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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 AmericaTrump Promises Free Speech Crackdown
In response to the murder of Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump vows retribution against his political opponents, JD Vance asks Americans to snitch on anyone…
Pod Save AmericaThe Assassination of Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk, one of the most influential voices in the MAGA movement and the co-founder of Turning Point USA, is shot and killed during a speaking event in…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Epstein Doodle Grosser than Expected
House Democrats get ahold of the infamous birthday letter Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein and release it to the public. Turns out it's more disturbing than we…
Pod Save AmericaHeather Cox Richardson on Donald Trump, MAGA and How We Fight Back
It can feel like all is lost under Trump 2.0, but America has faced extremely dark chapters before and come out on the other side. Heather Cox…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Very Convincing Body Double
The internet enjoys a brief freakout about the possibility that Trump might be dead. (He isn't.) Senators from both parties press RFK Jr. on his dismantling of…
Pod Save AmericaWhy is JD Vance so Annoying?
Pod Save America hits 1,000 episodes, and to celebrate, Favreau, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan sit down in studio to answer your questions. Among them: Why is JD…
Pod Save AmericaRFK Jr. Decapitates the CDC
Donald Trump and RFK Jr. team up to fire the CDC director after she voices concerns over Kennedy's dangerous policies—including his announcement that the FDA…
Pod Save AmericaFirst They Came for John Bolton
Trump's FBI raids the home of John Bolton—the former first-term Trump advisor turned vocal critic—as the President escalates his use of state power to target…
Pod Save AmericaMarc Maron on Brainf*cked Trolls and Liberal Scolds
Marc Maron, comedian and podcast trailblazer, sits down with Lovett to discuss why the left always has to be such a buzzkill, whether Americans voted for Trump…
Pod Save AmericaOfficer Trump Patrols Washington
Donald Trump heads out on "patrol" in Washington, JD Vance hosts a photo op with the National Guard at the Union Station Shake Shack, and Stephen Miller—taking…
Pod Save AmericaBlessed are the Peacemakers (Trump and Putin)
Following an unproductive day of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European…
Pod Save AmericaCan Newsom Stop Trump's Steal?
In response to Trump and Texas Republicans' attempt to rig the 2026 midterm elections, Governor Gavin Newsom calls a special election to redraw California's…
Pod Save AmericaTrump’s Made for TV Occupation of D.C.
Flanked by half his cabinet and citing crimes against a DOGE staffer, Donald Trump announces that he’s deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and…
Pod Save AmericaPete Buttigieg Thinks Democrats Can't Go Back
Pete Buttigieg—former South Bend mayor, 2020 presidential candidate, and Transportation Secretary—sits down with Jon Favreau to discuss how much of the status…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Goes Bananas
Reeling from the Epstein crisis, Donald Trump turns even more erratic and destructive—launching a grand jury investigation into the make-believe crimes of…
Pod Save AmericaTexas Democrats Working Remote
Texas Democrats, in an attempt to block Trump's redistricting effort, shut down a special legislative session by fleeing the state. Texas State Rep. James…
Pod Save AmericaHow Many Nobel Prizes Can Trump Win?
It's Liberation Day…again. After two missed deadlines and only a few trade deals done, Trump's global tariffs officially go into effect today. To mark the…
Pod Save AmericaWill Trump & Netanyahu Let Gaza Starve?
Donald Trump splits with Benjamin Netanyahu and acknowledges that Gaza is experiencing "real starvation"—but will he pressure Israel to end the war and allow…
Pod Save AmericaStephen Colbert, South Park, and Donald Trump’s War Against the Media
It's a scary time for political media. After decades of shifting business models and consumption habits, news outlets now have to navigate lawsuits from a…
Pod Save AmericaCTRL-F 'Trump' in the Epstein Files
Your suspicions were correct: according to The Wall Street Journal, Trump’s name is in the Epstein files—and the Attorney General told him so all the way back…
Pod Save AmericaAn Obama Arrest a Day Keeps the Epstein Files Away
Desperate to distract from the Epstein scandal, Donald Trump posts an AI-generated video of the FBI arresting Barack Obama—as DNI Tulsi Gabbard unveils a new…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Secret Epstein Letter Revealed
The Wall Street Journal publishes a shocking 50th birthday letter Donald Trump wrote to Jeffrey Epstein that discusses a "wonderful secret" the two shared. Jon…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Wants You To Stop Talking About Epstein
MAGA’s Epstein revolt keeps growing — and despite Donald Trump’s pleas, it doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon. Elected officials get their first…
Pod Save AmericaMark Cuban Wants Democrats to Stop Whining and Do Something
Mark Cuban may be a billionaire, but he's not your typical tech bro. The celebrity businessman and former Dallas Mavericks owner campaigned for Kamala Harris…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Flailing Goon Squad
After promising 90 trade deals in 90 days and delivering only two, President Trump delays his arbitrary tariff deadline yet again. A former Trump Justice…
Pod Save AmericaMAGA Revolts Over Epstein List Reversal
Right-wing influencers and conspiracy theorists lose it over a Justice Department memo that says there’s no evidence Jeffrey Epstein had a “client list” or…
Pod Save AmericaGOP Passes Megabill, Betrays Its Own Voters
House Republicans deliver on Trump's Independence Day deadline, passing the Senate's version of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, which will cut taxes for the…
Pod Save AmericaCan the Big Beautiful Bill Be Stopped?
Senate Republicans jam through a final vote on the so-called "Big, Beautiful Bill." Senator Chris Murphy steps away from the Senate floor to join Tommy and…
Pod Save AmericaAre RFK Jr. & MAHA Coming for Your Vaccine?
Health Secretary RFK Jr. has gutted the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, replacing its members with a mix of anti-vaxxers, COVID contrarians, and medical…
Pod Save AmericaHot Zohran Summer
As New York City celebrates Zohran Mamdani's primary win, MAGA, Wall Street, and a handful of Democrats succumb to socialist paranoia. Defense Secretary Pete…
Pod Save AmericaHow Trump Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bombing Iran
Donald Trump, without consulting Congress or United States allies, orders the military to bomb Iran, and then claims that Iran and Israel have reached a…
Pod Save AmericaThe MAGA Rift Over War in Iran
Trump says he'll decide whether to strike Iran sometime in the next two weeks; while some of the biggest names in MAGA, like Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz try to…
Pod Save AmericaProtests Rain on Trump's Parade
Trump's long-planned birthday parade gets overshadowed by massive "No Kings" protests around the country and the cold-blooded murder of a prominent Minnesota…
Pod Save AmericaThe 3.5% Protest Rule That Could Bring Down Trump
How much of America would we need to mobilize to stop Trump's power grab? According to political scientist Erica Chenoweth, it takes 3.5 percent—the threshold…
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…