EpisodeEp 229: Sociopathic 'You Got To Hand it To 'Em' Punditry and the Rise of Politics as SportCitations Needed · Oct 1, 2025 · 1 h 14 minPlay · 1:14:00SaveShareEpisode pageIn this episode we detail the rise of detached "who's winning and who's losing" political analyses that reduces high stakes life and death issues to fodder for ESPN-style navel-gazing. With guest Jack Mirkinson.RelatedEpisodes 4Videos 8Books 5Blogs 4A nation of jerksExplain It to Me • Sep 21, 2025 • 30 minWhy the West is on Fire: The 328th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather HeyingDarkHorse Podcast • Jun 3, 2026 • 2 h 02 minTony Blair — Why political leaders keep failing at major changeDwarkesh Podcast • Jun 26, 2024 • 53 minIt Could Happen Here Weekly 255Behind the Bastards • Oct 24, 2026 • 4 h 17 min