What will happen in Alabama’s GOP Senate runoff and then in November against a Democrat? How will the Democrats do in 2018 relative to the general history that the party in executive power usually loses lots of seats in Congress? Finally, do you like podcasts about music? Because the guest this week, Jeff Blehar, is going to be starting one with National Review. Jeff covers all these topics with Jay and Neal and answers the important question of who is better, The Beatles or The Rolling Stones.

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Have you seen the movie, Spotlight? It won the Academy Award for Best Picture, portraying the work of The Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigative reporting team. Their work helped uncover the Catholic church’s sexual abuse scandal in 2002 and won a Pulitzer Prize for their work. Spotlight reporter Mike Rezendes who worked on that team and is still part of the Spotlight team joined Jay and Neal to talk about the movie and also his views on investigative journalism and the state of the newspaper industry. Be sure to check out Mike’s work as he has a new story coming out next week.

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Sometimes you have to take risks. Is there a risk for a conservative podcast to have a liberal guest? Is there a risk for a liberal guest to go on a conservative podcast? Of course. But when both sides are going to have a conversation, things work out. Former Barack Obama speechwriter, Jon Favreau and co-host of ‘Pod Save America’ joined Jay and Neal to talk about the political divide, Donald Trump, where Democrats and Republicans can work together and the overall state of our political culture. Listen in. You’ll enjoy it!

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No guests this week! With Neal coming back from vacation and Jay preparing to move to Dallas, Texas – the guys just decided this week to talk among themselves. They covered topics like writing and the journey from blogging to mainstream journalism. They talked about Chris Nolan, Robin Williams and more so check it out!

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She’s back! If you missed Dana Perino’s last appearance on the show, you can still catch it. She talks about communication so it is still relevant today. This time, however, Dana took us behind the scenes at The Five – how it got started, what she does to prepare, how topics are chosen, how bumper music is chosen — all that good stuff. She also talks about her career and of course, we talk about her beloved dog, Jasper.

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Are you a smoker? Former smoker? Trying to quit? What do you think about e-cigs? Do you know what IQOS is? Have you heard of the Global Forum on Nicotine? Dave Marcus of The Federalist joins Jay and Neal to discuss these topics as well as the proposal in New York City to raise taxes on cigarettes which would make them so of the most expensive in the country! It’s really good discussion. Don’t miss it!

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