Next Question with Katie Couric

I love Katie and I’m a devoted fan of Ezra, but in the most recent episode, I had to wonder: are you a focus group trying to point out every flaw in the Harris camp or do you want to get her elected? Pick your purpose. This interview did zero favors for undecideds.

Although I find Katie Couric’s cheerful air at times bordering on insincere and somewhat disingenuous the most egregious aspect of this podcast must be identified as the insufferably pretentious-for-nothing self-identified “co-host” who adds nothing that an AI-generated drone couldn’t contribute while imposing his Google search-derived know how on such matters as transgender political benchmarks on listeners with a shameless absence of humility, as though an authority on each and every topic covered, simply wretched programming. Otherwise I find her as most Americans do a comforting anchoring presence capable of steering conversations away from overly incendiary or circuitous terrain towards a positive stance, albeit always predictably shallow in terms of insightfulness and appreciation for deep understories, seemingly lost or willfully ignored by the seasoned broadcaster.

Wow, what a fun and informative and wonderful episode!! I didn’t realize the writers wrote for Broad city and the Mary Tyler Moore show was an inspiration for one of them! Love your podcasts!

Like when she was on air, Katie brings an upbeat, direct approach to her show which I love. Her guests are inspiring and often cause me thing about things in a new way.