insightful
  • RImailman
    I can’t believe what I’m hearing
    You’re telling me America is not a superhero out there doing nothing but good? I have to hear more
  • definitelytheonly
    Would be better
    If Danny knew how to conduct himself in a less obnoxious manner. Truly embarrassing and makes it seem like he has a very fragile ego
  • kate888888888
    Prestigehead #1
    Like Pod Save America but smart and not wrong about literally everything
  • Matushkaway
    YES
    I hereby promise to give this podcast $100 if Derek can get through a full news session without saying “yes” or “yeah” before delivering the relevant news. Good luck !
  • Original_Owl
    Cringe
    Second hand embarrassed of how far left their take is. And I’m a progressive.
  • Benjamin Swan Doctor
    Excellent
    Of the higher quality and most elevated of leftist pods. They like to have fun sometimes, but the meat and potatoes is news wrap ups and scholarly interviews.
  • Jdaddy998
    Antisemitic, but that’s all the rage these days
    I was wondering and worrying how my beloved fellows liberals could become so antisemitic. This is one of the answers. If anyone is interested in high quality reporting on geopolitics. Listen to battle lines by the telegraph. It’s much better and much more nuanced.
  • artsdistrictchic
    Deeply edifying yet fresh!
    I discovered this pod from Chapo Trap-house. This pod NEVER dumbs it down. Bleeding edge topics posted at a superhuman pace. Thank you!!
  • Max Hume
    Interesting idea, unlikable host
    Bessner is wildly, unnecessarily confrontational with his guests, and the level of smug self-satisfaction he displays is intolerable even for someone who has spent most of his life in academia. I can’t believe anyone would willingly sit down with him for a coffee, much less an entire podcast episode. I rated this two stars because the guest was interesting.
  • Parson Goober
    American Prestige with David Austin Walsh
    This bonus episode was incomprehensible to non-scholars! What ever happened to a clear train of thought! Throwing out book titles was of no use to me. Save intense academic arguments for school. Remember the non-specialist!
  • Rj112376
    One of the best out there
    Seriously the best place to get your world news each week.
  • mrakswell
    Let your guests speak
    … your grinding axes are tiresome
  • Glaciergrueven
    The Best
    You guys are The Best 👍🏽
  • Crystalash
    Uneven quality
    Depending on the guests and host’s understanding of given topics, the episodes are 80% fluff + 20% substance or the reverse; more of the former.
  • Pete-USN
    All snark, no substance
    Useful for a view into a far left progressive view of the world, but no actual foreign policy recommendations - just snarky commentary. General viewpoint is everyone is stupid, except for them.
  • brainslikepickles
    If you're a Jew whose ideas would have welcomed the holocaust...
    sorry, we don't need to listen to you.
  • samb2929
    I mean, I like the podcast
    Seems like everything is paywalled except the news segments recently. I used to subscribe, am taking a break from podcast subs currently (had too many, it gets outta control quick). I get that podcasts need to make money sometimes, but now they’re doing paid promotions in the free episodes and it’s a bit icky. Do the subscription model or the ads model, not both… 5 stars though to anyone reading this trying to get the vibe of the show, it’s a great podcast and they put out tons of content. This is just the only place I can leave this feedback for free.
  • CapnSolo86
    The best foreign policy podcast
    these guys know what they’re talking about and are not defense thinktank bozos
  • Christopher & Amy
    Misinformation
    Latest episode was complete misinformation/disinformation. Are you going to correct?
  • rawberto2666
    Topical
    Wonderfully informed! Dreadfully unfunny tho, especially Bessner.
  • josieh
    Yessss
    Cool show can’t wait for more! Update: TOO MUCH PAYWALLED CONTENT!!
  • keith van horny
    Why is Danny so smug
    really want to love the show, but can’t get over how smugly Danny Bessner treats guests, particularly female guests. the guy is convinced of his superior reasoning, often to the detriment of the listener. needs to spend more time listening and less time interrupting and pushing back. I really like Derek a lot though
  • President Of Gaming
    Frustrating paywall
    I would love to listen to this podcast more but the most interesting episodes are behind their Patreon. I have no problem supporting this podcast at some point but I don’t really feel ready to support a podcast when I only hear 3 minute clips at a time…
  • Chris Mobberley
    Educational
    A excellent source for world history and world affairs with good humor but informative. The substack is a great way to educate yourself about the world.
  • captain fartman
    Derek rules, Danny is an idiot
    Derek actually knows what he’s talking about, Danny always shoots his mouth off. I feel bad for students at UW
  • Oh helllooo
    Oh it’s good
    It is really good. If you like the free stuff, their substack is worth it
  • eyegeeohdee
    Great Pod
    Super informative podcast. One of my favorites right now when it comes to world news
  • cdobbs7
    Thorough and thoughtful view of world events
    I am appreciative of the hosts' comprehensive overviews of world events, along with their straight-up-the-line interviews with history and foreign affairs academics.
  • Tamatiller
    Well Done
    I want to thank these guys and any crew they have for producing this show. They present so many topics and news events, while always giving context and asking great questions. It’s a really valuable source of discussion on foreign policy and history. They’re not afraid to have fun once in a while too. Thanks again.
  • Guitarplayer >4yrs
    Make the paywall content the regular content
    I’d be a regular listener just make the paywall content the main free content and just play ads
  • Jstr00az
    Excellent
    Wide-ranging. Latest episode I listened to on Keynes’ General Theory and the guest is terrific. Bessner and Davison know enough to keep the conversation going, but also allow the guest to go deeper into a topic such as describing some of the technical details of the theory. Super smart. I only subscribe to three podcasts, and this is one of them.
  • Herr Professor J
    Great podcast on international relations
    American Prestige offers an expansive view of international relations from a left-wing perspective. I listen to the News Roundup every week. I was particularly impressed by their thoughtful coverage of the war in the Ukraine, which managed to be both critical of Russia's stated war aims while avoiding the interventionism that has dominated the coverage of the conflict in most Western media outlets. My favorite episodes, though, are the ones in which the hosts discuss the treatment of international politics in pop culture—e.g. the Top Gun episodes featuring Chapo Trap House and the Dune/Star Wars episodes with Daniel Immerwahr. I’m looking forward to hearing more from Danny and Derek in the future.
  • whiteallen
    Fantastic!
    Much better to listen to on the way to work than NPR
  • H1862
    Great podcast!
    Love the news roundups
  • rideronthestorm08
    How to stay critically informed about geopolitics
    The best in the biz! Indispensable listening for any anti-imperialist in the heart of empire.
  • Roar-Robert
    Great Podcast
    One of the best foreign policy podcast out there - reminds me a lot of Radio War Nerd.
  • atciarella
    Clear winner
    Amazingly erudite, informed, and entertaining commentary. An invaluable resource for knowing what’s really going on in the world.
  • Jake Ten Pies
    get your world news here
    Great consistent coverage of world political news. Bonus history episodes for specific countries
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