Politics, Punditry, and Restaurants (with Frank Bruni)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni joins Preet to discuss a few of his favorite topics: food, politics, language, and culture. Bruni also talks about several of the recent changes in his life, including an unusual medical ailment that inspired him to write a book, and his recent appointment as a professor of journalism and public policy at Duke University. Plus, a hearing to unseal the Fulton County’s Trump investigation grand jury report, classified documents at Mike Pence’s house, and Preet’s mysterious voice shift. Don’t miss the Insider bonus, where Bruni discusses how he was able to remain trim while working as a restaurant critic and why he sometimes chose not to publish negative reviews of some restaurants. To listen, try the membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/politics-punditry-and-restaurants-with-frank-bruni/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #AskPreet, email us your questions and comments at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	Infernity is a part of life.
0:10.0	And once you kind of realize that and stop judging where you are,
0:14.0	bar the lacquered images you get over people's Instagram and Facebook feeds,
0:18.0	you are able, I think, to adjust toward the blessings and to see yourself in a more truthful fashion
0:24.0	and to kind of find the sort of gratitude you should have for those aspects of your life that have gone well.
0:32.0	That's Frank Bruney.
0:34.0	He's held a variety of roles at the New York Times over the last 25 years,
0:38.0	including White House correspondent, Chief Restaurant Critic, and op-ed columnist.
0:43.0	He's currently a contributing opinion writer at the Times,
0:46.0	where he has a weekly newsletter reflecting on politics, culture, food, the use of language,
0:51.0	and other topics that strike his interest.
0:54.0	Bruney joins me to discuss the political future of Ron DeSantis,
0:58.0	how AI tools like ChatGPT will impact writing and writers,
1:02.0	and how an unusual medical ailment he experienced in 2017 helped change Bruney's outlook on life.
1:09.0	That's coming up.
1:10.0	Stay tuned.
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