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Episode 38: Mark Cuban

DALLAS, Texas — Mark Cuban may just run for president in 2020. At least the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and star of TV’s “Shark Tank” says he is seriously considering it. In a marathon interview from one of his offices in Dallas, Cuban opened up on a potential 2020 run, his stances on various political issues, his relationship with Steve Bannon, his influences and so much more.

Show Roadmap
• Cuban on the state of the Trump admin and his relationship with Donald Trump
• Why Cuban dislikes Ted Cruz
• Cuban on the chances he runs for president in 2020
• Cuban on his relationship with Trump confidantes Steve Bannon and Michael Cohen
• Cuban on social issues, guns, judges & entitlements
• The Cuban Foreign Policy Doctrine
• Cuban on learning he had relatives who died in the Holocaust
• Would Cuban wear a tie in the Oval Office?
• Name association: Cuban on Matt Drudge, Howard Stern and Bernie Sanders
• Why Cuban was wrong about Trump and the stock market
• Cuban’s tips for business success
• Cuban on traits billionaires tend to share
• The books that most influenced Mark Cuban and what he wants on his tombstone

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37 Dana Perino – On immigration, refugees, and George W. Bush

Dana Perino served as the White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush. She is a co-host on FOX News Channel’s “The Five” and anchors “The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino”. In this interview, we discuss Dana’s perspective on Donald Trump, her views on immigration and refugees, and her experiences working in the Bush administration.

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Show Notes:

Donald Trump’s extraordinary ability to generate news and the first eight months of his presidency
About Dana Perino’s interactions with Donald Trump
How she thinks that countries should approach solutions to refugee crises
On immigration and the difficulty of cultural assimilation in these times
A comparison of Trump’s handling of hurricane Maria with George W. Bush’s handling hurricane Katrina
How the Bush presidency should have fought back more strongly against criticism
Dana’s evaluation of Trump’s first three spokespeople
Dana’s opinions of Matt Drudge, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Ben Sasse, and Roger Ailes
On Dana’s admiration of President George W. Bush

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36 Tucker Carlson – His views on immigration, economics, and foreign policy

Tucker Carlson is a political commentator for Fox News and the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight. He is the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller. He shares his views on Donald Trump, immigration, economics, and US foreign policy.

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Show Notes:

Why Donald Trump was elected
Tucker’s opinions about Donald Trump as a person
How Trump understood Republican voters better than the Republican establishment
On the economic impact of immigration
Comparing Donald Trump and Jim Traficant
Tucker’s thoughts on Matt Drudge, Ronald Reagan, Joe Scarborough, Howard Stern, Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin, Kurt Eichenwald
How US companies rely on welfare to offset costs
On the economic dangers of driverless cars
How the US should engage with the world abroad
Tucker’s opinion of the wars of the past century
On the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
On the possibility of Trump colluding with Russia
How to remain persistent through career troubles
Will Tucker ever pursue a career in politics?
On Tucker’s stint as a freedom fighter in Nicaragua

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35 Bill Ayers – On Hugo Chavez, Obama dinners, and “small-C” communism

Bill Ayers is a co-founder of the radical left-wing organization, the Weather Underground. He is a self-described “small-C” communist, an activist, and a retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Bill and Jamie discuss a wide range of topics, including Bill’s political views, Bill’s dinners with Barack Obama before his presidency, and Jamie’s own dinner with Bill in 2012.

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Show Notes:

About Bill Ayers’ political alignment, his views on voting, and who he has voted for in the past
On Donald Trump’s appeal as a leader and his authoritarian tendencies
Why Bill admires Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela
How he describes his ideology: “small-c communism”
His opinion of the Antifa movement
What Bill’s agenda would be if he was elected president
Why he thinks that Barack Obama and every other American president are war criminals
About abolition of the prison system
On Bill’s dinners with Barack Obama before his presidency
His opinion of Dinesh D’Souza
The historical leaders Bill admires the most
Bill’s favorite authors
On Jamie’s dinner with Bill Ayers, Matt Labash, Andrew Breitbart, Tucker Carlson, and others.
On Andrew Breitbart’s proposed road trip with Bill

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34 Matt Schlapp – His Views on Trump’s Listening Skills and Decision Making, and Conservatism in America

Matt Schlapp is the Chairman of the American Conservative Union, and has worked in the Bush administration. He is a big proponent of President Trump, and he shares his views on the election, Trump’s early decisions as president, and recent political events. He also talks about how he got his start in politics and how he sees a need for the conservative movement in today’s political landscape.

