Theodore Yohalem Shouse

Host Theo Shouse interviews economist Dominik Leusder about European political economy. They discuss European economic growth and stagnation, the Eurozone crisis, and the energy shocks from the Ukraine and Iran wars.
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Host Theodore Yohalem Shouse sits down with economist Kevin Page, Canada’s inaugural parliamentary budget officer and current director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, to discuss the 2025 federal budget.
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with foreign policy journalist Connor Echols to discuss tensions between Iran, Israel, and the US. This episode was recorded on July 2, 2025.
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with economist James K. Galbraith to discuss his latest book, Entropy Economics, which rethinks and rejects orthodox economic concepts like equilibrium by introducing the second law of thermodynamics to the dismal…
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with Kelley Vlahos, editorial director of Responsible Statecraft and former executive editor of The American Conservative, to discuss US foreign policy and the emergence of the restraint movement, which opposes…
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with Matt McManus, author and political science lecturer at the University of Michigan, to talk about his book on liberal socialism, the history of conservatism in the United States, and egalitarianism.
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with Jeet Heer, a political correspondent for The Nation, to discuss the Democrats' and Republicans' foreign and labour policies.
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Public support for immigration stood at an all-time high in 2022, following a three-decade rising trend. But last year that support crumbled to scarcely a majority. Though 51 per cent of Canadians still support immigration, 44 per cent…
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with Pamela Paul, a columnist for the New York Times. They talk about free speech on university campuses, pro-Palestinian protests, and the books they're going to read this summer.
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with Substack writer and Jacobin columnist Ben Burgis to discuss the morality of war and democratic socialism.
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with Substack writer, former Federal Reserve economist, and Bloomberg opinion contributor Claudia Sahm, to discuss inflation, consumer sentiment, Biden's stimulus package, and the Federal Reserve.
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The East Congo War risks being forgotten by the rest of the world. As Western leaders deal with domestic strife and worry about the risks of China, Iran, and Russia, they neglect the festering humanitarian crisis in Eastern Congo—at…
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with Matthew Rosenberg, a Pulitzer Prize–winning correspondent at the New York Times. They discuss the Afghanistan war, which Rosenberg reported on for many years, and the conflict between US forces and Iranian…
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Host Theo Shouse sits down with Nadim Houry, the executive director of the Arab Reform Initiative, a think tank advocating for social justice and democracy in the Middle East. They discuss Israel's offensive in Gaza, tensions between…
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