The podcast is pretty good RN. The jokes and punchlines are good. The hosts, Amber aside, are properly drugged and fired up.
Yet it feels passé. It feels outdated. The whole podcast rode on the imagination of liberal collapse and a socdem ticket with Bernie. But Bernie lost like a bitch and the libs have coalesced incredibly. The podcast feels like it’s coasting now without the photosynthesis of the Bernie promise propelling their focus.
It always has been, and remains to this day, a good stop on the pipeline. That said, they are not the torch bearers by any means. None the less, they provide some of the most regular and accessible left criticism of the political system.
These days, I only find Matt's grillstream rants to be interesting. Will still has an incredible grasp of the media ecosystem and is good at shitting on people when they print cringe, but that is his only specialty - tearing people down. Virgil is amusing but is mostly an electoral wonk. And Amber... well, she's amber.
I remain eternally thankful for CTH turning me into the leftist podcast scene, but there are dozens of other important shows.