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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 AmericaKamala Didn't Have the Courage!
Kamala Harris fulfills her oath of office, certifying the election results on the four-year anniversary of the January 6th Capitol riot. Meanwhile, Republicans…
Pod Save AmericaIntroducing: Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
In this episode of Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams, Stacey speaks to Dr. Céline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist, epidemiologist and editor at…
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What Really Happens During a Presidential Transition
In this free preview of Crooked's Friends of the Pod subscription show "Inside 2024," (subscribe here) Dan Pfeiffer, Alyssa Mastromonaco, and Caroline Reston…
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The Pundies: Worst Takes of 2024
The world's richest man trolls Republicans into a potential government shutdown right before the holidays and the curtain closes on 2024...and it can't come…
Pod Save AmericaAOC Loses to the Gerontocracy
House Democrats choose not to elevate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, arguably the party's most compelling messenger, to Ranking Member on the House Oversight…
Pod Save AmericaIs Biden Quiet Quitting?
Joe Biden cedes the spotlight to Donald Trump, who's rolling like he's already taken office: meeting with world leaders, attending the annual Army-Navy game…
Pod Save AmericaBillionaires' Bet on Trump Pays Off
America's corporate titans seem pretty happy about Donald Trump's election—even pitching in to his inaugural bash—and it's no big mystery why: he's promising…
Pod Save AmericaIs Winning an Election a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card?
Donald Trump's once-daunting legal challenges continue to melt away, as Special Counsel Jack Smith plans his resignation and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg lays out…
Pod Save AmericaPardons, Prosecutions, and Perfume: Trump Unveils 100 Day Agenda
Donald Trump sits down for his first big interview since winning the election and unveils his plans for mass deportations, pardons for January 6th rioters, and…
Pod Save AmericaCan Biden Stop Trump’s Revenge Tour?
The White House considers preemptive pardons for the people Donald Trump and his allies have promised to target, setting off a debate among Democrats. Jon and…
Pod Save AmericaCovering Trump 2.0
Tommy is joined by Eugene Daniels, Politico White House Correspondent, coauthor of the Playbook newsletter, and president of the White House Correspondents…
Pod Save AmericaThe Old Man and the Clemency
President Biden pardons his son Hunter—a move he'd once promised not to make—and the backlash is immediate. Republicans are calling it a political favor, while…
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Thanksgiving Mailbag: Trans Rights, Progressive Media, and Skinny Jeans
It’s our annual Thanksgiving Mailbag episode! Jon, Lovett, and Tommy dive into some of your smartest, funniest, and most thought-provoking questions. They…
Pod Save America“Get These Incels to Work” (feat. Hasan Piker)
Lovett sits down with Hasan Piker, the massively popular progressive streamer, to talk through (and argue about) the hard questions about where the Democratic…
Pod Save AmericaExclusive: The Harris Campaign On What Went Wrong
In this candid interview, the leaders of the Harris-Walz Campaign speak for the first time about the challenges they faced and why they made the decisions they…
Pod Save AmericaGaetz Goes Down
Matt Gaetz is out as Trump's attorney general pick after the mounting questions about past interactions with young women cost him the support of key senators…
Pod Save AmericaMatt Gaetz: Venmo Money, Venmo Problems
The problems dogging attorney general pick Matt Gaetz don't seem to be going away, as new leaks expose a history of thousands of dollars in Venmo payments to…
Pod Save AmericaJoe and Mika Do the Trump Dance
Donald Trump completes his journey from outcast to cool kid, showing off his MAGA clique at a glitzy UFC fight and even getting nemeses Joe Scarborough and…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's YOLO Cabinet
Donald Trump goes all in on naming his biggest political boosters to Cabinet posts, whether they're qualified or not (they're not!). Trump wants alleged sex…
Pod Save AmericaEzra Klein on Where Democrats Go From Here
Jon and New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, host of The Ezra Klein Show, talk through what we know about how Democrats started to lose working-class and…
Pod Save AmericaFirst Look At Trump's Second Term
Trump begins staffing top roles in his second administration with loyalists and sycophants—and demands that the senators running for majority leader agree to…
Pod Save AmericaHow Trump Built His Coalition
The best way to understand what happened on Tuesday is to listen to what the actual voters have been saying. Dan checks back in with two strategists who run…
Pod Save AmericaLet the Blame Game Commence!
As Kamala Harris officially concedes after a terrible election, Democrats begin searching for lessons—and singling out others for blame. Jon, Lovett, Dan, and…
Pod Save AmericaMaking Sense of Trump's Win
After a night of resounding losses and a nationwide lurch to the right, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan begin to sift through the pieces—what we know, and we…
Pod Save AmericaA Strong Close—And an Iowa Poll Shocker
After a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, Kamala Harris closes on optimism, unity, and lower prices—while Trump fantasizes about reporters getting…
Pod Save AmericaElection Night Cheat Sheet (feat. Steve Kornacki)
With just two days to go, Dan sits down with Election Night guru and NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki for a pre-election deep dive…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Halloween Costume
Donald Trump dresses up like a sanitation worker as a message stunt and says he'll "protect" women "whether the women like it or not." Kamala Harris seizes on…
Pod Save AmericaKamala’s Closing Argument (feat. AOC)
Kamala Harris delivers a rousing closing speech, promising to be a president for all Americans and sharply contrasting her plans with Donald Trump's. Trump…
Pod Save AmericaRage at Madison Square Garden
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris offer two very different closing messages as we enter the last week before the election: Harris hits the trail with Beyoncé and…
Pod Save AmericaHarris Pollster: Trump Has No Momentum
Kamala Harris’s lead pollster, David Binder, sits down with Dan Pfeiffer to explain how the the campaign is looking at undecided voters, Harris’s gains with…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Spank America Tour
Donald Trump tries to win over the last few undecided voters by calling immigrants "garbage" and campaigning with Tucker Carlson, who says America is a "bad…
Pod Save AmericaJohn Kelly's Trump Bombshell
Donald Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, goes on the record about Trump praising Hitler, meeting the "definition of a fascist," and the "disturbing"…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Closes With Small Fries and Big D*cks
Running on fumes with just two weeks to go, Trump raves about Arnold Palmer's genitalia and works the fryer at a McDonald's. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris campaigns…
Pod Save AmericaCan Dems Sweep the 2024 Elections?
Dan is joined by Amy Walter, Editor-in-Chief of the Cook Political Report, to break down Democrats' chances of winning the White House, Senate, and House. They…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Calls January 6th a "Day of Love"
Donald Trump gives a stunning answer to a Republican voter upset about Trump's behavior on January 6: "That was a day of love." Kamala Harris braves Fox News…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Bizarre Town Hall DJ Set
Donald Trump spends 40 minutes at a Pennsylvania Q&A queueing up his favorite tunes, baffling the crowd (and everyone else). Tommy and Democratic strategist…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Top General Uses the F-Word
"Fascist to the core." That's how Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs under Donald Trump, describes Trump in a new book—and that was before Trump's…
Pod Save AmericaWhy You Shouldn't Panic About the Polls
David Plouffe, Senior Advisor to the Harris-Walz campaign and campaign manager for Barack Obama in 2008, joins Dan to talk about where the race stands in the…
Pod Save AmericaLet the Bedwetting Begin
With 25 days left until Election Day, the quadrennial October Freakout is upon us! Jon and Dan break down the tightening polls, the rival campaigns' strategies…
Pod Save AmericaWhy Is Trump Scared of the Media?
