Saagar Enjeti is a friend, mentor, and the host of Breaking Points. We sat down a week after the inauguration to do a vibe check on politics and media.

Show Notes: 

0:00 Intro
1:40 The Vibe Shift: What's different this time?
4:26 Bush Conservatism to Global Liberalism
8:36 The malaise of Biden-Kamala era
14:41 Thermostatic public opinon 
18:22 Politics DGAF about podcasters
25:50 Podcast Election: influence vs substance
35:26 The gridlock of DC politics and WHCA
42:10 What's Joe Rogan's politics?
44:35 Tech Right vs MAGA Right
46:44 The issue with folk libertarianism 
48:40 Societal Trust vs Don't tread on me
50:38 Saagar wants you to stop sports gambling
1:00:00 Big Tech's love affair with Trump 
1:02:33 The failing business of resistance liberal journalism 
1:07:08 People follow people 
1:09:17 "Breaking Points will be better without..."
1:11:36 If you do everything, you'll win

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