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Go to http://rocketmoney.com/SUBURB to cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. EP 225: In this episode Sean opens up the podcast by seeing if any of us would be able to survive a Mr. Beast Challenge ORRR if there's no way any of us could last... The gang then dives into a VERY SERIOUS and REAL relationship ISSUE that a supporter has faced and our thoughts on it! We then all get very distracted asking CHATGPT some super ridiculous questions LMAOOO. HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYYY!!! :D SEND YOUR PROBLEMS TO GET THEM READ AT THE END OF EVERY PODCAST HERE!!! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPTAOhrSYAL-AlSFSz_gdi6f7wEH0uFnYfTjYFZNfCBopamg/viewform?usp=dialog BECOME PART OF THE SUBURB TALKS CREW ON OUR PATREON!!! https://patreon.com/SuburbTalks?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link CHECKOUT OUR GROUP CHALLENGE CHANNEL BURB N' FRENDZ!!! https://www.youtube.com/@BurbNFrendz-ht7yb/featured LISTEN TO OUR PODCASTS "Suburb Talks" ON ALL PODCASTING PLATFORMS! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4YLbUxILwRNN9e1UUCDV1D FOR ALL BUSINESS INQUIRIES PLEASE EMAIL US AT: suburbtalksbusiness@gmail.com FULL PODCAST EDITED BY SEBASTIAN RIZKALLA Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/sebastianytp/ KEEP UP WITH US ON OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT!!! https://www.instagram.com/suburbtalks/ FOLLOW OUR SOCIALS!!!! Nick Grajeda Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/nickgrajeda18/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/nickgrajeda18 TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@nickgrajeda18?lang=en Twitch- https://www.twitch.tv/nikgstreams Snap: nick_grajeda Devin Paul Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/devin_paul04/ TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@devinpaul6?lang=en Sage Guillen Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thesageguillen?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA== Twitter- https://twitter.com/sage_37 TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@sage_37?lang=en Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@TheSageGuillen Maru Lee Insta- https://www.instagram.com/maru_lee/?hl=en TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@maru.lee?lang=en Youtube- https://youtube.com/channel/UCIQa1NnFM6uxBifhkSKnahA?sub_confirmation=1 Cynthia Choi Insta- https://www.instagram.com/cynxchoi/?hl=en Twitter-https://twitter.com/cynxchoi Sean Williams Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/sean._.williams/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/seanw949 TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@seanjw?lang=en Alex Johnson Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/johnscenee/ Tiktok- https://www.tiktok.com/@alex.johnscene EXCLUSIVE CONTENT Get more from Suburb Talks on Patreon WELCOME OUR SUBURB STALKERS! (1 MB) https://patreon.com/SuburbTalks?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link GROUP YOUTUBE CHANNEL Burb N Frendz HEY GUYS!!!! Come join a group of best friends do a bunch of challenges and create memories with each other in the SUBURBS!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamie Weinstein is joined by Josh Barro, author of the Very Serious newsletter and co-host of Serious Trouble, to explain everything wrong with Donald Trump's tariff regime. The Agenda:—You can't undo uncertainty—What does Trump really believe about tariffs?—Reinventing trade alliances—Political consequences for a recession—Will America rebound?—America's debt crisis Show Notes:—Flexport CEO Ryan Peterson on The Dispatch Podcast The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and regular livestreams—⁠click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the difference - is there a difference - between a generic bout of bad breath and simply stinking of a single food item? How offensive can we get when discussing the elderly? Especially given it's a demographic far closer to either of us than, say, youth. All this and more thanks to a single visit to a National Trust property. Plus we talk about Jack Thorne & Stephen Graham's new show Adolescence, which is truly a masterpiece, and we are VERY SERIOUS about it because being flippant felt weird. See Sara NEXT WEEK at Soho Theatre: https://sohotheatre.com/events/sara-barron-anything-for-you/Write to us: fuckoff@firecrotchandnormcore.comSupport us financially, Sara needs to see this new podiatrist and SHE will tell her she needs new shoes: patreon.com/theyliketowatch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer may have kept the U.S. government from shutting down last week, his decision to help Republicans pass a spending plan has kicked off a civil war within the Democratic Party. Many on the left are desperate for a fight with President Donald Trump and seething mad at their own party, which they view as, at best, too complacent in the face of Trump's attacks. And Schumer is now the face of that white-hot rage, with questions swirling about his future as the party's Senate leader. But Josh Barro, who writes the Substack newsletter ‘Very Serious,' says Schumer did the right thing.And in headlines: The White House said it deported hundreds of migrants under the Alien Enemies Act despite a judge's order, the U.S. launched a wave of airstrikes on Yemen targeting Houthi rebels, and those American astronauts who've been stranded up in space for months could return to earth this week.Show Notes:Check out Josh's newsletter 'Very Serious' – https://tinyurl.com/42x363hrSubscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8Support victims of the fire – votesaveamerica.com/reliefWhat A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

Each weekend on Best Of The Gist, we listen back to an archival Gist segment from the past, then we replay something from the past week. This weekend, though, we're throwing that formula out the proverbial window and playing an episode of Very Serious with Josh Barro, on which Mike was a guest. He joined Josh, Ben Dreyfuss, and Megan McArdle to talk about Trump's first week in office.    GIST Coupon Codes ...  Truewerk: truewerk.com/thegist for 15% off your first order  Marley Spoon: marleyspoon.com/offer/thegist for 27 free meals  Quince: quince.com/thegist for free shipping and free returns    SUBSCRIBE  We offer premium subscriptions, including an AD-FREE version of the show and options for bonus content.    The Gist is produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara    Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com  Subscribe to The Gist's YouTube Page  Follow Mike's Substack > Pesca Profundities  To advertise on the show, click here  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're closing in on the end of the series, and it's time for some wacky hijinks after last week's heart-rending drama! The grownups are going to take a VERY SERIOUS vacation, and they leave Angela in charge ... but it doesn't take long for chaos to reign when Rayanne accidentally handcuffs herself to a bed, and Patty is tempted by forbidden booze.Breaking it down this week we have the delightful comedian, actor, writer Drew Droege (who has worked with both Lisa Wilhoit, who plays Danielle, and Bess Armstrong!) and also the return of writer and Linoleum Knife podcaster Alonso Duralde. And of course, my very specialest of special guests, James.

Turns out Cracker Barrel fashion is a thing -- and it's not just sensible tops! Conan O'Brien returns to "The Tonight Show" next week, we play a round of Would You Rather, we're VERY SERIOUS professional broadcasters (who also like to have fun), and Minnie Driver shares her "Hard Rain" on-set wardrobe debacle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turns out Cracker Barrel fashion is a thing -- and it's not just sensible tops! Conan O'Brien returns to "The Tonight Show" next week, we play a round of Would You Rather, we're VERY SERIOUS professional broadcasters (who also like to have fun), and Minnie Driver shares her "Hard Rain" on-set wardrobe debacle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

HAPPY THURSYAY YALL!Tomorrow is Friday? Do you have any St. Patricks Day plans? DM us @johnjayandrich. Here's the agenda for today. First, IT'S WAR OF THE ROSES time again and we aren't playing around today, flower court is in session. Plus, somoene called us and compared Rich to an....Uncle? Also, it's Thursday and Johnjay has a VERY SERIOUS game for youuuu! All this and lots more! There was just so much laughter today! 

