Political Beats
Hosted by Scot Bertram and Jeff Blehar · National Review
4.8from 547 ratings
- 161
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 547
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Political Beats
Scot Bertram and Jeff Blehar discuss ask guests from the world of politics about their musical passions.
- Publisher
- National Review
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Aug 2017
- Latest episode
- 20 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 161 episodes have a transcript.
20 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 160: Eli Lake / Steely Dan
14 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 159: Nic Rowan / Sleater-Kinney
31 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 158: Andrew Gretes / XTC [Part 2]
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Episode 160: Eli Lake / Steely Dan
Published 20 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And there's a reason that Dallas and Sale the Waterway, their first A-side, is not on any of the box sets. It's no good. Bye, bye, Dallas. I can't stay. Should have been at the palace yesterday. Bye, bye, Dallas. Got to go. And I remember when they told me so. they go back a year later with the right producer and then they come out with their debut and this is you know what happens isn't there's no extra track since daily dance career everything is a considered statement and their first one right out of the gate is called can't buy a thrill the lyrics are taken off of the bob dylan song it takes a lot to laugh This is about as sure to debut album as I have ever heard, and I really don't understand why we don't refer to it in the same breath as we do something like Murmur by R.E.M. […]
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- Eli Lake
- Nic Rowan
- Andrew Gretes
- Tim Constantine
- Jeff Pojanowski
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Scot Bertram and Jeff Blehar host the show. Published by National Review.
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