This week The Old Gods Podcast talks about the death of expertise, how this has eroded our politics, and some possible solutions.
The Old Gods Podcast by Birch Smith and Dan Visnovsky on why the US is losing confidence in the ‘old gods‘ of liberal democracy, the free market, and the open society.
Andrew Donaldson
Born and raised in West Virginia, Andrew has been the Managing Editor of Ordinary Times since 2018, is a widely published opinion writer, and appears in media, radio, and occasionally as a talking head on TV. He can usually be found misspelling/misusing words on Twitter@four4thefire. Andrew is the host of Heard Tell podcast. Subscribe to Andrew'sHeard Tell Substack for free here:
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The volume on this is a bit low. Even with the volume on max, I have trouble hearing it clearly with my phone’s speaker from a few feet away. I concede that this may in part be an issue with my phone, but I haven’t had this problem with other podcasts.
Edit: I just double-checked with Andrew Sullivan’s podcast, and it’s much louder. Which is something of a mixed blessing, given that he had Coulter on this week.Report
It works on my Mac with the volume turned up to what would ordinarily be painful.Report