Discourse Pod

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,...