In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman altogether flinch at the newfound media fawning over Vice President Kamala Harris' ascendancy to the top of the Democratic party's presidential ticket.
00:00 - Cringe media honeymoon phase with Kamala Harris
21:23 - GOP buyer's remorse with J.D. Vance
39:14 - Weekly Listener Question
47:58 - President Joe Biden proposes SCOTUS reforms
51:46 - This week's cultural recommendations
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Audio production by Ian Keyser; assistant production by Hunt Beaty.
Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve