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I’m kind of blown away by the first episode of this podcast. The conversation is simultaneously incredibly wide-ranging and incredibly specific, both zooming out to the whole forest and very much in the weeds (no pun intended :P). If you want to think about how to build a better world, even in times like these, listen to this.
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I really like Demsas’ writing, worldview, and expertise. I appreciate and what she is trying to accomplish here, but I slightly struggle with her interview style. I’d be curious to see a minute or word count breakdown between her and her guests. I sometimes have the feeling that she is interviewing folks just to share her own perspectives/knowledge of the topic, rather than platforming her guests or creating space for a true “argument.” It makes me a little uncomfortable as the listener, and makes me wonder how her guests feel when she cuts them off to monologue on their topic of expertise. Not to say that she is not knowledgeable or insightful, but it’s a slightly rough listening experience for me. Nonetheless, I’m glad that folks like Demsas are engaging with other worldviews.
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Not sure Demsas would see this as a compliment, but I see a lot of similarities between what she’d doing at The Argument and what Bari Weiss accomplished at TFP. Both are renewal projects for the American journalistic landscape, and both have me very excited about the future of American media. Recently, Bari Weiss identified the need for a loud, charismatic voice to represent American centrists like myself. Then this podcast appeared shortly thereafter! It’s left leaning, but fair-minded about conservative ideas and policies. I love this podcast!
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Love everything you’ve done so far, really bringing vitality and dynamism and critical thinking back to a left-wing discourse that had been swallowed by Pod Save Echo Chamberism. One quibble: contrary to your latest guest’s assertions, I’ve lived in Berkeley for well over a decade and have never met any of the polyamorous rationalists that supposedly populate our cocktail parties… I would suggest that they are a tiny cohort overrepresented on substack and in the imaginations of frightened conservatives.
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