Some American debates may be destined to never be resolved.  Abortion anyone?  How about gun control?  But there is one sticky wicket we have been able to sort out and kind of find compromise on : immigration.  It hasn’t been easy.  And, to be fair, it also hasn’t been recent.  But this week we consult with the last five Presidents to find a path through the pitched arguments about our border, the invaders and all the other hot rhetoric around immigration.  In Ask Anthony Anything, is Biden really losing because of Weiner? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ok, so it won’t be Kristi Noem, but there is no shortage of Veep wannabes preening for Donald Trump’s attention.  Anthony knows the best way to get on Defendant Donald’s radar screen is to get on his television screen.  This week we listen to what they are saying and why.  In Ask Anthony Anything, it is time for a prediction in the hush money case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a lot of staring at trees, Anthony brings us a view of the forest in the Trump hush money case.  The big climax is Micheal Cohen but the scaffolding of the case seemed ready this week.  A preview of the Trump defense and a bold prediction about whether the defendant will testify to his own not guiltyness.  In Ask Anthony Anything, is it time to panic over the polls?  Lets ask this guy panicking on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump sat for interviews with Time Magazine and this week, Anthony tried to bring us a line-by-line analysis.  Tried, as in didn’t really pull it off.  He explains a few things we did learn (besides the surprising fact that Time Magazine still exists) and wraps up some loose ends.  In Ask Anthony Anything, our least favorite dog shooting governor digs herself a deeper hole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How should we think about the campus debate/protests/politics around Israel's war with Hamas?  There are a lot of ideas and even more perspectives.  This week, Anthony checks in with a fellow who has worn a few relevant hats - former Representative and current university “professor” Steve Israel.  They talk about the often narrow scope of our education around these things and those who are operating in good faith and others who aren't.  In Ask Anthony Anything, maybe Christie Noem isn’t gonna be VP pick afterall.  Enter JD Vance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's call it the fifth Passover question, how did they finally do their jobs?   Anthony looks at the historically incompetent 118th Congress and gives kudos for the week of action.  Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan all finally had urgent needs funded.  How did it happen?   Was it a sea change?  Maybe.  Also this week, a look at the early tells from the Trump trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perhaps it's unexpected given his history with the criminal justice system, but Anthony has been a cheerleader for the idea that “the system" will hold and Donald Trump will be held accountable…if he's guilty.  But, there are reasonable questions that reasonable people can have about the ability of an infamous politician to get a fair trial.  Anthony asks them and tries to answer.  And, in Ask Anthony Anything, a look at the Trump tax cuts and the Biden response.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democrats have some PTSD around third party candidates.  You can imagine why.  Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. the newest version of Ralph Nader or Jill Stein?  Anthony takes a look at what we know about the guy with the iconic Democratic name and decides that we may not have that much to fear.  RFK Jr. said more words this week and his Dance of the Seven Veils shows him to be nakedly MAGA.  In Ask Anthony Anything, a minor correction about a major 2024 issue.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wait, wait!  Before the Rhona McDaniel tempest fades from memory, Anthony would like a word.  He explains what it takes to be considered an election denying conspiracy theorist worthy of the scarlet letter.  Spoiler alert, being pissed about the Electoral College or money in politics isn't enough.  But being a dangerous liar maybe is just what we need on TV right now, if they do it right.  What if Rhona had done this differently and pursued a path of rigorous honesty about her sins?  Nobody asked Anthony in advance, but he has a counterfactual for us to consider.  And, speaking of Asking Anthony Anything, the Jewish boy from Brooklyn dives into the controversy over the war on Easter (eggs). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has the longest name of any committee in Congress (maybe ever) : The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.  But what they lack in punchy, they made up for in actually working.  Anthony looks at what seems like a true national consensus around our rivalry with China and what we (and he) got wrong at the turn of this century.  In Ask Anthony Anything, we go long form. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices