474: Jeff Childers—Coffee & Covid

Mike chats with Jeff Childers—the attorney-turned-writer behind the wildly popular Coffee & Covid Substack—for a wide-ranging conversation about media narratives, pandemic politics, and the strange new world of citizen journalism. What began as a daily blog written during lockdown has grown into a must-read for hundreds of thousands of devotees looking for sharp legal insight, media criticism, and a dose of wry humor with their morning coffee. Jeff explains what it takes to crank out 2,000 to 6,000 snarky words every single day of the week, why he started writing in the first place, and how an attorney accidentally became one of the most widely read independent commentators on the internet. Along the way, he talks with Mike about the stories that keep him up at night—and why, despite all of it, he remains surprisingly optimistic about where the country is headed. ☕🎙️

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Great, if this was really Mike and Jeff...

and not just an AI generated dialog based and what they MIGHT have said if they ever actually met. But how can we really know?

Interview with Jeff Childers

Thank you for interviewing Jeff Childers! I have loved his blog for many years. It’s what got me through Covid!
I read his blog daily because he always finds a bright spot in this crazy world! I don’t need to read the other newspapers because he does, and I trust him!
Thanks again!

another great podcast.

The podcast was very interesting to listen to. I enjoyed it from start to finish. Keep up the good work.

Jeff Childers

Jeff Childers interview: you’re saying the expert blindly followed the cdc. Sounds exactly the same stupidity that makes the MAGA supporters blindly follow Trump without question