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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. Subscribe to Friends of the Pod! Your…
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Pod Save AmericaTrump Blasts "Third Rate Podcasts"
The MAGA media revolt over Iran is in full swing and Trump posts a nearly 500-word screed declaring "I no longer care" — before attacking each critic in…
Pod Save AmericaStrait Up War Crimes
Donald Trump gives Iran until 8pm Tuesday night to "Open the Fuckin' Strait" or he'll level all of the country's power plants and bridges. In the meantime, he…
Pod Save AmericaTaxing Cory Booker's Patience
Senator Cory Booker stops by the studio to talk to Lovett about his bold tax proposal that would see the majority of Americans pay no federal income tax. Jon…
Pod Save AmericaBondi Gets the Boot
Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi and announces that Todd Blanche, his former personal attorney, will serve in the interim while he waits to appoint her…
Pod Save AmericaSHOCKING GOP Plan to Fund War with Health Care Cuts
Congressional Republicans consider massive cuts to federal healthcare spending in order to raise $200 billion to fund Trump's war in Iran. Jon and Lovett…
Pod Save AmericaWhen Life Gives You Don Lemon
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor turned independent journalist, talks to Alex Wagner about the charges the Department of Justice brought against him for…
Pod Save AmericaBlue Wave Building in the Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump's approval rating hits historic lows as voters react to soaring gas prices caused by his war of choice with Iran. Dan and Jon discuss what those…
Pod Save AmericaTACO Tuesday in Tehran
Donald Trump backtracks on his threat to obliterate Iran's power plants, saying the administration has begun talks with Iran to end the war, despite Iran's…
Pod Save AmericaTrump’s Wartime Messaging Disaster (feat. Jen Psaki)
Jen Psaki, Joe Biden's former White House Press Secretary and host of MS NOW's The Briefing with Jen Psaki, talks to Dan about the ways the Trump…
Pod Save AmericaThe Worst Way to Spend $200 Billion
The Pentagon requests an additional $200 billion in funding for Trump's war in Iran. Jon and Dan discuss how Democrats in Congress should respond to the…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Desperate for Strait Allies
President Trump calls on U.S. allies to send warships to the Middle East to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but no one seems interested in answering his call…
Pod Save AmericaJosh Shapiro Is Calm but Not Cool
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro stops by the studio to talk to Jon Lovett about Trump's war in Iran, growing antisemitism and Islamophobia in America, and…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Celebrates High Gas Prices
President Trump suggests that the high price of oil—surging upward because of his war in Iran—is a good thing, because the United States makes "a lot of…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Says War Is Over, Vows to Keep Fighting
The war in Iran enters its second week and Donald Trump declares that it's about to end — and also that it's going to last a very long time. Jon, Tommy, and…
Pod Save AmericaGavin Newsom Is Finally Comfortable with Himself
California Governor Gavin Newsom sits down with Jon and Tommy before a live audience in Los Angeles to discuss Trump's war on Iran, the crowded California…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Deports Noem
Trump abruptly fires Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Dan and Jon discuss the Congressional hearings that led to her dismissal, Trump's…
Pod Save AmericaWhy Democrats Must Oppose Trump's Iran War
The Trump administration struggles to justify its new war with Iran, while Democrats struggle to effectively explain why Americans should oppose it. Jon…
Pod Save AmericaGraham Platner Isn't Backing Down
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate running for Senate in Maine, stops by the studio to talk with Jon about Trump’s impending conflict with Iran, the future…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Dangerous War Games
The White House debates going to extreme lengths to get the American public to stomach a war with Iran, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tries to force…
Pod Save AmericaThe State of the Union Is Long
Donald Trump breaks his own record for longest State of the Union in history, delivering a meandering, angry, tone-deaf speech that utterly fails at its single…
Pod Save AmericaWill Trump Bomb State of the Union/Iran?
The State of the Union has arrived. Will war with Iran come with it? Jon, Tommy, and Lovett react to reports that Trump is considering launching air strikes…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Loses At Supreme Court, Handles It Well
The Supreme Court tanks Donald Trump's tariff program in a 6-3 ruling supported by two of his hand-picked justices. Lovett talks to Jerusalem Demsas, economics…
Pod Save AmericaTrump: "I've Won Affordability"
Trump's economic messaging tour takes him to Georgia, where he claims "I've won affordability"—as White House advisors concede in a high-level meeting that he…
Pod Save AmericaFascist Mile High Club
Live from Sydney, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan discuss the lurid details of The Wall Street Journal exposé on Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski's eye-opening…
Pod Save AmericaHow To Survive a Dictatorship (feat. Wagner Moura)
What can we learn from other countries that have lived through dictatorships? How can artists fight authoritarianism? How should an Oscar nominee react to an…
Pod Save AmericaDems Freeze ICE
Live from Melbourne, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan react to Democrats’ decision to stand firm on ICE funding and force a shutdown of the Department of Homeland…
Pod Save AmericaMAGA: Defenders of the Epstein Class
Epstein revelations continue. New files reveal that the notorious sex offender had closer relationships than previously known with Trump’s inner circle…
Pod Save AmericaIs Trump Afraid of Bad Bunny? (feat. Pablo Torre)
Does Trump know ball? Is he afraid of Bad Bunny—or did MAGA just fumble the halftime show? This Super Bowl Sunday, Tommy sits down with journalist and…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Threatens to Steal the Midterms
Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and Mike Johnson hint at plans to steal the midterm elections, from "nationalizing" the voting to straight-up sending ICE to…
Pod Save AmericaEpstein Files: Worse Than You Thought
The Justice Department releases more than three million more files related to Jeffrey Epstein, and the list of powerful people involved with the notorious…
Pod Save AmericaWhy Are Democrats Afraid of Power?
