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The Feudal Future podcast, hosted by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky, explores what we can do to liberate the global middle class.

Feudal Future Podcast — Jewish Migration: The Southern Shift

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This Feudal Future episode examines the .

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Feudal Future Podcast — AI Intentionality: Who’s Really in Control?

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This Feudal Future episode examines what happens when we give machines the power to think without ensuring that they share our values.

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Feudal Future Podcast — Breaking Down the NYC Mayor’s Race

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This Feudal Future episode examines how dramatically our society has evolved since this podcast first warned about the emergence of neo-feudalism—a concentration of wealth and power resembling historical feudal systems.

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Feudal Future Podcast — Debt, Demographics, and Diplomacy: Europe at the Crossroads

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As diplomatic tensions simmer between the US and Europe, this Feudal Future episode captures a continent at a crossroads—torn between embracing strategic autonomy and maintaining vital economic relationships with America.

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Feudal Future Podcast — Five Years of Feudal Future

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This Feudal Future episode examines how dramatically our society has evolved since this podcast first warned about the emergence of neo-feudalism—a concentration of wealth and power resembling historical feudal systems.

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Feudal Future Podcast — Navigating U.S.-Mexico Relations

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This Feudal Future episode unpacks the relationship of the U.S. and Mexico — two nations whose futures remain inextricably linked despite the political weather of the moment.

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Feudal Future Podcast — The Democratic Party in Transition

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This Feudal Future episode examine whether Democrats can refocus on kitchen-table economics, and how reshoring manufacturing presents both opportunities and challenges that cross party lines.

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Feudal Future Podcast — Trump’s Tariffs and the Future of US-Canada Relations

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This Feudal Future episode explores Trump’s tariffs and how they affect the future of US-Canada relations.

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Feudal Future Podcast — Can DOGE Fix Our Bloated Government?

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This Feudal Future episode explores DOGE, a government restructuring effort, with guests Shawn Steel and Professor Luke Nichter, a historian.

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Feudal Future Podcast — El Futuro es Latino, Keeping the Dream Alive for the Next Generation

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This Feudal Future episode features our special town hall session, where experts gathered to discuss findings from “El Futuro es Latino,” a groundbreaking research project from Chapman University.

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