Episode Release Delay
Due to an extended power outage, Jay and I weren’t able to record today. The juice is once again flowing and the next episode should be up by noon (EST) Sunday, November 6. – Mike
Due to an extended power outage, Jay and I weren’t able to record today. The juice is once again flowing and the next episode should be up by noon (EST) Sunday, November 6. – Mike
This week it’s a special three-person episode: Mike, Jay, and Ken. They kick things off by discussing the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, including his role on the Court, potential replacements, and the upcoming confirmation battle. They stick with the Supreme Court in their discussion of two big affirmative action cases the Court…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike welcomes back Heather Cox Richardson, a professor of history at Boston College and author of the “Letters from an American” Substack. Professor Richardson is also the author of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, which has recently come out in paperback….
Trey and Justin cover the recent firing of UK ambassador Peter Mandelson over his connections to Jeffrey Epstein and the implications of Trump’s involvement with Epstein. Next, they reflect on the 24th anniversary of 9/11, discussing its lasting impact on American politics and society, and the evolution of political responses to terrorism. The pair also…

Mike talks to University of Maryland cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand about her new book, . Topics Mike and Michele discuss include: the importance of culture in understanding politics why some cultures are ‘tight’ and others are ‘loose’ the…

Jay, Justin, and Mike discuss the economic plans of the Trump and Harris campaigns as well as the utility of presidential prediction models.
Mike and Jay open the episode with a discussion of the mass shooting in Boulder Colorado. Is the same script of “outrage, resistance, inaction” going to play out after this tragedy that we’ve seen so many times before? They also reexamine their discussion of the Georgia mass shooting from last week. Did they downplay the…