The American Compass Podcast

Our mission is to restore an economic consensus that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nation’s liberty and prosperity. The American Compass Podcast features conversations on a wide variety of policy issues aimed at helping policymakers and the broader public navigate the most pressing issues that will define the future of the conservative movement in America.

The Global Tariff with Rep. Jared Golden
Apr 11, 2025 – 44:04
Our Manhood Crisis with Amber Lapp
Apr 4, 2025 – 37:05
After the Factories Left with David Autor
Mar 28, 2025 – 45:38
Abundance, Left and Right with Ezra Klein
Mar 21, 2025 – 42:51
A Unitary Executive with Jack Goldsmith
Mar 14, 2025 – 41:39
The Transatlantic New Right with Michael Gove
Mar 7, 2025 – 39:37
What the AI Debate Gets Wrong with Colin Kahl
Feb 28, 2025 – 45:17
Averting White House Crises with Karl Zinsmeister
Feb 21, 2025 – 45:58
No Tax Cut Is Free with Oren Cass and Chris Griswold
Feb 14, 2025 – 54:39
The Sports-Betting Addiction with Jude Russo
Feb 7, 2025 – 38:37
The Truth About Pro-Life Laws with Leah Sargeant
Jan 31, 2025 – 40:50
A Remote-Work 'Baby Boom' with Patrick T. Brown
Jan 24, 2025 – 44:06
The Travel Sports Dilemma with Michael Brendan Dougherty
Jan 17, 2025 – 41:37
What Will Trump’s New Economic Policy Look Like? Part 2
Jan 13, 2025 – 53:10
What Will Trump's New Economic Policy Look Like? Part 1
Jan 10, 2025 – 57:17
The New Right's New Home with Helen Andrews
Jan 3, 2025 – 43:53
The Case for Tariffs with Sen. Phil Gramm
Dec 20, 2024 – 01:13:08
Checking Corporate Power with FTC Chair Lina Khan
Dec 13, 2024 – 44:29
What DOGE Could Do with Santi Ruiz
Dec 6, 2024 – 40:13
The Collapse of Parenting with Dr. Leonard Sax
Nov 27, 2024 – 41:55
Trump's Return Agenda with Duncan Braid
Nov 22, 2024 – 33:07
A Multi-Ethnic Republican Future with Henry Olsen
Nov 15, 2024 – 48:11
Understanding the Trump Voter with Batya Ungar-Sargon
Nov 8, 2024 – 51:33
Trump's Victory and the Realignment with Michael Needham
Nov 6, 2024 – 45:35
A Tech Off-Ramp for Kids with Clare Morell
Oct 30, 2024 – 48:21
The Adulthood Crisis with Sam Pressler
Oct 23, 2024 – 46:21
What Parents Want with Ivana Greco
Oct 16, 2024 – 45:28
The Heartland's Political Realignment with Sarah Smarsh
Oct 9, 2024 – 47:50
Rethinking China’s Trade Status with Mark DiPlacido
Oct 1, 2024 – 42:59
Industrial Policy's Potential with Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher
Sep 25, 2024 – 48:14
Private Power and Democracy with Joshua Kleinfeld
Sep 18, 2024 – 01:00:37
Conservatism in a Secular Age with Matthew Mehan
Sep 13, 2024 – 42:11
The U.K. Realignment with Nick Timothy, MP
Sep 4, 2024 – 43:01
Conservative Urbanism with Aaron Renn
Aug 28, 2024 – 47:39
Unionizing Minor League Baseball with Harry Marino
Aug 21, 2024 – 44:27
Where Money Comes From with Richard Werner
Aug 14, 2024 – 49:26
Revisiting the CHIPS Act with Senator Todd Young
Aug 7, 2024 – 33:26
Tariffs and Market Power with Michael Lind
Jul 31, 2024 – 50:23
When Markets Fail with Ruchir Sharma
Jul 24, 2024 – 45:11
Unpacking the Vance VP Pick with Henry Olsen
Jul 18, 2024 – 48:48
Making Sense of Electric Vehicles with Oren Cass
Jul 10, 2024 – 44:37
Reindustrializing America with Dean W. Ball
Jul 1, 2024 – 43:42
The Realignment of the Working Class with Batya Ungar-Sargon
Jun 26, 2024 – 45:53
Anti-Competitive Amazon with Dana Mattioli
Jun 20, 2024 – 44:13
Confronting the Federal Deficit with Reps. Khanna and Arrington
Jun 12, 2024 – 01:03:09
Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: Return of the Fiscal Conservatives
Jun 5, 2024 – 46:29
America's Broken Immigration System with Mark Krikorian
May 29, 2024 – 49:11
The Rise of American "Neopopulism" with David Leonhardt
May 23, 2024 – 38:42
The Wolves of K Street with Brody Mullins
May 15, 2024 – 42:58
Broadening the Defense Industrial Base with Marathon’s Robert Delfeld
May 7, 2024 – 29:16

Recent Reviews

@OneShortDay

Manhood Crisis

I’m surprised that with the current state of our nation Oren would choose to host a podcast on the “manhood crisis”! What is he saying?
Joe Freshwater

Oren’s a RINO

The only positive aspect of this podcast is that Oren’s voice is so soft you can barely hear the Bolshevik garbage he spews.
Plebianus

Fantastic and Necessary

I am very interested in where American Compass is going. We need a return to traditional, conservative Whig politics of the Republican Party. The deregulation, cut taxes and free trade orthodoxy of the monoparty have destroyed the Middle Class and killed the morals, hope and kindness of so many of our citizens as they are seeing their standard of living collapse before them. Let us harken a brand new Washington consensus! ( Which is what we had in the 1800ds that let America grow so great! ) Down with fusionist lies!
larmbrust

Refreshing perspective

Nice to hear from real conservatives on economics finally push back on the libertarian consensus on the right that has existed mostly unchallenged for the last 30-40 years. So much of what is called conservatism today in popular media is actually libertarianism not conservatism.
wendyand mo

Refreshing

A refreshing viewpoint that makes listeners think about another take on economic conservatism that pushes the boundaries of the conservative status quo. It’s nice to hear someone willing to have a conversation about new approach.
Jgf1600

Trash

Podcast from grifters looking to make a buck off a manufactured shift in policy attitudes on the right. Planning is planning, whether it’s from ppl we like or not.
ignantbanker

Interesting ideas about a new way forward

The first episode with Senator Hawley was great. The ideas shared represent a new way forward for American conservatism that abandons the Washington consensus of “economic piety.” The the conditions and opportunities of American workers and families shouldn’t be ignored in favor of cheaper flat screen TVs. The audio of the podcast, though, was not great. It sounded fluffy and the volume was a bit low.