Elissa and Jo chat about some of their early influences, from favourite childhood books to animations and comics. Featuring a Very Serious round of quickfire questions and a new game that sounds like something straight out of daytime telly…oh wait! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've been nominated in two categories for the Sports Podcast Awards! Best Baseball Podcast -Best Sports Business Podcast - You can vote for us here: https://www.sportspodcastgroup.com/shortlist-category/ Today's word of the day is ‘serious' as in a very serious offer not just an offer as in not just a regular offer or a bad offer. It's a VERY SERIOUS offer that the Mets are readying for Yoshinobu Yamamoto. What does that even mean? (12:20) Are the Wizards and Capitals moving to Virginia or not? The Governor is on board. A State Senator is fully off board. Which matters? (22:54) Review: The Big Chill (28:20) The Super League is back! Who wants in!? Apparently nobody! (38:05) What's happening with MLS? (43:00) NPPOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've been nominated in two categories for the Sports Podcast Awards! Best Baseball Podcast -Best Sports Business Podcast - You can vote for us here: https://www.sportspodcastgroup.com/shortlist-category/ Today's word of the day is ‘serious' as in a very serious offer not just an offer as in not just a regular offer or a bad offer. It's a VERY SERIOUS offer that the Mets are readying for Yoshinobu Yamamoto. What does that even mean? (12:20) Are the Wizards and Capitals moving to Virginia or not? The Governor is on board. A State Senator is fully off board. Which matters? (22:54) Review: The Big Chill (28:20) The Super League is back! Who wants in!? Apparently nobody! (38:05) What's happening with MLS? (43:00) NPPOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comJosh is an old friend, and a business and political journalist. He has worked for Business Insider, the NYT, and New York magazine. He currently runs his own substack called Very Serious, and he cohosts a legal podcast called Serious Trouble, also on Substack.We talk Biden — Josh's political hero. You can listen right away in the audio player above (or on the right side of the player, click “Listen On” to add the Dishcast feed to your favorite podcast app — though Spotify sadly doesn't accept the paid feed). For two clips of our convo — why Biden isn't polling better despite the improving economy, and the “emotional terrorism” Hunter has wrought on his family — pop over to our YouTube page.Other topics: growing up with a dad teaching econ at Harvard and a mom raising four kids; studying psych at Harvard before going into banking; monetary policy and the Fed; props to Mnuchin for the CARES Act; how the stimulus in early Covid helped Trump at the polls; the excessive flood of stimulus in 2021 as an overcorrection to 2008; the subsequent spike in inflation; how the US economy recovered from Covid more quickly than the rest of the West; how wages lagged behind inflation after 2020 but recently surpassed it; today's low unemployment and high consumer spending; slowing inflation; Biden's new strategy to quash student debt; how national debt is only a problem relative to GDP and growth; how inflation reduces the burden of debt; the lunacy of Modern Monetary Theory; the excess of Trump's tax cuts; the continuity of his trade policy toward China into the Biden years; Biden's factory building; his extremism on cultural issues; what happens when he has a McConnell moment; Trump's crazed dynamism; the new NYT poll on Trump's chances against Biden; Josh's jump to Substack; his porn stache; and his reasons for liking America more than Europe.Browse the Dishcast archive for another conversation you might enjoy (the first 102 episodes are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Michael Moynihan on Orwell and conspiracy theories, Vivek Ramaswamy on his vision for America, Sohrab Ahmari on his forthcoming book, Freddie deBoer, Leor Sapir, Martha Nussbaum, Spencer Klavan, Ian Buruma, Pamela Paul and Matthew Crawford. Please send any guest recs and pod dissent to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

AITA: Did this wedding planner ruin her sister's wedding? Holly has the Dirt Alert (in which there is a VERY SERIOUS discussion about shorts), Donna Mills on "CBS This Morning" is life goals AND Alexis' son is listening to the show -- will she get a note from his daycare teacher about it?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AITA: Did this wedding planner ruin her sister's wedding? Holly has the Dirt Alert (in which there is a VERY SERIOUS discussion about shorts), Donna Mills on "CBS This Morning" is life goals AND Alexis' son is listening to the show -- will she get a note from his daycare teacher about it?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back in the studio this week at Advice By The Fireplace! We're giddy, I'm personally hyper as hell, yet we still remain Very Serious. More on that later. This week, we discuss 34-year-olds playing with Game Boys, ordering expensive things on the menu and the ethics of digitally altering hair colour in weddings photos featuring comedians and co-hosts of A Very Serious Show Kayla de Leon & Dr. Tyler Lemco. theme songs by Corey Gandol write into advicebythefireplace@gmail.com and listen live on CJLO 1690AM Montreal Wednesdays at 5pm

We are back with Peter Suderman's semi-annual visit to the Very Serious podcast! Getting ready for spring, Peter and I talked about best practices for muddling fresh fruit into cocktails. We talked about Peter's philosophy of the 41-bottle bar, about his favorite non-alcoholic cocktails, and about why he has no use for vodka. We also talked about “x-tini” cocktails — relics of the bad old days (the 1980s and the 1990s) when bars would mix together any brightly colored fruit liqueur with spirits and sour mix and who knows what else and call the drink some kind of “-tini.” But we also talked about a silver lining of that age — the espresso martini, birthed then and once again popular today, which Peter has methods for improving (think gin or mezcal).Visit joshbarro.com for a transcript of this episode and links for the books, bottles and recipes we reference. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

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 If you haven't picked up on what is going on around you at this time Remember when I said (FOR THE PAST 3 years) if you didn't listen you would lose fire power?  Well, 75%-80% of the people who try to follow God didn't listen, Hence- here they sit losing fire power.  I have never seen so MUCH GNASHING of teeth in all my life with people revealing who they really are in all my life.  You see, your sin will always find you out. Those of you leaders being pulled into the offense of other leaders- BE CAREFUL- Because if you touch those operating on this new level under these new laws the wrong way you WILL LOSE YOUR MINISTRY.  Because God is VERY SERIOUS about forcing believers to honor His ways again and it starts on this new level. So what we are seeing is the difference between SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS and TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS- the PHARISEES and those truly humble following hard after love.  God told you we would not look/sound, or behave like you (in your apparatus) because God is bringing those who will listen back to the basics of love where the Church USED to operate.  So we are authentic/BOLD/HONEST/HIGHLY BLUNT-TRUTHFUL because that's how true love is (God is love).  And if you don't believe this/or understand it- its probably because your generation never talked about anything (AND 75% still doesn't') while the ones who have gotten honest before God DO.    There are some FABULOUS TRUTH leaders out there who have been honest with themselves/and God about their heart conditions. But the traditional mindset I find in the church that God is cleaning up is the “SHHHHHHH- we brush those things under the rug of the “Love covers a multitude of sin” clause” – WRONG!  Not on this level. Support the show

We're back with another episode of the Very Serious podcast, and this episode has a friend of the show: Prof. Jason Furman, who teaches economics at Harvard.Or, as Jason put it to me, he's a bit of a foul-weather friend of the show:Jason: Inflation does fluctuate a bit. Sometimes it looks a little bit better — during those times, you don't have me on your show. Sometimes it looks a little bit worse, and then you desperately call me and want me back on your show.I suggested that the Jason Furman Very Serious Index could be yet another inflation indicator to keep an eye on, among all the others.Jason: Yeah. And the big open question is, is that a lagging indicator of past inflation, or does that help us predict future inflation?Indeed, the inflation outlook has worsened in the last few months. It looked like we were making progress in cooling inflation toward the end of 2022, but after a combination of revisions to data and hotter reports in recent months, it now looks like we haven't actually made much progress at all. At the same time, the economy has continued to show decent growth and strong job gains — a set of facts that have economic analysts talking less about soft and hard landings and more about “no landing”: the possibility that we will avoid recession for a substantial period while also experiencing persistently too-high inflation.I talked with Jason about why inflation hasn't come down much despite the Fed's substantial interest rate increases, what can be done to tame inflation over the next year, and how we have ended up with the Fed as “the only game in town” — with monetary policy being the only useful policy lever, even if it is an imperfect one, for taming inflation. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Andrea, Delfi, Elaine, and Maxi present NAmen's Very Serious and Prestigious Awards for LCS 2022 players! Who is the best doggy midlaner (you won't believe who won this)? Which award caused beef between Delfi and Elaine? How many awards can Elaine give jojopyun? Which LCS player does Maxi most want to be chokeslammed by? What sound does a goat make? Find out all of this and more bangers in the last episode of 2022. See you next year! *NEW* NAmen Podcast youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@namenpodcast timestamps: 0:00 intros 1:29 New Years resolutions ~~VERY SERIOUS AND PRESTIGIOUS LCS 2022 AWARDS~~ 4:25 Delfi Awards (Best tiktok, best instagram, best twitter, best social media game, best cq grinder, best trash talk, prettiest lcs, cutest lcs, best duo, cutest academy player, prettiest academy player, kindest boy, funniest cq duo, best doggy midlaner, most babygirl, best 6th man, biggest arms, biggest heart, most mysterious, my little meow meow, best mispronunciation, cutest size difference, most pinchable cheeks, cutest curly hair, most attractive mvp) 25:46 Elaine Awards (best hair glo up, your mom award, cute boy award, mvp of my heart, surfing in eyes award, best older bro vibes, king of twitter, best dog dad, best acting gamer, most iconic onstage fashion, #1 mid jungle duo in the world, #1 soccer(football) lcs duo, best redemption story, best birthday performance, cq discovery award, serial capper award, best irl support, best soothing deep voice, #1 grindset, grass touching award, lcs fanboy award, next up-and-coming lcs player-to-caster-pipeline award) 45:44 Maxi Awards (coolest homie, nicest dimple, tainted his reputation with rent-a-girlfriend, cheese, best dad ever, poggest biceps, best son ever, cutest cheeks, second greatest filipino to ever exist, lcs speedrun, #1 person i would allow to chokeslam me to the ground) MISC AWARDS (contributions from friends not on the episode) 52:51 Helena Awards (GIGA ULTRA CHAD, best lcs mercenary, best wet look, honorable elo hell warriors) 55:28 Maya Awards (all-around sweetest and coolest boi, best love-hate relationship, mis reyes latinos, mera hindustani raja) 57:52 Sock Awards (best jinx, fastest zeri, best selfish jungler) 59:59 Outro/shoutouts

