American Prestige

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A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world.americanprestige.supportingcast.fm

Recent Episodes
  • Unlocked - What Could Go Right? w/ Zachary Karabell
    May 27, 2025 – 54:36
  • Introducing The World with Marco Werman
    May 27, 2025 – 01:51
  • E213 - South Sudan’s Failed Peace Deal w/ Joshua Craze
    May 27, 2025 – 55:59
  • Bonus - Democratic Backsliding w/ Francis Fukuyama (Preview)
    May 25, 2025 – 11:25
  • News - Ukraine Talks Collapse, India Threatens Pakistan’s Water Supply, IDF Operation Gideon’s Chariots
    May 23, 2025 – 51:03
  • E211 - Henri Bergson's Restless World w/ Emily Herring
    May 20, 2025 – 01:05:02
  • Special - What Could Go Right? w/ Zachary Karabell (Preview)
    May 19, 2025 – 10:34
  • Bonus - Trump, China, and U.S.-China Relations w/ Jake Werner (Preview)
    May 18, 2025 – 09:08
  • News - Trump's Gulf Tour & Deals, Gaza Updates, US Habeas Corpus
    May 16, 2025 – 56:04
  • AP x Nonzero - Trump Flips on Bibi, Putin, and Xi w/Robert Wright
    May 14, 2025 – 32:37
  • E210 - White American Liberals, Pt 2 w/ Kevin Schultz
    May 13, 2025 – 57:04
  • Bonus - What’s Going on with Trump and Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement w/ Vincent Bevins (Preview)
    May 11, 2025 – 09:38
  • News - US-Houthi Ceasefire, Israel's Gaza Plans, and Global Trade Tensions
    May 9, 2025 – 58:45
  • Special - India attacks Pakistan (Preview)
    May 7, 2025 – 02:51
  • E210 - White American Liberals, Pt 1 w/ Kevin Schultz
    May 6, 2025 – 01:04:08
  • Bonus - Dispatch from Russia w/ Peter Slezkine (Preview)
    May 4, 2025 – 08:37
  • News - WFP Out of Food in Gaza, US-Rwanda Migrant Deal, National Security Advisor Waltz Reassigned
    May 2, 2025 – 57:36
  • Special - 50 Years Since the Fall of Saigon w/ Carolyn Eisenberg (Preview)
    Apr 30, 2025 – 06:18
  • E207 - The Sino-Soviet Split, Pt. 2 w/ Jeremy Friedman
    Apr 29, 2025 – 58:43
  • Bonus - The Trump 2.0 First Hundred Days Panel w/ Van Jackson, Elizabeth Shackelford, and Ishaan Tharoor
    Apr 27, 2025 – 14:00
  • News - Kashmir Attack, US Airstrikes in Yemen, Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks Falter
    Apr 25, 2025 – 56:24
  • E208 - Israel Ramps Up its Campaigns in Gaza and the West Bank w/ Mohammad Alsaafin
    Apr 22, 2025 – 01:04:29
  • Bonus - The 2025 Canadian Election Preview w/ Luke Savage (Preview)
    Apr 20, 2025 – 10:52
  • News - Sudan Rival Government, US Pushing Ukraine-Russia Deal, US-Saudi Nuclear Tech Talks
    Apr 18, 2025 – 01:11:14
  • E207 - The Sino-Soviet Split, Pt. 1 w/ Jeremy Friedman
    Apr 15, 2025 – 01:01:08
  • Unlocked: The Sino-Soviet Split Primer w/ Jeremy Friedman
    Apr 14, 2025 – 44:32
  • Bonus - South Africa: Land Policies, Musk, and a Crumbling Coalition w/ Ben Fogel
    Apr 13, 2025 – 10:01
  • Special - The Mahmoud Khalil Ruling w/ Branko Marcetic (Preview)
    Apr 12, 2025 – 05:02
  • News - Tariff Chaos, US-Iran Talks, Trump Considers Drones Against Cartels
    Apr 11, 2025 – 01:05:56
