Josh Barro
Journalist; writes the Very Serious newsletter and podcast; co-hosts Serious Trouble and Central Air.
At a glance
Roles
The New York Times (before)
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- Josh Barro is an American journalist who writes the newsletter Very Serious and hosts its podcast.
- He was a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, wrote for The New York Times' The Upshot from 2014 to 2016, and worked at Business Insider in several stints and at New York magazine.
- He hosted the public-radio show Left, Right & Center at KCRW until 2022.
- He co-hosts the law podcast Serious Trouble with Ken White and, from 2025, Central Air with Megan McArdle and Ben Dreyfuss.
Key facts
- Born
- 17 July 19841
- Now
- Very Serious, newsletter and podcast (from 2022); Serious Trouble with Ken White; Central Air with Megan McArdle and Ben Dreyfuss (from 2025)1
- Before
- Manhattan Institute senior fellow; Bloomberg's The Ticker; Business Insider (politics editor, then 2016 to 2018 and 2020 to 2022); The New York Times' The Upshot (2014 to 2016); New York magazine (2018 to 2020)1
- Radio
- Host of Left, Right & Center, KCRW, until 20221
- Education
- BA in psychology, Harvard1
Roles
Before
Part of until 2016
The New York Times (The Upshot) source on The New York Times
Links
Sources
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