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.joshbarro.comPeter Suderman is back by popular demand to talk about cocktails for fall. We talk about Negroni variations, the right sour drinks for sweater weather, best practices for hot and room-temperature cocktails (yes, that's a thing), and Peter's recipe for homemade Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioneds that contain real pumpkin.One note: This is the first episode of the Very Serious podcast that has a longer, premium version for paying subscribers to Very Serious. If you're already a paying subscriber, you can get that longer episode in any podcast player except Spotify. You'll only have to set this up once: go to joshbarro.com/account, click on the option to set up your podcast player, and you'll be good to go for this and any future premium shows. And if you're not a premium subscriber, you can become one by going to joshbarro.com.Cheers!

This week's episode of Very Serious contains some un-bleeped profanity.Have you noticed that advice columns are everywhere now? Have you noticed that most of the questions are fake, and yet you cannot stop reading them? Why? My friend Ben Dreyfuss has been getting into the advice business himself, taking the questions from popular advice columns and offering his own blunter, funnier, better advice. I invited Ben to talk with me about the advice column as a format, and the perverse incentives that lead publications to run questions everyone knows are fake. And Ben and I considered some letters together, just like I do in my own advice/Q&A column, which I call the Mayonnaise Clinic.Visit joshbarro.com for episode notes, links and a transcript, and to sign up for the Very Serious newsletter. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Remember the Joe Biden and Barack Obama friendship bracelets from the 2020 campaign? That — and the whole Obama-Biden bromance meme — was cringe, and it was also an oversimplification of a much more interesting story. Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent for New York magazine, talks with me about their two-decade relationship that has shaped American politics in the 21st century. Gabe's new book (out Tuesday) is called The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama. We talked about Obama's behind-the-scenes work to set up Hillary Clinton as the 2016 nominee, effectively boxing out Joe Biden; Biden's reputation for gaffes and his newsmaking interview endorsing gay marriage before Obama did; and Biden's relationship with his own vice president, Kamala Harris.For a transcript of this interview and to subscribe to our newsletter, go to www.joshbarro.com. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Open EA Global, published by Scott Alexander on September 1, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. I think EA Global should be open access. No admissions process. Whoever wants to go can. I'm very grateful for the work that everyone does to put together EA Global. I know this would add much more work for them. I know it is easy for me, a person who doesn't do the work now and won't have to do the extra work, to say extra work should be done to make it bigger. But 1,500 people attended last EAG. Compare this to the 10,000 people at the last American Psychiatric Association conference, or the 13,000 at NeurIPS. EAG isn't small because we haven't discovered large-conference-holding technology. It's small as a design choice. When I talk to people involved, they say they want to project an exclusive atmosphere, or make sure that promising people can find and network with each other. I think this is a bad tradeoff. ...because it makes people upset This comment (seen on Kerry Vaughan's Twitter) hit me hard: A friend describes volunteering at EA Global for several years. Then one year they were told that not only was their help not needed, but they weren't impressive enough to be allowed admission at all. Then later something went wrong and the organizers begged them to come and help after all. I am not sure that they became less committed to EA because of the experience, but based on the look of delight in their eyes when they described rejecting the organizers' plea, it wouldn't surprise me if they did. Not everyone rejected from EAG feels vengeful. Some people feel miserable. This year I came across the Very Serious Guide To Surviving EAG FOMO: Part of me worries that, despite its name, it may not really be Very Serious... ...but you can learn a lot about what people are thinking by what they joke about, and I think a lot of EAs are sad because they can't go to EAG. ...because you can't identify promising people. In early 2020 Kelsey Piper and I gave a talk to an EA student group. Most of the people there were young overachievers who had their entire lives planned out, people working on optimizing which research labs they would intern at in which order throughout their early 20s. They expected us to have useful tips on how to do this. Meanwhile, in my early 20s, I was making $20,000/year as an intro-level English teacher at a Japanese conglomerate that went bankrupt six months after I joined. In her early 20s, Kelsey was taking leave from college for mental health reasons and babysitting her friends' kid for room and board. If either of us had been in the student group, we would have been the least promising of the lot. And here we were, being asked to advise! I mumbled something about optionality or something, but the real lesson I took away from this is that I don't trust anyone to identify promising people reliably. ...because people will refuse to apply out of scrupulosity. I do this. I'm not a very good conference attendee. Faced with the challenge of getting up early on a Saturday to go to San Francisco, I drag my feet and show up an hour late. After a few talks and meetings, I'm exhausted and go home early. I'm unlikely to change my career based on anything anyone says at EA Global, and I don't have any special wisdom that would convince other people to change theirs. So when I consider applying to EAG, I ask myself whether it's worth taking up a slot that would otherwise go to some bright-eyed college student who has been dreaming of going to EAG for years and is going to consider it the highlight of their life. Then I realize I can't justify bumping that college student, and don't apply. I used to think I was the only person who felt this way. But a few weeks ago, I brought it up in a group of five people, and two of them said they had also stopped applying to EA...

“I think remote work really is a general purpose technology… It's more comparable to electrification. It's more comparable to the invention of the internal combustion engine or automobiles or something like that in the way that it's going to ripple through everything and it's going to have these longstanding big impacts." This week, I talk with Adam Ozimek, an economist whose recent work focuses on the intersection between labor markets and housing, about how the sharp increase in partial or fully remote work is transformative and simply very important for the ways it will change how many parts of the economy operate.Visit www.joshbarro.com or a transcript of this episode and links. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

There are literally hundreds and hundreds of reasons why we love weddings. In this episode, we're unpacking WHY we love weddings - destination weddings, surprise weddings, elopements, all of it! Is it for the cake? The dancing? The unfiltered post-wedding stories? Listen in to find out. As professionals, we see everything, hear everything and we are HERE. FOR. IT. Episode NotesIn this episode, I test Joe's patience by holding out on my favorite part of a wedding. There are so many things to love, and it's so hard to pick just one! We learn how serious I am about cake (VERY SERIOUS), and how serious Joe is about old fashioneds. Don't worry - we also share advice and tips on how to incorporate things that you love into your wedding, while still staying true to you and your wedding. Brides, grooms, family and friends - listen in to get the inside scoops.Support us: patreon.com/unveilingparadiseThings We Love About WeddingsThe Overall Guest Experience: Have you seen a surprise wedding or enjoyed an over-the-top dessert bar? How about a whiskey bar, late night baby donuts, or a dance floor under the stars? These are just a few examples of how to create a memorable guest experience.A Good Toast/Speech: We're not talking about a “speaking from your heart” speech - we're talking about a pre-planned speech with intention, humor and a toast at the end. The Couple, Taking it All In: We're obsessed with that moment before the couple walks into their reception for the grand entrance. Does it get any better than this? Post-COVID Celebration: We love when a party comes to life. Does it feel like things have gotten even better post-COVID? We think so.An Open Bar: Not gonna lie, I love when guests do shots. Listen in to find out my reasoning (I promise, it makes sense). Links and Miscellaneous Thoughts from this Episode:Intro: I rapid fire questions at Joe, and try to get him to answer them as quickly as possible. (SPOILER ALERT} Joe talks too much, doesn't give quick yes/no answers, and he hates cake. Major eye roll.I talk about a surprise wedding… love this!Joe tells us about a story involving helicopters and surprises… listen in for the details.Having dessert bars on each guest table just makes sense.How to make an Old FashionedCocktail, the movieThe secret to a good speech? Don't Google it!Check out some speeches gone terribly wrong.Dad Jokes (When does a joke become a “dad joke?” When it becomes apparent.)Does anyone else love SHOTS as much as I do?Are these songs on your “must play” or “do not play” lists? Electric Slide and MacarenaHere we are! Unveiling Paradise @unveilingparadise Joseph @josephesserTessa @fredandkateeventsEmail us with your burning questions about destination weddings and we'll answer them in an upcoming episode: unveilingparadisepodcast@gmail.comSupport the show

