The Renew Democracy Initiative and The Next Move are excited to bring you Older/Wiser with Linda Chavez. Linda is a veteran of multiple presidential administrations, author, and columnist.
In a world of doomscrolling and daily outrages, Older/Wiser will showcase the big-picture perspective that comes with Linda’s five-plus decades in politics.
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Europe and NATO are stuck in the past. Linda’s guest is Renew Democracy Initiative CEO Uriel Epshtein, who just got back from a gathering of the top allied security officials at the Warsaw Security Forum. There, Uriel saw firsthand how the West is approaching Russia and Ukraine with yesterday’s playbook. Following Trump’s diesel deal with Russia and restrictions on Ukrainian use of Starlink—and with the midterms right around the corner—Uriel lays out what he thinks it will take for the West to stop Putin.
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12 Oct 2026
The Other Election This Fall
Americans aren’t the only ones going to the polls this fall. A week before the midterms, Israelis will vote for a new parliament—and possibly, a new prime minister. With the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Gaza playing an outsize role in US politics, the campaign in Israel will be sure to have an effect across the Atlantic. Will Benjamin Netanyahu persevere, or will he experience the same fate as Viktor Orbán in Hungary? Linda speaks with Tel Aviv-based analyst Eli Kowaz about what it means for Israel, the United States—plus, what it’s like to raise a young family in a nation at war.
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5 Oct 2026
Why Young Right-Wingers Are Going Catholic
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From JD Vance to two-thirds of the Supreme Court, Catholicism is a real force among American conservatives, and the religion is attracting new recruits on the right. Journalist Nate Weisberg watched his friend from college convert, joining a burgeoning group of new, young Catholics working in right-wing politics. Linda chats with Nate about his New York Magazine piece, “The Young Catholic Elite Poised to Take Over MAGA (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-young-catholic-elite-poised-to-take-over-maga.html),” and asks why an old faith is newly influential.
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