The Best of 2025 | Roundtable

Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, and Mike Warren to discuss their favorite books, TV shows, movies, meals, and products from 2025.

Show Notes:
—Megan McArdle's podcast, Reasonably Optimistic (washingtonpost.com/podcasts/impromptu)
—Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (amazon.com/Diamond-Age-Illustrated-Primer-Spec…)
—The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century (amazon.com/Lost-History-Liberalism-Ancient-Twe…)
—And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails (amazon.com/Bottle-Rum-History-World-Cocktails/…)
—The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World (amazon.com/Ruthless-Elimination-Hurry-Emotiona…)
—Daniel B. Kline's essay on liberalism (modernagejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/1…)
—The Ungovernable City (amazon.com/Ungovernable-City-Vincent-Cannato/d…)
—Severance (cbdecf8c.streak-link.com/CtoXO95tbTHiFYA4cQ1Ql…)
—Burma Superstar (cbdecf8c.streak-link.com/CtoXPAwY2KNzpoyTTAfco…)
—Montague Diner (cbdecf8c.streak-link.com/CtoXO99z8-kBuZ58BgTcN…)
—Mississippi pot roast (cbdecf8c.streak-link.com/CtoXO99uLtHEfX0MvwEgu…)
—OXO Steel double jigger (cbdecf8c.streak-link.com/CtoXO95y8lzbVBbcOA2PU…)
—Costco robot vacuum (costco.com/p/-/roborock-qx-revo-robot-vacuum-a…)
—Living (2022) (rottentomatoes.com/m/living_2022)
—D'Oliva Smoked Habanero Olive Oil (dolivotastingbar.com/product/habanero-olive-oil)
—Angelita Madrid (madrid-angelita.es/es/cocina-vino)

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