Lis Smith is a veteran Democratic communications consultant, best known as communications director for the Pete Buttigieg presidential campaign. Her 'more is more' instinct about engaging with the media was an essential component of the strategy to bring Mayor Pete out of nowhere and turn him into a major contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination — much to the irritation of various US senators he leapfrogged in Iowa and other contests. Fittingly, she has a revealing new memoir, 'Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story,' about her career highlights and lowlights working for Pete, Barack Obama, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo and others. She shares favorite stories from the book, and also offers ideas about how an increasingly insular party can re-learn how to connect with ordinary voters. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Nearly five months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Western governments have a problem: despite international sanctions and rebukes for Russia's actions, the world's reliance (especially Europe's) on Russian energy is sustaining Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The world is already feeling the effects of the invasion on energy prices, and now Europe has announced it will impose an embargo on Russian oil by the end of the year — a move that would significantly impede Russia’s ability to benefit from high oil prices, but would also further constrict Europe’s energy supplies going into what could be a cold winter. If actually implemented as described, the embargo is also likely to drive the global price of oil far higher, triggering recessions around the world. Because of those… problems… world leaders from the G7 have been discussing possible solutions.I talk with Margarita Balmaceda, a professor of diplomacy and international relations at Seton Hall University and an expert on the energy trade in Eastern Europe, about those ideas, whether they might work, how Europe allowed itself to get so dependent on Russia despite manifest signs of Russia’s unreliability as an energy partner.Visit www.joshbarro.com for a transcript of this episode. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Do you have a big enough tribe such that you can now quit your day job and head out on your own? When do you decide, this is the time? Perhaps we all haven't had the same kind of success as journalist, radio personality and now podcaster Josh Barro, but if you're looking for someone that works hard to pull it all together in this space, checking out Josh is a good start. 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. Joined by a rotating set of regular guests to work out the ideas behind the arguments on topics serious and not-so-serious. Josh's goal is a great conversation across ideological lines that hopefully leave you entertained, enlightened, and maybe even persuaded. We found Josh easy to listen to and sufficiently cerebral despite his overuse of the word salient. In this episode Mike and Eric focus on his episode with Matt Yglesias, that in fairness, Mike didn't get all the way through. In total, we listened to the following episodes, which are all mentioned at some point in our review: "Why Is Flying Such a Nightmare Right Now?", "Allison Schrager on Why We Can't Have Nice Things", "Tyler Cowen on Identifying Talent" and "Matt Yglesias on Popularism, Joe Rogan, and Getting 'Back to Normal'". They can all be found at the link below. https://www.joshbarro.com/podcast Josh is also on Apple Podcasts and Acast at https://shows.acast.com/very-serious-with-josh-barro Josh Barro's Substack articles and podcast can be found here https://www.joshbarro.com/ Josh, now up to 290,000 followers, signed up early on at Twitter and thus got the sweet handle @jbarro Check us out on Twitter too at @noharmaskingpod. We greatly appreciate it. Eric also publishes his online journey titled "A Podcasting Journal" on Substack at https://ericbyron.substack.com/

A lot of things aren’t working quite like they’re supposed to these days, and air travel is a prime example. Travelers are getting increasingly unreliable airline operations with more flights delayed and canceled, and a more chaotic experience at the airport even when flights go on time — at a moment when fares are very expensive and still rising. And as with so many problems like this, there are multiple reasons for why this is happening.Brian Sumers, editor-at-large at the travel industry publication Skift, walks me through a lot of the “why”— listen to hear our analysis and Brian’s best advice for what you as a passenger can do to manage through it as best you can.Find show notes, a transcript, discussion and more at www.joshbarro.com Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Financial economist Allison Schrager says you can't have nice things anymore — or at least, you can't have all of them, not in this interest rate environment. After 40 years of falling interest rates, they're sharply rising again, and those higher rates force more discipline on everyone: not just consumers, but businesses and governments, all of which need to confront the higher cost of capital and decide what's really worth spending on. This is the intended effect of the Federal Reserve’s rate-hiking campaign: Excess consumer demand is fueling inflation, and getting people to cool it a little will hopefully take some of the upward pressure off prices. In some ways, this discipline can be good, if it forces businesses and governments to figure out how they're inefficient and what they can do to spend more wisely. And it's taking the wind out of some of the most annoying investing bubbles of the last decade, including crypto. But it also means pain for consumers, and if the Fed doesn't get things exactly right, it could drive us into recession. In this episode, Allison discusses whether you should hold your breath for the return of sub-3-percent mortgages (no) and the pitfalls and surprising benefits of our new world of higher rates. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

What happened on January 6 (and in the lead-up to it, with Donald Trump trying to steal the election) was very important. But I have been very bearish on the usefulness of talking to the public more about it — it happened right in front of our faces, it’s not a top priority for persuadable voters, and more time spent marinating on it can simply distract Democrats from more urgent political tasks to hold onto any part of power. As such, I wasn’t very eager for the televised January 6 hearings. But I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the effectiveness of the hearings.The presentation is how focused it is on presenting Trump’s actions as a crime, and the committee is making a compelling case that the Department of Justice can and should charge Trump with crimes related to his effort to pressure Mike Pence to spurn his constitutional duties and refuse to count the electoral votes that gave Joe Biden the election win.This week’s episode of the Very Serious podcast is an excerpt of the debut episode of Serious Trouble, my new weekly podcast with attorney Ken White.Here’s a transcript of the episode. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Dear readers,Due to the holiday weekend, this week’s schedule for Very Serious is out of order. The podcast is out today, there will be a regular issue tomorrow, and a special Fire Island edition of the Mayonnaise Clinic will be coming on Friday.One striking fact about three-term New York mayor Ed Koch’s life in the closet — the subject of a recent New York Times feature — is that he stayed in the closet long after he could plausibly claim that he needed to.An openly gay man would not have been elected mayor of New York City in 1977; once in office, he would have had good reason to fear he would not have been re-elected had he come out. Politicians simply didn't do that at the time. But in retirement, Koch had no reputation to protect from the knowledge that he was gay. In fact, coming out probably would have earned him sympathetic news coverage and softened his image at a time when his record as mayor was often criticized for reasons related to race relations and the AIDS crisis — including the specific allegation that he shied away from leadership on AIDS for fear that association with a “gay issue” would fan the (true) rumors that he was gay.One theory the Times piece considers is that, after denying his sexuality for so many years in the face of detractors like Larry Kramer who wanted him outed, Koch felt coming out would be tantamount to letting them win. But if you lie about your sexuality long enough, it can simply become hard to tell the truth. A lot of people stay in the closet for expediency, but a lot of people stay there because of their own shame, and it’s sad.And it’s sad how common the need to hide was until not very long ago.This week’s episode of the Very Serious podcast is an interview with James Kirchick, author of the new book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington, which chronicles the powerful roles that gays (mostly gay men) played in our federal government from World War II through the Reagan administration. Just because gays couldn’t announce themselves didn't mean they weren't around — in fact, some of them arguably sublimated their sexual desires into drive that propelled them to the heights they achieved in American government.Jamie’s book describes the creation of the modern closet as an artifact of World War II, the Cold War, and the security state. Gays had long been considered disgusting, but with world war they came to be considered security threats, at risk of blackmail over their appalling secrets. As a concept, that this would be a risk makes intuitive sense, though Jamie notes the surprising difficulty American officials had when asked to identify any specific cases where gays in government were blackmailed over their sexual orientation. And besides, whatever security risk homosexuals posed was not really a product of their sexual orientation itself, but of the government’s and society’s reaction to their sexual orientation — if you let people freely admit they are gay, then there’s no shameful secret to threaten anyone over. Nonetheless, gays were vilified, investigated, and until 1995, prohibited from holding security clearances.Through the decades covered in Jamie’s book, allegations of homosexuality were wielded as political weapons — true allegations and also false ones. Jack Kemp, for example, was not gay, and he was definitely not part of a right-wing gay cabal that controlled Ronald Reagan. But that didn’t stop a cadre of Republican officials — many of them moderates — from pushing that fantastical narrative to reporters in an effort to block Reagan's nomination in 1980. That madcap story is the subject of an excerpt from Jamie’s book that you can read in Politico Magazine.The 1980s would bring in the AIDS crisis, and an aloof response to it from the Reagans, despite Nancy Reagan’s coterie of gays, ranging from her hairdresser to Merv Griffin. The AIDS crisis would also lead to the waning of the political closet as it had been established in the 1940s, with gay political figures forced out of it, often in death. The era also brought the first two openly gay congressmen who sought and attained re-election: Gerry Studds and Barney Frank, both from Massachusetts, and both far from the idealized image of a gay politician you might mold on the basis of a focus group.I encourage you to listen to the podcast and, if it intrigues you, read the book. It's dishy and full of odd stories like the one about Reagan and the alleged secret right-wing gay cabal; and of correctives to wrong things you’ve likely heard about figures such as J. Edgar Hoover, who probably was not actually a cross-dresser. The story as a whole is sad and maddening — Jamie has, for example, handwritten edits to Ronald Reagan’s draft statement about Rock Hudson’s death, removing all reference to the closeness of Hudson’s relationship to Ronald and Nancy — but also very interesting, and well worth your time.Very seriously,JoshP.S. As we’ve mentioned, the Very Serious podcast is now hosted directly on Substack, coming to you through the same series of tubes as the newsletter. We think the migration has been pretty seamless — if you already subscribed to the podcast, it should still be coming into your player of choice just like before; and if you want to sign up now, we have a button here for you to press.We are now offering episode transcripts. You can see this episode’s transcript here.Questions about the process? Technical issues with your feed? Email podcasting@substackinc.com for support. For any other inquiries, please email mayo@joshbarro.com. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, doesn't just behave in ways that run afoul of regulators. He does things most CEOs don't because they think it would cost them business relationships, and therefore money. JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon wouldn't Tweet that he has "funding secured" to take JP Morgan private at $169 per share, especially if he didn't actually have the funding secured. I've never seen him tweet a poop emoji at a takeover target. And he would never tweet a rude question to a United States senator. Is Dimon leaving money on the table? Musk doesn't just make cars and rockets -- he's made a persona that turns investors into fans and helps his companies access cheap capital to expand and grow. His model has even thrown off enough money for him to buy Twitter on a lark -- a decision he already seems to regret. I talk with Bloomberg's Matt Levine on why Elon Musk gets away with what he does, and what his seeming imperviousness to rules means for our financial markets. Plus, we talk about the deal with ESG investing, and how Matt invests his own money. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Questions about identifying and matching talent underlie a lot of political and economic discussions in our society. Are we admitting the right people to universities? Giving them the right training? Preventing labor market discrimination? Setting policies around work and family that make it possible for people (especially mothers of young children) to do the jobs that align with their talents? Doing better on all these measures can mean not just fuller lives and better organizations but stronger economic growth. So this week, Josh spoke with economist Tyler Cowen, co-author of the Marginal Revolution blog and co-author with Daniel Gross of a new book called Talent: How To Identify Energizers, Creatives, And Winners Around The World. Tyler has thoughts about how to better identify talent that might scramble your preconceptions, given his libertarian politics. One of his arguments is that we are over-weighting both IQ and grades in assessing talent: these matter (as do the underlying traits they measure, such as conscientiousness) but not as much as you might think. So what does matter? Listen to find out. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

