Podcast Episodes

Episode 133: Joshua Treviño / Matthew Sweet

Episode 134

Introducing the Band:
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are with guest Joshua Treviño. Joshua works and writes at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and spent the en…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Episode 132: Tom Nichols / Boston

Episode 133

Introducing the Band:
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are with guest Tom Nichols. Tom is a staff writer at The Atlantic and author ofThe Death of Expertise: The Ca…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Episode 131: Jay Cost / The Kinks [Part 2]

Episode 132

Introducing the Band:
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are with guest Jay Cost. Jay is the Gerald R. Ford senior non-resident fellow at the American Enterprise Inst…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Episode 130: Jay Cost / The Kinks [Part 1]

Episode 131

Introducing the Band:
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are with guest Jay Cost. Jay is the Gerald R. Ford senior non-resident fellow at the American Enterprise Inst…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Episode 129: Mike Long / Joe Jackson

Episode 130

Introducing the Band:

Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Mike Long. Mike is a (very) occasional writer for National Review and was one of the originals bac…

Published on 2 years ago

Episode 128: Hannah Rowan / Blondie

Episode 129

Introducing the Band:
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are joined by guest Hannah Rowan. Hannah is the managing editor of Modern Age. You can find her on X at @Hann…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Episode 127: Eric Kohn / Huey Lewis & the News

Episode 128

Introducing the Band:
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are joined by guest Eric Kohn. Eric is the Director of Marketing & Communications at the Acton Institute. Che…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Episode 126: Rory Cooper / Simon & Garfunkel

Episode 127

Introducing the Band:
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are joined by guest Rory Cooper. He’s a partner at Purple Strategies, a corporate reputation and advocacy age…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Episode 125: Matt Murray / Nick Lowe

Episode 126

Introducing the Band:
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are with guest Matt Murray. Matt is the recently departed editor of the Wall Street Journal, now on assignmen…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Episode 124: Dave Weigel / Pet Shop Boys

Episode 125

Introducing the Band:
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are joined by guest Dave Weigel. Dave is a founding reporter at Semafor, where he covers the 2024 campaign an…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago