This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Ace New York politics reporter, all around culture writer and crazed baseball fan Ross Barkan objected to my “Is Baseball Dying?” article. Naturally I had him here to say his piece and boy did we hit on a range of other topics. * Contra conventional wisdom, is baseball more international than basketball? * Why might baseball survive the future? * Pete Rose was insanely famous in the 1970s, and we’ve forgotten * Is household name sports celebrity over, post LeBron James and Steph Curry? * Is Patrick Mahomes anywhere near as famous as prime Tom Brady was? * Taylor Swift and parasocial fandom * Will Swift exist outside her time? * Travis Kelce’s obvious bid for fame * Tucker Carlson vs. Bari Weiss on Israel * Campus fight over Israel