Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, and Mike Warren to discuss their favorite books, TV shows, movies, meals, and products from 2025.

Show Notes:
—Megan McArdle's podcast, Reasonably Optimistic
—Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
—The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
—And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails
—The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
—Daniel B. Kline's essay on liberalism
—The Ungovernable City
—Severance
—Burma Superstar
—Montague Diner
—Mississippi pot roast
—OXO Steel double jigger
—Costco robot vacuum
—Living (2022)
—D'Oliva Smoked Habanero Olive Oil
—Angelita Madrid

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