What the Hell Is Going On
AEI Podcasts
4.4from 716 ratings
- 357
- Episodes
- 155
- Transcribed
- 716
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About What the Hell Is Going On
The American Enterprise Institute’s Danielle Pletka and Marc Thiessen address the questions we’re all asking in their podcast, “What the Hell Is Going On?” In conversational, informative and irreverent episodes, Pletka and Thiessen interview policymakers and experts, asking tough, probing questions about the most important foreign policy and security challenges facing the world today.
- Publisher
- AEI Podcasts
- Category
- government · history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
155 of 357 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
WTH Just Happened with the Midterms? Matthew Continetti Explains.
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
WTH Is Going on in Iran and Ukraine? Brian Kilmeade Talks Foreign Policy and His New Book.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
WTH Is Europe on Fire? With Dr. Dominic Green.
Inside a recent episode
WTH Just Happened with the Midterms? Matthew Continetti Explains.
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so it's this erosion in real wages that has been felt for years now. That's what is preventing the restoration of the economy voters remembered prior to the coronavirus in 2019. And that's the real stopping block for Trump. And the inflationary pressures of the tariffs in the war, they don't help. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on What the Hell Is Going On
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- Matthew Continetti
- Brian Kilmeade
- Dr Dominic Green
- Luke Jacobus
- Chris Miller
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 629 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 87 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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