Best Josh Barro Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. #714: Scott Galloway, Fareed Zakaria, Josh Barro 1:00:04

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Bill’s guests are Scott Galloway, Fareed Zakaria, Josh Barro (Originally aired 11/14/25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy HBO Podcasts

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Sandwiches For All 18:31

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Sandwich Guy is free! Sean Dunn was acquitted of simple assault by a jury of his peers. Meanwhile, Lindsey Halligan continues to face difficulties in her case against James Comey, and the Justice Department generally is having trouble finding a sufficient number o…

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EP 30 | Charles Lehman & Brad Carson 59:06

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Brad Carson (Americans for Responsible Innovation) and Charles Lehman (Manhattan Institute / City Journal) dig into the shutdown endgame, Schumer's calculus, 2026 vibes, and why data centers might be a sleeper issue. They argue affordability vs. "afford to dream," culture vs. policy, and whether legalization waves for pot, NIL, and sports betting w…

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

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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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Overtime – Episode #713: Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Jared Moskowitz 21:15

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Bill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show. (Originally aired 11/7/25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy HBO Podcasts

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Ep. #713: Kenny Chesney, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, Bill O'Reilly 1:00:40

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Bill’s guests are Kenny Chesney, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, Bill O'Reilly (Originally aired 11/7/25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy HBO Podcasts

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

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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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Snap Decisions 19:15

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show On this week's show for everyone: two court decisions direct the Trump administration to continue sending SNAP (food stamp) funds to states and the administration has chosen not to appeal these orders — likely not relishing the politics of withholding SNAP funds —…

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Overtime – Episode #712: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah 12:49

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Bill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show. (Originally aired 10/31/25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy HBO Podcasts

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Ep. #712: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah 1:00:13

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Bill’s guests are Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah (Originally aired 10/31/25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy HBO Podcasts

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Literal Truth and Theoretical Conflicts 26:48

7d ago26:48

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week, both James Comey and Letitia James continue to seek dismissal of the criminal charges brought against them, and one argument they’ve both made will be considered by a judge from another state. We talk about why that's happening, we also discuss a lesson…

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

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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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EP 29 | Steve Hayes & Damon Linker 1:07:51

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Steve Hayes and Damon Linker debate whether Trump's demolition of the White House East Wing is another norm-busting outrage or just a gaudy renovation. They argue over visuals versus substance in anti-Trump outrage, Trump's manipulation of public opinion, and whether Congress's abdication of power is the true engine of American authoritarian drift.…

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Overtime – Episode #711: Gov. Andy Beshear, Kate Bedingfield, Michael Steele 12:16

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Bill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show. (Originally aired 10/24/25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy HBO Podcasts

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Insider Betting 23:15

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week in the free episode: the indictment of John Bolton and how it's pretty different from the Comey indictment, plus Trump's apparent demand that the Justice Department pay him $230 million for the indignity of being prosecuted. Paying subscribers also get t…

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Ep. #711: Gov. Andy Beshear, Kate Bedingfield, Michael Steele 1:00:26

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Bill’s guests are Gov. Andy Beshear, Kate Bedingfield, Michael Steele (Originally aired 10/24/25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy HBO Podcasts

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Immigration, with Matt Yglesias 1:21:44

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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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Overtime – Episode #710: Mark Cuban, Andrew Ross Sorkin 12:20

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Bill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show. (Originally aired 10/17/25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy HBO Podcasts

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Ep. #710: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Mark Cuban 1:01:24

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Bill’s guests are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Mark Cuban (Originally aired 10/17/25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy HBO Podcasts

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Drake's Not Like Us (Familiar With Defamation Law) 19:12

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Letitia James has been indicted, as President Trump’s retribution campaign continues. (So has John Bolton, but that happened after we recorded.) While the Bolton indictment has a forbidding, professional feel, the James indictment does not, and is likely to be vul…

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EP 28 | Jonah Goldberg and Zee Cohen-Sanchez 1:03:11

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Hamas hostages, Trump and autocracy, and the strangely quiet shutdown — we tackle all three. Why Trump's blunt style played in the Middle East, whether "competitive authoritarianism" really fits his second-term instincts and enablers, and who's taking the fall for Obamacare-premium brinkmanship. Plus: goat-grinders (pointless rebrands at Max and Ap…

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Welcome to Central Air! 1:30:33

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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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Race To Trial 15:21

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show James Comey has been arraigned and has a trial date of January 5. Both his lawyer and the judge appear set on moving rapidly to trial, and the government is rushing to be ready. We discuss the motions it sounds like Comey's legal team will file, which likely will …

Josh Barro Podcasts

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Central Air

Josh Barro, Megan McArdle & Ben Dreyfuss

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Serious Trouble

Josh Barro and Ken White

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Real Time with Bill Maher

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Not Even Mad

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Ep. #714: Scott Galloway, Fareed Zakaria, Josh Barro 1:00:04

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Sandwiches For All 18:31

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EP 30 | Charles Lehman & Brad Carson 59:06

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

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Overtime – Episode #713: Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Jared Moskowitz 21:15

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Ep. #713: Kenny Chesney, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, Bill O'Reilly 1:00:40

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

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Snap Decisions 19:15

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Overtime – Episode #712: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah 12:49

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Ep. #712: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah 1:00:13

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Literal Truth and Theoretical Conflicts 26:48

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

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EP 29 | Steve Hayes & Damon Linker 1:07:51

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Overtime – Episode #711: Gov. Andy Beshear, Kate Bedingfield, Michael Steele 12:16

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Insider Betting 23:15

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Ep. #711: Gov. Andy Beshear, Kate Bedingfield, Michael Steele 1:00:26

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Immigration, with Matt Yglesias 1:21:44

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Overtime – Episode #710: Mark Cuban, Andrew Ross Sorkin 12:20

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Ep. #710: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Mark Cuban 1:01:24

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Drake's Not Like Us (Familiar With Defamation Law) 19:12

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EP 28 | Jonah Goldberg and Zee Cohen-Sanchez 1:03:11

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Welcome to Central Air! 1:30:33

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Race To Trial 15:21