  • E206 - Alternative Media, Trump 2.0, and the Moment in Politics w/ Katrina vanden Heuvel
    Apr 8, 2025 – 56:52
  • Bonus - Trump, Xi Jinping, and Tariffs w/ Andy Liu (Preview)
    Apr 6, 2025 – 09:59
  • Special - The Trump Tariffs Escalate w/ Vivek Chibber (Preview)
    Apr 4, 2025 – 05:51
  • News - US and Iran Inch Toward Conflict, Myanmar Earthquake, Trump Tariffs
    Apr 4, 2025 – 42:17
  • E205 - Mobility in America’s Past, Present, and Future w/ Yoni Appelbaum
    Apr 1, 2025 – 01:08:26
  • Bonus - The Constitutional Order Leading to Trump w/ Aziz Rana (Preview)
    Mar 30, 2025 – 09:27
  • News - Turkey Protests, Sudan Military Gains, Israel Takes More of Gaza
    Mar 28, 2025 – 41:35
  • E203 - The CIA’s Imperial History, Pt 1 w/ Hugh Wilford
    Mar 25, 2025 – 01:03:01
  • Bonus - The War in Ukraine in 2025 w/ Mark Ames (Preview)
    Mar 23, 2025 – 06:19
  • News - Israel Breaks Ceasefire, US Bombs Yemen, DRC Fighting Continues
    Mar 20, 2025 – 39:44
  • E202 - The End of Resistance History w/ Charlotte Rosen
    Mar 18, 2025 – 01:07:14
  • Bonus - Is the Rules-Based Order Dependent on the US? w/ Charli Carpenter (Preview)
    Mar 16, 2025 – 05:29
  • News - US-Ukraine Ceasefire Proposal, Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant, Sea Ice at Lowest Recorded Level
    Mar 14, 2025 – 46:48
  • Special - The Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil w/ Spencer Ackerman
    Mar 12, 2025 – 39:06
  • Re-Post - Jewish Anti-Imperialism from the 1930s Onward w/ Benjamin Balthasar
    Mar 12, 2025 – 01:04:09
  • E201 - Sheriffs as Members of the Security State w/ Jessica Pishko
    Mar 11, 2025 – 01:04:50
  • Bonus - Marx as a Jewish Thinker w/ Paul Reitter (Preview)
    Mar 9, 2025 – 09:28
  • AP x Nonzero - Trump’s Disruptive Foreign Policy
    Mar 8, 2025 – 29:45
  • News - PKK Ceasefire, Ukraine Aid in Question, BlackRock Targets Panama Canal
    Mar 7, 2025 – 44:49
  • E200 - The End of the PKK with Gönül Tol and Djene Bajalan
    Mar 5, 2025 – 01:13:45
  • Bonus - The Military and Video Games w/ Jesse Robertson (Preview)
    Mar 2, 2025 – 05:24
Recent Reviews
  • Senator Zoltan
    Highly Recommend
    Great show for anyone interested in international relations and news, as well as some of the best historical stand alone content available online.
  • Billyball80
    A Must Listen
    Great stuff.
  • Kaizen games
    Fave FR pod
    Great podcast Daniel and Derek the dynamic duo
  • jvanoeveren
    I am smarter
    I think AP has helped me develop stronger critical thinking skills. Their use of historical materialism has been a model for me to better analyze current events. Thank you!
  • considered opinions
    a great resource
    makes staying well informed on international news easy, derek is the man
  • madcowlicks
    Listen & Be Humbled
    The only podcast on my feed so info-dense that I’m unable to listen to it on full 2x speed. Well done, lads.
  • MWarship
    Exceptional
    An excellent podcast about the world we live in. They are deeply researched and very prolific - it’s an incredible amount of high-quality output. Highly recommended.
