The Connective Pod
No scripts, no talking points—just unfiltered conversation making sense of a country that’s lost the plot. Politics, sports, and culture. Hosted by Journalist and filmmaker, Andrew Bell and former DNC and Biden-Harris staffer, Gerard Oberle. A production of Connective Narrative, an independent progressive media company founded in Asheville, North Carolina, and New York City.
The Connective Pod
Andrew Interviews Ross Barkan (New York Times Magazine contributing writer and Editor-in-Chief of The Metropolitan Review)
This week we’re joined by Ross Barkan, an award-winning author and journalist. Ross is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and a columnist for New York Magazine and the the editor-in-chief of The Metropolitan Review (https://metropolitanreview.com/), a new books and culture magazine.
We react to Trump, outline potential future outcomes and approaches for the Dems. Later we discuss Mahmoud Khalil and the crackdown on free speech, handicap the big NYC mayoral race and Ross gives a preview of his latest novel, Glass Century, publishing in May.