Discourse Pod

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com The Intercept’s Katherine Krueger is back in the third chair this week as the Great Ed Sheeran Wars continue, including: * His cousin, Jethro (incredible to be named Jethro Sheeran), disavowing him * Sheeran crying not once , but twice at his Philadelphia show, including while reading a mealy-mouthed statement * Th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com Who could have predicted last week’s story about P!nk calling out Macklemore for saying “Free Palestine” while opening for Ed Sheeran in New Jersey would escalate in such a dramatic way! We spend most of this episode recapping all the latest, including: * P!nk “clapping back” at people criticizing her going after M...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com It’s musical chairs over here at Discourse Pod HQ: Jack is BACK from the U.K. but Producer Sam? She’s out this week. Third chair? Nowhere to be found. Jack is pulling double-duty, emerging from the London fog as…Producer Jack. So if this episodes “sounds” or “looks” “weird,” keep it to yourself!!!!!!This week Jack...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com We’re back! Sorry this week’s episode was delayed. Jack is out this week, Producer Sam was moving—we’re a bit of a mess! Everything will be back to normal next week we SWEAR!!! The Week ’s Rafi Schwartz returns to the third chair to discuss: * The wild, Bari Weiss-influenced CBS News story about Abdul El-Sayed’s de...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was recorded before Tuesday’s primaries in Wisconsin, so if it sounds like we don’t know the outcome, it’s because we don’t! More Perfect Union’s Paul Blest and Rolling Stone ’s Jack Crosbie return in this star-studded episode to discuss: * AOC’s egg-freezing journey and surprise revela...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was recorded Tuesday, before the polls closed for the primary elections, so if you don’t hear us discussing who won the Michigan Senate primary, it’s because we didn’t know yet! Producer Sam is back in the third chair to discuss: * The eve of the very important primary between corny dad...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com Producer Sam Grasso is on the keys AND the mic this week to discuss: * The Other Mommy trailer playing before The Odyssey (movie pod forthcoming!!!) * Trump being himself at Lindsey Graham’s funeral * Sean Hannity talking about a “heavenly” version of Mar-A-Lago * Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear DEMANDING to see Mitch M...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com The Week ’s Rafi Schwartz returns to the third chair in an episode Producer Sam hailed as a testament to our ability to “talk about anything” to discuss: * Getting to the TRUTH about the cyclospora outbreak and whether Taylor Farms’ donation to a pro-Trump Super PAC had anything to do with the funny business involv...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com Slate’s Caitlin Schneider returns to the third chair to discuss: * Senator Lindsey Graham dying and the vast conspiracies and revelations therein; also, this incredible ABC News story from 2016 that auto-plays a video from The View where Whoopi Goldberg is wearing a Rudolph nose: * Jack’s blog on the slobbery remem...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com Producer Sam is in the third chair this week to discuss: * Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner cancelling a bunch of events this week * The new, explosive exposé from Politico in which a former girlfriend of Platner accuses him of sexual assault * Platner’s video statement almost, but not quite, suspen...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com It’s a New York primary-centric episode this week, with Rolling Stone ’s Jack “Cros” Crosbie returning to the third chair to discuss: * Ranking New York City’s avenues and the darkness of Eighth Avenue * Zohran Mamdani going three for three with this Congressional primary endorsements * Some people who are mad abou...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com With Aleks out this week, Jack steps into the host role and The Week ’s Rafi Schwartz returns to the third chair to discuss: * The would-be Iran Peace Deal, aka “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran” * Everyone’s mad about it! Mostly neocons, in...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com Slate’s Caitlin Schneider returns to the third chair to discuss: * Trump attending Game Three of NBA Finals (they lost) * Are rumors of Taylor and Travis holding their wedding at Madison Square Garden a false flag by Tree Paine? * Scott Pelley’s tearful exit interview from 60 Minutes and CBS News with the New York...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com After weeks of pleading from the Frasiers, Producer Sam is BACK in the third chair to discuss: * Sid Rosenberg is looking… well toasted ? Let’s just say, when you make Trump’s skin look normal, then you might have a problem. Everyone, please wear sunscreen (EVERY DAY). * Bari cleans house at 60 Minutes and installs...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com We continue to innovate the form by choosing to NOT have a third chair this week (might this experiment be the result of no one being available to record? we’ll never know), so it’s just Aleks and Jack discussing: * Jack doing a tight 10 on the Strait of Hormuz * Boots Riley’s latest film, I Love Boosters (we’re no...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com In a SHOCKING turn of events (Aleks was out of town), JACK is hosting this week’s episode, wherein The Intercept’s Katherine Krueger returns to discuss: * New York State is eying banning potassium bromate , AKA the chemical that makes bagels taste so damn good * Speaking of chemicals worth dying for, you can pry Ka...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com Newly minted Rolling Stone senior writer Jack “Cros” Crobie is back in the third chair to discuss: * How having a W2 job can make you a little bit (or a lot of bit) libertarian * Trump saying he doesn’t care at all about the impact of the Iran war on Americans’ finances * A quick aside about The Devil Wears Prada 2...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com ! IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING NOTE! We’re taking next week (May 5, 2026) off! We’ll be back the following week with a new episode (May 12, 2026). The Week ’s Rafi Schwartz returns to the third chair to discuss: * What foods are better soggy * Kelsey Grammer’s 2021 collaboration with Gristedes ?? * Was the shooting a FALS...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com Producer Sam is BACK in the third chair to discuss: * Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns ; Tim Apple said, “Also, me” * Checking in on Ellen DeGeneres (she’s back in America ! sort of) * Speaking of problematic lesbians, Rosie O’Donnell is MAD at disgraced former Congressman Eric Swalwell * Also Producer S...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com The Intercept’s Katherine Krueger returns to the third chair to discuss: * Sid Rosenberg’s beef with Mr. and Mrs. Met * Eric Swalwell’s resignation from Congress * Jack’s first bylines as an intern at The San Francisco Chronicle * Those photos of Justin Trudeau and and Katy Perry at Coachella , which reminded us of...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com The Week ’s Rafi Schwartz returns to the third chair to discuss: * Whether werewolf astronauts would permanently be in wolf form due to their proximity to the moon * Trump’s chaotic Easter Sunday post and his promise of war crimes ( note : this episode was recorded before Trump threatened on Tuesday that a “whole c...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com Slate’s Caitlin Schneider is back in the third chair this week to discuss: * A very silly Politico magazine story about Rahm Emanuel that opens with an inane lede about how he eats a salad and how we’ll be slurping down countless stories like this in the lead-up to the 2028 Democratic primary * We Remember Some Sal...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com We’re back! After taking a week off due to illness (more on that on the pod…), Jack Crosbie (“Cros”) returns to the third chair to get into: * Trump saying the war is over , but not really, but maybe? The only thing we know for sure? We’re losing * This Max Fisher video about what’s motivating the four main actors...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com This week we get into: * A winding discussion about Train Dreams , Blue Moon , Felicity Jones Bad Actor Disease, and an important plug for our forthcoming annual Oscars Special Edition episode * Producer Sam gives us the local perspective on the Texas Senate primaries * She also reminds about that weird scandal inv...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com It’s a single-topic episode this week, recorded just days after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran. The Week and Discourse Blog’s own Rafi Schwartz is back in the third chair to discuss: * How this turned out to be even more terrible than we could have predicted * Trump’s nonsensical prete...