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Pod Save America
Pod Save America is a no-b******t conversation about politics hosted by former Obama aides Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor. It cuts through the noise to break down the week’s news and helps people figure out what matters and how they can help. They’re regularly joined by journalists, activists, politicians, entertainers, and world leaders. You can watch on YouTube or listen to new episodes every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.
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Pod Save America"The Masked Fascist." with Stacey Abrams!
Donald Trump goes from fascist curious to fascist enthusiast, Stacey Abrams stops by to talk about her run for Georgia governor and how to save democracy, and…
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"Pardon the Insurrection."
Donald Trump threatens to pardon the insurrectionists while potentially inciting new ones, guest host Ben Rhodes talks about his new Atlantic piece that…
Pod Save AmericaOffline: Abbie Richards on Fighting Disinformation on TikTok
This week on Offline, Jon is joined by TikToker and disinformation researcher Abbie Richards. A leading voice on the platform, Abbie inoculates her viewers to…
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"Rebreyerment."
Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement gives President Biden his first chance to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, former Obama White House lawyer Kate…
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"Cold War, Hot Mic."
Vladimir Putin inches closer to a war in Ukraine that could have global repercussions, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki talks about the Biden…
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We’re Going on Tour!
Pod Save America is vaxxed, boosted, and headed back on the road! Get tickets & learn more: crooked.com/events Join Jon, Lovett, Tommy, Dan, and special guests…
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Offline: Jenny Odell on How to Do Nothing
This week, Jenny Odell teaches Jon how to unplug and, almost literally, smell the roses. Pulling from lessons outlined in her book “How to Do Nothing…
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"New Year, New Biden."
Joe Biden marks one year in office with a two-hour press conference, Run For Something’s Amanda Litman joins to talk about the local races that could help…
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"Spar-a-lago: Ron v. Don."
Donald Trump’s Arizona rally offers a preview of the 2022 midterm campaign and perhaps a 2024 rivalry between him and Ron DeSantis, Martin Luther King III…
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Offline: Chimamanda Adichie on the Death of Good Faith
This week, the writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins Jon on Offline to talk through the viral essay on social media that she wrote last June. The two discuss…
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“Democracy in Disarray.”
Joe Biden and just about every elected Democrat in America make one final run at Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on voting rights, Dr. Fauci says we’re all…
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“Joe and the Giant Speech.”
Joe Biden takes on Republican voter suppression in Georgia, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler talks about Ron Johnson’s re-election announcement and…
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Offline: Alex Stamos on Leaving Facebook and Zuckerberg’s Reign
This week on Offline, Jon is joined by Alex Stamos, Facebooks former Chief Security Officer. As Jon’s first guest whose worked at a social media company, Alex…
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“Biden takes on the Big Lie.”
President Biden marks the anniversary of the January 6th attack with a pointed speech about the Big Lie, Donald Trump decides to shut up and cancel his press…
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“Happy Birthday to Coup.”
Donald Trump plans a press conference to celebrate the anniversary of the insurrection he inspired, Democrats make another attempt at changing the filibuster…
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Offline: Jon and Emily Favreau Answer Your Questions
Happy New Year! Since the beginning of Offline, Jon’s opened each episode asking listeners to submit their questions about the show. Today, joined by his wife…
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PSA Presents: The Pundies.
Jon, Jon, Tommy and Dan answer your questions and give us their resolutions for 2022. Then they go through the worst takes of 2021 (including their own) for…
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What A Year! (LIVE from LA)
Our first-ever holiday spectacular brings together everyone in the Crooked Media family to look back at the good, bad and absurd of 2021, with comedy, games…
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Offline: Elizabeth Bruenig on Forgiving Trolls and Strangers
Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Elizabeth Bruenig, and the many great episodes to come…
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“Fox’s Insurrection Group Chat.”
2021’s Congressional Clusterfu*k barrels to a close as the House reveals new details about the right-wing plot to destroy democracy while the Senate tries to…
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“Mark Meadows’ Fascist PowerPoint.”
The 1/6 Committee charges Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff with criminal contempt of Congress as the former president’s allies prepare for the next coup…
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Offline: Dr. Vivek Murthy on Defeating Doomscrolling with Human Connection
Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Dr. Vivek Murthy, and the many great episodes to come, search…
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"The War on Christmas Trees."
Democrats outsmart Mitch McConnell on the debt limit but are still trying to solve their Joe Manchin problem, former Obama pollster Cornell Belcher offers his…
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“Trump’s Covid World Tour.”
Democrats and journalists still haven’t figured out how to handle the threat of another Trump presidency, Senator Chris Murphy joins to talk about…
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Offline: Charlie Warzel on Facebook’s Original Sin
Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Charlie Warzel, and the many great episodes to come, search…
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“America’s Next Top MAGA.”
Republicans compete to out-crazy each other over Lauren Boebert and vaccine requirements, Law Professor Leah Litman joins to talk about the Supreme Court case…
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“Darkest before the Omicron.”
The White House gets ready to fight a new variant and the same old Republican Party, Brown University Dean of Public Health Dr. Ashish Jha discusses what we…
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Offline: DeRay Mckesson on How Twitter Saved Black Lives
Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with DeRay Mckesson, and the many great episodes to come, search…
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"Thanksgiving Mailbag!"
