IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was recorded before Tuesday’s primaries in Wisconsin, so if it sounds like we don’t know the outcome, it’s because we don’t!
More Perfect Union’s Paul Blest and Rolling Stone’s Jack Crosbie return in this star-studded episode to discuss:
AOC’s egg-freezing journey and surprise revelation that she broke up with her fiancé two years ago
Paul gives us the best rundown you can get on last week’s primaries, including Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory over Haley Stevens
Francesca Hong’s dumb tweets from 2020 and the very weird Wisconsin gubernatorial race
And in our subscribers-only After Dark segment, we litigate the origins, meaning, and purpose of “Woke 1”
This week’s cultural recommendations:
Jack recommends READING A BOOK (and not asking AI how to read The Last of the Mohicans)
Cros recommends Sam Kriss’ essay, “If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you” and @ahh.gpt on Instagram
Paul recommends Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale
Aleks recommends Radiohead’s The Bends
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