Discourse Pod

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com We get into a lot this week with Katherine back in the third chair, including: * How we’re all dealing with the Big Blizzard of 2026 * Katherine saw Emerald Fennel’s Wuthering Heights . She’s not a fan! * The DNC is refusing to release its 2024 election autopsy, probably in large part because of how much of Kamala...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com Discourse Blog and Slate’s very own Caitlin Schneider returns to the third chair, and you know what that means! Another fully deranged episode, including: * Jack tries to coin a new catchphrase involving Frasier * We get into MAGA’s Certified Loser reaction to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance * We remember some S...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com OG Discourse Blog-er and current More Perfect Union producer Paul Blest returns as third chair just in time for the first big contest of this year’s election cycle, including: * Analilia Mejia’s shocking win in the special election to fill New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s former Congressional seat * Taylor Rehmet f...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com With Producer Sam pulling double-duty this week, we get into a lot, including: * Why Wirecutter recommends the ugliest products * How the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by CBP in broad daylight has unleashed a huge, mainstream wave of hating ICE * A quick review of Bari Weiss’ “bold” new vision for CBS News and h...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com We’re ringing in one full year of Trump’s second administration with Katherine back in the third chair to discuss how we’re all coping (not well), the key differences we’re noticing between Trump Era 1 and Trump Era 2 (spoiler alert: more organized, vicious fascism), and important digressions into: * An exciting ne...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.com This is a shorter, single-topic episode serving as a followup to Rafi’s excellent blog chronicling what he’s seen as ICE continues its violent invasion of his hometown. He tells us what it’s been like to have his community overtaken by armed goons and the acts of bravery that have surprised and inspired him, and th...

We’re BACK from the holiday break, baby!!! New Year, New Regime! It was a big week for the military industrial complex, so naturally we had to have Troop Knower Jack Crosbie back in the third chair. We get into: * The origins of COUP TALK and its glorious Discourse Pod debut. The big idea? According to Cros: What if—and hear him out—some coups are good ? Cros also gets into quite a bit more about...

After a slight illness-related delay (get better soon Producer Sam!!!), we are BACK for our last pod of the year. Thank God Caitlin was free to be third chair for an ep that covers a lot of ground, including: * A disturbing rumor about an actor who allegedly is out and proud about having an AI girlfriend (it’s giving James Franco x body pillow on 30 Rock ) * How President Obama putting Lady Gaga’s...

The holiday season is in full swing and we’re bursting with joy for: * Whether Frequent Podcast Guest Katherine is still vaping (watch to find out) * N*zz* Watch pt. 1,000,000,000 * Trump took the brain test for people with dementia three times . Seems fine! * The Warner Bros. acquisition by either Netflix or Paramount, both of which are outcomes that are definitely good * Important digressions ab...

We’re back! After taking a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday, producer Sam steps out from behind the curtain to be our third chair this week and boy do we cover a lot! Including: * Elf on the Shelf culture * Wicked: For Good and Oz’s opaque political system and the lack of sexual chemistry between a gay guy and a green lesbian * The Olivia Nuzzi-Ryan Lizza feud getting really dark * A wild sto...

Discourse Blogger and absolute newshound Rafi Schwartz is third chair this week to chat Trump going absolutely googly-eyes meeting Zohran Mamdani; what it means (and doesn’t) about his forthcoming tenure as mayor; and the Olivia Nuzzi-Ryan Lizza drama continuing apace with increasingly bleak missives (Cros’ blog about this is a must-read). And MOST IMPORTANTLY: Producer Sam hops on to give her off...

Preeminent podcaster, Discourse Blog legend, and Intercept editor Katherine Krueger is third chair this week as we grimace through the newest cache of Jeffrey Epstein files, fume at the Democrats’ caving on the government shutdown, and wince at the return of former RFK Jr. paramore (and disgraced political reporter) Olivia Nuzzi. This episode was recorded before Nuzzi’s ex-fiancé—Ryan Lizza—publis...

Today on Discourse Pod, we veer away from the news of the day. Instead, we bring you this very special edition: our THIRD ANNUAL GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF SEASON—SORRY, SERIES —RECAP!!!! That’s right. Everyone’s most beloved baking-themed soothing machine has just wrapped, and we are here to get into every nook and cranny of the past 10 weeks. EXTREME SPOILERS DUH. Topics discussed include: —Is Tom a...

I will be honest: This was supposed to be a “mini-sode”—a short, quick little pod to unpack election night’s results. But we libbed out too hard and now it’s just a full ‘sode! We got Cros back in the third chair to tell us about his experience covering the absolutely cursed Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa would-be victory parties (be sure to read his story in Slate !); Dick Cheney’s death being par...

Elections Knower, all-around genius, and OG Discourse Blogger (IYKYK) Paul Blest is third chair this week to give us an early rundown of what will definitely be a very chill 2025 off-year cycle on Tuesday. Then we talk the 2026 midterms. Topics include: New York state (and city!), New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, California, Maine, and Michigan. Plus: Halloween—a children’s holiday? And how t...

After the rapturous reception of our first episode (read: three positive/positive-ish comments, including, “this isn’t terrible!”), we’re back. If you like this document of accelerating mental decline, please tell a friend; we need reply guys, the true proof of a podcast that’s “made it.” This week: Jack “Cros” Crosbie jumps into the third chair to help us decipher how exactly Maine Senate candida...

Well! Who saw this coming? Because what the world needs now is another video podcast (is this technically an oxymoron? don’t tell me). Welcome to an exciting, innovative, and iconoclastic experiment in the form. Honestly, we've joked about doing something like this for years, and now we're giving it a shot. If we're going to humiliate ourselves, why not have have fun going down in flames? This wee...

WE’RE BACK BABY. The Oscars are upon us, and because we treat the Oscars with the respect they deserve around here, your Discourse Bloggers got together to chew over this year’s 10 Best Picture nominees the best way we know how: an extra-special episode of Discourse Pod! We’re calling it the Discourse Blog Oscars Conclave, for obvious reasons. But that’s not all: for our second annual Oscars pod,...