James Poniewozik

In the second hour, two political scientists tell us that polarization is blown out of proportion.

And New York Times TV critic James Poniewozik on what to watch and tune out.

Then it's am I the a-hole? What's the earliest possible time appropriate to leave a function? How long do you have to stay at an event before it's okay to slip out the door? We all know Jim's classic line.

He's going to pick up his kids, even though they're almost eligible for Medicare.

Rick was a big advocate for the legalization of recreational marijuana here and elsewhere.

And he's going to talk about the effort to repeal it.

TV Talk is next, and we're joined now on Zoom by James Poniewozik.

He's the longtime chief TV critic for The Times, New York Times, and author of the 2019 book, Audience of One, Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America.

Yeah.

And, like, and, and James Poniewozik, who is, like, The New York Times television critic, and is, like, generally a really good television critic, and was not, like, making the list himself.

It was-

Sure

And that's what we're here today to do.

I've invited two of my colleagues to the show, Gilbert Cruz, who's our canon editor, and James Poniewozik, our chief TV critic.

Both of them are TV fanatics, but neither of them picked the shows for this list, which means that they are free to debate it as much as they want.

It's Sunday, September 27th.