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The World Ed Sheeran Wants to Live in No Longer Exists (w/Katherine Krueger) (opens the original)
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The Intercept’s Katherine Krueger is back in the third chair this week as the Great Ed Sheeran Wars continue, including: His cousin, Jethro (incredible to be named Jethro Sheeran), disavowing him Sheeran crying not once, but twice at his Philadelphia show, including while reading <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/09/19/nx-s1-5974977/ed-sheeran-gaza-catastrophic-unjustifiable-
The Shame of Ed Sheeran (opens the original)
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If ‘Free Palestine’ Makes You Uncomfortable, That’s a You Problem (opens the original)
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On this week’s episode of Discourse Pod (available now wherever you get your podcasts and also on our YouTube channel!), Aleks, Sam, and I went long on the biggest story in the world: the fallout from Ed Sheeran’s decision to kick Macklemore off his tour for the crime of saying “Free Palestine” out loud.The whole thing is actually quite complicated and involves everyone from the aforementioned Mr. More to Sheeran to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to, of all people, Pink, who kicked of
Je Suis Macklemore (opens the original)
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Who could have predicted last week’s story about P!nk calling out Macklemore for saying “Free Palestine” while opening for Ed Sheeran in New Jersey would escalate in such a dramatic way! We spend most of this episode recapping all the latest, including: P!nk “clapping back” at people criticizing her going after Macklemore</li
Unfortunately, We Must Now Stan Macklemore (opens the original)
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It’s musical chairs over here at Discourse Pod HQ: Jack is BACK from the U.K. but Producer Sam? She’s out this week. Third chair? Nowhere to be found. Jack is pulling double-duty, emerging from the London fog as…Producer Jack. So if this episodes “sounds” or “looks” “weird,” keep it to yourself!!!!!!This week Jack and I discussed: The really crazy headline from ABC: “Mayor Mamdani says he’ll attend 9/11 ceremony despite growing criticismR
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