Bad Takes

By Grid

Grid contributor Matthew Yglesias and his longtime editor, Laura McGann, Grid’s executive editor, discuss a take each week that’s gotten under their skin. They peel back the layers of the "bad take” t... more

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How many episodes does Bad Takes have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.

Bad Takes episodes:

March 29, 2023 How Joe Rogan bullied Matt into losing weight redux
Matt talks about the time podcast celebrity Joe Rogan shamed him about his weight on air and Matt and Laura then discuss their frustration with what’s missing on both sides of the obesity debate.
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50min
March 22, 2023 The lesson elites should have learned from Iraq
Even 20 years later, the truth is underrated.
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47min
March 15, 2023 Stop blaming DEI for bank failures like SVB
Silicon Valley Bank needed a bailout because it got the regulation it wanted.
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1h 1min
March 08, 2023 Wokeness isn’t worse than covid
Nikki Haley called wokeness “a virus worse than any pandemic.”
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53min
March 01, 2023 Traffic enforcement isn’t regressive
Matt’s vigilante crusade to tackle illegal plates in D.C. spurs blowback.
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51min
February 22, 2023 The real reason liberal intellectuals don’t want Joe Biden to run again
Backers of “Biden is too old” didn’t like him in the first place.
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47min
February 15, 2023 Is all of our stuff actually getting worse?
Or is fast fashion an outlier?
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57min
February 08, 2023 When did curing blindness become a bad thing?
MrBeast is being called “demonic” for covering cataract surgery bills.
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43min
February 01, 2023 Obesity is a real health problem
Pediatricians are embracing new tools to fight obesity early.
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56min
January 25, 2023 The left vs. Zients, Biden’s new chief of staff
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59min

FAQs about Bad Takes:

How many episodes does Bad Takes have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.