Illiberalism in the defense of liberalism is a vice.

Nancy Rommelmann and Liz Wolfe hop back into the studio to discuss Liz's recent grilling on Twitter over people accusing her of things she never said, the collective effervescence people experience from hating the same person, huzzahs for the journalists who keep talking about the things you're not (huh?) supposed to talk about (Katie Herzog! Sarah Hepola!), and the idea that garbage cancel campaigns bother us all the more because we stake our reputations on getting facts right, rather than slinging a lot of third-hand ephemeral bullshit and retreating into the "blocked!" hidey-hole. Tune in!

Or, WTF evidence is there of 'wokeness' in the Ukrainian people?

"In times of crisis people bond faster and harder, and Oksana and I both felt this, yes, but this bond can evaporate once you are out of danger. There, in the vestibule, we told each other it would not; that we would keep spinning the threads that bound us, and we would do so because we made each other feel safe." A story of traveling into and out of Ukraine

Nancy Rommelmann describes meeting refugees in a grade-school turned refugee center in Lviv; the message Ukrainians told her they want to send to America (short version: weapons, now), and the cognitive dissonance that is leaving and not wanting to leave a war zone. Links in episode notes

Nancy Rommelmann, just back from Ukraine, talks about meeting Ukrainians in Lviv who pivoted instantly when the war came, and the messages (included in several articles she wrote for Reason) they want to send to America. Links in episode notes

Nancy Rommelmann, just back in New York City from Ukraine, where she was reporting for Reason and other outlets, talks about the Ukrainians she met in Ukraine (and while trying to get there!) and what they told her. Links in episode notes

Nancy Rommelmann had been back from Ukraine for five minutes when Matt Welch said, "Let's get in the studio! You look great!" What a liar but, okay! YouTube link below

Hungary's Viktor Orbán becomes the latest Kremlin crony to break ranks.

There have been 18 murders in Portland in 2022. "There is a general unease in Portland that I might compare to a common cold," says Nancy Rommelmann, "one you assume will go away but does not, it burrows, making the body susceptible to the real harm we are seeing play out in murder #16."