After a six-week delay from when the US had its first coronavirus case, America is finally starting to catch up to South Korea’s testing capacity. What went wrong inside the FDA, and why was our government so far behind?

Alec Stapp joined the show to walk us through the errors and misjudgments that resulted in America’s sluggish response. Digging into the bureaucratic red tape that hindered our preparedness, Stapp explains what the government should have done to prevent the total lockdown that we’re in today.

The US economy continued to plummet this week as the country remained on lockdown because of the coronavirus. With businesses closing and workers being laid off, what will the virus mean for 2020 and President Trump’s re-election prospects?

Kristen Soltis Anderson joined Dany and Marc to lay out the political ramifications of the coronavirus. The three talk about Trump’s response to the crisis, how this might impact his approval ratings, Democrats and Republicans’ opinions of China, and steps the government should take to prepare for voting under quarantine.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), enacted in 1978 as part of the Watergate reforms, oversees and approves surveillance warrants against foreign spies and terrorists in the US. The secretive FISA Court bypasses normal warrant requirements and allows the government to conduct surveillance using classified information.

The Mueller probe recently brought FISA into the public eye after it was revealed that the FBI abused FISA for the unjust surveillance of Trump campaign member Carter Page. To shed some much-needed light on the issue, John Yoo joined the show to discuss his experience practicing before the FISA Court, the pros and cons of FISA, what Congress ought to do and whether the Court needs to be reformed.

In their new bestselling book, “A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America,” Pulitzer Prize winning authors Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker provide detailed reporting on President Donald Trump’s character, his leadership, and his personal and political style.

Leonnig and Rucker recount a number of incidents that have come to shape perceptions of the Trump administration, including the infamous Tank meeting, Trump’s apparent ignorance of what happened at Pearl Harbor, and more. But Dany and Marc also press the authors on the president’s strengths and the qualities that may in fact make him “genius”—though perhaps not always stable.

The UK recently announced that it would allow the Chinese telecom company Huawei to build portions of its new 5G network. The British decision shocked many US government officials, including President Trump, who had been advising against Huawei’s involvement due to national security concerns.

As members of Congress attempt to convince Parliament to reverse its decision, Dany and Marc sat down with Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) to learn more about the dangers of Huawei and the company’s links to the Chinese government. Rep. Gallagher also explains how the UK decision may affect a US-UK free trade agreement as well as the two countries’ intelligence sharing relationship.

Chinese officials have confirmed thousands of cases of the coronavirus as foreign governments continue to evacuate their citizens from the city of Wuhan, thought to be the disease’s point of origin. With multiple cases identified in America and stock prices plummeting, how worried should we be about the virus’s spread?

Dr. Scott Gottlieb joined the podcast to talk about the severity of the virus, how it compares to other coronaviruses, and the threat of a global epidemic. He also addresses the United States’ general preparedness to handle serious pandemic viruses and how Chinese authoritarianism augments the coronavirus’s spread.

In a major rebuke to China, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen won a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election. Despite trailing in the polls mere months ago, record numbers came out to support Tsai in an effort to save the country’s democracy from becoming a second Hong Kong.

Just one day after the historic election, Dany met with Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu to discuss the election results, what they mean for China, and the future of the US-Taiwan relationship. Marc and Dany also reflect on Trump’s Asia-Pacific strategy and whether he has restored deterrence in the region.

Despite various domestic and foreign policy achievements, President Trump made a number of grave mistakes in 2019. He asked the president of Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden, used his emergency authority to circumvent Congress on the border wall, invited the Taliban to Camp David, and gave Turkey a greenlight to invade Syria and attack our Kurdish allies.

With the start of the new year, Dany and Marc once again joined forces to debate the ten worst things that the president did in 2019. But does the bad outweigh the good? Listen to the previous episode on the ten best things the president did in 2019 and decide for yourself!

What does the Trump administration see as the largest foreign policy priority for the upcoming year? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined Dany and Marc to discuss national security challenges – and the Trump administration’s successes.

Pompeo reviews 2019 highlights and looks ahead to 2020, with new details on the president’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran and the threat China poses to the next generation of Americans.

In 2018, US-backed forces in Syria annihilated a Russian platoon of mercenaries, killing hundreds after the Kremlin-supported private army tried to take an American position in Deir al-Zour. The Russian government denied knowledge of the shadowy group, which has been spotted sowing discord in Ukraine, Libya, and the Central African Republic, among other countries.

So who are these people? And where exactly are they operating? Michael Weiss joined Dany and Marc to shed some light on the role of private military companies in Russia and explain how quasi-government organizations such as the Wagner Group are executing Putin’s strategic imperatives worldwide.