  • Luke 1567
    Great News Reports
    I wasn’t sure I would like this show, but to my surprise I’ve really come to depend on their weekly news reports, which cover developments in global politics in a really thorough and engaging way. I especially appreciate their attention to less covered stories that I would otherwise remain ignorant of. Highly recommend 👍
  • Villa of Ormen
    Great show
    👍👍👍
  • shantverk
    Informative
    Great weekly international news segment
  • NYCRECORDEXECTUIVE
    Simply the best
    This is a must listen. Thank you for your service
  • Jeff Branham
    A+
    Phenomenal
  • p-hunterD
    Great Pod
    Stay up to date and well informed on all the depressing things happening in the world with American Prestige!
  • uncleaelfrich
    Revolution from above
    Fantastic show, listen to stay in the vanguard
  • maxwell.b1
    A consistent recommendation
    This is one of the only shows I recommend to everyone, whether interested in foreign policy or international news or not. Very smart hosts with very smart guests.
  • Ven Fan
    Never miss
    Very informative. Great source for news of what’s happening around the world.
  • Bgsbog
    Useful Podcast for Today’s World
    Between weekly news updates from around the world to short series that focus on more specific subjects, this podcast really helps to explain what is going on in the world. In addition to great topics, they always have guests on who are leaders in their field to provide their expertise.
  • TC391
    My favorite current events podcast.
    The weekly news episode is indispensable listening
  • Jarad.Petroske
    Great pod - get the premium subscription
    I can’t turn it off. Listen all week long. Totally changed my views on global affairs.
  • angryviking
    Best English language foreign policy podcast
    Excellent news and analysis
  • RextonTegwell
    … Ineffective
    Most content is behind a paywall other than boring book promotion of their friends. These outsiders of the foreign policy establishment want payment for the non-privileged information they provide. Effectively pseudo left critiques without constructive or even convincing alternatives to present. One of them is a former RAND employee and the other a radical hater of all things American abroad. They offer no path for domestic change so that the blunders they vigorously criticize may be prevented by a left oriented federal administration. In summary they think just about everything America does abroad and at home is bad. They have no interest to empower or influence others to try and change the direction American foreign policy leans ie. Global domination at the cost of domestic investment. Why offer a path to productive change when you can take potshots from 10 miles away. With a that has a 3 mile limit.
  • CKR114114224
    A perfect pod
    Two geniuses. I listen nonstop.
  • PTF off
    Great analysis
    This is an excellent show for foreign policy analysis, historical analysis of foreign policy, and general news round ups that come out each week. The only downside is that they bring on Robert Wright sometimes. He’s annoying to listen to, but a small price to pay for what DB and DD bring to the show.
  • Gorkob
    Best podcast
    Derek and Danny have the most insightful commentary on the news and state of the world of any podcast I've listened to.
  • SOD1489
    Fresh perspective
    This is one of the most thorough foreign policy podcasts out there. They do a great job of giving a left-wing perspective to foreign policy.
  • goodbyesexual
    Well-rounded, informative, and keeps me forever angry
    My boyfriend got me into this when we first started dating and it is one of the best things to come out of our relationship, I’m significantly more informed (and bitter) than I was 2 years ago. Will be a listener for many more years to come!!!!
  • 👂FLB
    Great stuff!
    Podcast with the latest and most insightful discussions, so you can always keep on rockin‘ in the free world!
  • Wazzupbigdawg
    The GOATed Pod
    Two GOATs discuss the WOATed moves of the American Foreign policy establishment. Essential listening for this moment of history.
  • edutainmt4lyfe
    Critical coverage of US foreign policy and world events
    These folks do an incredible job interviewing subject matter experts about a wide range of topics relevant to today’s US foreign policy, in addition to summarizing relevant world events weekly. The perspectives here are well informed and thought provoking, and do not appear often enough in mainstream US media.
  • Quasi Motorola
    Must
    Absolutely essential listening
  • Mundishly
    The gold standard or current events podcasts
    American Prestige is the absolute best news and current affairs podcast on this platform.
  • BKane1987
    Proud prestigehead
    Essential listening
  • Ravage123
    Makes up for my lack of friends.
    Danny and Derek are like, my BFFs.
