After years in the middle of the action and too often in the middle of controversy, now former Congressman Anthony Weiner is the host of a provocative podcast that explores the news of the day and the politics of the moment from a perspective that pushes away from the extremes. Modeled after his popular radio show on 77 WABC in New York City, The Middle - Unplugged doesn't leave ideology behind, but it does center ideas and voices that don’t find themselves in focus enough. With new episodes in the middle of each week - Wednesdays - expect insights, interviews an...
Latest episodes
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30 min
Episode 121: Is it Time to Panic? Yup!
Anthony has been in the “pick our spots” camp about the madcap beginning of Trump II. Some things are worth the fight and others maybe not. We will know an authoritarian overthrow…
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27 min
Episode 120: Chaos as Feature not Bug
Did that whole trade war we had this week work out ok? It depends. Some people like reading what monkeys at typewriters produce. It ain’t Shakespeare. Anthony looks at the meta beh…
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30 min
Episode 119: Trump vs. The Republican Congress?
The new Trump team has thrown a whole cookbook of spaghetti against the wall of the American political system in its first weeks. Anthony offers his grudging respect for their shee…
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27 min
Episode 118: Pardoning Cop Beaters is The New GOP Brand
The first days of Trump 2.0 had a lot of trolling but also some legitimately outrageous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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31 min
Episode 117: Special Counsel Special Edition
We hire special investigators/prosecutors when we want to get to the bottom of politically sensitive cases. So how did we do? This week, not one, but two Special Counsels dropped t…
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27 min
Episode 116: Now the Hard Part for the GOP…Passing Stuff
If there is one thing that the Republicans seem to know how to do, its tax cuts. If giant, deficit-exploding giveaways to the rich are your thing, they have delivered. But this yea…
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30 min
Episode 115: Party Like It’s 2017
Maybe predicting the future in Washington is not that hard. We’ve seen a version of this movie before. Anthony looks at the parallels and differences between the beginning of Trump…
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31 min
Episode 114: The Twelve Principles of Good Politics
It's a joyous and - hopefully - meaningful time of year. Anthony departs this week from his usual unpacking and repacking of the issue of the moment to look at what he thinks shoul…
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32 min
Episode 113: A Big Apple Primer
What's going on with New York? Anthony has the answer. Some history, some trends and some predictions about the city we love. We measure the vibes. In Ask Anthony Anything, the oth…
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30 min
Episode 112: America Remembers We Hate Insurance Companies
A serious conversation was reignited this week by a cold blooded assassination. The crime was inexcusable but the conversation after was inevitable : why do we even have health ins…
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28 min
Episode 111: The Last Ever Hunter Podcast
Anthony staked his claim on conservative radio by being the left’s truth teller about the long and winding road of Hunter Biden. The pardon of the first son is the last - loud - ch…
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27 min
Episode 110: A Complex World Awaits Trump
It it may take a while for Donald Trump to mess things up at home, but he can really light the rest of the world on fire on day one. Anthony takes a tour of the world's hot spots t…
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32 min
Episode 109: Keeping our Powder Dry
It's a red alert! A crisis! DefCon5! Democrats are losing their cool even as Americans have stopped paying attention. Anthony suggests adopting the British model : let the majority…
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27 min
Episode 108: Much Ado About Not Much
You can choose your own ending. Epic upheaval or a shrug emoji? Appropriate for a podcast with middle in its name, Anthony has some from column A and a bit from column B. Maybe Dem…
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22 min
Episode 107: A Gloomy Recap.
Well that didn't go as planned. Anthony sits down with Frank Morano and tries to unpack what we just watched. It's one of the stages of grief - record a podcast. Learn more about y…
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36 min
Episode 106: A Rosy Scenario for Election Night
Sure it's close. And yeah, lots of people may be rooting for the spectacle, but perhaps the most likely scenario for next Tuesday is that we have another smooth election where we k…
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35 min
Episode 105: A Viewer's Guide to The Final Fortnight
Americans are ready for election day. Somewhere between a scream and a shrug, we are all sort of over it. So what’s going to happen? Anthony has an insider’s take on how to look at…
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31 min
Episode 104: The Vance Dance
Can we please stop asking JD Vance if Trump lost? Anthony looks at his prediction that the junior Senator from Ohio would be a very capable candidate. He also wonders why reporters…
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28 min
Episode 103: October 7th A Year Later
The wounds still are raw and Israelis are far from ready to move on. Hostages remain in captivity and rockets still fall from the sky on a nation about the size of New Jersey. Pale…
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35 min
Episode 102: A Big Apple Corruption Explainer
While Donald Trump’s whole campaign seems to be about shouting insults about made up things, Anthony takes a break from the day-to-day of the 2024 campaign and breaks down the news…