Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast 172. Raw-Dogging the Air with Matt Welch
Smoke ‘Em welcomes favorite repeat guest and self-proclaimed “absolute newspaper romantic” Matt Welch. He talks with Nancy and Sarah about whether legacy papers can ever make a comeback and how they ignore local news at their own peril, plus whether civility might be on the upswing.
Also discussed:
* Pink hair don’t care
* How the Los Angeles Times “changed the physical landscape of the West.”
* Scott Jennings joins the editorial board at the LA Times. And?
* “Like perestroika, incivility starts in the home”
* They’re still counting votes in California!
* Is activism dead or just sleeping?
* “Throw any Russian in a skirt at Hegseth and he’s going to loosen his tie”
* “A dark sky had fallen over Nantucket, Mass., on Saturday evening when President Biden left church alongside his family after his final Thanksgiving as president …”
* Meghan McCain, flashpoint
* “Mono-politics is bad for governance”
* Maybe people should disengage from politics and take up streaking and fart books?
* People who voted for Kamala, but were pulling for Trump?
* Nancy thinks “raw-dogging” means …
* Sarah interviews Ken Burns, American treasure
Also, a wretched New York Times “Ethicist” question, thoughts on why Biden pardoned his son, dick-shaped cookie cutters, and much more!