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February 22, 2023
Jack Butler on How ‘Bronze Age Pervert’ Seduced Right-Wing Thought Leaders
Jack Butler, submissions editor at National Review Online and a 2022–23 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow, talks about his recent column, How ‘Bronze Age Pervert’ Seduced Right-Wing Thought Leaders.
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February 20, 2023
Jon Ward on Jimmy Carter’s Legacy
With news breaking about former president Jimmy Carter entering hospice care, Yahoo News’s Chief National Correspondent Jon Ward joins Matt to talk about Carter’s legacy. Ward is the author of Camelot’s End, a book about the epic clash between Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter in 1980.
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Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
– What is the “Matt Lewis & the News” Podcast? –
Get to the heart of the issues at stake. In the podcast Matt Lewis & the News, Matt discusses politics, culture, and more with politicians, thinkers, and writers. If you’re looking for an intellectual take on important topics in current events and engaging commentary that gives complex issues the treatment they deserve, tune in to Matt Lewis & the News.
February 17, 2023
Bruce Mehlman on the Issues Driving Politics in 2023
Friend of the pod Bruce Mehlman returns to talk to us about his latest quarterly presentation, ‘DISEQUILIBRIUM: The Issues & Leaders Driving Politics & Policy in 2023.’ Check out the slide deck here: http://mehlmanconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/Disequilibrium-2023.pdf
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Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
– What is the “Matt Lewis & the News” Podcast? –
Get to the heart of the issues at stake. In the podcast Matt Lewis & the News, Matt discusses politics, culture, and more with politicians, thinkers, and writers. If you’re looking for an intellectual take on important topics in current events and engaging commentary that gives complex issues the treatment they deserve, tune in to Matt Lewis & the News.
February 14, 2023
Daily Ballers on ‘Meatball Ron’
On today’s podcast, Jamie Weinstein and Will Rahn return to the podcast to talk with Matt about the Super Bowl, and why the so-called “experts” can’t make predictions. They also talk about Nikki Haley’s entrance into the presidential race, the sudden surplus of UFOs hovering above the heartland, and whether Donald Trump’s new nickname for Ron DeSantis will stick.
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Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
– What is the “Matt Lewis & the News” Podcast? –
Get to the heart of the issues at stake. In the podcast Matt Lewis & the News, Matt discusses politics, culture, and more with politicians, thinkers, and writers. If you’re looking for an intellectual take on important topics in current events and engaging commentary that gives complex issues the treatment they deserve, tune in to Matt Lewis & the News.
Erin DeLullo, Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day to my wife, Erin DeLullo!


February 10, 2023
Paul D. Miller on Christian Nationalism
Paul D. Miller, a Christian scholar, political theorist, veteran, and former White House staffer, talks with Matt about Christian Nationalism, and his book The Religion of American Greatness.
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Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
– What is the “Matt Lewis & the News” Podcast? –
Get to the heart of the issues at stake. In the podcast Matt Lewis & the News, Matt discusses politics, culture, and more with politicians, thinkers, and writers. If you’re looking for an intellectual take on important topics in current events and engaging commentary that gives complex issues the treatment they deserve, tune in to Matt Lewis & the News.
February 9, 2023
Jeffrey Lord is Sticking With Trump
Jeffrey Lord is contributing editor to The American Spectator and a contributor to Newsmax TV. During this podcast, Jeffrey talks about how he became CNN’s pro-Trump commentator. He also talks about Trump’s recent battle with Ron DeSantis, and why Lord is sticking by Trump in 2024.
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Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
– What is the “Matt Lewis & the News” Podcast? –
Get to the heart of the issues at stake. In the podcast Matt Lewis & the News, Matt discusses politics, culture, and more with politicians, thinkers, and writers. If you’re looking for an intellectual take on important topics in current events and engaging commentary that gives complex issues the treatment they deserve, tune in to Matt Lewis & the News.
February 2, 2023
Hyrum Lewis: ‘Left’ And ‘Right’ Are Myths
Hyrum Lewis is a professor of history at BYU-Idaho, and the co-author of The Myth of Left and Right. On this podcast, he explains why adhering to the Left-Right political spectrum misleads and harms Americans.
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Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
– What is the “Matt Lewis & the News” Podcast? –
Get to the heart of the issues at stake. In the podcast Matt Lewis & the News, Matt discusses politics, culture, and more with politicians, thinkers, and writers. If you’re looking for an intellectual take on important topics in current events and engaging commentary that gives complex issues the treatment they deserve, tune in to Matt Lewis & the News.
January 31, 2023
David Frum on Conspiracy Theories
David Frum, staff writer for The Atlantic, returns to the podcast to talk with Matt about the debt limit, the 2024 GOP primary race, “parental neglect,” the Hamilton 68 project, conspiracy theories, the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, and more!
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Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
– What is the “Matt Lewis & the News” Podcast? –
Get to the heart of the issues at stake. In the podcast Matt Lewis & the News, Matt discusses politics, culture, and more with politicians, thinkers, and writers. If you’re looking for an intellectual take on important topics in current events and engaging commentary that gives complex issues the treatment they deserve, tune in to Matt Lewis & the News.
January 28, 2023
Michael Strain: U.S. Debt is a ‘Termites In The Woodwork’ Problem
Michael R. Strain is the director of Economic Policy Studies and the Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. He’s also the author of The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It) During this podcast discussion, Michael talks about three things to know about the state of the US economy. He also talks about the right way to think about America’s debt problem.
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Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
– What is the “Matt Lewis & the News” Podcast? –
Get to the heart of the issues at stake. In the podcast Matt Lewis & the News, Matt discusses politics, culture, and more with politicians, thinkers, and writers. If you’re looking for an intellectual take on important topics in current events and engaging commentary that gives complex issues the treatment they deserve, tune in to Matt Lewis & the News.


