Sanity by The New York Sun

Sanity by The New York Sun

by A.R. Hoffman & Rebecca Sugar

News Commentary Politics

Season 1

25 - "Democrats’ Gen Z Disaster"

On this episode we delved into the latest on the Russia-Ukraine front, went behind the scenes on the effort to renovate the Smithsonian, read the tea leaves on the latest voter registration numbers, and debriefed on the Ten Commandments and those wild New Yorker tweets.

24 - "Assault With a Deli Weapon in DC"

In this episode we broke down what's happening in D.C., predicted might happen in Alaska when Putin and Trump gather for their summit, dove into the details of the looming cases against Letitia James and Adam Schiff, took the temperature of the populist surge in Europe, and chided GQ for thirst trapping a terrorist sympathizer.

The Sanity Interview: Robert Tucker

In this interview we checked in with the commissioner of the FDNY, Robert Tucker. He told us about the leading cause of fire in the city, what New York is learning from California's experience with wildfires, when it's ok to wander into a firehouse, and what the FDNY and NYPD really think about each other.

23 - "Democrats on the Lam in the Lone Star State"

In this episode we debated the endgame in Gaza, dove into the gerrymandering drama in Texas, wondered about Trump's plans for Washington, D.C., scouted out a new religious liberty frontier, and broke down why that Mahmoud Khalil interview is so chilling.

22 - "The Summer of Sydney Sweeney"

On this episode we mourned the shooting in Midtown Manhattan, fact-checked the wave of hostility toward Israel, weighed the merits of the Macrons' lawsuit against Candace Owens, talked about that Sydney Sweeney ad, and asked hard questions about a firing at the FDA.

The Sanity Interview: Jennifer Sciubba

In this interview we spoke with leading demographer Jennifer Sciubba about the global population, whether we have too many people or too few, which countries are most and least optimistic about the future, and what is the ideal number of children per family (the answer to this might surprise you!)

21 - "A Special Counsel Could Be Coming for Barack Obama"

In this episode we debated the Trump administration's turn toward prosecuting President Obama, dove into the details on the crisis in Gaza, reported on Microsoft and China, wondered what's going on with Alina Habba in New Jersey, and delivered snap reactions on the deal cut by Columbia.

The Sanity Interview: James Lankford

We debrief with the senator from Oklahoma on why he is bullish on the mammoth legislation, what its critics are getting wrong, why he has no regrets about the bipartisan immigration bill that wasn't, and why he is predicting an American revival for our 250th birthday.

20 - "Can Cuomo 2.0 Avoid Another Car Crash?"

On this episode we measured the Epstein fallout, debated Trump's Ukraine pivot, broke down the growing weirdness in the NYC mayoral race, debuted a new segment, and sussed out the stakes of the bombing of Damascus.

The Sanity Interview: Mark Penn

In this conversation we picked a legendary political guru's brain about the NYC mayoral race, dug deep into the Democratic divide over Israel, read the tea leaves on Trump's poll numbers, and ran through a Rolodex that includes Bill Clinton and Menachem Begin.

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