
The Time of Monsters podcast features Nation national-affairs correspondent Jeet Heer’s signature blend of political culture and cultural politics. Each week, he’ll host in-depth conversations with urgent voices on the most pressing issues of our time.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 148 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | News CommentaryPoliticsNews | |||

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Excellent commentary , straightforward and comprehensive discussion !!!
Thank you so much for the communication and clarity brought to the forefront of this podcast .
Jeet Heer is such a knowledgeable and incisive observer, and critic, of American politics and geo/politics, putting the current news churn into a historical context. Required listening.
I’m fascinated by a lot of what’s discussed but the constant UMMMM UHHH UHHs and “likes” make it very hard to listen to. If you tighten up the delivery it would help a lot.
Good content but please invest some efforts into sound mixing. It is excruciating to listen to this in the car, where the host is mixed so much louder than the guests. I constantly have to ride the volume while listening. Also, please edit out the “ums” - it’s unbelievable how this got past a committee or the producers. But great work overall and important work!
I love listening to this podcast for its insights, but I always brace myself going into an episode because 1) the audio quality is very bad and is either too quiet or fluctuates between loud and quiet, and 2) it desperately needs editing to get rid of the wild amount of time spent listening to filler words “um, you know, uh,” etc.
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The show centers on high-signal discussions at the intersection of politics, foreign policy, and culture, with frequent deep-dives into U.S. governance, geopolitical strategy, and media ecosystems. Across episodes, the host analyzes municipal policy, U.S. foreign policy and intervention, civil liberties, and the evolving dynamics within the American right and global power structures. Notable strengths include a steady stream of informed guests from think tanks, journalism, and policy circles, plus a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom and illuminate historical context behind current events. The format often features rigorous debate, with attention to how domestic politics, security policy, and cultural trends shape real-world outco... more
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2. Don Guttenplan
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