This week Trevor is joined by returning guest and fan favorite, Chris Jesu Lee, and new guest Ross Barkan.  Ross Barkan is a novelist and journalist from New York. He’s a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and a columnist for Crain’s. His next novel, Glass Century, will be published in 2025. He can be found at his Substack, Political Currents.  Chris is a writer living and working in NYC. You can find his writings at the Cleveland Review of Books, Current Affairs, and Plan A Magazine and on his Substack .  Todays conversation is about VP picks (taped 08/05/2024) and the state of affairs in the RNC, according to Ross, and how the Dems are setting up for the remainder of the election cycle.

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