Jon and Dan answer your burning questions about politics, turkey pardons, and the best Thanksgiving side dishes. And later, Tommy narrates a special segment…
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“Kyle Rittenhouse, Right-Wing Hero.”
The White House notches some wins while Democrats debate the party’s challenges, Professor Melissa Murray joins to talk about the verdict in the Kyle…
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Offline: Stephen Colbert on Finding Laughter in the Darkness
Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Stephen Colbert, and the many great episodes to come, search…
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“Gaslighting gas prices” (with Elizabeth Warren!)
President Biden hits the road to go on offense against rising prices and falling poll numbers, Senator Elizabeth Warren joins to talk about passing the Build…
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“Free Steve Bannon!”
Steve Bannon surrenders to the feds while Donald Trump admits yet again an attempted coup, former Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee joins to discuss…
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Offline: Megan Rapinoe on Social Media and Mental Health
Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Megan Rapinoe, and the many great episodes to come, search…
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“Republicans not quite in array.”
The Republican Party is still more Marjorie Taylor Green than Glenn Youngkin, Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon joins to talk Democratic midterm strategy…
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"Josh Hawley’s Masculinity Press Tour."
Democrats finally pass the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill, climate reporter Dave Roberts joins the pod to talk about week two of the COP26 Climate Summit…
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Offline: Peter Hamby on Saving Journalism from Twitter
Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Peter Hamby, and the many great episodes to come, search…
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“The midterms start now.”
Republicans have the best Election Night since Trump won in 2016, Democrats debate what went wrong in Virginia and what it means for the ’22 midterms, and…
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“Can Youngkin escape Trump’s taint?”
Joe Biden tries to rally the world to save the planet while Joe Manchin is still holding up his climate agenda back home, Donald Trump wades into the final…
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Offline: Monica Lewinsky on the Internet's Culture of Humiliation
Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Monica Lewinsky, and the many great episodes to come, search…
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“Build Back Meta.”
Democrats are on the cusp of passing the most progressive piece of legislation in decades that still leaves out some of the party’s most important priorities…
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“How Mark Zucked America.”
Facebook employees say Facebook is dangerous, a Rolling Stone report suggests that the January 6th insurrection was an inside job, and Andrew Yang stopped by…
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Offline: Jia Tolentino on the Internet’s Endless Stage
Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Jia Tolentino, and the many great episodes to come, search…
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“Darkest before a deal.”
Democratic officials express optimism about a potential deal on Joe Biden’s economic plan, journalist Amy Westervelt from the climate podcast Hot Take joins to…
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“Terry vs. Trump.”
Democrats schedule a vote on a new voting rights bill while Republicans run more Big Lie candidates, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe talks to…
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Offline with Jon Favreau (coming October 24/sneak peek)
Is the internet slowly breaking our brains, and what can we do about it? In the new weekly series Offline with Jon Favreau, the Pod Save America co-host sits…
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"Two Truths & the Big Lie." (with Jen Psaki!)
White House press secretary Jen Psaki joins Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer to chat about all of the challenges in front of the Biden administration. Then Jon and…
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“Trump’s running again, again.”
Donald Trump returns to Iowa and teases a second run with the full support of the Republican establishment, the race in Virginia between former Governor Terry…
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“Not my default.”
Mitch McConnell decides that he won’t plunge the nation into a catastrophic recession for at least two more months, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee…
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“Civility down the toilet.”
Democrats in Congress inch closer to agreement on Joe Biden’s agenda despite a few whiny centrists and bad media takes, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal joins to…
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“The fun part.”
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are still holding Joe Biden’s agenda hostage despite exclusive new polling that shows his Build Back Better plan is extremely…
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“Cyber Ninjas Stop the Steal.”
The Democratic agenda is on the line this week as the House prepares to vote on President Biden’s infrastructure and Build Back Better plans, Donald Trump and…
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“Humane immigration and salad vaccination.”
President Biden tries to unify Democrats around his economic plan, former White House domestic policy director Cecilia Muñoz joins to discuss what the…
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“Joe vs. the Fall-cano.”
Joe Biden is having a less than stellar September thanks to crises abroad and setbacks at home, the Wall Street Journal’s Jeff Horwitz talks to Tommy Vietor…
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“You win some, you Newsom.”
Governor Gavin Newsom keeps his job as the Republican recall goes down in flames, Congresswoman Katie Porter joins to talk about the latest negotiations over…
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“Sick of vaxxing nicely.”
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain joins to talk about the President’s new vaccine requirements, Republican politicians have a meltdown over Biden’s…
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“Elder Abuse.”
An awful August gives way to a shitshow of a September in Washington, NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray is back to talk about what’s next in the legal battle…
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“Resignation Dogs.”
The war in Afghanistan is almost over after a massive evacuation and a horrifying terrorist attack, Republican politicians use the tragedy as a pretense to…
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“Problems not solved.”
Nancy Pelosi stops a centrist rebellion over the budget, a new Change Research/Crooked Media poll of Virginia gives Democrats a small lead and a few warnings…
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“The Media’s Afghanistan Amnesia.”
NPR’s Sam Sanders joins Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor to talk about the political fallout and lessons (not) learned from Afghanistan, Democratic anxiety over…