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Perhaps no series better represents Warner Bros. Discovery’s ongoing fall from grace than The Curious Case from Natalia Grace. At first blush, the true story told by these documentaries is a compelling and tragic one: a Ukrainian orphan with dwarfism ...

The Postrider‘s Lars Emerson and Michael Lovito discuss the continuing resolution, Chuck Schumer’s flagging support, frustration with Democrats at large, and what to make of the numerous high-profile Senate Democratic retirement announcements. Follow Postrider Podcasts on Spotify Follow Postrider Podcasts ...

Michael and Lars talk about the big blow up between Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend, as well as the looming budget deadline, angry town halls, and some early embarassments for the Trump administration. ...

As someone who writes about both politics and pop culture, I often strive to find the connections between the two – the areas where politics does indeed seem to be downstream from culture, and the way that relationship feels like ...

Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito discuss Trump’s pervasive impact on pop culture before turning to Michael’s article on DOGE and “solutionism.” Then, they assess (with some optimism for the system) what checks and balances may limit Trump going forward.  ...

If you’ve paid even a speck of attention to the news since January 20th, you know that Elon Musk, the centibillionaire head of Twitter (I still refuse to call it X), Tesla, and SpaceX, is now also a special government ...

Last week, Matthew Yglesias wrote a Substack post titled “Throw Biden under the Bus.” If you couldn’t tell from its title, the main thrust of the post was that Democrats, in order to reclaim the electoral ground they lost in ...

Michael and Lars try to make sense of a chaotic first few weeks of Trump 2.0, including a wave of controversial tariffs, executive orders, and cabinet hearings, as well as how the Democrats are trying to pick up the pieces ...

In the outpouring of assessments, castigations, autopsies, recommendations, and blame following Democrats’ 2024 election losses, one particular public figure stands out: Hawaii’s junior senator, Brian Schatz. Where many Democrats, pundits, and politicos rushed to provide answers to the party’s 2024 ...

Going into this year’s albums of the year list, I knew two things for certain: I wanted a list of at least 20, but I could only name five off the top of my head that were absolute locks to ...

Going into this year’s albums of the year list, I knew two things for certain: I wanted a list of at least 20, but I could only name five off the top of my head that were absolute locks to ...

It happens to me almost every year – I fret that I’ve only been listening to the same five artists on repeat, and that I won’t be able to put together another Top Songs or Albums of the Year list. ...

It happens to me almost every year – I fret that I’ve only been listening to the same five artists on repeat, and that I won’t be able to put together another Top Songs or Albums of the Year list. ...

The Postrider‘s Lars Emerson and Michael Lovito discuss Trump’s inauguration, his first day back in the job, and his executive orders. Then they pivot to some reflections on the Biden era and the last weeks of his presidency. Follow Postrider ...

Back in 2020, I wrote a personal essay for a grad school course about what was, essentially, my political coming of age. Reading it again just over four years later, it’s fascinating to see how much my political identity changed, ...

We know it’s been a while, but don’t say we didn’t warn you! Our presidential model flirted between Lean Trump and Toss-Up through the last couple weeks of the campaign. And our Senate model remained pretty consistent – Republicans were ...

Michael and Lars discuss the anticlimactic speaker election before diving into their 2024 year in review, where they discuss the best, worst, and schlubbiest of last year’s politics.

Way back in 2021, Politics Editor Lars Emerson and I launched Watching Mates, a podcast that discussed the films we thought best represented each post-war presidency. The final episode, about the then nascent Biden administration, dropped in February of 2022, ...

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Cover music long enough, and you come to accept that there are plenty of artists that will never make the big time – they’re too harsh, too niche, too goofy, too intense. But every once and a while you come ...

The Postrider‘s Lars Emerson and Michael Lovito discuss Trump’s controversial nominees, checking in on Pete Hegseth and digging into FBI nominee Kash Patel, then discuss Biden’s controversial pardon of his son and what meaning January 6 holds nearly four years ...