Francesca Hong’s Hateful Holidays, Burrito Prices, and Woke 1.0

Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi survey the latest fights inside American politics and culture, from Francesca Hong’s war on holidays to the Midwest’s emergence as a hub for democratic socialism. They argue that the war on “woke” has largely been won, while figures like Hasan Piker and Tucker Carlson continue attempting to scramble the political landscape. The episode also detours into burrito discourse, young men’s grievances, race relations in Western civilization, and the ethics of euthanasia. Finally, Christian offers his thoughts on The Staircase.

0:00—Hong’s war on holidays

1:37—Robby’s first Bane impression in weeks

6:00—The Midwest is becoming the breeding ground for democratic socialists.

11:03—We won the war on “woke.”

16:34—Piker is a liability, even for Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan

25:02—Tucker Carlson wants to create another third political party

30:34—The burrito discourse is crazy

44:06—Young men are systemically oppressed?

50:10—Race relations in Western civilization

1:03:40—Debate over euthanasia

1:14:15—Christian watched The Staircase