Varn Vlog

Detail dense and incredibly knowledgeable.

Sometimes very interesting and enlightening. Especially enjoy episodes that go into something the host or interviewees are knowledgeable about. Unfortunately it goes into leftist hipsterism often where people show off how pure or knowledegeabled they are for hours. Their takes on anything outside of the anglo culture (specially latin America) aren’t very good, so I wouldn’t recommend paying attention to that.

The most intellectually honest show on the left, or anywhere

More well read and with more varied life experience than most people you will ever meet let alone podcasters you will ever listen to. As a result you’re probably more likely to be forced into a novel thought or driven to learn something new than the nodding in agreement most leftist podcasts seem to shoot for. On top of that he’s got the soul of a poet and the patience of Lou Reed - so you’re in for some interesting times. Really the only leftist podcast I listen to consistently because it challenges me to think more broadly and deeply about politics, history, art, and the world in general.