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Show Notes:

How Matt experienced election night from Trump Tower
When he first met Donald Trump
Why he didn’t support Donald Trump at first
Why the ACU remained neutral during the GOP primaries
How the age of social media has changed the way people run for politics
What Donald Trump could have done to lose his support
What happened when he organized and chaired CPAC
How he describes his ideology
How he connects Bush and Trump
What he has disappointed by from the Trump administration so far
How he feels about the FBI investigation into Russian collusion with the GOP during the election
His view on Jim Comey
His time on the Bill Maher and what he thinks of
About his time working for George W. Bush
Why he thinks you shouldn’t make all of your career decisions based on money or security

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33 David Frum – How Donald Trump Accelerates the Erosion of a Truthful Democracy

Conservative writer and journalist David Frum is well known for his work in multiple publications including The Atlantic where he is a senior editor. He served as a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and he is a critic of Donald Trump. In this interview, we discuss the threat that Frum believes Trumps poses to the American political system, his thoughts on Russia, Comey, and North Korea, and what he thinks the future holds.

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Show Notes:

David Frum’s experience being on live TV when he realized Donald Trump would become president
Why he doesn’t use the term Never-Trump
What makes up the “base” of his politics
About how he fears for the Trump Presidency every day
What he thinks about Comey’s firing
David’s thoughts on Russia’s connections with the 2016 campaign
What has happened to the conservative movement
His thoughts on how the media have covered Donald Trump
A best case scenario if Donald Trump lasts for 4-8 years
About the North Korea scenario
How he thinks Christopher Hitchens would have reacted to the 2016 election
His experiences at Bilderberg
How to learn the ability to be a good journalist

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32 Dinner Party Podcast: Roger Stone

In this special episode, we go on the record during a usually off-the-record dinner that Jamie hosts every so often at his Washington D.C. flat. About 7 other journalists are invited to the dinner, plus a different special guest each time. This time around, Roger Stone was gracious enough to let him go on the record for a few questions about Trump, the White House staff, and more.

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Show Notes:

On if Roger thinks Alex Jones is playing a character in his on-screen performances
What he thinks of Steve Bannon and what his failures have been in the White House
If Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are Democrats
What happened when Roger Stone first met Donald Trump
Why Donald Trump was interested in Ronald Reagan’s campaign
What Trump learned for Richard Nixon
If Roger Stone thinks he was being surveilled by the government
What Trump could do to lose Roger Stone’s support
Roger’s thoughts on Julian Assange’s ties to Russia
Why Roger Stone has a concern for Trump’s safety
Why Trump’s war on the media has been very good politically for him
What could happen to Jared Kushner that would get him pushed out of the white house
Why Roger wears the collared shirts that he does

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31 Thomas Ravenel – On Drug Use, Southern Charm, and Politics

Thomas Ravenel, the State Treasurer of South Carolina in 2007, is now a star on the reality TV show Southern Charm. In this engaging interview, we chat about the federal drug charges that removed him from office, where he would be if the charges hadn’t happened, his political views, and more. You’ll be surprised at the twists and turns that this interview takes as we make our way from Donald Trump, legalizing drugs, reality TV, and more.

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Show Notes:

Why Thomas felt that Trump was going to win the election
How he would have handled Donald Trump on the debate stage
When his views started to skew more Libertarian
Why he would make drastic cuts to the federal defense budget
If he wants to run for office again or not
Why he thinks drugs should be legalized
About his drug issue and time in jail
If he would ever run for president
How he thinks Southern Charm has helped his image in South Carolina or hurt it
Why his family didn’t want him to do Southern Charm
What he thinks of our South Carolina politicians including Lindsay Graham
Where he would be today if didn’t have a federal drug conviction
Walking through how his conviction happened and why he thinks he was wronged
Why he doesn’t regret doing Southern Charm
Who he is actually friends with in real life from Southern Charm
What to do if you find yourself in Charleston, South Carolina
Why he is to the left of Democrats on many issues

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30 David Garrow – What You Don’t Know About Barack Obama’s Life

David Garrow is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, best known for his biography on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. published in 1986. His new book is out in May, a comprehensive biography of America’s 44th president. In this episode, David discusses Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, as well as other current events including Trump’s election, the Supreme Court, and the current state of academia.

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Show Notes:

What he was doing on election night and who he voted for
How the rise of the Internet has dramatically altered US politics
What David thought about the dossier and Buzzfeed’s publishing of it
Trump’s Russia connection and if there are people in the intelligence community who are trying to take down Donald
Trump
Why there is no chance that Obama wiretapped Donald Trump during the election
Why he thinks Gorsuch should be confirmed
What has happened the the politicizing of the Supreme Court
Why David thinks there should be a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices
David’s rich understand of Justice Clarence Thomas
How Barack Obama become a politician at the Illinois State Legislature
What Obama would disagree with in this biography of him
What he thinks about Barack’s reaction to Trump’s election
Why David is disappointed in the current state of academia
What happened when he won the Pulitzer Prize at 33 years old