Originally published at: Josh and Kate are Hitting the Road - TPM – Talking Points Memo
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…
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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!
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Any hopes for anything in the Boston area? I hear the Kennedy School is a nice venue for this sort of thing. 
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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.
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Consider Austin. We need all the sanity we can get. The LBJ Library Auditorium would make a great venue, as would the Paramount Theater.
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Visit the Pacific Northwest FTW!
An event like that would be well attended.
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Put in my vote for the much maligned liberal “hellhole” that is San Francisco. I swear it is not as bad as the right would have you believe. I have been here for more than two decades and still find myself awed at times by the city’s beauty.
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I have to vote for Atlanta solely because I live in Tenn, and I can drive there…
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SeattleMike is firmly but politely requesting that you come to the best coast, the Left coast, and please visit Seattle next.
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I think you spelled ‘Tucson’ wrong
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Agreed. I’m here in The Lou and was excited to see us on the list. St. Louis is such a good examples of the polarization you see in the country.
The city itself is small, with boundaries locked in. St. Louis is not in a county, so it cannot annex. The population of the StL county dominates area, due to the massive white flight of the 70s and 80s.
So many aspects of the city divide us. City vs county is the one really limits problem solving. Then you have the far right state government attacking StL and trying to exert control, leaving a really antagonistic rural vs urban divide.
And in all of this, St. Louis’ culture thrives. Seriously. Great festivals, museums, sports, and great neighborhoods. I absolutely adore my city, and it kills me to see easily solved problems just ignored.
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Raleigh. Raleigh. Raleigh.
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How about Denver? It would be sold out and help solidify our state’s blue trend.
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Philadelphia. It IS the corridor, but Philly could use the push…
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Louisville KY is within 500 miles of lots of places. Cinci, Indy, St. Louis, Nashville, Detroit, and more.
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Closest one for me to drive to.
While I agree you should go to Middle America and support those folks there, I selfishly voted for Seattle because I happened to be in NYC when you had an event there, and I got to meet the two Joshes and many other people and had a good time.
I would like to do that again and not have to fly there.
Thanks!
PS It’s 11:54 in Seattle now, and I couldn’t get TPM to load at all from about 11:30 or before to about 11:50. I was thinking that the purge had extended to news outlets, and was wondering what I would do. And what you would do.
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Weee no diners is farming communities available? What is journalism coming to?
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I am not sure of the appropriate place to put this comment, but as a TPM member, and a regular podcast listener, I just have to say this podcast is the best. When everything in the world seems so dark and stupid, it is so great to have the company of Josh and Kate.
Kate Riga is an absolute gem. The perfect balance of insightful and snarky. Her thoughtfulness gives me hope for the future. And I can still laugh at the term “rage bender”.
I voted for Chicago, as it’s the closest of the options to Minneapolis.
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