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Gays In Crisis

Ben, Megan and Josh discuss spiking bond yields, the absurd $5,000 checks, the Kennedy Center and the White House Ballroom, whether AI will kill us all, and when a new hairstyle is a cry for help.

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Don't Forget to Never Forget

Megan, Ben and Josh discuss the lessons of 9/11, 25 years on; the three phases of world politics that make up the post-post 9/11 era; and the root causes of the ice shortage in Europe.

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The Time Tax (feat. Annie Lowrey)

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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...

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Calling All Cranks

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.

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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.

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  • Josh Barro

    I have a lot of opinions.

  • Reihan Salam
  • Dean W. Ball

    I write about AI, emerging technology, and the future of governance.

  • Tyler Austin Harper
  • Sean Trende
  • Nate Silver

    https://www.natesilver.net/ Really just a poker player at heart, but I sometimes make election forecasts and write about things.

  • Megan McArdle

    Columnist at the Washington Post. Opinions my own, and boy do I have a lot of them.

  • Matthew Yglesias

    Blogger, journalist, podcaster, trying to get back to my roots.

  • Robinson Meyer

    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.

  • Ben Dreyfuss

    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.

  • Gabriel Rossman

    Professor of Sociology at UCLA.

  • Kristen Soltis Anderson

    Founding Partner, Echelon Insights. Contributor, CNN. Contributing opinion writer, NYT. I write about polls, politics, social trends and the Millennial generation.

  • Sam Bowman

    I'm the co-founder and editor of worksinprogress.co

  • Sonny Bunch

    Culture Editor

  • Andrew Sullivan

    Recovering blogger

  • Jonathan Chait

    Writer for New York Magazine.

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