It's been a tumultuous decade for news media. Publications have been upended financially by technological shifts, and they face employee and subscriber pressure to become more openly ideological. The result is a media that's more siloed, more preachy, and more financially precarious. What can be done to restore trust, build sustainable businesses, and get more Americans on the same factual page about what's going on in this country? This week's Very Serious comes to you from the Milken Institute's 2022 Global Conference: Josh Barro's conversation on the future of media with Substacker Bari Weiss, Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, MSNBC president Rashida Jones, and Axios CEO Jim VandeHei. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell says he thinks there's a good chance for a "soft-ish" landing: taming inflation without pushing the economy into recession. But how difficult will that be? Economist Jason Furman joins Josh to talk about this challenge and what might be needed if the Fed’s rate hikes over the next few months prove to be far from enough — plus, how student debt cancellation could exacerbate inflation. Jason talks about the clear path ahead for the Fed in the short term, and he recounts lessons learned from the Obama administration's attempt to change the tax status of 529 college savings plans.Become a subscriber to Very Serious and join the conversation about this podcast episode at joshbarro.com.We are now offering episode transcripts. You can see this episode’s transcript here.The Very Serious podcast is now hosted directly on Substack. If you already subscribed to the podcast, it should still be coming into your player of choice, just like before. Technical issues with your feed? Email podcasting@substackinc.com for support. For any other inquiries, please email mayo@joshbarro.com. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

Dear readers,I know, I said yesterday that today’s cocktail post was only going to be for paying subscribers. But this is the first edition of the podcast where we’re actually pushing the audio through Substack’s pipes. We’re still kicking the tires on that system — and for boring technical reasons, we couldn’t find a good way to paywall the text while sending the audio to everyone who subscribes to the podcast through players like Spotify. We’re working on it! But in the meantime, that means you all get to read about cocktails. How bad could that be?It’s almost summer. Well, it’s not almost summer, but it’s starting to feel like it might be about to be almost summer. It got up to 63° on Fire Island last Friday, which isn’t beach weather, but it’s good enough weather to write the newsletter out on the deck. And it’s going to keep getting warmer.One of the things that makes me excited for summer is that summer cocktails are starting to make sense again.I love sour drinks. A “sour” is any cocktail containing spirits, citrus juice, and a sweetener. The most popular sour is the margarita, but the most basic one is the daiquiri: two parts light rum, one part simple syrup, one part fresh-squeezed lime juice, shaken with ice and strained into a coupe glass. Every other sour you might drink, including a margarita, is just a variation on the daiquiri — change up the base spirit, include a liqueur as part of the sweetening, use lemon instead of lime, add bitters or an egg white; the possibilities are extensive.But these drinks make the most sense in the summer — they’re cool, sweet drinks for a hot day. There’s a reason so many of these drinks are served at resort bars in the Caribbean and Hawaii. They feel like they belong near the beach. That said, some sours are beachier than others.On this week’s Very Serious podcast, we did something a little different: I invited Peter Suderman, author of the Cocktails With Suderman newsletter on Substack, to talk with me about cocktails — how to approach them as an amateur at home and make them especially delicious, without doing anything extremely fussy or expensive. And Peter’s view is there’s a season within a season: late spring is for gin sours, with the rum drinks to come out later, when it’s hotter.My favorite sour is the mai tai — light rum, golden rum, orange curaçao, orgeat (almond syrup), and lime juice, shaken, strained, and served over ice, ideally garnished with an orchid blossom. I’ve talked before about how partial I am to Hawaii, where Zach and I went on our honeymoon, and part of why I love a mai tai is it reminds me of being there. But it’s also a beautiful, balanced drink, with surprisingly complex flavors — with a high quality orgeat and orange liqueur, you can really taste those almond and orange notes punching through the otherwise-overpowering lime and rum.But I also think Peter is right that drinks like mai tais are not quite yet in season. I wouldn’t generally serve one in April, nor would I serve one at any time of year as an aperitif. Mai tais are for the afternoon. If I want to greet guests at dinner with a sour, I’m more likely to reach for an aviation: A gin sour made with lemon juice, maraschino liqueur, and creme de violette.Peter wrote recently about the aviation. It’s one of the great gimmick drinks, because it’s purple on account of the creme de violette, and yet it actually tastes good. I personally like the drink’s astringency — when you use the classic recipe, its balance is less sweet and more sour compared to, say, a margarita — but Peter advises to balance the drink out with a little extra sweetness from honey syrup, and a few drops of saline solution. Yes, saline solution: You salt your food, so why wouldn’t you salt your cocktails? Salt is a flavor enhancer even in liquid form.I’m pretty good at home bartending, but Peter is better at it than I am, and I learned a lot from him during this conversation. And I think you’ll find it very interesting, too. You can listen through the embedded player above — the podcast is now hosted through Substack, which we believe will help us give you better integration with the newsletter — or you can listen, as previously, through any of the usual podcast apps — your access to the show through any of those platforms shouldn’t be impacted, but please reach out and let us know if you have any technical issues.This is also the first episode of the podcast for which we’re providing a glossary and a transcript. Peter and I discussed a number of recipe books and products; the links for those are below. As always (unfortunately!) we collect no affiliate fees for any purchases you make through these links, but we think these products are good and we appreciate your support as a subscriber to the podcast and the newsletter. Below the list of product links is a link to a transcript of the podcast — we’re experimenting with this, but please let us know if you find it useful to be able to read the podcast in addition to listening to it.Finally, a note about the old fashioned. I complained on the podcast that I often find this cocktail too sweet, and Peter’s response was that many people put too much sugar in their old fashioneds. An old fashioned — made with whiskey, sugar, and bitters — is supposed to be balanced between bitter and sweet, and because it doesn’t contain that much bitters, it also shouldn’t get that much sugar — sometimes as little as one teaspoon of syrup per cocktail, Peter says. And yet, some recipes call for as much as a fluid ounce. Blech.Sara has a good old fashioned game, and she has advice about the drink she learned from a sadly defunct neighborhood bar. She says:Old fashioneds were $7 during happy hour at Sonny’s Hideaway on York Boulevard. Chris and I would walk there frequently at 5pm on Fridays, especially after Left, Right & Center. We got to know the bartenders, and they told us that because they sold so many of them during happy hour, they batched the bitters with demerara sugar and orange peel ahead of time. When they would make the drink, it would be a shallow spoonful of that infused angostura bitters, a three-count pour of Four Roses (later they switched to Evan Williams), a Luxardo cherry, and a healthy amount of stirring with a large ice cube (the stirring is important). In the winter, we pretty much always keep a tiny container of angostura bitters with sugar and orange peel in it.Actually, this leaves me with one more thing to say, and it’s about that three-count pour. I would reiterate something that Peter and I discussed on the podcast: You should not free-pour your cocktails. A professional bartender might do a pretty good job pouring consistent amounts out of a bottle equipped with a speed pourer by counting the seconds, but he’s not getting the drink exactly right, and you’re going to do even worse since you’re an amateur.If you’re trying to make a cocktail well-balanced, you need to know the ratio of the ingredients you’re putting in it, and you can’t know that ratio without measuring. Some of the measuring products we list below will help you do that. Cocktails are not that complicated — they’re a lot simpler than cooking — and I’m confident you have the wherewithal to get out a jigger and accurately measure the drinks you’re making. It will pay off for you in the form of better flavor.I hope you enjoy the episode. Please post in the comments if you have reactions, questions, or favorite ideas for sour drinks we didn’t address in the conversation.Very seriously,JoshReferences:Peter’s newsletter Cocktails With SudermanHis adaptation of the classic Aviation and the SidecarCocktail books and resources:The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks — David EmburyDeath & Co — the original is in New York City, and newer locations are in Denver and Los AngelesDeath & Co Modern Classic Cocktails and Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, EvolutionsBarware:Dropper bottles for saline solution - pack of 2 (Amazon)OXO Steel Angled Measuring Jigger - 2oz (Amazon)OXO Steel Double Jigger - 1oz & 1.5oz (Amazon)Cresimo Boston shaker set - 18 oz & 28 oz (Amazon)Note this needs a strainer and a bar spoon to go with it.Nick and Nora cocktail glasses - 5 oz (Amazon)Sara’s favorite citrus peeler. Much more control than a standard vegetable peeler. No pith!Episode transcript can be found here. Get full access to Very Serious at www.joshbarro.com/subscribe

