Memos to the President
Hosted by Ylli Bajraktari and Joe Wang · Ylli Bajraktari, Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP, SCSP
4.7from 14 ratings
- 50
- Episodes
- 36
- Transcribed
- 14
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Memos to the President
Memos to the President is a podcast series from the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), dedicated to providing bold, actionable ideas to the current U.S. administration. Hosted by SCSP’s CEO Ylli Bajraktari, it features conversations with experts and leaders on critical issues related to national security, technology, and economic competitiveness.
- Publisher
- Ylli Bajraktari, Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP, SCSP
- Category
- government · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Jan 2025
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
36 of 50 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rye Barcott on Service, Bipartisanship, and Political Courage
23 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 48: A Conversation with Leopoldo López & Félix Maradiaga on Venezuela’s Transition
9 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 47: A Conversation with Taro Kono, Former Foreign, Defense & Digital Minister of Japan
Inside a recent episode
Rye Barcott on Service, Bipartisanship, and Political Courage
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And the Stoics really focus on this idea of the common good. And the common good can be many things, but it is not yourself. You know, it can be your family, often in the military context, it's the man or woman to your left or right. In politics, in this book, it goes into politics and policy, 10 folks, nine veterans, one FBI agent, five Republicans, five Democrats, and a moment of political courage where they actually risk their career to do what they believe is right, oftentimes going against their party in order to do so. But that type of courage is courage for the common good, which could be either a principle, an idea, or your country, and is hard. […]
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- Rye Barcott
- Leopoldo López
- Félix Maradiaga
- Taro Kono
- Shigeru Kitamura
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- 7 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Ylli Bajraktari and Joe Wang host the show. Published by Ylli Bajraktari, Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP, SCSP.
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