219: Atul Gawande on Musk’s Destruction of USAID
Elon Musk and DOGE have been taking a chainsaw to the federal government since Trump was re-elected. It could take us generations to fully recover from the damage inflicted by the careless and cruel n...
13 Apr 202543min
218: Catherine Rampell on Trump’s Tariffs and DOGE
Despite widespread warnings about what economic havoc they could cause, Donald Trump announced his plan to put tariffs on nearly every nation in the world. Catherine Rampell, opinion columnist for The...
6 Apr 202553min
217: Jessica Yellin on Our Anxiety Producing News Cycle
A potentially catastrophic breach of security within The White House has set off alarm bells for both Republicans and Democrats in D.C. Independent journalist Jessica Yellin joins us to discuss Signal...
30 Mar 202537min
216: Norm Ornstein on Another Terrible Week in D.C.
It's been another chaotic week in Donald Trump's America, and we're thrilled to have our good friend, Norm Ornstein, back on the podcast. We talk about Trump's Executive Order TO dismantle the Departm...
23 Mar 202534min
215: BEST OF: Trae Crowder on Comedy and The Liberal Redneck
In this Best Of episode, we revisit our conversation with Trae Crowder, the viral comedian from Tennessee aka The Liberal Redneck. We talk about Trae's upbringing in a red state, why rednecks are Trum...
16 Mar 202542min
214: Mark Leibovich on the Week in Washington
We're joined by our friend Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic to break down a wild week in Washington D.C.! Donald Trump gave his address to Congress. It was the longest one ever and didn't seem to say mu...
9 Mar 202539min
213: War Correspondent Tim Mak on Russia and Ukraine
As Trump and his administration try to rewrite history and say that Ukraine started the war with Russia, we're joined by Tim Mak, war correspondent and founder of The Counteroffensive. Tim has been li...
2 Mar 202550min
212: Sarah Longwell on Voter Reactions to Trump's First Month
A month into Donald Trump's second term, how do voters feel about the job he's doing? We talk to Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark and host of The Focus Group podcast. We discuss how Trump is c...
23 Feb 202549min
