Very Serious with Josh Barro

By Josh Barro, Very Serious Media

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Episodes: 37


 Jul 6, 2022


 Jan 14, 2022

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Very Serious is a weekly conversation with top political commentators, columnists and policymakers, focused on how events in the news relate to major, long-standing controversies in politics, economics and culture. Host Josh Barro is joined by a rotating set of regular guests to work out the ideas behind the arguments on topics serious and not-so-serious. It’s a great conversation across ideological lines that will leave you entertained, enlightened, and maybe even persuaded.

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David Schleicher on the Fiscal Whipsaw in State Governments
Jul 07, 2023
The Martini Police, with Peter Suderman
Apr 21, 2023
Jason Furman on the Inflation That Keeps Going and Going and Going
Mar 10, 2023
National Lessons from New York's Red Wave, with Ross Barkan
Feb 05, 2023
The answer to homelessness and homeownership is supply, with Jerusalem Demsas
Jan 15, 2023
Tim Lee on Dads Who "Lean Out"
Nov 02, 2022
Why you should quit more, with Annie Duke
Oct 10, 2022
Fall Cocktails with Peter Suderman
Sep 23, 2022
'Help! I can't stop reading advice columns, even though I know the questions are fake!'
Sep 15, 2022
Why Barack Obama, and the Democrats, Needed Joe Biden
Sep 09, 2022
Adam Ozimek On Jobs, Remote Work, and Housing
Aug 05, 2022
Any Given Tuesday, with Lis Smith
Jul 19, 2022
A Cold Winter Is Coming for Europe
Jul 13, 2022
Why Is Flying Such a Nightmare Right Now?
Jun 30, 2022
Allison Schrager on Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Jun 22, 2022
The Political Purpose of the January 6 Hearings
Jun 17, 2022
James Kirchick on the 'Secret City': How Closeted Gay Men Shaped 20th Century Washington
Jun 01, 2022
Matt Levine on Elon Musk and Compliance
May 26, 2022
On the Very Serious Podcast: Tyler Cowen on Identifying Talent
May 19, 2022
The Vibe Is Shifting. Will the Media Follow?
May 13, 2022
Can Jay Powell bring us to a 'soft-ish' landing?
May 05, 2022
Peter Suderman Schools Me (and You) on Cocktails
Apr 29, 2022
Bad COVID economic predictions, with Jerusalem Demsas
Apr 21, 2022
Responding to the energy crisis, with Joshua D. Rhodes
Apr 07, 2022
Preparing for disaster, with Juliette Kayyem
Mar 31, 2022
New Risks from China, with Patrick Chovanec
Mar 24, 2022
Ken White on defamation and Donald Trump
Mar 17, 2022
Global shockwaves from Ukraine, with Michael Singh
Mar 10, 2022
"Won't somebody please think of the children?" with Elizabeth Bruenig and Tim Carney
Mar 03, 2022
Improving your personality, with Olga Khazan
Feb 24, 2022
Inflation, with economist Jason Furman
Feb 17, 2022
David Leonhardt on COVID mitigation benefits and costs
Feb 10, 2022
Matt Yglesias on popularism, Bernie Sanders, and the Joes (Biden and Rogan)
Feb 03, 2022
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Jan 28, 2022
What do voters want, and how can we know that they want it?
Jan 21, 2022
YOU are the economy
Jan 14, 2022
Coming soon!
Dec 22, 2021