152 - w/ Steve Kornacki "Straight News, Political Tribalism, Chappell's Sticks & Stones"

Recorded: September 4th 2019 Published: September 7th 2019 Guest: Steve Kornacki, National Political Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Author of "The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism" - RIP, Vice News Tonight on HBO - Everybody kinda likes Joe Walsh - The "Straight Man" on MSNBC - New Jersey politics is so much more fun than national politics - Kamala Harris channels robot John Edwards - Negotiating with the Taliban - Casualty counts matter - It’s a better and worse media moment - An alternate history where Mario Cuomo decides to run - Pulling a string on Kornacki and he just goes - Bill Weld’s novels - Lonelier than the ideological middle is the temper-mental middle - The guardrails have been annihilated - Admitting to liking Chappelle’s show - US military “protecting elections” - The T Zone See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe