Throwing recent rank punditry onto the back burner, Jonah speaks with his AEI colleague and UVA Professor Brad Wilcox, whose memory for statistics crashed over us in a refreshing wave of sheer competency. Tune in for a discussion of marriage, the concept of “family diversity,” and the three things Brad would do if he suddenly became Czar of America.

Show Notes:

-Brad’s page at AEI 

-Nicholas Christakis’ most recent book 

-Kevin E. Stuart on his baseball studies 

-Most NBA players grew up in a two-parent household 

-Brad Wilcox on elites not preaching what they practice 

-Ross Douthat on, among other things, liberalism’s method of undercutting the married-parent household 

-Some of Brad’s work on marriage vs. cohabitation 

-The Disparate Effects of Family Structure 

Jonah stops to ruminate on the pathway between two menacingly-named locales—Snake River and Death Canyon (no Cliffs of Insanity, though). The topics today: why the mainstreaming of “white” identity is a genuinely awful idea, why being pro-Israel might cause you to get punched at synagogue, how progressives have adopted some of the worst parts of the European right, and much more.

Show Notes:

-How to punch a shark 

-Virginia Dare, and the disappearance of the Roanoke colonists 

-The Omni-Americans by Albert Murray 

-Joseph de Maistre’s feelings on “man” 

-Jerry Falwell Jr.’s, uh, “Fall” 

-President Reagan, Mastermind 

-Jonah’s heresiarchal opinion on chicken thighs 

-Buckley’s line, “Cancel your own [G-D-] subscription” 

Today, we present the second part of Jonah’s conversation with Washington Post opinion columnist Megan McArdle. The punditry was just too rank, so their conversation became a two-episode-long saga. In addition to some COVID punditry, some women’s issues, and some libertoid-speak, they also reminisce on their shared old stomping ground, New York City, and how it has changed.

Show Notes:

-Susan Hennessey calling out people who say Kamala Harris is too ambitious 

-Megan on Stephanie Cutter for the Daily Beast 

-Truly terrifying GDP numbers 

-Vin Cannato’s book, which Megan loves 

-Gabi.com/Remnant to see how much you can save on your insurance 

-Bradleyfdn.org/Liberty to watch Conceived in Liberty weekly 

In a world where people run amok on the internet screaming their heads off, Megan McArdle stands (or in this case, sits by a microphone) as a model for the cool and collected. After a pre-game round of dog talk, Megan and Jonah settle in for some candid words on bread, being nice, and feminism — commentary so well-informed, we’re posting Megan twice in one week.

Show Notes:

-The Big Tech Four vs. Congress 

-Maxine Waters asks a particularly garbled question to Bank of America 

-“The Great Relearning,” by Tom Wolfe 

-Megan’s book, not actually titled Permission to Suck. 

-Charlie Kirk’s mask terribleness, as featured in Jonah’s Wednesday G-File 

-Louie Gohmert blames the mask for his COVID-19 

-Megan on why racism kills 

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