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Beyond the Polls (There Be Dragons!)

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There's post-debate analysis, and then there's post-debate analysis with Henry Olsen. Henry talents with numbers and genius for the politcal metaphor will make you rethink Wednesday's showdown in Milwaukee. Henry takes us through the snap polls, considers the candidates' new prospects, and posits a game changer (or two) that the casual debate watcher may have overlooked. (And once you've enjoyed this eye-opening discussion enough to make you hungry for more, you can hop on over to listen to Mr. Olsen's very own podcast, Beyond the Polls.

Plus, Peter's back! Hear all about his peregrinations, along with other chatter about well-charted waters.

Song of the week:

  • Soundbites from the opening audio: Trump in Atlanta; Christie in Milwaukee
Hosts:
Peter RobinsonRob LongSteve Hayward
Guest:
Henry Olsen

Discussion (34)

  • EJHill@EJHill

    The earliest podcast in our system is Nov. 30, 2012 and James was firmly ensconced behind the microphone. I’ll dive deeper into our archives.

    (That week began the Wordpress era of the website. Everything else is archived as raw GarageBand files. Yes, you read that right. But that’s what the first couple of years of shows were edited on. With monaural Skype recordings. I’ll research it more over the weekend.)

  • kedavis@kedavis
    ReplyingtoJames Lileks

    Rightfromthestart (View Comment):

    Before we get started , I have a question posed by one of James’ Bleatniks. When did James start doing the Ricochet Podcast or was he there from the beginning ?

    James Lileks (View Comment):

    I think I came in a couple of years into the podcast? Maybe between the first and second anniversary.

    Naw, it was quicker than that. You were first a guest-interview with episode 22, June 24, 2010, where once again, Mark Steyn was absent. You basically started being at least a fill-in co-host with the very next episode, #23, July 1, 2010. That was the great "Jabba The Fed" episode.

    Mark had apparently been as often MIA/AWOL by then as Peter has been recently, so I think that's when you became the regular co-host, although it may not have been "official" until sometime later.

    For the record, that's halfway through the first calendar year, but the podcasts began the last week of January, and just a few weeks after the launch of Ricochet.com.

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