Reasonably Optimistic

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Enough with the doom and gloom — we’re ready to talk about how America can thrive. Hosted by Washington Post Opinion columnist Megan McArdle, “Reasonably Optimistic” is your weekly conversation about how America can get unstuck and build a better future. Stop feeding your rage and start embracing our possibilities. Episodes drop Wednesdays.

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Dry January? Sometimes drinking is part of the solution.

Journalist Katie Herzog was 12 years old when she first drank alcohol. It wasn’t until her 30s that she decided to quit. She tried everything — Alcoholics Anonymous, cleanses, therapy, yoga — but nothing stuck. Eventually, she turned to an unorthodox approach: the Sinclair Method. Katie joins host Megan McArdle to explain this science-based path to sobriety and how it inspired her book, "Drink Your Way Sober." Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

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1月10日

No blood for oil? That doesn’t make sense for Venezuela.

Early on Jan 3, news broke that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had been captured by U.S. troops and was being flown to New York to stand trial. Later that day, President Donald Trump said the United States would take control of Venezuela’s massive oil reserves. Protests erupted almost immediately, reviving the Iraq War–era slogan, “no blood for oil.” Host Megan McArdle breaks down the long, troubled history of Venezuelan oil and explains why the U.S. has a responsibility to help rebuild the country's economy. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

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1月7日

How the internet changed politics — and our lives — forever

Matthew Yglesias has been a disrupter his entire career. He started as an early adapter to the web, running a blog before blogs were a thing. He went on to co-found the media company Vox and has written all over the internet. He joins host Megan McArdle to discuss their career trajectories and how the internet has changed both media and politics. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

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31/12/2025

Was 2025 the ‘end of America’? Of course not.

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24/12/2025

Charlie Kirk was killed on her campus. This is what happened next.

After Charlie Kirk’s death on her campus, Utah Valley University president Astrid Tuminez found herself in an impossible position. She was at the helm of Utah’s largest public university and had to find a way to lead her campus after the tragedy. Now, at the end of the fall semester, she joins host Megan McArdle to discuss how her faith, upbringing and love for her community gave her the strength and wisdom to get through. Plus, she shares the lessons she learned through the process to help other leaders — including the president of Brown University — who may find themselves in a similar position. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

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17/12/2025

‘The weirdest Democrat in America’

There’s no one in politics quite like the Democratic governor of Colorado, Jared Polis. He's a serial entrepreneur who cashed in on the dot-com boom and has pushed back on over-regulation of artificial intelligence and the tech industry. He’s in favor of abortion rights, but was against overregulation of mask mandates. He's pro-business and pro-weed. The “pro-liberty” governor joins host Megan McArdle to discuss Trump’s tariff and immigration policies, transgender care and how to make housing and health care more affordable. Timecodes 00:00 Welcome Gov. Jared Polis 01:27 Jared Polis’s entrepreneurial start 03:54 Three most important qualities in an entrepreneur 04:28 Most important qualities in a governor 05:00 Transition from tech to government 05:52 Transition from Congress to governor 07:03 First year as Governor 08:20 Regulation of Tech Companies 11:45 The “Pro-business,” “Pro-trade” Party 15:02 Are tariffs shifting voters? 16:35 Being pro-freedom 17:22 The only Democrat in The Liberty Caucus 18:39 The polarization of transgender care 22:59 The Jared Polis brand of politics 23:29 Making health care more affordable 27:40 Making housing more affordable 31:14 Does his politics have national appeal? 32:22 Jared Polis’s MAGA uncle 33:24 Can Americans be civil again? 34:55 How to fix Congress 36:02 The activist base of the Democratic Party 37:36 One thing to praise Trump on 38:32 Collecting Coins 41:02 What is Jared Polis reasonably optimistic about? Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

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10/12/2025

The sci-fi writer who predicted the future

Science fiction writer Neal Stephenson predicted the metaverse, wearable tech and artificial intelligence long before those technologies arrived. What does he think of it all now? Host Megan McArdle talks to Stephenson about the future of AI, education and social media — and how his fiction became a window into the culture of Silicon Valley. Timecodes 0:00 Welcome to Reasonably Optimistic 0:33 Who is Neal Stephenson? 1:19 Living in the future 3:25 Neal's origin story 5:18 The disruptive effects of new technology 8:18 The premise of The Diamond Age 14:23 AI’s confident wrongness 17:43 What AI is good at 18:56 Is AI good for kids? 20:03 Fixing education in an AI world 23:14 Will AI make nerds less valuable? 26:44 AI is eliminating entry level jobs 29:45 How tech founders got political 34:37 Is Neal Stephenson’s work political? 36:50 Technology is easier to predict than culture 40:11 What is Neal Stephenson reasonably optimistic about? Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

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03/12/2025

Introducing 'Reasonably Optimistic'

Enough with the doom and gloom — we’re ready to talk about how America can thrive. Hosted by Washington Post Opinion columnist Megan McArdle, “Reasonably Optimistic” is your weekly conversation about how America can get unstuck and build a better future. Stop feeding your rage and start embracing our possibilities. Episodes drop Wednesdays. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

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Introducing 'Reasonably Optimistic'

Enough with the doom and gloom — we’re ready to talk about how America can thrive. Hosted by Washington Post Opinion columnist Megan McArdle, “Reasonably Optimistic” is your weekly conversation about how America can get unstuck and build a better future. Stop feeding your rage and start embracing our possibilities. Episodes drop Wednesdays. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

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Enough with the doom and gloom — we’re ready to talk about how America can thrive. Hosted by Washington Post Opinion columnist Megan McArdle, “Reasonably Optimistic” is your weekly conversation about how America can get unstuck and build a better future. Stop feeding your rage and start embracing our possibilities. Episodes drop Wednesdays.