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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…
Episodes
Pod Save AmericaTrump Agents Handcuff U.S. Senator
Federal agents tackle and handcuff Senator Alex Padilla after he shouts a question at Kristi Noem at a public press conference. Trump continues to politicize…
Pod Save AmericaGreetings from Occupied LA!
Trump stokes chaos and incites violence in Los Angeles, deploying the Marines and the National Guard, against the request of the governor and mayor, to quell…
Pod Save AmericaGay for Due Process: Live at WorldPride
Lovett joins forces with The Bulwark's Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell for a big, beautiful, gay-as-hell fundraiser at World Pride to support Andry José…
Pod Save AmericaTrump v. Musk: Choose Your Daddy
Donald Trump and Elon Musk's romance comes to a fiery end as the two erupt into an explosive feud, attacking each other across social media. Jon and Dan comb…
Pod Save AmericaCan Trump's Health Care Cuts Be Stopped?
The health care of 10 million Americans is at risk as President Trump's massive tax cut legislation makes its way to the Senate. Will Majority Leader John…
Pod Save AmericaHigh Crimes and Piss-demeanors
Elon Musk is back in the news, with a New York Times investigation detailing his rampant drug use right as he hightails it out of Washington. Lovett and Dan…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Always Chickens Out
Donald Trump loses his cool when a reporter asks him about a newly popular Wall Street phrase: TACO, aka Trump Always Chickens Out. A federal court unanimously…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Targets School JUST Outside Boston
Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan talk about the administration's attempt to bar Harvard from enrolling international students and other new Trump threats, including…
Pod Save AmericaDid Republicans Just Lose the House?
In the middle of the night, the House narrowly passes Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," a witch's brew of tax cuts for the wealthiest and benefit cuts for the…
Pod Save AmericaD.C. Reacts to Biden's Cancer News
President Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer—news that lands in the middle of a media cycle already consumed with questions…
Pod Save AmericaWhy are Fundraising Texts SO Annoying?
Are you tired of incessant, unhinged Democratic fundraising texts and emails? Well, so are we. Tommy sits down with three experts in the party's digital…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Petro-Fascist Sugar Daddies
On his tour of the Middle East, Trump lavishes praise on dictators—as they deposit bribes in his pocket. Republicans, in between defending Trump's jet grift…
Pod Save AmericaMile High Bribe Club
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a bribe! President Trump, just before setting off on a tour of the Gulf states, announces that he plans to accept a $400…
Pod Save AmericaPope Save America
White smoke! Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American-born prelate with a surprisingly political Twitter history, dons the papal vestments as Pope Leo XIV. Trump…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Trade War Hits Hollywood
Donald Trump turns his attention westward, announcing new tariffs on any and all movies "produced in foreign lands" and pledging to reopen Alcatraz. In a long…
Pod Save AmericaHas the Media Surrendered to Trump? (feat. Chuck Todd)
Chuck Todd, former moderator of Meet the Press and host of The Chuck ToddCast, joins Dan to assess how the news media has responded to Trump 2.0. His read? Not…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's War on Your Kids' Toys
Trump kicks off a new war on Christmas—this time as part of a broader assault on the U.S. economy and consumers. Meanwhile, in the first White House shakeup of…
Pod Save America100 Perfect Days
The good news: Trump's second term has already hit historic levels of unpopularity. The bad news: we're still only 100 days into it. The White House marks this…
Pod Save AmericaElon Gets DOGE'd
As Tesla's losses mount, Elon Musk promises to step away from his work at DOGE and focus on his flailing car company. Trump and his top advisers flip-flop on…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Justices Turn On Him
The Supreme Court hits pause on Alien Enemies Act deportations—for now—and some MAGA diehards advocate for Trump to simply ignore the court. Pete Hegseth stars…
Pod Save AmericaSarah McBride's Challenge to Democrats
Rep. Sarah McBride has found herself the target of GOP attacks since taking office in January. They've barred her from restrooms and misgendered her in…
Pod Save AmericaThis Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
Donald Trump insists he has the right to render people to a foreign prison even though the courts say otherwise, and Democrats dig in for a critical fight…
Pod Save AmericaWill Trump Send Americans to Foreign Prisons?
