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January 25, 2023
Cliff Bleszinski on Video Game Politics
Cliff Bleszinski is a former Epic Games Design Director and twenty-five-year veteran of the video game industry. During his days at Epic, he was a key visionary behind the award-winning, multimillion-selling Unreal game series and the billion-dollar Gears of War franchise, and also lent his creative expertise to games such as Fortnite. On this episode, Cliff talks with Matt about his new memoir, Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games. Cliff and Matt also talk about topics like Gamergate, screen time, whether video games inspire mass shootings, and how Cliff’s opposition to Donald Trump impacted his career.
(Note to parents: This episode includes adult material.)
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January 19, 2023
John Ziegler on Trump Returning to Twitter
Long-time conservative radio host John Ziegler returns to the podcast to discuss NBC News’ reports that Donald Trump is planning to return to Twitter and Facebook. The two also discuss Tom Brady’s future, Kevin McCarthy’s speakership battle, and Joe Biden’s classified documents scandal.
Check out John’s new podcast The Death of Journalism and follow him on Twitter.
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January 17, 2023
Dominic Pino on Edmund Burke and the Perennial Battle, 1789-1797
Dominic Pino, the Thomas L. Rhodes Fellow at National Review Institute, talks with Matt about Edmund Burke. Download a free PDF of the book Pino co-edited: Edmund Burke and the Perennial Battle, 1789-1797.
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– 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 16, 2023
Ericka Andersen on Why Women Need The Church And The Church Needs Women
Freelance writer, podcaster, and author Ericka Andersen talks with Matt about her new book, Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women.
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– 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 3, 2023
Am I the House Speaker?
Jamie Weinstein, host of The Jamie Weinstein Show, and Will Rahn, senior editor of Yahoo News, return to the podcast to talk with Matt about the right-wing trying to block Kevin McCarthy from becoming House Speaker, whether Donald Trump is the front-runner for the GOP nomination, and much more!
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– 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.
December 30, 2022
Best of 2022: Ron Shelton on Bull Durham
Film director and screenwriter Ron Shelton talks about The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit.
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– 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.
December 29, 2022
Best of 2022: John Popper of Blues Traveler
John Popper of Blues Traveler joins Matt and Corey Nathan to talk music, libertarian politics, fame, the writing process, and spirituality.
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Follow Corey Nathan on Twitter and check out his podcast, Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other.
Listen to the Backyard Apples music (Matt’s old band) played on this episode.
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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.
December 27, 2022
Best of 2022: A.J. Jacobs on The Puzzler
A.J. Jacobs, The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically, returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life.
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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.
December 26, 2022
Best of 2022: Matthew Continetti on The Right
Matthew Continetti is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). During this conversation, he discusses his new book, The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism. (Originally broadcast in April of 2022.)
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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.
December 23, 2022
David Pietrusza’s Christmas Special (Rebroadcast)
On this classic episode, historian and author David Pietrusza joins Matt to discuss Washington’s Christmas crossing of the Delaware, the World War I Christmas truce, and Winston Churchill’s Christmas visit to Washington, DC, in 1941.
Get 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents: https://www.amazon.com/1920-Year-Presidents-David-Pietrusza-ebook/dp/B004PYDBNK
Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DPietrusza
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– Who is Matt Lewis? –
Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at TheDaily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
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– What is the “Matt Lewis & theNews” Podcast? –
Get to the heart of the issues at stake. Inthe podcast Matt Lewis & the News, Matt discusses politics, culture, andmore with politicians, thinkers, and writers. If you’re looking for anintellectual take on important topics in current events and engaging commentarythat gives complex issues the treatment they deserve, tune in to Matt Lewis& the News.
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