Grid contributor Matthew Yglesias and his longtime editor, Laura McGann, Grid’s executive editor, discuss a take each week that’s gotten under their skin. They peel back the layers of the "bad take” to figure out what it tells us about American politics and policy.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 3 hours 16 minutes
episode 33: How Joe Rogan bullied Matt into losing weight redux
Matt talks about the time podcast celebrity Joe Rogan shamed him about his weight on air and Matt and Laura then discuss their frustration with what’s missing on both sides of the obesity debate.
episode 32: The lesson elites should have learned from Iraq
Even 20 years later, the truth is underrated.
episode 31: Stop blaming DEI for bank failures like SVB
Silicon Valley Bank needed a bailout because it got the regulation it wanted.
episode 30: Wokeness isn’t worse than covid
Nikki Haley called wokeness “a virus worse than any pandemic.”
episode 29: Traffic enforcement isn’t regressive
Matt’s vigilante crusade to tackle illegal plates in D.C. spurs blowback.
episode 28: The real reason liberal intellectuals don’t want Joe Biden to run again
Backers of “Biden is too old” didn’t like him in the first place.
episode 26: When did curing blindness become a bad thing?
MrBeast is being called “demonic” for covering cataract surgery bills.
episode 25: Obesity is a real health problem
Pediatricians are embracing new tools to fight obesity early.
episode 24: The left vs. Zients, Biden’s new chief of staff
Zeints' background in business is fueling a revolving door debate.