Hello Jonathan. I have been listening to and reading The Bulwark for the last few years and have so appreciated the quality of journalism, the breadth of guests interviewed, the conversational integrity of the various podcasts (favourites: Charlie, Sarah, Tim, Bill, and yourself), the unwavering commitment to questioning everything statu…
Hello Jonathan. I have been listening to and reading The Bulwark for the last few years and have so appreciated the quality of journalism, the breadth of guests interviewed, the conversational integrity of the various podcasts (favourites: Charlie, Sarah, Tim, Bill, and yourself), the unwavering commitment to questioning everything status quo, and the sense of humour which keeps the often heavy subject matter easier to bear. I am a Canadian living on Vancouver Island (we had our own trucker rally here in the genteel city of Victoria some weeks ago). I heard you lamenting the negative feedback you received regarding your recent livestream with Noah ( I just subscribed to his newsletter) on your show with Sarah and just wished to let you know that I very much appreciated him. I found myself saying outloud 'this guy is great' a few times during the LS and what struck me about him was his matter of factness, knowledge, and humour. The prototypical kind of guy you could have a beer with, as the saying goes. So.. there you have it. Perhaps a little wind under your sails:) I listen to many podcasts of the political variety and the Bulwark is amongst my favourites.
If there is another Trump takeover of the federal government, I will desperately try to find my way to Vancouver Island. So happy to see the Bulwark+ gaining international members.
Another international member here in Australia … for about 2 years now … my goto morning reads are Charlie’s Morning Shots & JVL’s Triad. Love the podcasts too though sometimes think you guys are too hard on Biden/Democrats. I would call myself centre-left & dislike a lot of the “wokeness”, but I think that’s the fringe & not the mainstream Democrat view even though it sometimes seems they all get tarred with that brush! BTW, this is my 1st ever comment even though I read them everyday!
Happy to hear from you, down under, as we say. Give a couple of examples, if you can, of how Bulwark is too hard on Dems. I myself am a Dem subscriber. Always happy to hear anything fact-based.
An example is Mona’s article “Thank god Trump isn’t President”. The first sentence states Joe Biden isn’t a very good President & the whole 1st paragraph is devoted to numerous criticisms. Whilst those views can be argued though with some nuance to be really fair it was unnecessary & took away from what her article was really all about ie. how bad it would’ve really been with Trump in power now. The headline was great & after the 1st paragraph the rest of the article was great but it almost seemed like he had to be criticised before he could be praised! Still love your values on freedom & democracy is you happen to read this Mona. 😉
Same with me, about emigrating. Elders especially need not apply. So I encourage my highly educated adult children, by tempting them with financial assistance in making the move to a saner locale. “Save the seed corn” is my motto!
FWIW, my negative feedback about Noah Smith on Thursday night's livestream was not about what Smith said. It was about his presentation which interfered with my getting what he said. That could easily be improved. I very much appreciated his knowledge so I hope he's a guest again.
Hello Jonathan. I have been listening to and reading The Bulwark for the last few years and have so appreciated the quality of journalism, the breadth of guests interviewed, the conversational integrity of the various podcasts (favourites: Charlie, Sarah, Tim, Bill, and yourself), the unwavering commitment to questioning everything status quo, and the sense of humour which keeps the often heavy subject matter easier to bear. I am a Canadian living on Vancouver Island (we had our own trucker rally here in the genteel city of Victoria some weeks ago). I heard you lamenting the negative feedback you received regarding your recent livestream with Noah ( I just subscribed to his newsletter) on your show with Sarah and just wished to let you know that I very much appreciated him. I found myself saying outloud 'this guy is great' a few times during the LS and what struck me about him was his matter of factness, knowledge, and humour. The prototypical kind of guy you could have a beer with, as the saying goes. So.. there you have it. Perhaps a little wind under your sails:) I listen to many podcasts of the political variety and the Bulwark is amongst my favourites.
Thanks, Dan.
If there is another Trump takeover of the federal government, I will desperately try to find my way to Vancouver Island. So happy to see the Bulwark+ gaining international members.
Another international member here in Australia … for about 2 years now … my goto morning reads are Charlie’s Morning Shots & JVL’s Triad. Love the podcasts too though sometimes think you guys are too hard on Biden/Democrats. I would call myself centre-left & dislike a lot of the “wokeness”, but I think that’s the fringe & not the mainstream Democrat view even though it sometimes seems they all get tarred with that brush! BTW, this is my 1st ever comment even though I read them everyday!
Happy to hear from you, down under, as we say. Give a couple of examples, if you can, of how Bulwark is too hard on Dems. I myself am a Dem subscriber. Always happy to hear anything fact-based.
Hi Sandy
An example is Mona’s article “Thank god Trump isn’t President”. The first sentence states Joe Biden isn’t a very good President & the whole 1st paragraph is devoted to numerous criticisms. Whilst those views can be argued though with some nuance to be really fair it was unnecessary & took away from what her article was really all about ie. how bad it would’ve really been with Trump in power now. The headline was great & after the 1st paragraph the rest of the article was great but it almost seemed like he had to be criticised before he could be praised! Still love your values on freedom & democracy is you happen to read this Mona. 😉
I absolutely agree with you, that the Biden bashing on The Bulwark pains me. I very rarely listen to Mona’s podcast because of that.
Got it.
I considered Canada prior to the 2016 election. You can visit easily but I found immigration is restricted.
Same with me, about emigrating. Elders especially need not apply. So I encourage my highly educated adult children, by tempting them with financial assistance in making the move to a saner locale. “Save the seed corn” is my motto!
FWIW, my negative feedback about Noah Smith on Thursday night's livestream was not about what Smith said. It was about his presentation which interfered with my getting what he said. That could easily be improved. I very much appreciated his knowledge so I hope he's a guest again.