Donald Trump cancels on 60 Minutes as Kamala Harris and Tim Walz face tough questions and then kick off a full-scale media blitz, with appearances on The View…
Pod Save AmericaBillionaire Personality Disorder
Live from Philly, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, Dan, and MSNBC's Symone Sanders Townsend discuss Trump's rally with Elon Musk, Kamala Harris's media blitz, and reports…
Pod Save AmericaTrump’s Hurricane of Lies
Live from Ann Arbor, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan are joined by special guest host Leah Litman, co-host of Strict Scrutiny and Michigan’s own legal whiz! With…
Pod Save AmericaKamala Harris & Liz Cheney Take on Donald Trump
October is here... and so are the surprises. Special Counsel Jack Smith brings Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy back into the headlines, while Harris teams up…
Pod Save AmericaHot Takes on a Low Key Debate
Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy break down Tim Walz's great arguments about democracy and reproductive rights, JD Vance's distortions on Obamacare and immigration…
Pod Save AmericaCan Tim Walz Out-Debate JD Vance?
Tim Walz and JD Vance prepare for the last big moment of the campaign: Tuesday's vice presidential debate. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy handicap Walz's strengths and…
Pod Save AmericaKamala Pitches Populism, Trump Hawks Watches
Harris gives another big economic speech and sits for an interview about protecting consumers and growing the middle class. Trump, meanwhile, claims Iran is…
Pod Save AmericaIs Trump God's Gift to Women?
Lovett and guest host Errin Haines break down Kamala Harris's efforts to close the gap with Donald Trump on the economy, and what might be behind Trump's…
Pod Save AmericaIs Trump Winning the Sun Belt?
Six weeks out from Election Day, new polls show Harris leading nationally, but Trump still ahead in key Sun Belt states. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy dive into…
Pod Save AmericaKamala Up, Lovett Down
Another day, another round of maddening polls showing the race locked in place—with Harris ever-so-slightly ahead—even as voters agree that she beat Trump…
Pod Save AmericaHarris Denounces Trump's Pet-Eating Conspiracy
Kamala Harris drives a contrast message with an appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists and gives a searing answer about Trump and Vance's…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Blames Harris for Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump wastes no time blaming Kamala Harris and Joe Biden for the latest attempt on his life. JD Vance defends spreading lies about Haitian immigrants as…
Pod Save AmericaTrump Is Too Afraid to Debate Harris Again
Two days after getting trounced in the debate, Trump turns to a familiar playbook: claim a win, trash the moderators, and—above all—refuse to debate again. The…
Pod Save AmericaKamala Dominates Trump at the Debate
In what may be the last huge moment of the campaign, Kamala Harris pulls off an overwhelming win: drawing a clear contrast with Donald Trump, presenting…
Pod Save AmericaAll Tied up Before the Debate
Debate day has arrived, and new polls show that the race couldn't be closer. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy offer their final thoughts before Kamala Harris and Donald…
Pod Save AmericaTrump's Happy-Go-Lucky Debate Strategy
Kamala Harris prepares for Tuesday's debate while Donald Trump has "policy time" and complains about his legal woes. Live in Phoenix, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, Dan…
Pod Save AmericaKamala Harris: Still the Underdog
As the final campaign sprint begins, both candidates roll out plans on the issue that matters most to undecided voters: the economy. Republican truth-teller…
Pod Save AmericaDoug Emhoff Is Ready to Win (Fantasy Football)
Doug Emhoff stops by the Crooked studio! The Second Gentleman talks with Jon, Lovett, and Tommy about why Kamala Harris is such "a badass," masculinity and…
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Pollercoaster: State of the Race with Dan Pfeiffer (Subscription Preview)
Lean into the long Labor Day weekend with a special 'Best Of' preview episode of Crooked’s subscriber-exclusive series, Pollercoaster. In this episode, enjoy…
Pod Save AmericaHarris and Walz Meet the Press
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz sit down with CNN's Dana Bash for their much-hyped first big interview—and they pass the test. Donald Trump tries again to tack to…
Pod Save AmericaHarris Hits the Airwaves
Lovett and guest host Symone Sanders Townsend of MSNBC discuss the Harris-Walz campaign's latest moves: new ads hitting Trump and touting her housing plan, and…