The war in Ukraine has added urgency to Europe's efforts to end its dependency on Russian natural gas. In the US, a shift toward efficiency and renewables is important for both geopolitical and environmental reasons. So, how can we do it? How much natural gas can we export to Europe? How can we reinforce our electrical grids and power them with non-carbon-emitting sources? And how can consumers play their part? Josh talks with Joshua D. Rhodes of the University of Texas about speeding the energy transition on this electrifying episode of Very Serious. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From German re-armament to the Iran deal to China's eyes on Taiwan, Russia's war on Ukraine is setting off big changes around the world. What do these shifts mean for America's interests? Can we get Saudi Arabia to help with the global oil crunch? Is it time for rapprochement with Venezuela? And what will Russia's stamina for this war be if China gets impatient? Michael Singh of the Washington Institute, a former National Security Council official, takes Josh on a global tour of the ramifications and unnerving risks of this war in an especially serious episode of the Very Serious podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A live audience interviews Josh Barro, host of the Very Serious podcast, about the economy, inflation, government spending, and how those things impact voter attitudes. Find more (including how to join us live) at PM101.live or on Twitter at @PoliticsNMedia.Our next episode this Monday will feature Parker Molloy.Subscribe, rate, and review if you like what you hear!Hear Josh' podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/very-serious-with-josh-barro/id1601727251Join our e-mail list for "best of" delivered directly to your inbox, twice per month, at PM101.live

Cursed Child Part Two Part One (Act 3) Wowza! This act is A Lot, but we are not immune to its charms. In the world of Evil Hogwarts, only the campiest survive... and even then some of them don't! We chat about the refreshing return to the tongue-in-cheek lower stakes presentation of the early novels that this play provides, as well as the few odd moments where it fumbles by reminding us that the series became Very Serious. We also have a blazing fast Evil Draco redemption arc, a Snape vs Umbridge title fight, and something called the Blood Ball... which we can only hope gets more time in the play itself. Finally, Liz takes us through an incredibly funny article from one of our favorite websites that is still Extremely Mad about this play all these years later.

If your friends have ever struggled to choose a place to go to dinner, you know people aren't always very good at accessing and articulating their preferences. This also matters in politics – how do you get voters to tell you what they feel about the issues and which ones they really care about, when they may not really know? Pollsters Kristen Soltis Anderson and Brian Stryker talk to Josh Barro about how they collect useful information about what voters think, and how it can be used to explain why Democrats lost in Virginia, how voters on both sides think about January 6, and what's on voters' minds going into the midterm election cycle.For notes and links mentioned in this episode (and for more Very Serious conversation and opinions), join us at joshbarro.com. Send your Very Serious comments to mayo@joshbarro.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So, Haley and Laura already covered horoscopes and zodiac. This week they tackle something they both believe carry more weight: personality tests. In this episode hear them talk Big Five, Enneagram, and Myers-Briggs. They also take some fun, VERY SERIOUS, quizzes along the way. If you want to find out your personality, follow the links below:Myers-Briggs: https://www.16personalities.comEnneagram: https://rb.gy/ziubcaBig Five: https://rb.gy/pwan7vFirst Impressions: https://www.horoscope.com/us/games/quiz/game-quiz-what-first-impression-do-you-give.aspxWinnie the Pooh: https://www.playbuzz.com/talgbu10/january-18th-is-winnie-the-pooh-day-which-character-are-you-most-like-

It's a question you hear a lot during COVID: How do you balance the economy with people's well-being? But the economy is part of people's well-being. On this week's show, Josh talks with Elizabeth Bruenig of the Atlantic and Megan McArdle from the Washington Post about what COVID has taught us about what makes a good economy for the people. They discuss where the public and private sectors have stumbled, and how the most acute economic need has shifted from income support to sufficient provision of goods and services. Plus they talk about Customers Behaving Badly, and how the pandemic has impaired individuals' good sense about how to behave economically.For more Very Serious conversation and opinions, join us at joshbarro.com. Send your Very Serious comments to mayo@joshbarro.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's wrestling news, including...REAL LIFE Firings Used In WWE Storyline!The Miz & Maryse Raw Return!Triple H's Cardiac Event Was “Very, Very, Very Serious”!WWE's Original Golden Egg Plans REVEALED?!ENJOY!Follow us on Twitter:@AdamWilbourn@AndyHMurray@WhatCultureWWEFor more awesome content, check out: whatculture.com/wwe See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

COMING UP... WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE A SEAHAWKS CODE WORD FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN FOUR... THAT'S RIGHT FOUR TICKETS TO SEE THE SEAHAWKS HOST THE SAINTS FOR MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL…  BRING THE ENERGY AND BRING THE NOISE ON OCTOBER 25TH …TICKETS REMAIN AT SEAHAWKS DOT COM SLASH TICKETS. // Behind Enemy Lines: Mike Prisuta of WDVE  // Mass Evictions Didn't Result After U.S. Ban Ended, Despite Fears // Banksy artwork that self-shredded sells for record $25.4 million at auction // … IT'S TIME TO ANNOUNCE THIS SHOW'S SEAHAWKS CODE WORD… HEAD TO MY NORTHWEST DOT COM SLASH WIN AND ENTER THE CODE WORD "TOUCHDOWN" TO BE ENTERED TO WIN FOUR TICKETS TO SEE THE SEAHAWKS HOST THE SAINTS FOR MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ON OCTOBER 25TH. REMEMBER, THIS CODE WORD EXPIRES AT 11:59 P-M TONIGHT AND  YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN TOMORROW IN THE 8 A-M HOUR OF SEATTLE'S MORNING NEWS. DETAILS AND RULES AT MY NORTHWEST DOT COM SLASH WIN! // Accelerating Inflation Spreads Through the Economy // Treasury secretary expects rising prices to return to "normal levels" once pandemic recedes -AUDIO  // Top Obama Economist: Inflation ‘Worse' Than Expected, ‘Very Serious' Cause For Concern, ‘Wokeness' An Issue  // Uncanny ‘Robin' Test Footage Has Fans Clamoring for a Robin Williams Biopic — Watch - AUDIO  // Zelda Williams wants people to stop sending Robin Williams impersonation video to her See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1. Genuine Praise is Very Serious to God (vv. 1-11)2. Genuine Praise is Spontaneous Not Programmed (vv. 12-15, 17-19)3. Genuine Praise Will Always Offend Some People (vv. 20-23)

