Jay and I have recorded a new podcast with the wise and far-seeing Sean Trende of RealClearPolitics. Sean’s analyses of recent elections have been extremely consequential. Everyone reads him — though, as he notes, more have commented on his essays than actually read them. (Old story, right?) We discuss the “missing white voters,” the delegate math, the pros and cons of third parties, and the history of schisms, among other topics. Trende is one of those people whose contribution is so vital you wonder how you ever got along without him.

Jay and I then speak of the national catastrophe that is the Trump phenomenon, the nature of parties, President Obama’s trip to Cuba and response to the terror attack in Brussels (Valerie Jarrett gets special opprobrium), the importance of naming the names of persecuted individuals in places like Cuba, the left, the right, and much more. The world may be surreal and spinning out of control, but Need to Know maintains a steady course! Do join us.