No new eps in a while, just wanted to know what happened. Really loved this show while it was going.

Great wide ranging topics needed for the time!

Don’t worry too much about going back to the 70s. It wasn’t all bad. College tuition was certainly less. Most people drove smaller cars that were a lot easier to park than today’s behemoths. The Castro District and the Mission District in San Francisco were kind of affordable. I wouldn’t want to relive it but I have plenty of good memories.

The producer of this podcast should get a job.

This podcast hits that rare combo of good production and interesting content. They pick good guests and I always learn something. Excited for some new episodes!

No mention at all of the downside of debt cancellation. Why should I pay for another’s conscience, voluntary choices? Why should a responsible person who worked two jobs to pay his debt be played for a sucker by freeloaders? What lesson does this give to those who made a contract?

Super biased, and fairly idiotic. Good production though, must have wealthy backers!!

The show features great hosts and expert guests who effectively distill otherwise esoteric and mundane topics into highly enjoyable listens! Recommended!

why are these christian right wing or just right wing groups seems to me in general are started by men: christian crusaders, right to life, proud boys, boogaloos, etc. Discuss

This is my first time writing a review but the what I just heard was so bad I thought I’d share. I listened to the episode about Andrew Yang’s candidacy for mayor of NYC (where I and apparently the hosts live). It was a bizarre spree of superficial puffery about Yang’s social media- particularly odd given that Yang’s tone-deaf social media posts have been a source of mockery here (i.e taking the A train to the Bronx, visiting an apparently upscale supermarket and calling it a bodega...)The only redeeming quality was the guest Harry Siegel, who unlike the guests, actually knew something about NY and NYC politics. There wasn’t even a discussion of ranked choice voting, which is by far this biggest wild card in the race and makes Yang’s putative lead somewhat dubious. In sum, this podcast is a waste of time.

when I’m out of On The Media episodes, this podcast provides a lot of the same interesting analysis of media/politics, with some quirky stories and tangents thrown in. I love the hosts and hope that TNR continues to invest in podcasts like this.

This podcast is so great. Not only have a I learned a lot - but it’s exposed me to other great people doing interesting work (it’s how I came to follow Emily Atkin and her newsletter HEATED). A must-listen

A Stream of smug cliches and formulas, nothing resembling thinking much less debate or questioning, presided over by 3 hosts who seem able only to chirp other than talk, one of whom cannot put two phrases together without plopping a “like” between them. If you are looking for silliness, this is the place

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I am a giant Podcast listener and this podcast is absolutely the best I have ever listened to. It is informative and entertaining. The hosts are witty and smart. The information is new and different. I loved listening.

Alex pareene has always managed to see the forest through the trees and that analysis continues on in this format as well

Very solid treatment of an important issue facing us today.

I really liked the first episode and I think this is a good concept for a show. Looking forward to the politics of other things!

The New Republic has become my first stop for all things on culture and politics and my hope this new podcast would be an extension of what I’ve been reading has been fulfilled. Laura and Alex make a great team which can make heavy topics palatable. Looking forward to many more.