Ace New York politics reporter, all around culture writer and crazed baseball fan Ross Barkan objected to my “Is Baseball Dying?” article. Naturally I had him here to say his piece and boy did we hit on a range of other topics.
Contra conventional wisdom, is baseball more international than basketball?
Why might baseball survive the future?
Pete Rose was insanely famous in the 1970s, and we’ve forgotten
Is household name sports celebrity over, post LeBron James and Steph Curry?
Is Patrick Mahomes anywhere near as famous as prime Tom Brady was?
Taylor Swift and parasocial fandom
Will Swift exist outside her time?
Travis Kelce’s obvious bid for fame
Tucker Carlson vs. Bari Weiss on Israel
Campus fight over Israel
