Kagro in the Morning

I love hearing David’s take on the news. It’s intelligent and comical.

David Waldman helms one of the most trenchant political analysis show in the podcast game. With the help of Greg Dworkin and Joan McCarter, David does a deep dive into the latest political squaring off in Congress, the shenanigans going on at local school board meetings or the scourge of gun violence in America. You never know what will pique David’s interest, but he’ll make it informative and relatable. While he doesn’t has the best tr*mp impression, I laugh each time David parrots him. So if you looking for political analysis that doesn’t breathlessly dissects talking points, abhors bothsidesism, and isn’t afraid of complexity, this is the show for you, and if you can throw David a few pennies, go ahead, do it.

I’ve loved this show since 2015. David Waldman is highly underrated: his dry sense of humor and impressions as he points out moments of hypocrisy has had me cracking up more times than I can count. Love the articles and the takes, and enjoy the bit of political sanity in an increasingly insane world. Joan is a great guest; wish he would start having Armando on again regularly. With that said, I don’t necessarily get the almost over-the-top love for Greg Dworkin in some review circles. He seems like a good guy, but his delivery is pretty flat most of the time. Then, too, I’m probably still not over the poll info Greg offered in the months leading up to the 2016 election (all those nonstop, casual dismissals of the freight train barreling down the tracks straight at us). I had a lot of trust in Greg’s reassuring opinion pieces at that time, and when they turned out to be so miserably, abjectly wrong? Along with the 4 nightmarish years that followed? Fair or not, I’m still a little bitter; it’s been hard for me to put much stock in his research ever since. Don’t get me wrong: I do still appreciate Greg’s contributions. But this show’s greatness begins and ends with the low key approach of David Waldman.

I have been listening to this podcast for many years. What I love about it is, unlike so many sources of news, gives an interesting review of the news without completely activating my sympathetic nervous system. I think Greg’s background talking to the parents of kids who can’t breath ( pediatric pulmonologist)particularly qualified him to speak about politics during the Trump Administration. Greg and David are smart and well informed. They also, with their humor and reports about dogs barking and son’s catching the bus, feel a bit like enjoyable neighborhood gossip. I am always happy to send a little cash in their direction and every time I weed out my podcast list I never consider removing Kagro In The Morning.