Political Beats

Scot and Jeff discuss The Doors with Steven Levy. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Steven Levy. Steven is editor at large of Wired  magazine and author of  Facebook: The Inside Story . Follow him on Twitter at  @StevenLevy . Steven’s Music Pick: The Doors It’s been oft-observed that the day destroys the night while the night...

Scot and Jeff discuss Hüsker Dü with Andrew Feinberg. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Andrew Feinberg. Andrew is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist whose coverage of the White House, Capitol Hill, and other political venues and matters of import has appeared in The Independent ,  Newsweek ,  Breakfast Media , and  Politico...

Scot and Jeff discuss the second part of Bruce Springsteen’s career (1980-2020) with Dan McLaughlin. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Dan McLaughlin. Dan is a Senior Editor at  National Review and you can find his work, well . . . here! Just click on that tab over there, it’s not hard to figure out! Find him online at @baseba...

Scot and Jeff discuss the first part of Bruce Springsteen’s career (1972-1980) with Dan McLaughlin. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Dan McLaughlin. Dan is a senior editor at National Review and you can find his work, well . . . here! Just click on that tab over there, it’s not hard to figure out! Find him online at @baseball...

Scot and Jeff discuss The Zombies and Argent with Randy Barnett. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Randy Barnett. Randy is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he directs the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. He also writes at  The Volokh Conspiracy . Follow him...

Scot and Jeff discuss Lynyrd Skynyrd with Mark Davis. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Mark Davis . Mark is a talk show host at 660 AM The Answer in Dallas-Ft. Worth and can be heard filling in on shows nationally for the Salem Media Group. He’s also a columnist for the Dallas Morning News and Townhall.com . Find him online...

Scot and Jeff discuss Crowded House with Jeff Pojanowski. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Jeff Pojanowski . Jeff is a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. He also writes about administrative law, legal interpretation, and philosophy of law. Find him online @pojanowski on Twitter. Jeff’s Music Pick : Crowded House You...

Scot and Jeff discuss The Byrds with Nick Gillespie. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Nick Gillespie. Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at  Reason  and the co-author of  The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with America . Find him online at  @nickgillespie  on Twitter. Nick’s Musi...

Scot and Jeff discuss Fountains of Wayne with Cam Edwards. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Cam Edwards. Cam is the editor of Bearing Arms , the host of Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co , and the 40 Acres & A Fool podcast. Find him online @camedwards on Twitter. Cam’s Music Pick: Fountains of Wayne Are you alone now? Did you lose the...

Scot and Jeff discuss the second part of The Who’s career (from 1970 to 1982 and afterwards, thereabouts) with Ben Domenech. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Ben Domenech. Ben is the publisher of  The Federalist  and also writes a daily newsletter, The Transom , which you can subscribe to at  thetransom.com . Follow Ben on Tw...

Scot and Jeff discuss the first part of The Who’s career (from 1964 to 1970) with Ben Domenech. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Ben Domenech. Ben is the publisher of  The Federalist  and also writes a daily newsletter, The Transom, which you can subscribe to at  thetransom.com . Follow Ben on Twitter at  @bdomenech . Ben’s M...

Scot and Jeff discuss The Pogues with Alfred Schulz. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Alfred Schulz. Alfred is a former SiriusXM host and producer and current podcast producer and, for eight years was the senior producer and on-air contributor to Stand Up with Pete Dominick  and host of  Sit Down with Alfred and Chris, coveri...

Scot and Jeff discuss Tears For Fears with Sean Hackbarth. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Sean Hackbarth. Sean is a long time blogger — so long they were called, “weblogs,” — and currently is a writer and editor at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Find him online @seanhackbarth on Twitter. Sean’s Music Pick : Tears For Fears Ther...

Scot and Jeff discuss Rush with Brad Birzer. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Dr. Brad Birzer . Brad is the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and Professor of History at Hillsdale College. He’s the co-founder of, and Senior Contributor at, The Imaginative Conservative . And he’s the author of a number of books, inc...

Scot and Jeff discuss Roxy Music with Vincent Caruso. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Vincent Caruso. Vincent is a writer and community manager at the  Illinois Policy Institute , a nonpartisan state-based think tank focused on fiscal policy and good government. Vincent is on Twitter at  @vin_jc . Vincent’s Music Pick: Roxy...

Scot and Jeff discuss Jimi Hendrix with Jane Coaston. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Jane Coaston . Jane is Senior Politics Reporter at Vox with a focus on the GOP, conservatism, the far-right, and white nationalism. Jane is on Twitter at @cjane87 . Jane’s Music Pick : Jimi Hendrix Excuse us while we praise this guy. Jimi...

Scot and Jeff discuss The Smashing Pumpkins with James Poulos. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest James Poulos James is the executive editor of  The American Mind , author of  The Art Of Being Free: How Alexis de Tocqueville Can Save Us from Ourselves , and also the lead guitarist and singer/songwriter for the band  Vast Aster...

Scot and Jeff discuss Gram Parsons with Ben Jacobs. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Ben Jacobs. Ben is senior political reporter for Jewish Insider . Ben is on Twitter at @BenCJacobs . Ben’s Music Pick : Gram Parsons Considered to be one of the godfathers of country rock, Gram Parsons had his own name for what he was trying...

Scot and Jeff discuss The Cars with Kevin Madden. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Kevin Madden. Kevin is the executive vice president of Arnold Ventures. He’s a Republican strategist and former advisor to President George W. Bush, Governor Mitt Romney, and Republican House leaders John Boehner and Tom DeLay. Kevin is on Twi...

Scot and Jeff discuss Elvis Costello (Part 2, from King Of America  through to the present day) with Anthony Fisher. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Anthony Fisher. Anthony is the politics editor for  Insider  and  Business Insider  and a producer/co-conspirator for  The Fifth Column . You can find him on Twitter at  @antho...

Scot and Jeff discuss Elvis Costello (Part 1, from My Aim Is True  through to Goodbye Cruel World ) with Anthony Fisher. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Anthony Fisher. Anthony is the politics editor for Insider and Business Insider and a producer/co-conspirator for (what has apparently now become Political Beats’ informal siste...

Scot and Jeff discuss The Rolling Stones (Part 2, from 1969 through to the present day) with Jeff Dufour. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Jeff Dufour. Jeff is the Editor-in-Chief of National Journal .  Jeff is on Twitter at @dcdufour . Jeff’s Music Pick : The Rolling Stones This week the gang somehow manages the nifty trick...

Scot and Jeff discuss The Rolling Stones (Part 1, through LET IT BLEED) with Harry Khachatrian. Introducing the Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Harry Khachatrian. Harry is a contributor at The Daily Wire and his writing also can be found at harrykhachatrian.com .  Harry is on Twitter at @harry1T6 . Harry’s Music Pick : The Rolling Stones T...

Scot Bertram and Jeff Blehar discuss the second part of The Beach Boys’ career with Matt Welch. Introducing The Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @scotbertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Matt Welch, former editor-in-chief and current editor-at-large of  Reason , and co-host and self-described “provost” of  “The Fifth Column”  podcast. Follow Matt on Twitter at  @MattWelch  and chec...

Scot Bertram and Jeff Blehar discuss the first part of The Beach Boys’ career with Matt Welch. Introducing The Band : Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @scotbertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Matt Welch, former editor-in-chief and current editor-at-large of Reason , and co-host and self-described “provost” of “The Fifth Column” podcast. Follow Matt on Twitter at @MattWelch and check out...