THE WEEKLY READ

Friday, October 20, 2023

Introducing Belaboring The Point!

Today's weekly read is a weekly listen. TPM reporter and co-host of the Josh Marshall Podcast, Kate Riga, has started her own podcast: Belaboring The Point? What's it about? Here's how Kate describes it:

Belaboring the Point will encapsulate what I love most about working at TPM: an obsession with ideas, our dedication to cover politics not like sports or a game, but to interrogate how our underlying systems manifest in our politics, and what narratives grow out of those. We like to tell you not just what's happening, but why it's happening.

The reality is, we're very very small. By virtue of the fact that we want to know what we cover really well, the better to find new angles and explanations, it limits the breadth of subjects we can cover. We don't want to parachute into a situation we don't know much about, where we can't add value for our readers and listeners. 

My hope is that this podcast helps bridge that gap — that, selfishly, lets me explore questions and ideas that have been knocking around my head that I don't get to explore in my daily reporting. To help me in that endeavor will be a rotating cast of TPM staffers and outside guests, experts on the subject matter we're exploring.    

We'll talk about how the new right is hijacking and contorting American masculinity, whether the Inflation Reduction Act was actually a win for climate, unpack our culture of politicians as celebrities, bemoan 15 minute city conspiracy theories and why right-wingers can't let us have nice things.

Check out the latest episode below. And you can find all future episodes in the Josh Marshall Podcast feed wherever you listen to podcasts.

Biden's Biggest Climate Win Is In Danger

Hosted By Kate Riga

On this episode of Belaboring the Point, Kate is joined by Vox climate reporter Rebecca Leber to revisit the Inflation Reduction Act — the piece of legislation formerly known as the Build Back Better plan. Kate was on the Hill covering the many Joe Manchin-induced ups and downs until this bill was ultimately passed last August. Despite the name, probably the most significant aspects of probably the most significant piece of legislation Biden has passed have to do with climate change. 

Since it's been over a year, Kate wanted to ask Rebecca how the legislation is faring—what's worked, what hasn't, what is in progress — and about the politics at play. Of particular interest to Kate was the role the right-wing's war against the administrative state plays in shaping public opinion around climate change initiatives.

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