Pawlitics

America promised the pursuit of happiness, not happiness itself. Baseball is the only game we invented that takes that distinction seriously. In this episode, William and Abe sit down exclusively with Andrew Friedman, President of Baseball Operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers, to talk about failure, Moneyball, and what the American Dream actually means in the only sport built around losing.

In the third episode of Pawlitics , hosts William and Abe are joined by guest Finn to take a hard look at the current state of American politics, ranging from ICE protests and tariffs to the dismantling of the Department of Education and the looming threat of a government shutdown. Drawing insight from Professor Steven Lamy’s (USC) talk at Polytechnic School, they examine how the Trump Administrat...

In the second episode of Pawlitics , hosts William and Abe sit down with guests Kyan and Jack to unpack the United States’ recent provocations toward Venezuela and Greenland and what they reveal about America’s shifting role on the world stage. Together, they explore how these moves affect NATO alliances, set international precedents, and expose the limits of international law without enforcement,...

In the very first episode of Pawlitics , hosts William and Abe, with guest speaker Ambrosio Rodriguez, kick things off by exploring one of philosophy’s oldest questions: what does it mean to live a good life, and how does technology shape that in the world we live in today? They chose this as their opening topic deliberately, believing that before diving into big issues in politics, philosophy, ec...