Central Air
by Josh Barro, Megan McArdle & Ben Dreyfuss
Latest episode
The Ass Election (feat. Nate Silver)
The Ass Election (feat. Nate Silver)
About this podcast
Central Air, the show where the temperature is always just right. Join Josh Barro, Megan McArdle and Ben Dreyfuss every week for a well-centered conversation on American politics.
www.centralairpodcast.com
Episodes
The newest 20 of 53 episodes
- The Ass Election (feat. Nate Silver) · 28 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: friend-of-the-pod Nate Silver prepares us for next week's elections and lays…
- Washington D.C. Is Fantasyland · 41 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: Washington D.C. is in a recession, partly driven by DOGE and exacerbated by…
- Choose Your Own Religion · 59 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: is it “depraved” to worry about whether AIs can feel pain? A lot of people in…
- Eating the Elephant (with Sarah Longwell) · 46 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark and host of the The Focus Group…
- MeanToo (with Dave Weigel) · 49 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: with another “MeanToo” scandal in the news — that’s when a politician gets in…
- A Declaration Against Interest (feat. Jonathan Chait) · 42 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: Jonathan Chait joins Josh, Ben and Megan to talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones'…
- Gays In Crisis · 37 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: first, we are obligated to discuss Josh's newly blond hair and if it's a sign…
- Don't Forget to Never Forget · 52 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: how the attack that “changed everything” has come to define less and less of…
- The Time Tax (feat. Annie Lowrey) · 52 minThis week: Annie Lowrey on the time, effort, money, and psychological costs some government policies impose on us. Filling out endless forms, repeatedly proving eligibility…
- Calling All Cranks · 42 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: Cranks make society work. We challenge the popular consensus, and we aren’t…
- The Best of the Worst · 50 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: David Ellison is displeased about the California-led lawsuit to stop the…
- Lower Education · 1 h 3 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: UCLA sociology professor Gabriel Rossman joins us this week to talk about…
- The Gen Z Takeover (feat. Kristen Soltis Anderson) · 39 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson tells us all about the state of polling, what…
- Cheap Meats · 45 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: It's another edition of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and Maxwell…
- The 'Woke' Odyssey (feat. Sonny Bunch) · 1 h 20 minThis week: Sonny Bunch joins us to talk about “The Odyssey,” what we thought of the film, whether the controversy about some casting decisions materialized, and more. Also this…
- Seeking the Tribune of the Downwardly Mobile (feat. Tyler Austin Harper) · 37 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: Tyler Austin Harper returns to Central Air to discuss the ignominious end of…
- Inflation Grades · 1 h 9 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: Jason Furman joins the show this week for an economy-focused discussion. We…
- AI Probably Won't Kill Everyone · 59 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: the case for AI regulation and what it would look like, with Dean Ball, who…
- Speaking of Getting Screwed (feat. Andrew Sullivan) · 34 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: Andrew Sullivan joins us from Provincetown to assess the emergent Iran deal…
- The Talent Show (feat. Matt Yglesias) · 39 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: Matt Yglesias joins us to recap WelcomeFest and discuss “dog-whistle…
