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This is the final new episode of 2025. New episodes will resume on Tuesday, January 6.

Historians Jeremi Suri and Jeffrey Engel look back on a remarkable, distressing year in the U.S. and across the globe, from the Trump administration's lawless conduct to the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Jeremi Suri teaches history at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He co-hosts 'This is Democracy' podcast and co-writes 'Democracy of Hope' newsletter.

Jeffrey Engel is the founding director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University.