Michael 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 coauthors profile the civil servants whose...
6 Apr 20251h 10min
Trump'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 turns out they're based on fake math. Tom...
4 Apr 20251h 46min
Trump “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, Lovett, and Tommy discuss all the latest madn...
1 Apr 20251h 22min
Ezra 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 enough manufacturing? Better cut back on trad...
30 Mar 20251h
Trump 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 Americans and causing serious concern. Jon ...
28 Mar 20251h 34min
War 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 American institutions cave to Trump's pr...
25 Mar 20251h 30min
A 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 like for our communities and those abroad?...
23 Mar 20251h 10min
Trump 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 to wage war against it. Meanwhile, Trump...
21 Mar 20251h 5min
