
Central Air, the show where the temperature is always just right. Join Josh Barro, Megan McArdle and Ben Dreyfuss every week for a well-centered conversation on American politics.
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Dear listeners,
This week, we’re talking with Annie Lowrey, staff writer at The Atlantic, about the time, effort, money, and psychological costs some government policies impose on us. Annie argues in her new book, The Time Tax, that some o...
Josh, Ben and Megan pitch cranky ideas and consider crank proposals from listeners, like making tax returns public, “set-it-and-forget-it” voting, horn honking fees, artificial tornadoes, and more.
Dear listeners,
Central Air evaluates David Ellison’s threats to take his film studio(s) out of California, Wisconsin voters’ choice to save Thanksgiving from cancellation, and the best members of the Trump cabinet.
Dear listeners,
Prof. Gabriel Rossman joins us to discuss why UC students need remedial algebra, scholar-activism, the Jason Arday scandal, and the laundering of disreputable exchange.
Dear listeners,
Pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson joins us to discuss the midterms, America's "political tribes," and Gen Z politics. And I get an important new ally in my war on grilling.
Dear listeners,
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I have a lot of opinions.
Recovering blogger
Blogger, journalist, podcaster, trying to get back to my roots.
Culture Editor
I'm the co-founder and editor of worksinprogress.co
Columnist at the Washington Post. Opinions my own, and boy do I have a lot of them.
I’m a journalist who writes about climate change, energy, the economy, and ideas. I’m executive editor of Heatmap News, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and a columnist at The Argument.
Founding Partner, Echelon Insights. Contributor, CNN. Contributing opinion writer, NYT. I write about polls, politics, social trends and the Millennial generation.
https://www.natesilver.net/ Really just a poker player at heart, but I sometimes make election forecasts and write about things.
Pollster at Echelon Insights, author of PARTY OF THE PEOPLE
Writer, SoulCycler, occasional Twitter Main Character, former editorial director @motherjones. my tweets automatically delete so if you plan on complaining about them in the future, take screenshots.
I write about AI, emerging technology, and the future of governance.
Author and journalist
Dad, husband, progressive leader, & fighter for working folks. Let’s take on the billionaire class together
running the political data and polls @TheArgument. founder of Split Ticket, also an ML engineer in the SF bay area :) cal alum and chelsea fan, so I love watching my sports teams lose.
Professor of Sociology at UCLA.
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