I listen, but a lot of the charm is gone for me. It seemed like a better world was possible, when left ideas had forced the window open 0.000001% during the early Trump era, and then gathered momentum during Bernie's second presidential run.

Not that it'd be easy, it's never easy, but I feel like the show was infused with some hopefulness of a better world if we can figure out how to stick it to the shittiest people on Earth, and dunk on some shit-libs along the way.

But now with covid and with Biden as the "left alternative" and everything that represents, the world just seems a lot more bleak than it did 6 months ago and while the show may not have changed much in and of itself, the political landscape no longer feels as inviting to be laughed at. And I think that's reflected in the show too. The humor is still there and it's still directed at the same shitty targets, but the hopefulness seems sucked out of the hosts. I don't blame them either, but it's not as fun to listen to. Matt is basically the only one who seems like he has a sliver of idealism left.