The Dispatch Podcast
The Dispatch Podcast
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How The U.S. Racked Up Its $40 Trillion Debt
1 hour 20 minutes Posted Aug 25, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Warren to discuss the U.S. crossing the $40 trillion debt threshold and the prospect of “growing our way out of it.”
The Agenda:
—Kevin explains how we got here
—Entitlement spending
—What would Paul Ryan do
—The DOGE effort
—Growing our way out of debt
—NWYT: Adulthood disappointments
Show notes:
—Kevin's Wanderland
—Kevin on the tragedy of U.S. debt
—Steve Hayes on DOGE
—"DOGE—the UNIPARTY killed it because it was working too well."
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