FWIW, I would listen to this 4 person, murderer’s row of talent podcast religiously if it was a regular thing. I’d tell everyone I know to listen to it.
Josh, this was a great conversation, so yes, definitely more like this! In addition to being a subscriber and fan, I also really respect McArdle and Pesca, and enjoyed getting to know Dreyfuss a bit, and they made for a good mix in part by living up to the point you made about not always trying to find/force agreement. (I consider myself a very strong First Amendment supporter, for instance, but find the TikTok case not a hard call given the CCP's embeddedness with any major Chinese business... So hearing Pesca was good to push the thinking, even though I still disagree.)
Yes, more of this please! An excellent selection for a podcast - I was already a fan of McArdle and Dreyfuss, and Pesca sounds interesting from this (to me) introduction. Great to hear you back talking politics.
I really enjoyed this episode! Ironically, since you left LRC and David Green took over with Isger and Elleithee, my biggest critique has been that the show often feels like CCC-lite, given Isger’s “almost accidental Republican” stance and Elleithee’s focus on fostering unity at Georgetown.
This podcast, though, had a lot more zip and pulled no punches in its critiques of both the left and the right, which I really appreciated. It was also genuinely funny at times, and the chemistry between the four of you was fantastic—top-notch guest lineup!
It might be a long shot, but it’d be amazing if you could bring Bruenig and Lowry back for an episode—sort of a KCRW circa 2018 “reunion pod.” Hearing Rich on Jeff Mauer’s recent show felt like catching up with an old friend I love to disagree with.
This was excellent—so glad to hear you back in the podcasting world with such a dynamic group (and not just Ken! No disrespect to Ken - we love our Popehat).
LOVE this. Would definitely love to hear more. The whole discussion was engaging and entertaining while offering some alternative views without falling victim to groupthink. Megan McArdle is also one of my favorite commentators.
I enjoyed the pod - I particularly appreciated the callout about how while some of these actions by Trump may seem like performative politics, it's frustrating that we'll have to wait for there to be tangible suffering before people will realize that having an unhinged moron at the helm is legitimately bad for America.
This was great. More of this, please. I loved this. Great guests; have them back.
My only criticism is that anyone who says "When I was in college - at Harvard, I went to Harvard by the way - and when I was at Harvard..." should be fired out of a cannon into the sun.
If you think Josh is annoying about having gone to Harvard, I don't think you've met enough people who went to Harvard. He's tame about it by any reasonable standard.
Yes, more like this would be great. The pitch of something affirmatively centrist reminds me of this piece, maybe Trace would be a good guest on a future episode? https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-center-must-rise
Just, thank you! These days, I feel unreasonably excited about an "LRC, now with extra C" supershow.
Wishing the SerioPesca+ team great success! Will be sure to share any spare Attention Units towards the cause.
I’ve super fell off on LRC. The moderation isn’t as good as Josh is, and the guests are far less likable.
FWIW, I would listen to this 4 person, murderer’s row of talent podcast religiously if it was a regular thing. I’d tell everyone I know to listen to it.
Josh, this was a great conversation, so yes, definitely more like this! In addition to being a subscriber and fan, I also really respect McArdle and Pesca, and enjoyed getting to know Dreyfuss a bit, and they made for a good mix in part by living up to the point you made about not always trying to find/force agreement. (I consider myself a very strong First Amendment supporter, for instance, but find the TikTok case not a hard call given the CCP's embeddedness with any major Chinese business... So hearing Pesca was good to push the thinking, even though I still disagree.)
Keep 'em coming! And thank you!
Yes, more of this please! An excellent selection for a podcast - I was already a fan of McArdle and Dreyfuss, and Pesca sounds interesting from this (to me) introduction. Great to hear you back talking politics.
I really enjoyed this episode! Ironically, since you left LRC and David Green took over with Isger and Elleithee, my biggest critique has been that the show often feels like CCC-lite, given Isger’s “almost accidental Republican” stance and Elleithee’s focus on fostering unity at Georgetown.
This podcast, though, had a lot more zip and pulled no punches in its critiques of both the left and the right, which I really appreciated. It was also genuinely funny at times, and the chemistry between the four of you was fantastic—top-notch guest lineup!
It might be a long shot, but it’d be amazing if you could bring Bruenig and Lowry back for an episode—sort of a KCRW circa 2018 “reunion pod.” Hearing Rich on Jeff Mauer’s recent show felt like catching up with an old friend I love to disagree with.
This was excellent—so glad to hear you back in the podcasting world with such a dynamic group (and not just Ken! No disrespect to Ken - we love our Popehat).
Looking forward to what comes next!
Yes please, more episodes like this.
LOVE this. Would definitely love to hear more. The whole discussion was engaging and entertaining while offering some alternative views without falling victim to groupthink. Megan McArdle is also one of my favorite commentators.
A negative number cannot be a unit of measure Josh. Units of measure have to be absolute values and therefore must be positive.
A Scaramucci is still the official unit of measure.
I enjoyed the pod - I particularly appreciated the callout about how while some of these actions by Trump may seem like performative politics, it's frustrating that we'll have to wait for there to be tangible suffering before people will realize that having an unhinged moron at the helm is legitimately bad for America.
Yes, please… a Centrist podcast with you at the helm would be much appreciated.
This episode had great guests. I really enjoyed your past conversations with:
Jerusalem Demsas
Ross Douthat
Jamelle Bouie
Matt Yglesias
If you could speak with David Brooks and David Frum that would be interesting as well
Thank you!!!
More please
This was great and would definitely like more of this style and format!
This was great. More of this, please. I loved this. Great guests; have them back.
My only criticism is that anyone who says "When I was in college - at Harvard, I went to Harvard by the way - and when I was at Harvard..." should be fired out of a cannon into the sun.
"How can you tell someone went to Harvard?"
If you think Josh is annoying about having gone to Harvard, I don't think you've met enough people who went to Harvard. He's tame about it by any reasonable standard.
Josh, this was a great episode.
Excited to listen. Glad to have Megan back on a feed. Been missing her outlook since LRC.