Don't let the Smash Mouth lyric for a title fool you: this is a Very Serious episode about dystopian fiction! Abigail is joined by new guest Saba to talk metaphors, Jupiter Ascending, the appeal of romance in a dark world, and much more! Featured books are THE QUEEN OF ALL THAT DIES by Laura Thalassa, FIREBLOOD DRAGON SERIES by Ruby Dixon, THE GIRL IN RED by Christina Henry, and THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins.THE QUEEN OF ALL THAT DIES by LAURA THALASSA: https://bit.ly/2Wo2oYpFIREBLOOD DRAGON SERIES by RUBY DIXON: https://amzn.to/3jbcyEuTHE GIRL IN RED by CHRISTINA HENRY: https://bit.ly/3yf95ZOTHE HUNGER GAMES by SUZANNE COLLINS: https://bit.ly/3kjduWYKOT'S MERCH STORE: kingdomthirst.redbubble.comCITIZENS OF THIRST DISCORD SERVER: https://bit.ly/30NsP8PTWITTER, FACEBOOK, & INSTAGRAM: @kingdomthirstKoT'S BOOKSHOP: bookshop.org/shop/kingdomthirstEMAIL: kingdomofthirst@gmail.com

Hot David P'Zone Club. Baudrillard’s Blender. What if Chad Muska host SNL? The Gang gets Very Serious whilst discussing “7211” (12/15/2002). A ton of real fun theory talk, also Baudrillard Current Day.

Welcome BACK to Black Euphoria Sex Talk Podcast, the B.E.S.T. podcast with your host @ThirteenLxxxL and this is Black Euphoria... A Black Safe Space For Black People. THE NO JUDGMENT ZONE. Episode 15 is Very Serious! WHAT IS A WHITE MAN’s WORST NIGHTMARE??????? Find Out What The NIGHTMARE IS and much more.... This Split is One Of Those!!! So roll up, pour up and get naked. Let your BLACK Freak Flag Fly; We Must Protect The Flag At All Cost! Remember, sex sells. - Thirteen This is Black Euphoria Sex Talk Podcast with Thirteen, exclusive content on Patreon.com/BlackEuphoria . Church On Sunday's In Black Euphoria New Content Usually Monday & Wednesday. Check out the YouTube channel discussion tab. Follow @blackeuphoriaST on twitter for updates. Send topic suggestions and inquiries to Blackandexplicit@gmail.com. #BlackEuphoria #Episode15 #podcast #SextalkPodcast Like, Comment, Subscribe! Meet Me In The Discussion Tab, Let's Have The Sex Talk! Listen to this SPLIT on the Black Euphoria Sex Talk Podcast platform; You-Tube: https://youtu.be/47aj0bYywUE Follow https://twitter.com/BlackEuphoriaST Check out: https://www.patreon.com/BlackEuphoria --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackeuphoria/message

Grace and Xandra share VERY SERIOUS art projects from their youth. Turns out, they both formed rebellious childhood theatre troupes. In this episode, Grace also reveals her latest art venture!SHOW NOTES: Jane Austen's JuveniliaJASNAEpisode 47: Creating TraditionsEveryday WonderlandSugarMynt GalleryWhat unique traditions have you created? Send your stories to: theartlife@heroinetraining.comby 11 December, 2020 to be read on an upcoming Campfire Special.SHOW DETAILS:Read more at http://theartlife.showSend letters to: The Art Life, c/o Grace Gordon, P.O. Box #4292, Valley Village, CA 91607Email: theartlife@heroinetraining.comXandra Robinson-Burns is on Patreon: @heroinetrainingGrace Gordon is on Instagram: @gracegordonofficial Our music is ‘The Stream' by Rorie: http://roriemusic.comA Heroine Training Podcast

We kick off our series on the genre-defining hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys.     Taking us out: Very Serious   Follow Marcus on Spotify to listen to all of the songs used in this episode   Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

To Be Determined Radio Show Replay TBDCast / Podcast Episode 255 - April 1, 2020 "Say Hello to Old Friends..." Welcome to the Complete Broadcast Episode of "The To Be Determined Radio Show" from April 01, 2020 And if you thought that the time away had mellowed them.. You'd Be Very Wrong. Welcome Back to The Wicked Nemesis, Josh O'Hagan, and Eddie Layne for a two-hour run of showing how many topics they can have fun with in two hours. We welcome in a very special guest... Good Friend and Colleague "The Incredible Huck" William Huckaby. The cast gets a chance to catch up with Huck and cover everything from Pure Fun to Very Serious. We hope you enjoy the interview and the show. We'll be back Soon. Note: There is Explicit Language throughout the episode. Parental Discretion is Advised. ========================================= The To Be Determined Show broadcasts LIVE on Wednesdays at 10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific Time through www.BeyondRingside.com, TuneIn Radio, The "Beyond Ringside Radio" Mobile App (for Android, Amazon, and Blackberry Devices), Shoutcast Radio, and The All New ProWrestlingRadio.net Special Guest information will be posted on our FB Fan Page (Facebook.com/ToBeDeterminedShow). We have embedded our Chatroom into BeyondRingside.com. We hope you'll join us on our Facebook Fan Page, and follow us on Twitter (@TheTBDRadioShow). You can also follow the cast of TBD on Twitter: @WickedNemesis, @Angie_Nemesis, @FastEddieLayne, and @MrJoshuaOHagan.

Jessie and Ryan take advantage of their bounteous swathes of quaran-time to take the Big One, the Classic, the Gold Standard... the Myers-Briggs personality test (also known as MBTI or Sixteen Personalities). This is an in-depth Very Serious episode of personality analysis. Will the results live up to the hype? Will Jessie spend an hour ranting about whether INFJ is a real thing? All valid questions. All answered on this special episode of MY TYPE.

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey abandons the "script/plan" for episode #082... because of a funk he was in during the recording session! Because of that, he went off the cuff for a period of time discussing his "Love Life Crisis"... and while speaking from his heart he asks the listeners for a bit of advise! But, never fear... he spends some time, briefly, covering a new appropriations that will be heard by the Muncie City Council in the March 2020 meeting & we end the show talking about the VERY SERIOUS issue of the uptick in violence that is occurring in Muncie, Indianapolis and other cities in Indiana. MORE TO COME ON THIS SOON! Episode Time Line: 00:00 - 36:59 : My Love Life Crisis (off the cuff) 37:00 - 37:59 : EMS Appropriations Going Before the City Council 38:00 - 50:00 : A Conversation About the Uptick in Violence in Indiana Cities CHECK THIS OUT: 'Merch IS Reality'... do you want to get into some "Perception Gear" (Tee Shirts, Mugs and other items) that will show off your support of the show... to OTHERS!? (yay - just what you wanted)! Visit the following link to access the 'Merch IS Reality' store: http://bit.ly/PerceptionStore Perception IS Reality w/Kristopher H. Bilbrey 02.29.20 (Produced by: The Vulgar Poets)

On this week’s episode we welcome one of our freaking BFFs, Sarah! We talk about Blaze Pizza(tm)and high school. We also press Sarah for relationship advice, and get VERY SERIOUS and a little sad. Do we over share? Yes. But do we regret it? Kinda, yeah. SUBSCRIBE OR DIE Follow Sarah on Instagram @theexcessiveweirdo Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @dontlookatmepod Music: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired Album art was done by Jasper. Check him out on Instagram @pumpkin_press Don't forget to rate & review the podcast. 5 starts only please!!!

