Episode 160: Eli Lake / Steely Dan

Scot and Jeff discuss Sleater-Kinney with Nic Rowan. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Nic Rowan. Nic is managing editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal. You can follow him on Twitter/x @NicXTempore. Nic ...  Show more

Scot and Jeff discuss the second part of XTC’s career (1984-2000) with Andrew Gretes. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Andrew Gretes. Andrew is a fiction writer teaching creative rhetoric at Georgetown and Georg ...  Show more

Trump's policy reversals, Spicer's analogies, Page's FISA warrant, and a look at the week's worst punditry with Rhea Butcher, Zhubin Parang, and Mike Schur.

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Smug, Holmes, and Duncan pay homage to the end of Trump’s Twitter reply guys, honor the life of Sheldon Adelson, discuss the left’s culpability in misinformation, and cover a new revelation of Weiner.   Ruthlesspodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices. ...  Show more

On episode 34, Charles talks to Tim Carney about his book, Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse. Among the topics they discuss are what constitutes "the American Dream," whether that American Dream is "dead" (as Donald Trump charged in 2016), and, if so ...  Show more

This week on Monday’s premium Bad Faith podcast, I spoke to two constitutional law professors about what’s really going on with the leaked Dobbs draft overturning Roe and Casey. Tonight, let’s talk about 1) the protest in front of Justice Kavanaugh’s house (are they ethical?), 2) ...  Show more