Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
The Death of the American Dream (feat. Rahm Emanuel)
Tue, 27 May 2025
Scott and Jessica sit down with Rahm Emanuel—former Chicago mayor, Obama Chief of Staff, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan—for an unfiltered conversation about the Democratic Party at a crossroads. They cover everything from Biden’s health and GOP tax cuts to rising antisemitism, the education crisis, and the growing struggles facing young men. Plus, Rahm weighs in on 2028—and whether he’s seriously considering a run. Follow Jessica Tarlov, @JessicaTarlov. Follow Prof G, @profgalloway. Follow Raging Moderates, @RagingModeratesPod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the implications of Biden's health on the Democratic Party?
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You mentioned education, the classroom, and that's why you ran to be the mayor of Chicago. And I've been disturbed by how Democrats have lost their edge in handling all of the most important issues to Americans. I think we're only still up on... climate change and abortion, and only just barely now at this point.
And one of the biggest losses, I think, is that parents in this country don't trust us to handle their children's education. And I'm curious as to what you think are some good policies that we could stand behind that would reaffirm people's trust in us on that particular issue, and also what we can do about the
awesome and not in the necessarily positive way, but just in the huge way, the power of the teachers unions when, you know, an average person knows who Randy Weingarten is, that that's a problem for the party, especially considering what went on during COVID.
So you're right, Jess. Last 30 years, Democrats had anywhere starting from Jimmy Carter's creating the Department of Education and Reagan trying to or advocating to shut it down. We had anywhere, call it from 20 to 30 point advantage on education. President Obama did race to the top. President Clinton did, teachers of excellence. But we basically kept coming at this, focused on the classroom.
Accelerate. There's no doubt during COVID, we shut schools down much longer than they need to be, much longer than, quote unquote, the science told us to do, even though we kept saying we're going to follow the science. Second, we got in a bunch of ancillary discussions that had nothing to do with reading, writing, and math.
The name of the school, was it named after George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, or any other founding father? Or access to the bathroom and access to locker rooms. We've gotten into bathroom and locker rooms and we avoided the classroom. So you have to go back for political purposes to the place where you build political support. That's one. Now,
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Chapter 2: How can Democrats regain trust in education policies?
Chapter 3: What strategies can Democrats use to combat rising antisemitism?
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Hey, folks, we took a break from Memorial Day, but before the long weekend, we sat down with Rahm Emanuel for a conversation recorded last Thursday. We got into the issues surrounding Biden, the Republican transfer of wealth to the rich, and what Democrats need to focus on. Here's the episode. Enjoy. Welcome to Raging Moritz. I'm Scott Galloway.
And I'm Jessica Tarlow.
Jess, joining us today is someone who's worn a lot of hats in American politics, two-time mayor of Chicago, former White House chief of staff, and most recently, U.S. ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel. Rahm, welcome to the show. Thanks, Scott. Thanks, Jess. We're going to jump right into this.
The headlines this week have been dominated by the news that President Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. That comes on the heels of a week already full of questions about his health, and a Quick question.
Did Biden's narcissism and entering into consensual hallucination with the Democratic Party that he was the best candidate for president, is that a big part of the reason that we reelected an insurrectionist?
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Chapter 6: What is Rahm Emanuel's perspective on the 2028 elections?
Support for the show comes from the podcast, The World As You'll Know It. In this season of The World As You'll Know It, host and science journalist Carl Zimmer speaks to some of the most respected scientists in the field of longevity research about what old age could look like in the future and whether or not we can cure aging itself. Will new breakthroughs add even more years to our lives?
Can older brains be rewired to function like younger ones? And which so-called biohacks actually work? You can listen to The World As You'll Know It, The Future of Aging, wherever you get your podcasts, and at aventine.org podcast. That's A-V-E-N-T-I-N-E dot org slash podcast.
Megan Rapinoe here. This week on A Touch More, we are live from New York for the Liberty's home opener with an extra special guest, Brianna Stewart. We talk about the Liberty's newest additions, the best lessons Stewie ever got from Sue, and what it was like to be at the Met Gala this year. And of course, we couldn't let her go without asking her about that 2024 foul call.
Check out the latest episode of A Touch More wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube.
Hey, folks, we took a break from Memorial Day, but before the long weekend, we sat down with Rahm Emanuel for a conversation recorded last Thursday. We got into the issues surrounding Biden, the Republican transfer of wealth to the rich, and what Democrats need to focus on. Here's the episode. Enjoy. Welcome to Raging Moritz. I'm Scott Galloway.
And I'm Jessica Tarlow.
Jess, joining us today is someone who's worn a lot of hats in American politics, two-time mayor of Chicago, former White House chief of staff, and most recently, U.S. ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel. Rahm, welcome to the show. Thanks, Scott. Thanks, Jess. We're going to jump right into this.
The headlines this week have been dominated by the news that President Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. That comes on the heels of a week already full of questions about his health, and a Quick question.
Did Biden's narcissism and entering into consensual hallucination with the Democratic Party that he was the best candidate for president, is that a big part of the reason that we reelected an insurrectionist?
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