Last week Scott and I sat down with friend-of-the-blog Chris Koski to talk through what we now know about what happened in November. We worked through what data exists about the demographic breakdown of the election, talk problems internal to the Democratic coalition (“the Groups”), discuss the relevance of October 7 to the outcome, and […]

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In Part II of our NFL podcast, we discuss the broadly competitive NFC playoffs. Part I is here. Enjoy! Transcript is here.

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In anticipation of tomorrow’s games we recorded a two-part podcast on the NFL playoffs. In the first half (below) we worked our way through the AFC side, ending up with two championship predictions between the three of us. We also talked “Black Monday,” which saw the firing of several NFL coaches and coordinators. One that […]

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One thing we discuss in the latest ediiton of our NFL podcast (see below!) is the concerns about the rough rookie season that Caleb Williams is having. I roughly half-buy this apologia for Williams — nobody will confuse Shane Waldron with Andy Reid, the skill talent Chicago has is solid on paper but not a […]

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In the second half of our interview with Chris Kempshall, we continued our discussion of the History and Politics of Star Wars. This included discussions of the depiction of warfare across the series, the depressing collapse of every democratic project in the series, and finally of the failure of the Jedi Order. As we note […]

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Last week Dan and I had the opportunity to speak with Chris Kempshall, author of The History and Politics of Star Wars and of The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire. The conversation was so productive and enjoyable that we went on for long enough to justify two podcast episodes. In the first we […]

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Rob, Erik and I were fortunate to be able to chat with David Nir, formerly of Daily Kos elections and now at an indispensable Substack, the Downballot. We discuss a wide range of issues about the non-presidential races in the 2024 elections. This was a terrific conversation and I learned a lot from it, as […]

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Here’s the second half of our NFL preseason podcast, focusing on the NFC. Should be fun tonight with the NFL starting! Unfortunately, I have to finish an article before I can watch, so we will see, but Chiefs-Ravens, dang, that’s a heck of an opener! The AFC Preview is here: Transcript is here.

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