S6 Ep20: Playing Stupid Games, Winning Stupid Prizes (with Bill Kristol)

S6 Ep20: Playing Stupid Games, Winning Stupid Prizes (with Bill Kristol)

There's a lot of bad news right now—so much that none of it is breaking through that much to the voters we talked to. From the ICE killing of Renee Good to the Epstein files to the criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, Bulwark editor-at-large Bill Kristol joins Sarah for a reflective conversation on the tough times we live in and how voters are processing them.

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Previous shows discussing the Epstein Files:
With Will Sommer (November 2025)
With Ashley Parker (September 2025)
With Will Sommer (July 2025)

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S6 Ep47: Kyle Clark: Colorado's Mad Libs

S6 Ep47: Kyle Clark: Colorado's Mad Libs

Colorado isn't much of a swing state anymore, but we're covering its primaries anyway. Both of its senators and one longtime member of Congress are facing bigger headwinds than you might expect. Our f...

27 Jun 55min

S6 Ep46: Patrick Svitek: Texas & Maine Swing Voters Sound Off

S6 Ep46: Patrick Svitek: Texas & Maine Swing Voters Sound Off

Barrels of ink have been spilled about James Talarico, Ken Paxton, Graham Platner, and Susan Collins. For the first time, we're listening to how swing voters in Texas and Maine are assessing these two...

20 Jun 50min

S6 Ep45: Rachel Janfaza: You Kids, Get Off My Lawn!

S6 Ep45: Rachel Janfaza: You Kids, Get Off My Lawn!

Gen Z swung hard for Trump in 2024. Now his approval with them is under 30%. What happened, and what does this generation’s mix of political views (especially on the war in the Middle East) mean for 2...

13 Jun 41min

S6 Ep44: Amy Walter: Everyone Is on the Take

S6 Ep44: Amy Walter: Everyone Is on the Take

Summer’s here, and Sarah’s taking a break from primary election coverage to take stock of the national political landscape. We haven’t talked to swing voters in a little while about the overall state ...

6 Jun 41min

S6 Ep43: Peter Hamby: California Is The Progressive Id

S6 Ep43: Peter Hamby: California Is The Progressive Id

Everyone loves to complain about how California is governed...even some of the Democrats in our focus groups. So, how is the Democratic primary to replace Gavin Newsom shaping up? Plus, a proto-Trump ...

30 Mai 1h 7min

S6 Ep42: Adam Jentleson: More Heterodoxy, Please

S6 Ep42: Adam Jentleson: More Heterodoxy, Please

Sarah is sick and tired of the arguments about whether Democrats should move to the left or the center, because Democratic voters’ answers to this question overlap a lot more than the online turf wars...

23 Mai 1h 11min

S6 Ep41: Greg Bluestein: Georgia's Root Canal Primary

S6 Ep41: Greg Bluestein: Georgia's Root Canal Primary

Georgia's primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate have LOTS of things for political nerds (like you, dear listener) to chew on. But the Republican and Democratic voters we talked to felt pretty sick of...

16 Mai 53min

S6 Ep40: Tim Miller: Good Riddance, Bill Cassidy?

S6 Ep40: Tim Miller: Good Riddance, Bill Cassidy?

This week's show has a rare note of agreement with our MAGA focus group participants. In Louisiana, Bill Cassidy is running for re-election to the Senate, and trying to pass himself as a MAGA true bel...

9 Mai 53min

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