Donald Trump and the president of El Salvador gloat about shipping migrants to a Salvadoran mega-prison, muse about sending American citizens there next, and…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Art of the Fold
Republicans go into full propaganda mode to sell Trump's reversal on tariffs as the culmination of a brilliant master strategy—until Trump himself admits it…
Pod Save AmericaJust Another Orange Monday
As Donald Trump's insane tariffs plunge America further into a trade a war, the MAGA faithful—with a few notable exceptions—fan out to defend Dear Leader…
Pod Save AmericaMichael Lewis on Bravery in Politics and Why Elon Musk Seems so "Disturbed"
Michael Lewis, acclaimed author of The Big Short, Moneyball and The Fifth Risk joins Lovett to discuss his most recent book, Who is Government? Lewis and his…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's "Liberation Day" Crashes the Stock Market
Donald Trump's drastic new tariffs wreak havoc across the global economy, sending markets tumbling and powerful countries reconsidering their alliances—and it…
Pod Save AmericaTrump “Not Joking” About 3rd Term
Donald Trump's long-promised "Liberation Day" of insane new tariffs approaches, but what's his plan for the global trade war he's promising to start? Jon…
Pod Save AmericaEzra Klein and Derek Thompson on How Democrats Can Build Their Way Back to Power
In their new book, Abundance, journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson argue that Trump's scarcity mindset is suffocating the country: America doesn’t do…
Pod Save AmericaTrump 2.0's Biggest Scandal Yet
Donald Trump and his goons continue to spin the group chat screw-up as totally routine—even as evidence mounts that the story is breaking through to average…
Pod Save AmericaWar in the Group Chat
Donald Trump's top national security officials plan a major offensive in a Signal chat—after mistakenly inviting a journalist to join—and hilarity ensues. More…
Pod Save AmericaA Democrat’s Tough Love for His Party
As the dumpster fire of U.S. politics shoots sparks across the globe, will the Pentagon supply safeguards or sycophants? What will MAGA authoritarianism look…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Comes for the Judges
With a Republican Congress bending to Trump’s every whim, the judicial branch is the last check on his power—and now he, Elon, and the MAGA regime have decided…
Pod Save AmericaA Lawless Trump and Aimless Dems
The Trump administration just took things to a chilling new level — deporting people to foreign prisons without due process. They’re using the Alien Enemies…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's All Pain, No Gain Economy
Jon and Dan discuss the pros and cons of the Senate Democrats' shutdown strategy, Trump's declining poll numbers, and the absurdity of his economic policies…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Crackdown on Dissent
The price of eggs is still high, the stock market is sinking, but Donald Trump is fulfilling at least one campaign promise: using the power of the government…
Pod Save AmericaHow a Political Party Can Rise from the Dead
Donald Trump is looking pretty invincible right now, and it's easy to lose hope that Democrats will ever be able to regain power. But back in the '90s…
Pod Save AmericaThe DOGE Who Caught the Car
The DOGE wrecking ball keeps swinging, but the Supreme Court, and even Donald Trump himself, might finally be slowing Elon down. Trump backs off his trade war…
Pod Save AmericaThe State Of the Union Is ... Long
Donald Trump makes history—by delivering the longest Joint Address ever, clocking in at an exhausting 99 minutes of blame, grievance, and sappy stunts. Jon…
Pod Save AmericaTrump’s Ukraine Fallout and Crypto Grift
The fallout continues from Friday's trainwreck of an Oval Office meeting between Trump, JD Vance, and Volodymyr Zelensky. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy break down…
Pod Save AmericaTrump and Zelensky's Disastrous Meeting
In this Pod Save The World Special, Tommy and Ben discuss Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous meeting at the White House that…
Pod Save AmericaWill Elon Find the Epstein Files Before It's Too Late?
The Trump administration promised to release the Epstein Files, but ended up disappointing MAGA die-hards instead. Can Elon do what the DOJ couldn't? In more…
Pod Save AmericaFinally, a Podcaster at the Top of the FBI!
Trump's FBI Director Kash Patel picks a Deputy Director even less qualified than he is: MAGA podcaster Dan Bongino. Trump and Pete Hegseth purge the Pentagon's…
Pod Save AmericaBill Maher on Hating Donald Trump, the Far Left and 69ing
Bill Maher, the revered—and often reviled—political commentator, comedian, and host of the Club Random podcast and Real Time with Bill Maher, goes head to head…
Pod Save AmericaIs Trump's Honeymoon Over?
Donald Trump and Elon Musk make their bromance official in a joint interview with Sean Hannity, but polls suggest the American people may already be souring on…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Shocking Cuts to Air Safety and Nuke Inspection
Donald Trump fires thousands of government workers, including people who make sure America's skies are safe and nukes are secure. Negotiators from the US and…
Pod Save AmericaIs Elon a Drag on Trump?
Elon Musk holds a rambling Oval Office press conference and admits that he and DOGE will make mistakes as they rampage through our government, even as…
Pod Save AmericaWill Trump Defy the Courts?
Federal judges are starting to do something most elected Republicans won't: say no to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The question now is, will Trump obey their…
Pod Save AmericaHow the Right Took Over the Media
Ben Smith, former media columnist at the New York Times and now the editor-in-chief of Semafor, joins Dan to talk about today's ultra-challenging news media…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's War on the U.S. Government
Donald Trump and Elon Musk continue their all-out assault on the federal government, shuttering USAID, rooting out and firing workers linked in any way to…
Pod Save AmericaElon Musk's Nerd Coup
With Donald Trump's blessing, Elon Musk and a small crew of inexperienced software engineers take near full control of the government, moving to shut down…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Heals Grieving Nation
Finally, a president willing to blame a devastating air crash on diversity hiring and two of his predecessors! Nearly two weeks into his second term, Trump…
Pod Save AmericaHas Anyone Seen the Democrats?
Apparently, there's an opposition party in this country—but they've been awfully quiet lately. Meanwhile, Trump's immigration crackdown nearly sparks a trade…
Pod Save AmericaRachel Maddow on Surviving Trump 2.0
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow joins Jon to talk about Trump's breathtaking first week in office, how she decides what to cover—and what to ignore—in an an…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Indefensible Pardons
Donald Trump makes good on his promise to free the January 6 rioters—including those convicted of savage violence against police officers—calling the attacks…
Pod Save AmericaWell ... he's back.
And so it begins—again. In front of an audience of adoring billionaires, Donald Trump takes the oath of office, delivers a speech promising a return to…
Pod Save AmericaBiden’s Final Warning
Biden bids the nation farewell from the Oval Office, delivering a stark warning about the rise of an American "oligarchy." Dan and Jon break down how history…
Pod Save AmericaWill the GOP Hold Disaster Relief Hostage?
Devastating wildfires in Los Angeles prompt a round of angry finger-pointing and disaster politics from the GOP. The most extreme reaction comes from Trump and…
Pod Save AmericaBreaking: Gavin Newsom On the LA Fires
Governor Gavin Newsom sits down with Jon Favreau to talk about California’s response to the devastating Los Angeles fires, his invitation to Donald Trump, and…
Pod Save AmericaAs LA Burns, Trump Plays Politics
Trump and the GOP skip the usual “thoughts and prayers” for victims of the devastating LA fires, and dive straight into blame and conspiracy theories. Jon and…