Episodes

We were thrilled to be joined by Marquette University political scientist Julia Azari to discuss her fantastic new book Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History. You don’t have to take out word for it — Backlash Presidents just won APSA’s Neustadt Award for the best book published on the American presidency in the last year. We had a very illuminating discussion about the Lincoln/Johnson, LBJ/Nixon, and Obama/Trump successions and what they tell us abou...

On the latest LGM Podcast Cheryl, Dan and myself talk through the varied and extensive implications of 9/11 for the evolution of the national security state. We discuss a number of counter-factuals, and track the changes (and not so changes) in the Republican Party after 9/11. Transcript is here, laundered through Co Pilot. Please check the audio file for the accuracy of any quotes and speakers. Amazon Music Apple Podcasts Android Youtube Podchaser Podcast Index Subscribe by E-mail Audible Spo...

Last night Paul and I sat down and talked through some thoughts on the cultural legacy of the 9/11 attacks. Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the attacks feels surprisingly lowkey and seems to lack any political urgency. We work through the comparison of 9/11 as social event with other similar events, such as the sinking of the Titanic or the JFK assassination, spending quite a bit of time on the latter. We discuss the extent to which Trump as Catastrophe may have eclipsed 9/11 as Catastr...

Welcome to the second half of the 2026 NFL Season Preview podcast! This pod covers the NFC. Transcript is here, laundered through Co Pilot. Please check the audio file for the accuracy of any quotes and speakers. Apple Podcasts Android Youtube Podchaser Podcast Index Subscribe by E-mail Audible Spotify Amazon Music The post LGM Podcast: 2026 NFC Preview appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

It’s just about that time! On the latest LGM podcast Erik, Scott, and myself run through our annual AFC preview. As the image above indicates, we pay the Cleveland Browns all of the attention that they deserve. Take a listen. Transcript is here, laundered through Co Pilot. Please check the audio file for the accuracy of any quotes and speakers. Apple Podcasts Android Youtube Podchaser Podcast Index Subscribe by E-mail Audible Spotify Amazon Music The post LGM Podcast: 2026 AFC Preview appeare...

On Monday I sat down with Friend of the Blog Erin Petrey to discuss her recent campaign for the Democratic nomination in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional district. That race was won by Zach Dembo (website here; this is one where we really do have a chance in a Blue Wave) but Erin nevertheless considered it to be a successful effort. In the pod we discuss her learning curve as a candidate, her approach to the various social media channels and what she was able to derive from each (surprisingly, Threa...

Our latest guest on the Oral History of the Blogosphere is long-time friend of LGM Lindsay Beyerstein. Lindsay’s blogging career began at Majikthise, which unfortunately seems to have been lost with the collapse of Typepad. Her work can also be found at In These Times, Salon, Alternet, and elsewhere. We work through all of the regular questions, with slightly more than the standard number of digressions. Of particular note to this conversation is the collision between digital space and meat spac...

On the latest episode of LGM’s Oral History of the Blogosphere, Dave and I spoke with Russell Arben Fox of In Media Res. This was a wide-ranging conversation on what discourse in the early blogosphere was like, with special attention to what amounted to “niche” blogging spaces, although of course we find that “niche” depends to great extent on the beholder. We also talk a bit about a recurring theme to these pods, the relationship between academic careerism and the early blogosphere. See also Ru...

On the latest LGM podcast we return to our Oral History of the Blogosphere series! Joining Scott, Dan and myself in honor of our 22nd anniversary celebration was Dr. Jacob Levy, early blog pioneer and veteran of a great number of websites. Our discussion included his work at Jacob Levy and Bleeding Heart Libertarians, the now defunct Open University, and the Niskanen Center. At the latter he penned two very well-known essays alongside an array of other work, The Weight of the Words and Authorita...