Archive - Discourse Blog

Scott Pelley...Welcome to the Resistance? (w/Producer Sam)

Plus: Lessons in wearing sunscreen, Nick Bilton is now running 60 Minutes, Trump's 'Freedom 250' fest, and a CA gubernatorial primary preview

Jun 3 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, and Samantha Grasso

58:49

May 2026

It's Still So Funny How Much Trump Hates His Kids (w/Aleks and Jack)

Plus: Jack does stand-up, I Love Boosters, Trump skipping Don Jr.'s wedding, the 2024 DNC autopsy, and Bari Weiss' future

May 27 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, and Samantha Grasso

59:11

Man, What the Hell? RETURNS

The long-lost column returns in this subscribers-only Special Edition episode

May 22 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Rafi Schwartz

35:43

Fuck Israel for Making Us Defend the New York Times (and Nick Kristof)

Plus: Preferred carcinogens, more flopping from Tony Dokoupil, and taco drama involving James Talarico.

May 21 • Jack Mirkinson, Katherine Krueger, and Samantha Grasso

1:08:49

MAGA Is Eating Up AI Slop (w/Jack Crosbie)

Plus: Tales in accounting, Trump's ambivalence about the cost of the Iran war, and Kash Patel losing it in a Senate hearing

May 13 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Jack Crosbie

1:01:02

The Devil Wears Prada 2 Is Pro-Boss Propaganda

The Discourse Pod Movie Club returns for this special subscribers-only episode

May 12 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, Katherine Krueger, and Caitlin Schneider

56:18

April 2026

Abolish the White House Correspondents Dinner (w/Rafi Schwartz)

Plus: All the depraved moments and images from the failed shooting

Apr 28 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Rafi Schwartz

1:11:13

Whatever You Do, Don't Call Kash Patel (an Alleged) Drunk

Plus: Trump's Labor Secretary resigns, Tim Cook quits, remembering different CSIs, and Lena Dunham's big return.

Apr 21 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, and Samantha Grasso

1:13:05

Tucker Carlson Is Not Your Anti-War Ally

Liberals are hyping Carlson's opposition to the Iran War. All they’re doing is boosting an unrepentant, pathologically dishonest bigot.

Apr 16 • Rafi Schwartz

We're Speedrunning America's Decline (w/Katherine Krueger)

Plus: Trump's feud with the Pope, Doordash Grandma, and J.D. Vance's failed Iran peace talks

Apr 15 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Katherine Krueger

1:14:09

Trump's Genocidal Threats Can't Hide the Fact that He's Losing This War (w/Rafi Schwartz)

Plus: Pam Bondi's ouster, who we think Trump will fire next, and Jenna Bush Hager's book club

Apr 7 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Rafi Schwartz

1:10:58

March 2026

Discourse Pod #20: It's Gonna Be a Long 2028 Democratic Primary (w/Caitlin Schneider)

This week: A strange story of how Rahm Emanuel eats salad, lunch bowl slop power rankings, guessing which Dems are most popular, checking in on Grimes…

Mar 31 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Caitlin Schneider

1:13:39

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