Marc J. Dunkelman, author of "Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress — and How to Bring It Back," stops by the studio to talk to Lovett about how Democrats —…
Pod Save AmericaMinneapolis is a Turning Point
Outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti spreads to nonpolitical and Trump-friendly spaces, even as Border Czar Tom Homan promises to "draw down" the DHS…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Retreats After Alex Pretti's Killing
Donald Trump caves to the national outrage over Alex Pretti's killing, telling Governor Tim Walz that he'll agree to allow for an impartial investigation and…
Pod Save AmericaHow Dems Can Defeat MAGA Once and For All
What will it take for Democrats to win not just in 2026, but in 2028 and beyond? What do we need to change to win again in Iowa, Texas, and Florida? What's…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Arctic Humiliation
Donald Trump announces that he's reached a "concept of a deal" on Greenland, agreeing to drop his tariffs for … well, the details aren't exactly clear. Jon and…
Pod Save AmericaThat'll Leave a Denmark
Trump tells the Norwegian Prime Minister that he no longer feels an "obligation" to peace because he didn't receive the Nobel Prize and announces that he's…
Pod Save AmericaWhat It Would Take to Rein in ICE
How can we hold ICE legally accountable? Can federal agents be prosecuted? Will Renee Good's family ever see justice? Strict Scrutiny's Leah Litman stops by…
Pod Save AmericaICE's Reign of Terror
Minneapolis residents describe the city as a war zone as 3,000 federal agents terrorize citizens and non-citizens alike. Jon and Dan react to the situation on…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Targets Minneapolis, the Fed, and Greenland
As protests break out around the country over the killing of Renee Good, the administration sends even more agents to commit even more violence in Minnesota…
Pod Save America2026's Biggest Questions
Will the Supreme Court destroy what remains of the Voting Rights Act? How much influence will America's 250th anniversary have on the midterm elections? If the…
Pod Save AmericaICE Kills Minnesota Mom
Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three living in Minneapolis, is gunned down in her car by an ICE agent as cameras roll. Jon and Dan react to the tragedy…
Pod Save AmericaEmpire State of Mind
Trump kicks off 2026 with a return to imperialism, launching a military assault in Venezuela and abducting President Nicolás Maduro. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy…
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Meet Democrats' Go-To Trump Stand In
In 2016, veteran Democratic advisor Philippe Reines stepped up for an unconventional task: impersonating Donald Trump for Hillary Clinton's debate prep. And in…
Pod Save AmericaIs JD Vance the Republican Front-Runner?
Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy answer your questions about the upcoming midterms, early bets on 2028, what they got wrong about this year, and Lovett's future…
Pod Save AmericaThe 2025 Pundies: Highs & Lows from a Long Year
As the first year of Trump 2.0 limps to a close, it's time to celebrate 2025’s worst takes and funniest moments with The Pundies, Pod Save America's annual…
Pod Save AmericaRahm Emanuel is Not NOT Running for President
Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago and chief of staff to President Obama, joins Tommy to discuss where he thinks the Democratic Party went wrong in 2024…
Pod Save AmericaTrump White House Secrets Revealed
Vanity Fair publishes a candid interview with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in which she makes eye-popping admissions about Trump, Elon Musk, and many…
Pod Save AmericaDonald Trump, Empath in Chief
Trump says the savage murder of Rob and Michele Reiner was the result of their own "Trump Derangement Symptom" and says Reiner was bad for the country. The one…
Pod Save AmericaCan Democrats Fight Trump Without Being Defined by Him? (with Gov. JB Pritzker)
Governor JB Pritzker visits the studio to talk to Lovett about Trump's Indiana redistricting fail, how Illinois is standing up to ICE's immigration raids, and…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's A+++++ Affordability Message
Donald Trump holds a campaign-style rally to hit his affordability message: making fun of the very idea of an affordability message, and telling parents to buy…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Joins the Streaming Wars
The fate of Hollywood rests in President Trump's hands as Netflix and Paramount fight to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery—the home of HBO Max, Harry Potter…
Pod Save AmericaThe Making of America's Most Prominent Anti-Vaxxer
How did Robert F. Kennedy — once the heir-apparent to the Kennedy family's Democratic dynasty — become the Secretary of Health in the Trump administration and…
Pod Save AmericaTwo Strikes. Is Hegseth Out?
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reacts defiantly to two scandals: his department's decision to murder the survivors of a September strike on an alleged…
Pod Save AmericaDepartment of War (Crimes)
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees launch an investigation into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after a report that he ordered a second strike on…
Pod Save AmericaWill There Be a Blue Wave in 2026?
Can Democrats repeat their big 2025 wins in next year's midterms? Can the party win back the support of white working-class and Latino voters? Can high-quality…
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Terminally Online: Live from Crooked Con (Subscription Preview)
Live from Crooked Con, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Dan Pfeiffer and producer Elijah Cone record a special episode of our subscriber-exclusive show…
Pod Save AmericaHow Many Republicans Will Follow MTG?
After a public fallout with the President, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene unexpectedly announces that she'll resign from congress on January 5. Could her decision…
Pod Save AmericaWhat Will Democratic Governance Look Like? + Lina Khan (Crooked Con)
Live from Crooked Con, Alex Wagner hosts a discussion with Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Ruben Gallego, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal about what America would look like…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Calls for Democrats' Executions
Trump calls for six congressional Democrats to be executed for treason because the group—all military and intelligence vets—dared to post a video reminding…
Pod Save AmericaWhat’s the Story We’re Telling? + Sen. Ruben Gallego (Crooked Con)
Live from Crooked Con, Jon Favreau talks to Jen Psaki, Faiz Shakir, Lis Smith, Rebecca Katz, and Adam Jentleson about the narrative we’re pitching—not just…