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Pony Express: Trailers, John Mulaney, and the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
Michael, Louis, and Lars discuss a bunch of new movie trailers, John Mulaney’s foibles in the public eye and the Rolling Stone’s updated list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Watching Mates: Donald Trump – Hell or High Water / BlacKkKlansman
The brief and tumultuous Trump administration proves to have one of the most direct impacts on American cinema, as Lars and Michael explore through the films Hell or High Water and BlacKkKlansman.
The Midwestern Reality: Kansas and Nebraska, Suburban Saviors
This is the fifth piece in our series of six features on the Midwestern Democratic decline where we’ll be diving into consequential parts of the Midwest and the prevailing headwinds faced by the Democratic Party in the region. We’ll use ...
The Midwestern Reality: Pennsylvania, the Bisected Keystone
This is the fourth piece in our series of six features on the Midwestern Democratic decline where we’ll be diving into consequential parts of the Midwest and the prevailing headwinds faced by the Democratic Party in the region. We’ll use ...
Politics Express: Biden’s First Eight Months
As the nascent Biden administration reaches a climax in late August, The Postrider team assembles to discuss the last eight months. Biden’s legislative success in the spring, his Cabinet picks, and the headwinds he’s faced this summer paint a picture of an ...
Watching Mates: Barack Obama – Gran Torino / Sicario
America’s first Black president comes to office offering a vision for a united country and promising change, but is bogged down in the policies and crises of the prior administration, as Lars and Michael explore through the films Gran Torino ...
The Midwestern Reality: Michigan and Minnesota, Fast and Slow Decline
This is the third piece in our series of six features on the Midwestern Democratic decline where we’ll be diving into consequential parts of the Midwest and the prevailing headwinds faced by the Democratic Party in the region. We’ll use ...
Pony Express: Godzilla vs. Kong
In the first episode of The Postrider‘s new general interest podcast, Michael, Lars, and Louis discuss Godzilla vs. Kong, one of the biggest post-lockdown blockbusters and the latest installments of Universal’s MonsterVerse.
The Visitors Might Be Listening – V: The Final Battle – Part 3
The end is here! The third and final part of V: The Final Battle! How does it all shake out? The Resistance vs. The Visitors! Mike & Juliet vs. Diana! Who will end up victorious? Will Earth survive? Afterwards, our ...
The Midwestern Reality: Iowa and Ohio, Bellwethers No More
This is the second piece in our series of six features on the Midwestern Democratic decline where we’ll be diving into consequential parts of the Midwest and the prevailing headwinds faced by the Democratic Party in the region. We’ll use ...
Politics Express: Our 2024 Republican Primary Draft
Welcome to Politics Express, The Postrider‘s new all-encompassing politics podcast. Lars Emerson is joined by Michael Lovito and Chris Choban for the kick off of the show and their 2024 Republican primary draft. Follow along with the draft on the ...
Watching Mates: George W. Bush – Team America: World Police / The Dark Knight
The world changes dramatically over the course of George W. Bush’s presidency. One place it changes most visibly is Hollywood, as Lars and Michael unpack through 2004’s Team America: World Police in his first term and 2008’s The Dark Knight ...
Democrats Are Ignoring the Midwestern Reality
This is the first and introductory piece in our series of six features on the Midwestern Democratic decline where we’ll be diving into consequential parts of the Midwest and the prevailing headwinds faced by the Democratic Party in the region. ...
The Visitors Might Be Listening – V: The Final Battle – Part 2
Our daring duo finally come to an episode that neither of them has ever seen. What happens to Juliet while she is captive aboard the mothership? Who is this new member of the resistance, Ham Tyler, and how does he ...
The Visitors Might Be Listening – V: The Final Battle – Part 1
In this episode, Lars and Louis watch the first part of the sequel miniseries, V: The Final Battle. How will things fare without the steady hand of creator Kenneth Johnson? Which characters return and what new characters will arrive? Will ...
Watching Mates: Bill Clinton – Wag the Dog / The American President
As American presidencies approach the modern day, Lars and Michael dive into the world of scandal, neoliberalism, and partisanship in the Clinton era through the films Wag the Dog and The American President.
Watching Mates: George H.W. Bush – They Live / Roger & Me
America gets a little grungier as President George H.W. Bush comes into office and Lars and Michael explore trends in cinema during his brief tenure, focusing on a zeitgeist of decline and the new American economic reality through the films ...
An Early Look at the 2022 Senate Contest
We love covering Senate elections here at The Postrider, and after some narrow misses in our 2020 forecast (we stacked the odds against some candidates that won but were pretty accurate by being far more conservative than other outlets with ...
Ted Lasso Reminded Me Why I’m Proud to Be an American
Sometimes it’s difficult to be proud of your country. Americans especially seem to fluctuate between a state of religious fervor for their flag and one of apocalyptic remorse for a nation as divided as it is paramount. And when Americans ...
Washington’s Invented Crisis: The Debt Ceiling
It was nice while it lasted. In 2019, Democrats, Republicans, and President Trump agreed to legislation suspending the debt ceiling through the 2020 election, kicking the can on a showdown over one of Washington’s most notorious and most dangerous sticking ...
Watching Mates: Ronald Reagan – Back to the Future / Back to the Future Part II
Knock knock, McFly! Lars and Michael discuss their film picks for the Reagan era — how a decade of nostalgia viewed both the past and the future — through the lens of the films Back to the Future and Back ...
The Visitors Might Be Listening – V: The Original Miniseries – Part 2
“There are two parts to every miniseries”, as the old adage goes. And no less is true of V. Louis and Lars finish their discussion of the Original Miniseries. Shriek as Mike Donovan goes to and from the Mothership at ...