Politix

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Politix is a weekly podcast about the 2024 election from Brian Beutler, Matthew Yglesias, and some occasional guests. We’ll have some good-faith disagreement, some points of consensus, and an overall effort to focus on what’s really at stake in November. Subscribe for new episodes each Wednesday and listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episodes

Can The Resistance Reassemble BEFORE The Election

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm This week on Politix , Matt and Brian discuss: * The $83.3 million a New York jury ordered Donald Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll for sexually assaulting then serially defaming her. * The related GOP freakout that America’s most influential person (Taylor Swift) might not like Republicans very much! * Why Democratic Party leaders seem uninterested in pressing their “not led by a rapist” advantage. They also put a pin in th...

Jan 31, 2024•25 min

What Democrats Can Learn From Ron DeSantis's Humiliation

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm This week on Politix , Matt and Brian discuss: * Ron DeSantis’s humiliation. * What policy literalism and pandering to base activists (as opposed to grassroots voters) has to do with both DeSantis’s failure, and the underperformance of some high-profile Democratic Party politicians. * Is there an optimal middle ground between detailed policy laundry lists and Donald Trump-style bullshitting? Then, paid Politix subscribe...

Jan 24, 2024•35 min

Foreign Governments Paid Trump Millions

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm This week on Politix, Matt and Brian discuss: * Donald Trump’s predictable, big (but not actually all that big) victory in Iowa * Why leading Republicans (who know Trump is an electoral liability for the party) are trying to end the primary as quickly as possible, even with a semi-viable alternative who could make it a real race. * Whether the media screwed up by calling the caucuses for Trump minutes after they opened,...

Jan 17, 2024•32 min

Taking January 6 Seriously AND Literally

This week on Politix , Matt and Brian discuss: * Was Joe Biden’s January 6 speech a good speech? (No spoilers.) * Was Joe Biden’s January 6 speech good politics ? (No spoilers.) * Was Joe Biden’s January 6 speech true ? (Spoiler: Yes.) * How the truth of what Biden said affects the question of whether liberals should support Nikki Haley in open-primary states. * Glenn Greenwald’s imputation that Haley is worse than Trump, and only Democratic party hacks would prefer her to him. Plus, a Politix f...

Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 19 min

How We Got Here

Thank you for listening to Politix. ( Or for watching it, if you’re some kind of eccentric.) In our pilot episode, we discuss: * The state of the race as we kick off the new year: A dead-heat rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and a greater-than-usual level of uncertainty, given the candidates’ ages and Trump’s legal issues; * Why the early race is so tight, given how disastrously Trump’s single term ended; * Republican buy-in on Trump’s corruption, how it insulates him from what would ...

Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 26 min

Introducing: Politix!

Politix will be a weekly podcast about the 2024 election hosted by Brian Beutler of Off Message and Matthew Yglesias of Slow Boring . We'll bring you good-faith disagreement, points of consensus, brilliant guests, and do our best to maintain a consistent focus on what's really at stake in November. Subscribe for new episodes each Wednesday. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.politix.fm/subscribe...

Dec 20, 2023•3 min

A Very Intriguing 30 Second Teaser

What's up Positively Dreadful fans, it’s me Brian. I know this feed has been quiet for a couple months now, as I’ve been getting my new venture Off Message up and running. (Come check it out!) But I’ve got something exciting in the works, and I want all of you Dreadheads to be the first to know about it. So hopefully you can stay put just a little bit longer. Keep your eyes and ears on the feed. And I’ll share more details here in the coming days. Until then I also want to thank you all for list...

Dec 18, 2023•39 sec

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