Matt Yglesias and Brian Beutler: The Left Hits Biden Harder than Trump
Tim queries Yglesias and Beutler about Biden's Gaza response, and why Dems don't go on the attack more.
47m Feb 27, 2024
47m
Bill Kristol: A Shot of Hopium
Voters who backed Nikki in South Carolina are not buying American carnage, and may represent a kind of gettable voter in swing states.
45m Feb 26, 2024
45m
Bonus Episode: South Carolina Circus Special
Tim is joined by John Heilemann, Jennifer Palmieri, and Mark McKinnon, his former colleagues from "The Circus," for a South Carolina primary preview.
44m Feb 24, 2024
44m
Rob Reiner and Dan Partland: God & Country
Christian nationalism is not only a threat to democracy, but also to Christianity itself.
29m Feb 23, 2024
29m
Glenn Thrush and Tim Mak: Russia's Plots Against the West
Republicans amplify Russian disinfo, and Ukrainians feel betrayed on the 2nd anniversary of the invasion.
40m Feb 22, 2024
40m
Katie Couric: Not A Libtard
Couric revisits the impact of her Sarah Palin interview.
46m Feb 21, 2024
46m
Jane Coaston: The Culture War of Absurdity
Charlie Kirk hates Taylor, pro sports, Disney—and anything normal.
57m Feb 20, 2024
57m
Bill Kristol: A Tacky, Low-Life Con Man
The vulgar carnival barker used the holiday weekend to hawk crummy, over-priced sneakers, and compare himself to Navalny.
30m Feb 19, 2024
30m
Ben Wittes: Putin's Cheerleaders
Navalny heroically stood up to Putin, but Tucker and MAGA's bad actors can't get enough of the Russian leader—and Russia itself.
46m Feb 16, 2024
46m
Robert Draper: The Talented Mr. Meadows
Mark Meadows' immunity order could be a problem for Trump, but his habit of lying could be a problem for Jack Smith.
42m Feb 15, 2024
42m
Rep. Dean Phillips: The Pitch
The congressman states his case for why he's challenging Biden, and Tim Miller grills him.
44m Feb 14, 2024
44m
James Carville: Mock Him
Much of MAGA thinks Trump was sent by God, but King Cyrus probably didn't wear a diaper.
36m Feb 13, 2024
36m
Bill Kristol and A.B. Stoddard : Soak Up the Schadenfreude
A Super Bowl W for Dark Brandon & the Deep State. Tim Miller debuts as host.
53m Feb 12, 2024
53m
David French and Bill Kristol: The Age Thing
Biden's docs report, and his Mexico mistake, have put age center stage.
53m Feb 09, 2024
53m
He's Staying on the Ballot
The Supreme Court sounded ready to reject a Colorado ruling that barred Trump from the state ballot.
35m Feb 08, 2024
35m
Tom Nichols: Citizen Trump
The Supreme Court's legitimacy would really be on the line if it took up Trump's completely lunatic immunity theory.
46m Feb 07, 2024
46m
Jonathan Taplin: The End of Reality
Four billionaires—Musk, Zuckerberg, Thiel, and Andreessen—are part of an antidemocratic turn in the tech world.
37m Feb 06, 2024
37m
The Fifth Avenue Rapist
J.D. Vance has extended Trump's Fifth Avenue immunity claim to sexual assault, RICO, and espionage.
46m Feb 05, 2024
46m
Michael Steele: Let it Rip, Joe
Surprise, surprise, Biden drops F-bombs when he talks about the former insurrectionist president.
37m Feb 02, 2024
37m
We're Talking Real Money
Trump hasn't re-defamed E. Jean Carroll, so it basically takes about $83 million to get him to shut up.
45m Feb 01, 2024
45m
Joe Klein & John Ellis: A Torrent of Stupid
MAGA makes Taylor Enemy No. 1, and Gov. Abbott invites another Jan 6.
50m Jan 31, 2024
50m
Brian Klaas: Why Everything We Do Matters
The world feels like it's falling apart, and black swan events are on the rise.
44m Jan 30, 2024
44m
Will Saletan: The New Nikki
Haley has taken a hard turn against Trump, and is calling on him to 'man-up' and explain why he grew the debt and why he praises President Xi.
