Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez

The Renew Democracy Initiative and The Next Move are excited to bring you Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez . Linda is a veteran of multiple presidential administrations, author, and columnist. Linda speaks with Noah Bopp, founder and head of the School for Ethics and Global Leadership, about educating a younger generation that is navigating politics without the landmarks older Americans once took for...

This week, Linda speaks with George Mason University professor Justin Gest to discuss his new book Democratic Drain, and why the global movement of people is quietly reshaping the fate of democracy. From Hungary to Russia to the United States, Gest explains why the people most likely to emigrate are often those democracies can least afford to lose. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discus...

The Renew Democracy Initiative and The Next Move are excited to bring you Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez . Linda is a veteran of multiple presidential administrations, author, and columnist. This week, Linda speaks with Fatima Abo Alasrar, founder of The Ideology Machine on Substack and expert on Iran’s axis of resistance. Together, Linda and Fatima examine America’s recurring pattern of military i...

In this week’s episode of Older/Wiser, Linda speaks with Walter Olson, legal commentator and senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies. Linda and Walter discuss the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais , the future of the Voting Rights Act, and the rise of hyper-partisan redistricting battles across the country. They examine how race...

On today’s episode, Linda speaks with veteran, immigration attorney, and MacArthur Genius Fellow Margaret Stock. A retired US Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, Margaret explains the plight of Afghan refugees left in limbo after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. From bureaucratic failures to the shocking proposal to relocate Afghan refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Cong...

This week, Linda speaks to Catholic theologian George Weigel, distinguished senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and biographer of Pope St. John Paul II. From Donald Trump’s use of religious imagery to JD Vance’s criticism of Pope Leo, George and Linda examine the weaponization of faith in modern politics, the dangers of political “idolatry,” and the erosion of democratic discours...

The term “regime change” is a third rail in US politics—but how do you play the game of world affairs with bad actors who break the rules? Renew Democracy Initiative Chairman Garry Kasparov joins Linda Chavez to discuss what it would mean to throw out entrenched dictators in Russia and Iran—and how the Trump administration is bungling the war in the Middle East. This is a public episode. If you'd...

This week, Linda speaks to Tim Miller, political commentator and host of The Bulwark Podcast . Recently, Tim has been at the center of a debate regarding the boundaries of the “Big Tent” fight against MAGA. In this episode, he and Linda discuss whether someone like the controversial far-left streamer Hasan Piker is friend or foe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other s...

Join Garry Kasparov for a premium subscriber-exclusive Zoom conversation with former White House Attorney Ty Cobb, moderated by RDI CEO Uriel Epshtein. Coming up on Thursday, April 30 at 5pm ET/2pm PT. Click here to register . The Renew Democracy Initiative and The Next Move are excited to bring you Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez . Linda is a veteran of multiple presidential administrations, author...

With national attention on Iran, Linda and Elliott Abrams revisit Trump’s earlier intervention: Venezuela. What are the administration’s goals in Venezuela? Months later, are we seeing progress? What could the future of Latin America look like? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenextmove.org/subscribe

This week, Linda speaks with Bill Kristol, co-founder and editor of The Bulwark and an advisory board member at RDI. Though they both led careers as prominent conservatives, Linda and Bill have split from the Republican Party. Here, they discuss how they reached their current political positions, the philosophical ties they still share with their old camp, and the future of conservatism in America...

This week, Linda speaks with The Next Move ’s managing editor, Evan Gottesman, about his column—entitled, ”It’s Jew Hatred, Stupid”—and antisemitism in America as a measure of our country’s societal health. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenextmove.org/subscribe

The Renew Democracy Initiative and The Next Move are excited to bring you Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez . Linda is a veteran of multiple presidential administrations, author, and columnist. Are American actions and American objectives mismatched in Iran? Professor Robert Pape of the University of Chicago joins Linda to discuss the Trump administration’s strategy—or lack thereof—in the war in the M...

The Renew Democracy Initiative and The Next Move are excited to bring you Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez . Linda is a veteran of multiple presidential administrations, author, and columnist. How do immigrants and their children reconcile ties with their homelands and commitment to the United States? RDI CEO Uriel Epshtein joins Linda to discuss his own journey as a first-generation American and the...

The Renew Democracy Initiative and The Next Move are excited to bring you Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez . Linda is a veteran of multiple presidential administrations, author, and columnist. Rule of law or rule by law? Linda speaks with Andrew McCarthy, a columnist and former assistant US attorney who led the prosecution of the terrorists behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing for a lawyer’s pe...

The Renew Democracy Initiative and The Next Move are excited to bring you Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez . Linda is a veteran of multiple presidential administrations, author, and columnist. In our latest installment, Linda is joined by Katya Pavlevych, an advocate for Ukrainian children who serves as an advisor at Razom for Ukraine and the founder of Forget Us Not, a non-profit that works to bring...

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A new podcast. An older, wiser perspective. The Renew Democracy Initiative and The Next Move are excited to launch Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez . Linda is a veteran of multiple presidential administrations, author, and columnist. In a world of doomscrolling and daily outrages, Older/Wiser will showcase the big-picture perspective that comes with Linda’s five-plus decades in politics. In our first...