American Prestige

American Prestige

Tone
Analytical, Scholarly, Argumentative
Format
Interview
Average duration
60–90 min

A podcast that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world, analyzing U.S. foreign policy from a critical framework that sheds light on topics related to international affairs. The majority of media organizations agree with U.S. policymakers that the United States should dominate the world through military and economic might. American Prestige adopts a different set of assumptions, asking what U.S. foreign policy would look like if the interests of all people in the world, and not only those of a tiny subset of Americans, were taken into account.

Hosted by:
Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison
Produced by:
The Nation
Years released:
2021–present

Episodes

  • The End of the Postwar Consensus

    February 3, 2026E235
  • The Rise of Shareholder Primacy

    January 27, 2026E234
  • The Political Economy of Porn

    December 2, 2025E22658 min
  • The Myth of Free Speech

    October 21, 2025E22158 min
  • The Global Turn of American Policing

    August 31, 2025