What Kamala Harris' coronation says about the Democratic party | Reason Roundtable | July 29, 2024

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman altogether flinch at the newfound media fawning over Vice President Kamala Harris' ascendancy to the top of the Democratic party's presidential ticket.

00:00 - Cringe media honeymoon phase with Kamala Harris

21:23 - GOP buyer's remorse with J.D. Vance

39:14 - Weekly Listener Question

47:58 - President Joe Biden proposes SCOTUS reforms

51:46 - This week's cultural recommendations

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Audio production by Ian Keyser; assistant production by Hunt Beaty.

Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve