Political Beats

Scot and Jeff talk to Mark Hemingway about The Replacements. Introducing the Band Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Mark Hemingway, senior writer at The Weekly Standard . Follow Mark on Twitter @Heminator and read his work here . Mark’s Musical Pick: The Replacements . Grab a bottle cheap whiskey, a case of Grain Belt beer, and an electric guitar,...

Scot and Jeff talk to Dan McLaughlin about Tom Petty. Introducing the Band Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Dan McLaughlin, contributing columnist at National Review, attorney, and baseball fanatic. Follow Dan on Twitter at @baseballcrank and read his work here . Dan’s Musical Pick: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Yes, it’s a sad day for us at Polit...

Scot and Jeff talk to Jay Cost about The Kinks. Introducing the Band Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Jay Cost, author of A Republic No More: Big Government and the Rise of American Corruption, contributing editor at The Weekly Standard, and yinzer. Follow Jay on Twitter at @JayCostTWS , read his work here , and buy his book on Amazon here . Jay’s...

Scot and Jeff talk to James Poulos about The Eagles. Introducing the Band Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest James Poulos, author of The Art Of Being Free: How Tocqueville Can Save Us From Ourselves, contributor at American Affairs , and lead singer/songwriter for Vast Asteroid . Follow James on Twitter at @jamespoulos and buy his book on Amazon her...

Scot and Jeff talk to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes about Beck. Introducing the Band Your hosts Scot Bertram ( @ScotBertram ) and Jeff Blehar ( @EsotericCD ) with guest Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes and Editor-at-Large of The Nation. Follow Chris on Twitter at @chrislhayes and watch All In on MSNBC every weeknight at 8:00pm Eastern. Chris’s Musical Pick: Beck How did Chris get into th...

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 of The Fifth Column podcast. Follow Matt on Twitter at @MattWelch and read his work here . Matt’s musical pick : R.E.M. How did Matt get into them? Matt tells his story of being a kid in 1983 and having a frie...

Introducing the Band Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD), with guest Tim Miller, former Jeb! Bush 2016 communications director, co-founder of @AmericaRising, Partner at Definers Public Affairs, cheerful practitioner of the political dark arts. Follow him on Twitter at @Timodc. Tim’s Musical Pick:  Arcade Fire How did he get into them? Tim and Jeff relive their musi...

Introducing the Band Your hosts @ScotBertram and @EsotericCD, with guest Robert Costa, national political reporter for the Washington Post and moderator of Washington Week on PBS: follow him on Twitter at @CostaReports and read his reporting here . Bob’s Musical Pick Dave Matthews Band. How did he get into them? Jeff recounts his conversion from snobbish dismissal to admiration. The Band’s Early Y...

Scot and Jeff welcome Sean Trende from RealClearPolitics to talk about his love of Van Halen. Introducing the Band Your hosts @ScotBertram and @EsotericCD, with guest Sean Trende, Senior Elections Analyst at RealClearPolitics: follow him on Twitter at @SeanTrende and  read his work here S ean Trende’s Musical Pick:   Van Halen How did Sean get into Van Halen? His first introduction:  “Spanish Fly”...