  • Timwriter
    The GOAT of International Affairs podcasts
    If you need a podcast that will keep you informed, entertain you, and offer some of the best interviews that actually have substance and lead to debate, you have to listen to Danny and Derek on American Prestige. Keep on rocking in the free world (while you still can!)
  • Andrew Van Ness
    Top 10 Show
    Always in the rotation. Super informative and often funny. Would high recommend to anyone wishing to see the larger impact of American Imperialism.
  • Gino657
    The best Foreign policy news
    Want to know how the world is going but you don’t have the time and energy to fact check everything you see? American prestige is the most reliable commentary on foreign policy where academics and standards are upheld without the fear of money meddling with the news to shape your opinion. Best podcast!
  • MalcolmDrenttel
    Best podcast
    Best podcast for news and commentary on all things foreign affairs.
  • Gebr1elA
    The Critical Listener's Companion
    This podcast app offers a much-needed second layer of analysis, providing a leftist critical framework for understanding current events and their origins. They excel at leveraging a diverse range of hosts and guests to deliver strong insights. While their engineering analysis of topics isn't deeply technical (though the production quality is great), they don't claim to be. Despite their well-earned insights, the hosts are humble enough to self-critique, a rarity among reviewers. Don't expect dense academic interviews or minute event breakdowns (it's a podcast, after all!). But if you're looking for thorough analysis with a noticeable (sometimes strong) comedic element, this podcast is for you.
  • fromoveryannder
    Essential foreign policy analysis
    This podcast has helped me understand the intimate relationship between domestic and foreign policy that has often been neglected from broader analyses of US politics. Danny and Derek’s dynamic works well, the news roundups are informative, and the show’s guests are usually really engaging interlocutors.
  • AD-energy
    Listen if you want to survive
    Danny and Derek bring honest and sober analyses of world affairs, history, and politics that is otherwise impossible to find in today’s media hellscape. Not always uplifting, but the way these two cut through the noise and bring together the best guests for discussion is bracing. Sadly the quality of guest is so high that it makes me spend too much money on academic texts I only ever half read.
  • demotrin
    Essential
    I get all of my international news from alternative media, since the major press outlets are averse to any story outside of the west. AP has a great weekly news episode, and the bonus episodes are reliably stimulating and well thought out. Been subscribed to the premium show for a couple months now, and I’m really happy with it.
  • Reaverbot
    Good politics, terrible show
    I don’t think I’ve ever heard a reliably worse interviewer on a podcast than Danny, it’s actually kind of amazing how difficult it is for him to stop talking about himself and his own thoughts something so he can let them get their own across. Derek is more tolerable. The news recap episodes are good for a quick summation of fp news, and their politics are by and large good, but avoid guests like the plague
  • El Phantsmo
    Exceptional and objective
    In a world where bias and manipulation is ubiquitous, this is one of my trusted sources of news nowadays. Oh and if logic and humanity is considered a bias, they they are guilty of it.
  • idk679
    It’s literally just someone reading news headlines
    The normal episodes are just headline reads. No analysis.
  • riverchat
    American Prestige
    Kings of sarcasm help the medicine go down. Many thanks, guys!
  • Mikeb928
    Best source for global politics
    what the title says
  • J in the USA
    The best source for world news
    My favorite show for world news and US foreign policy. Derik’s research and analysis keeps me up with the world in ways no other leftist news outlet does; the breadth of coverage is staggering and impressive. Danny’s contextualization of events through a historical material lens is refreshing and the humor is necessary and appropriately cynical.
  • Coralflorida
    Edgy clown talk
    Go read a novel, dork
  • RSE*T
    1/9/2025 Episode
    Why not make Biden/Trump invest the $3.8 billion + $500 million earmarked for death & endless wars be reinvested in safer LA housing
  • mundane ”the rock” johnson
    Great news, please the ads will pull me out of this
    Incredible insight. I know this is the pain of all podcast now is that ads have become standard but it will just lead the medium to crash eventually. Maybe podcasting is not meant to be a full time gig? Or even like a real “revenue stream”?
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