January 9, 2026· 41 min

Greg Grandin on how the Monroe Doctrine Became the Donroe Doctrine

Orality
Model
81%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(719 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,276 words)
M:94%
GuestGreg Grandin(4,372 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic36%
huge, definitely, obviously
Engagement49%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, like, so
Repetition100%
know (61x), like (50x), united (47x)
Parallelism72%
And I'm Joe Isenthal...., And I do remember a huge cultu..., So I went to college, universi...
Sound Patterns58%
44 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases3%
i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging7%
may, fairly, might
Passive Voice10%
been reinterpreted, was flabbergasted, being talked
Abstract Nouns32%
investment, community, business
Subordination9%
because, since, until
Sentence Length39%
Avg: 14.9 words/sentence
Word Complexity52%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style51%
369 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style74%
apply, internationally, fairly

Description

In some sense, the arrest of Maduro is nothing unusual. For over 200 years, the US viewed the entirety of the Western hemisphere as its legitimate domain for intervention. And of course, there's a long history of the US getting involved with Latin America specifically. But what is the Monroe Doctrine? And how does Trump's foreign policy fit into it. On this episode, we speak with Greg Grandin, a professor of history at Yale and author of America, América. Greg has extensively researched American activity in Latin America across his career. He explains the historical patterns of when America asserts its dominance in the region, and how that fits into other American policy priorities both abroad and at home. Read more: Post-Maduro 124% Rally Stuns Venezuela’s Battered Stock Exchange Trump’s Team Orders Big Oil Into Venezuela: ‘Do It for Our Country’ Only Bloomberg - Business News, Stock Markets, Finance, Breaking & World News subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at  bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots Subscribe to the Odd Lots Newsletter Join the conversation: discord.gg/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.