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.

I wish we had 10 more just like him.

Pretty good, but I do have to agree with the reviewer that said that Varn doesn’t understand how Tik-Tom algorithms work. That means the podcast should be cancelled, ofc

A dose of sanity in an insane world

But I am biased.

I have learned a lot from this podcast. The range of guests is great and very interesting.

Abandon all cope, this is the straight dope