At The Table

At The Table

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At The Table episodes

  • Not Okay, Together [live with Eric Geller]

    A different type of At The Table: a conversation with Eric Geller (cybersecurity reporter for POLITICO, also known as "dave") on how we're doing in quarantine. Audio from our live conversation on YouTube May 14 2020. Watch it here.

    Segment 1: Frenemies at Best

    Segment 2: A Smushed Reeses
    Segment 3: Witless Banter

    dave on Twitter @DerrickReesesSmusher

    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    1 hr 5 min
  • Rep. Madeleine Dean on Trump & COVID-19, oversight struggles, & Biden 2020

    Rep. Madeleine Dean is the Democrat representing Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District

    Segment 1: Trump & COVID-19: "grotesquely unprepared... just get out of the way"

    Segment 2: Oversight of Trump WH: "Good people will come forward... to tell the truth"
    Segment 3: Voters will connect COVID tragedy "to [Trump's] rudderless leadership"
    Segment 4: Tara Reade: "we're at least in a better time where Ms. Reade's claims are heard"

    Congresswoman Madeleine Dean on Twitter

    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    28 min
  • "We're all behind you, let's go" [Ben Corb ASBMB interview]

    In a recent piece, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) director of public affairs Ben Corb argues that politics has gotten in the way of good science in the context of COVID-19 research. 

    Ben Corb on Twitter

    Pipettes & Politics podcast


    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    27 min
  • Not Okay, Together [with Chuck Wendig]

    A different type of At The Table: a conversation with Chuck Wendig (author of Wanderers, the forthcoming Dust & Grim) on how we're doing in quarantine.

    Segment 1: "My brain is a forcefield"

    Segment 2: "Every day is new cotton inside the brain"
    Segment 3: My anxiety is *smug*
    Segment 4: Batman has cancer, needs a therapist
    Segment 5: Those are shit lentils

    Chuck Wendig on Twitter

    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    34 min
  • Not Okay, Together [with David Mack]

    A different type of At The Table: a conversation with David Mack (deputy director of breaking news at BuzzFeed News) on how we're doing in quarantine.

    Segment 1: Horny on Main

    Segment 2: Zoom into Darkness
    Segment 3: Better Left Unsaid
    Segment 4: Evidence of Hot Pockets Unseen

    David Mack on Twitter

    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    34 min
  • Not Okay, Together [with Emma Bolden]

    A different type of At The Table: a conversation with Emma Bolden (author: House is an Enigma, associate editor-in-chief, Tupelo Quarterly) on how we're doing in quarantine. 

    Segment 1: Doublemint Gum Jingle

    Segment 2: What's your guilt language?
    Segment 3: "If perverted was a mouth feel"
    Segment 4: "This is a poem about John Malkovich's mascara"

    Emma Bolden on Twitter

    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    41 min
  • Finding our best selves in quarantine [Olga Khazan/Weird book interview]

    It's good to be Weird. Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan's book follows unusual people (including the author) on their respective paths toward embracing their own weirdo status. 

    Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World is available now.

    Olga Khazan on Twitter


    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    37 min
  • "The worst way to gain knowledge is through experience" - Trump and COVID-19 [Guy Snodgrass interview]

    Former SecDef Mattis speechwriter and chief of communications, retired naval aviator Guy Snodgrass returns to At The Table to discuss with Jared President Trump's failure to lead on the COVID-19 response.

    segment 1: Trump's coronavirus response: "It's like a slow-motion train wreck."

    segment 2: Leading alongside Trump: "You have to conform to his position... or you will lose your voice."

    segment 3: "Now we're playing catch-up."


    Check out Guy's first conversation At The Table for his book, Holding the Line. His new book, TOPGUN'S TOP 10, is scheduled to be out in September.


    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    27 min
  • "I think [CDC's] guidance has been good" [Dr Marcus Plescia interview]

    Dr. Marcus Plescia, Chief Medical Officer for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, joins Jared to discuss the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic and the government response at the federal and state/territory levels in the US. 

    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    Special thanks to Ben Corb of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    26 min
  • "Lots of spoilers" likely for the Afghanistan peace process [Matt Hoh interview part 2]

    After a career as a marine and then a State Department official in Afghanistan, Matt Hoh resigned his post in 2009 over disagreements with the Obama Administration's goal of military victory. Matt helps Jared understand the “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan” signed in Qatar at the end of February.

    track 3: violence in Afghanistan, apathy in the USA

    track 4: hope for US foreign policy future?

    Full episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and other benefits are available to supporters of At The Table on Patreon.

    Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

    Matt Hoh on Patreon

    29 min

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Jared Rizzi, former White House correspondent, hosts "At The Table." Take your seat and join a conversation of diverse voices talking politics and community. Through humor, vulnerability, and…