TPM is finally leaving the Acela Corridor (probably). After years of requests, we’re going to host an event somewhere other than New York City or Washington D.C. in early May. Our next live podcast will take place in one of the cities we’ve chosen below. And we’d like your input to help us decide where we should go.
You are probably familiar with live podcasts in general, but may be wondering how TPM does them. In January, we hosted our first in D.C. and about 200 listeners came out for the show, which was followed by a cocktail hour. We’ll stick to the same playbook this time. Josh and Kate will do what they do — bring us up to speed on the news of the day, which will likely involve the misdeeds of Trump and his band of misanthropes. They’ll take some questions from the audience. And then we’ll turn our attention to the bar. It’s a great chance to meet some of the TPM team and fellow TPM listeners/readers/fans.
We’ll keep the vote open for a couple of days, so get your votes in now. If your choice doesn’t win out this time, don’t fret. We’ll have more of these throughout the year.
Loyal 20+ year readers in Portland, OR putting in a pitch for our fair city which probably has a larger per capita Prime AF membership!
Any hopes for anything in the Boston area? I hear the Kennedy School is a nice venue for this sort of thing.
Good to see cities like Atlanta and St. Louis in that poll.
TPM undoubtedly has a constituency in both, but folks in the outlying counties of those red-state cities also represent a market (small or not) for what TPM’s selling.
Democracy – and sanity – need a (near) 50 state strategy, and I’m hoping you’ll consider more blue oases in GOP states – especially in ones that, during past decades, reliably voted Dem.
Consider Austin. We need all the sanity we can get. The LBJ Library Auditorium would make a great venue, as would the Paramount Theater.
Hey! We Seattle Folks even have our own Hive topic!
Cool venue: https://townhallseattle.org/