Something I appreciated about his "current events" podcasts (and I call them that rather than "politics" with intent) was he posted them relatively infrequently and tended not to talk about the sturm und drang of the daily news. He tended to try and talk about the deeper forces affecting the world, like technology, the structure of the economy and political economy, demographics, and the geopolitical interests of state and nonstate actors. That is, he looked at things from the perspective of a historian, one who understands the world is complex and things take time to play themselves out, not as a "modern" journalist, most of which have their brains so addicted to the news cycle, Twitter, and instant shots of dopamine they cannot bring themselves to see anything else.
There aren't a lot of public intellectuals out there who try and bring that kind of perspective anymore. Hence, I miss having his updates, even if his output of history podcasts have picked up in recent years.
