Best Megan and Nate Podcasts (2025)

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Nate's Journey to Alcohol Free 34:09

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2d ago34:09

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Send us a text EPISODE 3 Nate discusses his history with alcohol. Where it went bad and how a break turned into quitting once and for all. We have decided not to edit! So bear with us!! Real life interruptions!By Megan and Nate

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What is psychosomatic illness? (with Suzanne O'Sullivan) 1:48:43

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Read the full transcript here. What changes when long COVID is split into medical damage, post-viral fatigue, misattribution, and psychosomatic mechanisms? When symptoms soar while tests stay normal, what should count as evidence? When do surveys without controls manufacture a syndrome we then chase? Does renaming “psychosomatic” to “functional” cl…

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Shutdown Fold 'Em, with Nate Silver 1:30:15

6d ago1:30:15

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Josh, Ben, Megan and special guest Nate Silver stress-test alternative ends to the government shutdown. What outcomes were actually available to Democrats? Then: Donald Trump’s poll numbers have materially deteriorated in the last month, and Democrats way outran their polls in elections last week. Are national polls understating Democrats’ national…

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The Kremmy Awards w/ Myq Kaplan 1:20:34

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Comedian Myq Kaplan returns to the charts 14 years later! Check out his new stand-up special “Rini” coming to YouTube on November 19! Topics include: Meathead Bang, Visible Predator, Christie Polka See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Drinking Buddies 26:56

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Send us a text EPISODE 2 Marriage, blending family, adoption, school struggles, drinking buddies, this episode has it all! Get messy with us!By Megan and Nate

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Neither Glee Nor Panic: Our Moderate Take on Zohran Mamdani 1:12:04

12d ago1:12:04

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Josh, Ben and Megan take stock of the lessons for Democrats from Tuesday’s strong election result — and a look at how Republicans failed to speak to voters’ concerns about the cost of living. Also this week: hopes and fears for Zohran Mamdani, the ongoing meltdown at the Heritage Foundation, the ongoing meltdown on Nancy Mace’s Twitter feed over he…

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What causes mass shootings? (with Ragy Girgis) 1:20:31

13d ago1:20:31

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Read the full transcript here. What do we miss when we treat public shootings as the whole story of mass murder? If public events are a small slice, how should prevention and attention shift? Does saturation coverage turn tragedy into aspiration for the fame-seeking few? Do school “active-shooter” drills protect kids—or seed fear and imitation? Sho…

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Grease Ladle w/ Megan Beth Koester 1:24:37

13d ago1:24:37

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Comedian and Grifthorse co-host Megan Beth Koester returns to the charts! Topics include: Carving California. Normie Morrison. ChainsawMan. Mistake Had A Baby. Lily Ambush. Join the Chart Mart on whochartedpod.com to get new episodes of TWO CHARTED every week, as well as the full archives of Whooch, Twooch, Preem Stream and more! See Privacy Policy…

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K Through Forever 28:22

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Send us a text EPISODE 1 Our first EPISODE! We discuss our history and our reconnection. Initially meeting in Kindergarten and we have the pictures to prove it! We even have live video somewhere of a 6th grade retreat on VHS! Nate and Megan have been married for 11 years, both are now alcohol-free. Excited to get this journey started!…

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Contempt-free public discourse (with Robert Rosenkranz) 1:11:06

20d ago1:11:06

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Read the full transcript here. What makes a forum truly open-minded rather than performative? When does listening change minds instead of just hardening identities? Are we teaching citizens to separate facts from frames? Do the best debates surface values as well as evidence? How can we reward calm argument over outrage economics? What reforms redu…

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Deciding to Win, with Liam Kerr 1:13:14

20d ago1:13:14

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This week, we’re Deciding to Win, or at least talking about a new manifesto about how to improve and moderate the Democratic Party’s image. Liam Kerr, one of the report’s authors joins us to talk about it. Also this week: the demolition of the East Wing of the White House and those who are very offended by it (not us), Karine Jean-Pierre’s very wei…

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Pain Piggies w/ Nick Thorburn 1:18:10

20d ago1:18:10

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Rocktober continues with Nick Thorburn of Islands, The Unicorns, Mister Heavenly and your favorite theme songs! Topics include: Stone Morris, Non-Wolv Jackman, Zoomcore. Join the Chart Mart on whochartedpod.com to get new episodes of TWO CHARTED every week, as well as the full archives of Whooch, Twooch, Preem Stream and more! See Privacy Policy at…

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Beyond the assumption that humans are rational (with Barry Schwartz) 1:21:44

27d ago1:21:44

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Read the full transcript here. What does rationality mean when life won’t fit a spreadsheet? If models demand one common scale, what happens to values that can’t be compared? Are we optimizing choices, or narrowing them to what’s easy to count? When do toy problems stop teaching us about real ones? Can preferences be “mapped” if the act of asking r…

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Immigration, with Matt Yglesias 1:21:44

27d ago1:21:44

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Matt Yglesias joins Josh, Megan and Ben to discuss immigration: why (and how) the Biden administration bungled the issue so badly and how the Democratic party could start to regain voters' trust on the issue. Also in this episode: the problem of “the algorithm” and how it's really a problem of the audience with its bias toward negativity; Helen And…

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Will AI superintelligence kill us all? (with Nate Soares) 1:24:17

1M ago1:24:17

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Read the full transcript here. Are the existential risks posed by superhuman AI fundamentally different from prior technological threats such as nuclear weapons or pandemics? How do the inherent “alien drives” that emerge from AI training processes complicate our ability to control or align these systems? Can we truly predict the behavior of entiti…

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Welcome to Central Air! 1:30:33

1M ago1:30:33

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This is the first episode of Central Air, a weekly politics podcast from and for the political center. Every other part of the political spectrum has a podcast — so, why not us? Josh Barro, Megan McArdle and Ben Dreyfuss talk about the state of the political center, and the exciting new initiatives that focus on what centrists are for, not just wha…

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Producer's Beard w/ Chris Farren 1:11:05

1M ago1:11:05

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Rocktober continues with return guest and acclaimed musical artist Chris Farren! Buy his albums and catch him on tour soon! Topics include: Chat RFK. Verse vs Chorus. Asterisk Swift. Tech Quiz. Petty Quiz. Not-So-Quick Tip. Coffee Tables Stole The Future. Pretty Reckless Stories. Join the Chart Mart on whochartedpod.com to get new episodes of TWO C…

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Do facts have an expiration date? (with Samuel Arbesman) 1:15:37

1M ago1:15:37

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Read the full transcript here. What does it mean to treat facts as drafts rather than monuments? If truth is something we approach, how do we act while it’s still provisional? When definitions shift, what really changes? How do better instruments quietly rewrite the world we think we know? Are we mostly refining truths or replacing them? When do sc…

3M ago1:05:13

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Standup Comedian Nate Craig rejoins the charts for a scorcher! Topics include: Humanizing The Beat. Parents Proud. Knives Out: Burning Man. 1892 Quiz. Join the Chart Mart on whochartedpod.com to get new episodes of TWO CHARTED every week, as well as the full archives of Whooch, Twooch, Preem Stream and more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/…

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