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Larry BernsteinExplicit
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Date created
2020/10/25
Latest episode
2026/04/21
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29 min.
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6 days
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Closing Small Colleges
2026/04/21
Our first speaker is Geoff Baird who is a very close family friend. Geoff recently co-wrote a book entitled The Signal Solution: How Smart Colleges Stop Chasing Applications and Start Converting Students.
Geoff is a consultant working with higher ed institutions to help them persuade accepted student applicants to attend their school. Geoff is particularly excited about using AI to figure out who the admissions committee should focus on in their marketing efforts.
Our second speaker is Bob Zemsky who is a Professor of Education at UPenn and the university’s chief planning officer. He is also the Co-Founder of College-in3- Exchange and is the author of 14 books including The College Stress Test.
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Why Does the Press Think We Lost the War in Iran?
2026/04/18
Our speaker is Mark Penn who was a senior advisor to President Clinton and was Hillary’s chief strategist for her senate and presidential campaigns. Mark is now the CEO of Stagwell which is a advertising and marketing company.
I want to learn from Mark why the press thinks that the military campaign in Iran is failing and why the Democrats are not supporting arm sales to their Israeli allies at this critical juncture.
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Can Congress fix the Trump tariff refund problem?
2026/04/11
I’m joined by John McGinnis, a constitutional law professor at Northwestern.
The Court has decided that about $165 billion will be refunded to importers—money that, in many cases, could be seen as a windfall. I think there may be room here for a bipartisan solution, and John helps us think through what Congress can—and can’t—do.
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Iran’s Rope-a-Dope Strategy
2026/04/04
Today’s topic is Iran’s Rope-a-Dope Strategy.
Our speaker is Anthony King who is a Professor of War at Exeter University in the UK.
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How the Rich Improve Our Democracy
2026/03/29
Today’s topic is How the Rich Improve Our Democracy.
Our speaker is John McGinnis who is a constitutional law professor at Northwestern Law School.
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Allies Fighting Together
2026/03/21
Today’s topic is Allies Fighting Together. Our speaker is Yaakov Katz the former Editor in Chief of the Jerusalem Post and the author of While Israel Slept about the 10/7 massacre.
I want to learn from Yaakov about how the US and Israel are fighting together and how it is significantly different from our previous wars.
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What will Success and Failure be in the Iran War
2026/03/17
Our speaker is Hal Brands who is a Professor of Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins and former Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for Strategic Planning.
I want to find out from Hal what are our objectives in the war in Iran, how effective American and Israel’s military has been in destroying its adversaries, and what we should expect Iran to do to try to do to improve its negotiating position.
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Opening the Strait of Hormuz
2026/03/14
Our speaker is James Holmes who is a Professor of Maritime Strategy at the US Naval War College. He is also the author of the book Red Star over the Pacific.
I want to learn from James about what strategies the US Navy has to open up the Strait of Hormuz including the use of convoys, area defense, tactical offense, and arming the tankers to beat back the influx of drones.
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Fine Tuning the OODA Loop: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act Loop to Win the War in Iran
2026/03/12
Our speaker is Brig. Gen. (Res.) Eran Ortal is a former Israeli Defense Forces officer who previously served as the Commander of the Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Thinking in the IDF Operations Directorate. Today he is the Head of the Military Program at the Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA Center) and a visiting scholar at the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC). Eran is the author of the book “The Battle Before the War.”
I want to learn from Eran about how the American and Israeli military have moved their command center to the battlefield so that the target can be destroyed before the Iranians have time to react.
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Evaluating Success on the Iranian Battlefield
2026/03/07
Our speaker is Amir Avivi who is a retired Israeli Brigadier General and the Chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum – ISDF. Amir is the author of a recent book entitled No Retreat: How to Secure Israel for Generations to Come.
I want to learn how Israel was able to achieve surprise with its initial attack of the Iranian leadership. I plan to discuss the implications of a compromised Iranian command and control structure and why Iran is attacking its neutral neighbors.
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Bolton on the War in Iran
2026/03/05
Welcome to What Happens Next. My name is Larry Bernstein. What Happens Next is a podcast which covers economics, politics, and history. Today’s topic is Bolton on the War in Iran.
John Bolton was the National Security Advisor in Trump’s first term. I want to know from John if attacking Iran is a good idea? Whether it is legal under international law and is constitutional? How he would handle the diplomacy with our allies if he were back in charge, and how this will end up?
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Requiring English
2026/02/28
Our speaker is Nick Griffin who is the author of The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in 1980, and he spoke about that book on a previous podcast. Today, Nick is going to speak about his new play English Only which had its opening run at the Colony Theater in Miami Beach.
In 1980 125,000 Cubans arrived in Miami in two months and many of these new Spanish speakers were not fluent in English and that frustrated many native Miamians. I want to discuss with Nick the importance of English being the lingua franca in the US and whether the government should encourage its use by recent immigrants.
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Mr. Warsh Goes To Washington
2026/02/21
President Trump recently nominated Kevin Warsh to be the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In October 2022, Kevin spoke on What Happens Next along with my old boss Myron Scholes who was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
In this episode I include excerpts from that previous meeting as well as an additional interview with John Cochrane who is a Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute, and he will discuss the challenges that Kevin will face in his new job.
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Why Is Trump’s Rhetoric Effective?
2026/02/14
Our speaker is Henry Olsen who is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Henry studies American politics with a focus on populism.
I want to learn from Henry about why Trump is successful with his non-traditional and outrageous speaking style. No other world leader talks like Trump with the use of threats and hyperbole. Is that going to change if there is a perception that it is successful? I want to find out if Henry thinks that we should expect other politicians to mimic Trump’s methods in social media and public speaking in the 2028 presidential campaign.
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The 90th Anniversary of the Spanish Civil War
2026/02/07
Our speaker is Giles Tremlett who is the author of several books on the Spanish civil war and his most recent work is entitled El Generalisimo: A Biography of Francisco Franco.
I want to hear from Giles about what triggered the civil war, why did it become a proxy war between Hitler and Stalin, and what happened to Spain after Franco’s nationalists won the conflict.
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Dr.DavidTee 2025/08/24
Bright Host
Long time fan of show. Larry tackles divisive topics , but leads with compassion. I’d recommend this show to critical thinkers, but, selfishly, I do...
AppyRater 2024/10/13
Brilliant
Amazing host, amazing guests!
Kay-Man 2024/04/23
The host has a funny laugh.
That’s my favorite part.
3lixs3 2023/04/08
Educational
I’m so thankful to have found this podcast. It’s so educational and well balanced. Bravo Larry keep up the great work
4TW5 2022/09/18
Anti Trump Sentiment…
Has degraded what was once interesting to what is now just plain- annoying. The world’s problems are not a result of President Trump.
PD Herrlinger 2020/12/07
Best weekly analysis of global issues
This is an amazing series. Each week, an eclectic group of domain experts speak for a crisp six minutes on a timely topic, mostly connected to the cur...
the podcast maven 2020/11/22
Amazing insight in 6 minute blocks
This is one of my favorite podcasts. Larry Bernstein has an extraordinary array of academics, executives, investors, and other experts sharing their v...
Data junky 2020/11/17
Excellent program now available as podcast
I've been listening to WHN since the second episode. Great format (6 minutes /speaker), excellent and varied speakers. Knowledgeable and extremely wel...
LDG28 2020/11/15
No better use of time
Have been inspired, motivated, educated and a better citizen of the world since I started listening to these in early April. Cannot recommend highly ...
Ll cool h 2020/11/12
Thank you!
Great format and always thought provoking content. We look forward to the list of speakers every week.
Thank you!
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