45m Jan 29, 2024
45m
Edward Luce: Why Big Business Is Caving to Trump
Aspiring monopolists, not publicly-traded "corporatists," would be the winners under a Trump 2.0.
43m Jan 26, 2024
43m
Just What Putin Wanted
Moscow Mitch capitulated to Trump's electoral interests, and Scalia speaks from beyond.
40m Jan 25, 2024
40m
Benjy Sarlin: Wake up to Reality
We're now pretty decisively pivoting from primary season to the general election. There's no denying it's Biden v Trump.
40m Jan 24, 2024
40m
Michael Kruse: Trump's Grand Finale
Trump has made an art form of attacking the courts and the rule of law for 50 years.
43m Jan 23, 2024
43m
Will Saletan: A Rogue Presidency
Trump wants to put his knee on the neck of America with a violent, illegal presidency.
49m Jan 22, 2024
49m
Amanda Carpenter: The Authoritarian Playbook
How Trump would follow through on his anti-democratic promises.
52m Jan 19, 2024
52m
Complete and Total Immunity
No, American presidents don't need to be able to commit crimes to do their job.
41m Jan 18, 2024
41m
Tina Nguyen: The MAGA Diaries
The inside story of the grassroots effort to recruit young soldiers for the conservative movement.
46m Jan 17, 2024
46m
A.B. Stoddard: Dead Ends after Iowa
Can the criminal defendant preaching to the choir juice a wider electorate?
42m Jan 16, 2024
42m
Will Saletan: The GOP Surrenders before First Vote
Republicans race to bend the knee while looking like they want border chaos.
58m Jan 15, 2024
58m
Karen Tumulty: The World's Biggest Victim
While Trump preps to be a victor in Iowa, his campaign narrative goes full victim.
37m Jan 12, 2024
37m
The MAGA Pathology
Chris Christie dropping out shows that one party is at war with the idea of democratic self-government.
39m Jan 11, 2024
39m
Mark Hertling: Defending American Values
While North Korea jumped in to arm Russia, the GOP dallies over supporting Ukraine.
41m Jan 10, 2024
41m
Tim O'Brien: The Most Corrupt President. Ever.
Trump hopes for a market crash, vows revenge, and plots his next Oval Office grift.
40m Jan 09, 2024
40m
Will Saletan: Erasing History
Jan 6 rioters are innocent, and the Art of the Deal guy could've taught Lincoln how to negotiate an end to the Civil War.
55m Jan 08, 2024
55m
Tom Nichols: Claudine Gay Had to Go
Harvard was protecting its academic standards and the institution itself.
53m Jan 05, 2024
53m
What Will the Supreme Court Do?
SCOTUS will have to take up the insurrectionist clause that's getting Trump removed from state ballots.
47m Jan 04, 2024
47m
Susan Glasser: The Fever Won't Break
We're not going back to the status quo before Trump's presidency.
42m Jan 03, 2024
42m
Will Saletan: The Guts to Tell the Truth
Christie is not dropping out because Nikki is not the one we've been waiting for.
45m Jan 02, 2024
45m
The Day After: The Night My Father Scared America
A.B. Stoddard shares how her dad and a film helped change the course of history.
24m Dec 22, 2023
24m
Sam Wasson: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
Coppola lives the film to make the film—like a Method actor behind the camera.
41m Dec 21, 2023
41m
Yair Rosenberg: Israel Is Not a White Colonial Project
Applying American ideas about racial identity to Israel makes for lazy analysis.
54m Dec 20, 2023
54m
Anne Applebaum: The Irreparable Damage of a Second Term
America's role in the world if Trump is reelected.
36m Dec 19, 2023
36m
Will Saletan: Trump Is Anti-America
On the stump in New Hampshire, Trump parroted Putin condemning the American political system.
40m Dec 18, 2023
40m
Ready for 2024?
It was a year of heroes and zeros, highs and lows, and shocks and fizzles.
59m Dec 15, 2023
59m
Jack Smith Calls Trump's Bluff
The special counsel is short-circuiting Trump's foot-dragging strategy.
41m Dec 14, 2023
41m
Where Have All the Democrats Gone?
Democrats used to be the party of the common man and woman.
54m Dec 13, 2023
54m