Ra-Coo-Coo-Coo-Coo. SHADE. Mano and Nicole gab, banter, and kiki about the second episode of Untucked from RPDR All-Stars Season 1. We take a deep dive into the VERY SERIOUS dad talk that's at the epicenter of this episode AND get real about our da-da's. And for no reason at all, we talk about our Taco Bell order & The Taco Bell Hotel. It's a little De-VAHS-tatin'PLUS, what iconic Tammie lines will we be repeating for our sheer enjoyment?! AND why was Tammie SOOOOO MAD at Michelle Visage?! #WhyYouMadThoWatch along with us! You can stream all seasons of All Stars in most countries (sorry USA) over at Wow Presents Plus: https://worldofwonder.vhx.tv/rupaul-s-drag-race-all-stars. Rumor also has it you can stream season 1 of All Stars for free over at a popular video sharing site that rhymes with Gayly Motion.About RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1:This season features 12 returning contestants representing the first four seasons of Drag Race. It aired six one-hour episodes. Contestants were judged on their "charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent" and, since they competed in teams of two, also "synergy". The winner received a supply of MAC cosmetics, a "one of a kind trip" and $100,000.UNTUCKED:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/RuPauls-Drag-Race-All-Stars/dp/B009WTZXHAWOW Presents Plus: https://worldofwonder.vhx.tv/rupaul-s-drag-race-untuckedBe sure to rate Drag Her 5-stars on Apple Podcasts! Leave a review with the best drag names for Mano and Nicole.Drag Her IG: dragherpodcastTheme Song: Twinkids (@twinkidsmusic)

A conversation about worst vegetables led to the revelation that APPARENTLY people hunt for asparagus according to McCall. This is news to AJ and Producer Butterz who both agree they probably wouldn’t eat it. Also, on the subject of gross foods why is someone making chunky New England Clam Chowder Popsicles? There is no reason anyone needs this or thinks it’s good. One thing leads to another on the food subject, from tuna melt to ribs, and then washing dishes turns to laundry. Little did you know McCall and Producer Butterz and are VERY SERIOUS about the order they do their laundry.

A conversation about worst vegetables led to the revelation that APPARENTLY people hunt for asparagus according to McCall. This is news to AJ and Producer Butterz who both agree they probably wouldn’t eat it. Also, on the subject of gross foods why is someone making chunky New England Clam Chowder Popsicles? There is no reason anyone needs this or thinks it’s good. One thing leads to another on the food subject, from tuna melt to ribs, and then washing dishes turns to laundry. Little did you know McCall and Producer Butterz and are VERY SERIOUS about the order they do their laundry.

A conversation about worst vegetables led to the revelation that APPARENTLY people hunt for asparagus according to McCall. This is news to AJ and Producer Butterz who both agree they probably wouldn't eat it. Also, on the subject of gross foods why is someone making chunky New England Clam Chowder Popsicles? There is no reason anyone needs this or thinks it's good. One thing leads to another on the food subject, from tuna melt to ribs, and then washing dishes turns to laundry. Little did you know McCall and Producer Butterz and are VERY SERIOUS about the order they do their laundry. 

A conversation about worst vegetables led to the revelation that APPARENTLY people hunt for asparagus according to McCall. This is news to AJ and Producer Butterz who both agree they probably wouldn’t eat it. Also, on the subject of gross foods why is someone making chunky New England Clam Chowder Popsicles? There is no reason anyone needs this or thinks it’s good. One thing leads to another on the food subject, from tuna melt to ribs, and then washing dishes turns to laundry. Little did you know McCall and Producer Butterz and are VERY SERIOUS about the order they do their laundry.

A conversation about worst vegetables led to the revelation that APPARENTLY people hunt for asparagus according to McCall. This is news to AJ and Producer Butterz who both agree they probably wouldn't eat it. Also, on the subject of gross foods why is someone making chunky New England Clam Chowder Popsicles? There is no reason anyone needs this or thinks it's good. One thing leads to another on the food subject, from tuna melt to ribs, and then washing dishes turns to laundry. Little did you know McCall and Producer Butterz and are VERY SERIOUS about the order they do their laundry. 

A conversation about worst vegetables led to the revelation that APPARENTLY people hunt for asparagus according to McCall. This is news to AJ and Producer Butterz who both agree they probably wouldn't eat it. Also, on the subject of gross foods why is someone making chunky New England Clam Chowder Popsicles? There is no reason anyone needs this or thinks it's good. One thing leads to another on the food subject, from tuna melt to ribs, and then washing dishes turns to laundry. Little did you know McCall and Producer Butterz and are VERY SERIOUS about the order they do their laundry. 

A conversation about worst vegetables led to the revelation that APPARENTLY people hunt for asparagus according to McCall. This is news to AJ and Producer Butterz who both agree they probably wouldn’t eat it. Also, on the subject of gross foods why is someone making chunky New England Clam Chowder Popsicles? There is no reason anyone needs this or thinks it’s good. One thing leads to another on the food subject, from tuna melt to ribs, and then washing dishes turns to laundry. Little did you know McCall and Producer Butterz and are VERY SERIOUS about the order they do their laundry.

A conversation about worst vegetables led to the revelation that APPARENTLY people hunt for asparagus according to McCall. This is news to AJ and Producer Butterz who both agree they probably wouldn’t eat it. Also, on the subject of gross foods why is someone making chunky New England Clam Chowder Popsicles? There is no reason anyone needs this or thinks it’s good. One thing leads to another on the food subject, from tuna melt to ribs, and then washing dishes turns to laundry. Little did you know McCall and Producer Butterz and are VERY SERIOUS about the order they do their laundry.

after a new raft of high-profile site closures, the HACKS Institute gang, properly reassembled at last, ponders the current state of journalism On The Internet, including a recent, apparently failed attempt to bring journalism to the (shudder) blockchain, the fate of the "pivot to video" movement, and what the story of Gawker tells us about our current moment. also peter thiel is a literal bloodsucker who can fall in a rank ditch tbh. also also please enjoy the hilda cameo song at the end: her space holiday, "death of a writer"

Happy One-Year Anniversary to us! Pop the champagne folks, we made it! Oh, but don't be TOO loud, that battalion might still be around. Speaking of, our champions are nursing the wounds they gained at the hands of said mechanized militia and are plotting their next move! Hopefully it will yield better (healthier) results. Conall takes the strategic lead this episode, Azazel observes a VERY SERIOUS teen discussion, Sav'ah Rah learns a new language, Halexan teaches a Dwarf some manners, and Ront starts a semi-long-distance relationship. The SpellCast D&D brings you a saga of high adventure! Join Adam Brooks (Dungeon Master/Storyteller), Pierre Viola (Ront Havenfair), Mike Vides (Halexan Wynalder), Gerald Acevedo (Conall Pending), Charlotte Raines (Sav'ah Rah Vicarro), and Sam Ortiz (Azazel Makeus) as they navigate a perilous homebrew Faerun setting! (Music courtesy of Magic Sword) (Art by Rob Robbins)

Your three favorite millennials engage in a VERY SERIOUS debate about the four white guys named Chris who are headlining some of the biggest superhero movies in Hollywood. Between Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, and Chris Pratt, who will take the title for The Best Chris? Plus: HT has been on a magical adventure with the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery game, Anya has been listening to Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer, and Willoughby recommends the Talking Table Top podcast.

A Very Serious exchange of real scientific ideas.

A Very Serious exchange of real scientific ideas.

In this VERY SERIOUS podcastery from renowned "Men of Play" Michael and Quinn discuss how playful kindergarten lessons can fit and flourish in the post kindergarten class. It is a great discussion and one that will have to revisit as these two pirates have a lot of loot to share. Sit back, grab some podcast snack like popcorn... That is totally a podcast snack, right? Enjoy the show and your welcome for the flashbacks to your childhoods.

WARNING. Today's expression is NOT for the ladies. Well, not for most ladies. Today's expression is for the men...well, most men. It's Monday, usually people don't really like Mondays, but for many of you, I have a great expression that will make you laugh...smile...or cry~ I'm not sure which. It's a VERY SERIOUS expression and the expression is FACT. The expression is based on HUMAN EXISTENCE. If you are a human, you must acknowledge the brilliance of this expression--embrace this expression and FREELY use this expression. And then RUN for safety. Be safe--don't burn your nose because of your friend~ Coach Shane     Today’s English expression and dialog: He who smelt it dealt it. Oh no~~ What? Did you… That stinks! No! He who smelt it dealt it! GROSS! Get outta here!!     Subscribe on iTunes and get this English podcast EVERY DAY! PLEASE support my sponsors: (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Study English, FREE ENGLISH LESSONS, on our YouTube channels: Support the Let’s Master English team! On PayPal: Send to Or you can go here:   Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LME #LearnEnglish #ESL

This episode features a crazy publishing story from Erik, along with a discussion on the apparently booming industry of dumbing down literary classics for toddlers. We also talk about our best bookstore ideas (spoiler alert: the best idea is cinnamon rolls, as is always the case). Basically, we were Very Serious the last couple weeks and wanted a fun episode this time. Enjoy!