Archive - Central Air

The 'No Debate' Strategy on Trans Issues Has Failed

Lakshya Jain joined Josh Barro and Megan McArdle for a Central Air live chat to discuss The Argument's recent polling on trans issues

19 hrs ago • Josh Barro, Megan McArdle, and Lakshya Jain

36:29

Presidentmaxxing

The legendary 'Cartoons Hate Her' joins Central Air to argue Democrats need a president who 'fucks.' And we consider the political implications of…

Feb 18 • Josh Barro, Megan McArdle, Ben Dreyfuss, and Cartoons Hate Her

1:05:57

This Podcast Is Affordable

Natasha Sarin of The Budget Lab at Yale joins us to discuss what "affordability" is, why neither Biden nor Trump delivered it, and what policies could…

Feb 12 • Josh Barro, Megan McArdle, and Ben Dreyfuss

1:10:52

We're All in the Epstein Files (feat. Ross Douthat)

Feb 4 • Josh Barro, Megan McArdle, Ben Dreyfuss, and Ross Douthat

1:16:02

January 2026

The von Trapps Were Not Jewish

Jerusalem Demsas from The Argument joins to make the case for immigration, and for liberalism; vaccine development faces trouble in the US and Europe…

Jan 28 • Josh Barro, Ben Dreyfuss, Megan McArdle, and Jerusalem Demsas

1:21:53

Live on Substack with Josh, Megan & Ben

Greenland, gold prices, the "Cocaine Lawyer," people who hit themselves in the face with hammers for aesthetic reasons, the plight of the tall, Ben's…

Jan 23 • Josh Barro, Megan McArdle, and Ben Dreyfuss

53:29

We discuss the preposterous demands for Greenland, look at the Shapiro-Harris feud, try to define a woman (harder than you'd think!), and consider the…

Jan 21 • Josh Barro, Ben Dreyfuss, and Megan McArdle

1:21:24

Jay Powell's Emergency Podcast

We discuss the future of the #resistance at the Federal Reserve, the outrageous conduct of ICE, Jasmine Crockett vs. Bowen Yang, and the problems facing…

Jan 14 • Josh Barro, Ben Dreyfuss, Megan McArdle, and Steve Morris

1:06:54

We discuss whether Venezuela's oil is any great prize, the fall of Tim Walz in Minnesota, and life under communism in Zohran Mamdani's New York

Jan 7 • Josh Barro, Megan McArdle, and Ben Dreyfuss

1:06:54

December 2025

Central Air Live (On Tape)

Watch now | A spontaneous conversation about whether gays count as 'diversity,' pie crust, communicable diseases and more.

Dec 19, 2025 • Josh Barro, Megan McArdle, and Ben Dreyfuss

59:13

Don't Tear Up Your Lawn

We discuss Trump's gross response to the Reiner murder, why anyone let Jeffrey Epstein handle their money, diversity mandates that screwed white…

Dec 17, 2025 • Josh Barro, Ben Dreyfuss, and Megan McArdle

1:13:57

We Judge Because We Love

Megan, Ben and Josh discuss the Warner Brothers sale, the search for a liberal concept of "the good," and the rise of implausible disabilities at elite…

Dec 11, 2025 • Josh Barro, Ben Dreyfuss, and Megan McArdle

1:23:57

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