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On this episode, it’s déjà vu all over again as Chris Stirewalt returns – this ...

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On this episode, it’s déjà vu all over again as Chris Stirewalt returns – this time in the guest seat. What do Georgia’s new voter laws, Arlen Specter, mandatory voting, The World According to Garp’s infamous “tongue scene,” Henry VIII, and Robin Williams’ illustrious career in drag have to do with one another? Well, the guys talk about all of it and more in this edition, and hopefully it puts you in a mood to believe that the living will not, in fact, envy the dead – “at least at the margins.”

Show Notes:

–Chris’ page at The Dispatch

–Chiller Theater

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  1. linda

    Just listened for the second time and these two are just a great duo. So glad that Stirewalt joined the merry crew of the good ship Dispatch.

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    Jason Gibson

    I will give you grief jonah. Just because I had successfully banished that commercial from my mind


    “....it’s dismissed as lightning”

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  3. Jason Runyan

    Bravo! The Goldberg / Stirewalt podcasts are my favorite podcasts! (Of ALL podcasts) I love the obscure pop culture references! They Crack me up and I always feel like I learn a lot, that I later forget like usual. But DURING the show, I feel like a genius (especially when I get the obscure references).

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    Ben Connelly

    “Can you dig it!” Back by popular acclaim!

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    GE

    One pronounces that river 'Perdenales' in Central Texanese.

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    BWG

    Totally agree with Chris that we don’t have a big government party and a small government party, we instead have two big government parties, one socially liberal, the other socially conservative. This has been demonstrably true since at least Reagan (on the Rep side), and Reince Priebus confirmed this on the Dispatch live event the week after the 2020 election, though he didn’t use those exact words.

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    BWG

    I certainly hope we’ll pull the manual out of the glovebox if we feel adrift, but I’m concerned that many want to try to mash it up to meet their own (selfish/authoritarian) desires, or discard it completely. And from both the left and right. Glad we have those checks and balances, but those can be sidestepped by the unscrupulous.

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    BWG

    Enjoyed this very much. But Jonah does need to make sure he’s well caffeinated in order to keep up with Chris!

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    The Stray Goose

    So Arlen Specter was a POS. Huh. I didn't know that. Of course the obvious question is now: Who is currently a POS??? I think it's the responsibility of the media to tell us.

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    The Stray Goose

    When I was in college I drove from the suburbs of Philadelphia to New Hampshire to visit a friend. We don't get much road kill in my area and I was AMAZED at what I saw. There weren't dead deer on the side of the road, there were piles of HAMBURGER in the middle of the freeway (that USED to be deer). WOW. I haven't been the same since.

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