Today, I’ll be traveling to CPAC and not able to do a live show, so I’m going to re-run a fun episode from last week with Amanda Carpenter, Tommy Christopher, and Caleb Howe. Amanda talks about her new gig as Senator Jim DeMint’s senior communications adviser, while Tommy and Caleb debate how to react to the deaths of politicians, and much much more!

Obviously we’ll have a lot of news to cover from CPAC, as well as the news Hot Air has made this week. I’ll be doing live interviews as they happen rather than scheduled shows for most of the time, so look for a “live show” post in the mornings and separate posts for each of the recorded interviews — plus commentary on the stories of the day!

Update: I got Amanda’s title wrong; it’s correct now.

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