Stubborn Things
Hosted by Jay and Sean · AEI Podcasts
5.0from 31 ratings
- 25
- Episodes
- 18
- Transcribed
- 31
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Stubborn Things
John Adams famously said: “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." In this era of knee-jerk partisanship and ideological posturing, Adams's warning is as important as ever. Tune in every other week as AEI's Jay Cost and Sean Trende draw on their wide-ranging base of knowledge and stubborn commitment to the evidence to understand what is happening in the world of American politics.
- Publisher
- AEI Podcasts
- Category
- government · history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Nov 2025
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
18 of 25 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
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27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Stubborn Facts about the Two-Party System
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Stubborn Facts about the Election of 1800
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Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And if anything, I think Republicans should probably be glad that they got this warning because they have two years before the big contest is up. And I mean, I think somebody on Twitter, I don't remember who, pointed out that this is actually like a reasonably quick fix if Trump is willing to do it. […]
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- 21 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 10 ratings
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