American Prestige

A podcast hosted by Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world.

Protesters passing by the Google building during a rally for Palestine on October 4, 2025, in New York City.

Silicon Valley and the Israeli Occupation Silicon Valley and the Israeli Occupation

On this episode of American Prestige: Omar Zahzah on the consolidation of Big Tech with Israeli colonialism and genocide.

Nov 11, 2025 / Podcast / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025.

Trump’s Asia Tour and Xi Summit, Massacres in Sudan by the RFK, Bombings of Boats Off the South American Coast by the US Trump’s Asia Tour and Xi Summit, Massacres in Sudan by the RFK, Bombings of Boats Off the South American Coast by the US

The news from American Prestige.

Oct 31, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel's two-year-long attacks on the Gaza Strip and buried in temporary graves around Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City are being exhumed and reburied in family cemeteries, on October 24, 2025.

Gaza Ceasefire Tenuous, US Strikes More “Drug Boats,” Saudi State Visit Gaza Ceasefire Tenuous, US Strikes More “Drug Boats,” Saudi State Visit

American Prestige brings you the news.

Oct 24, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

A protester at the No Kings rally in Venice, Florida, on October 18, 2025.

The Myth of Free Speech The Myth of Free Speech

Historian Fara Dabhoiwala talks to American Prestige about his new book.

Oct 21, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Palestinian teams carry out excavation work with heavy machinery in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza, to recover the bodies of Israeli hostages killed during the attacks.

Gaza Ceasefire, CIA in Venezuela, Madagascar Coup Gaza Ceasefire, CIA in Venezuela, Madagascar Coup

The news from American Prestige.

Oct 17, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Federal agents clash with anti-ICE protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on October 12, 2025, in Portland, Oregon.

American Sociocide, With Charles Derber American Sociocide, With Charles Derber

On American Prestige: the sociologist on how American society is tearing itself apart.

Oct 14, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Sad Emmanuel Macron

Venezuela-US Escalation, Myanmar Air Strike, France’s Political Crisis Venezuela-US Escalation, Myanmar Air Strike, France’s Political Crisis

The news from American Prestige.

Oct 10, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Anti-government protesters in Antsiranana, Madagascar gathered on October 2, 2025

Trump’s Gaza “Peace Plan,” UN Reimposes Sanctions on Iran, Gen Z Protests in Madagascar and Morocco Trump’s Gaza “Peace Plan,” UN Reimposes Sanctions on Iran, Gen Z Protests in Madagascar and Morocco

The news from your pals at American Prestige.

Oct 3, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Elon Musk, with his son X, speaks as Donald Trump looks on at a victory rally at the Capital One Arena on January 19, 2025, in Washington, DC.

How the Internet Broke America How the Internet Broke America

On this episode of American Prestige: Garrett Graff discusses the failure of digital democracy and the polarization it unleashed in America.

Sep 30, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner

US Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance stand with Col. Susan Meyers commander of the US military's Pituffik Space Base, as they tour the base on March 28, 2025, in Pituffik, Greenland.

The US Military vs. the Environment, With Gretchen Heefner The US Military vs. the Environment, With Gretchen Heefner

An American Prestige bonus interview.

Sep 26, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

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