132: Anne Applebaum on the War in Ukraine
The Atlantic writer on where it stands and where it’s going.
47m Sep 17, 2023
47m
131: Franklin Foer’s New Book on Biden: The Last Politician
The Atlantic Writer on Biden’s Presidency (So Far)
48m Sep 10, 2023
48m
130: The Case for Universal Voting. Like in Australia!
WaPo’s E.J. Dionne & Harvard’s Miles Rapoport on making everyone vote!
44m Sep 03, 2023
44m
129: Molly Jong-Fast and Mark Leibovich on the GOP Debate
The Highlights and Lowlights
38m Aug 27, 2023
38m
128: Tim Miller and Charlie Cook on the First GOP Debate
The bloodbath in Milwaukee!!
51m Aug 20, 2023
51m
127: Stuart Stevens is Ashamed
Of his party and himself
49m Aug 13, 2023
49m
126: Neal Katyal on Jack Smith’s Very Smart Case
And Donald J. Tump’s Very Weak One
36m Aug 06, 2023
36m
125: Best Of: Sarah Silverman!
Because she's the best!
1hr 15m Jul 30, 2023
1hr 15m
124: Inside the Race to Go Viral with Ben Smith
Former Editor in Chief of Buzzfeed News and NYT Columnist on his new book TRAFFIC
46m Jul 23, 2023
46m
123: Marc Elias and Ari Berman
Fighting the GOP Attack on Democracy!
1hr 17m Jul 16, 2023
1hr 17m
122: Dahlia Lithwick on the Awful SCOTUS Term
And what it portends...
41m Jul 09, 2023
41m
121: Best Of: John Mayer on Playing with The Dead
Deadheads were skeptical – Not anymore!
37m Jul 02, 2023
37m
120: Comedian Alex Edelman on Heading to Broadway!
“Just for Us” a Jew goes to a neo-Nazi event - laughs o’plenty
48m Jun 25, 2023
48m
119: Ukraine Update with The Atlantic’s Frank Foer
It’s bloody, complicated!
40m Jun 18, 2023
40m
118: Mark Leibovich on the Documents Indictment
And How it Plays with Republicans
48m Jun 11, 2023
48m
117: Our Immigration System: It's Broken!
Pulitzer Prize winner Molly O'Toole and former ICE Investigator Jerry Robinette on our Southern Border.
48m Jun 04, 2023
48m
116: QAnon – Weirder Than You Know!!! Author Will Sommer
And 15% of Americans Believe this Stuff!
54m May 28, 2023
54m
115: Molly Jong-Fast and Al Discuss The Week’s Events
A fun one, for a change.
42m May 21, 2023
42m
114: Dahlia Lithwick is BACK!
Our SCOTUS Expert Knocks It Out of the Park
57m May 14, 2023
57m
113: NYT Columnist Paul Krugman on The Debt Ceiling
His Strategies to Thwart the GOP’s Financial Terrorism
50m May 07, 2023
50m
112: Dan Balz, WaPo’s Chief Correspondent, Explains It All!
The Dean of DC Political Correspondents meets his Jerry!
42m Apr 30, 2023
42m
111: Rep. Katie Porter - On Her New Book & Jeremy Peters On Dominion
Porter discusses I Swear: Politics Is Messier than My Minivan and also swears a bit.
54m Apr 23, 2023
54m
110: Heather McGhee - My Favorite Is Back
On Racism as Greed, Book Banning & Other Fun Topics
48m Apr 16, 2023
48m
109: Harry Litman – A Panorama of Trump’s Massive Legal Problems
Manhattan, Georgia, Documents, Jan. 6, & the Civil Cases!!!
51m Apr 09, 2023
51m
108: Israel Expert Aaron David Miller on Netanyahu’s Anti-democratic Judicial “Reforms”
Oy Yoy Yoy Yoy Yoy Yoy Yoy!!!!
56m Apr 02, 2023
56m
107: Adam Schiff on Lots of Stuff!
Why He Got Kicked Off Intel, Trump, etc.
43m Mar 26, 2023
43m
106: WaPo Economics Columnist Catherine Rampell
Discusses the SVB meltdown and the economy writ large
1hr 15m Mar 19, 2023
1hr 15m
105: Best Of: Chris Rock
In this 2019 conversation, Chris discusses his early struggles in comedy. Until he met me!
54m Mar 12, 2023
54m
104: Andy Slavitt & Laurie Garrett on “The End of the Covid Emergency?”
Where we are now
45m Mar 05, 2023
45m
103: NYT’s Jeremy Peters on Dominion v. FOX
Looks bad for FOX
42m Feb 26, 2023
42m
102: Shoshana Zuboff & Roger McNamee on Surveillance Capitalism
The Existential Threat of Big Tech’s Predatory Business Models
46m Feb 19, 2023
46m
101: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on The Right’s 50-Year Scheme to Capture SCOTUS
Hint: It involves a lot of dark money.
54m Feb 12, 2023
54m
100: Julia Ioffe - Update on The War in Ukraine
As the Brutal War Enters its 2nd Year
50m Feb 05, 2023
50m
99: Joyce Vance & Barbara McQuade on The Latest from Fulton County
INDICTMENTS? HOW MANY? TRUMP?!
56m Jan 29, 2023
56m
98: WaPo’s Dana Milbank On How Only 2/3 of GOP House Members Are Crazy
And why that won't help much...
43m Jan 22, 2023
43m
97: Norm Ornstein on The Radical Right Takeover of the House
And the Dangers Ahead
43m Jan 15, 2023
43m
96: Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report
The Political Analyst Analyzes Politics
53m Jan 08, 2023
53m
95: BEST OF - Neal Katyal On How Trump Would Be Prosecuted
The documents? January 6th? The Raffensperger call?
39m Jan 01, 2023
39m
94: BEST OF: The Day the President Laughed!
The Trump Kids Offer a Prize to Whoever Can Make Their Father Laugh 
37m Dec 25, 2022
37m
88: BEST OF: Anne Nelson on the Right Wing Shadow Network
The journalist/author discusses the secret hub of the radical right
49m Dec 18, 2022
49m
87: Alexander Vindman on Ukraine
The former NSC Director of Eastern Europe Affairs on The War
48m Dec 11, 2022
48m
50: Rob Delaney – On the Loss of His 2-Year-Old, Henry
And his heartbreaking, raw, and, yes, funny book, A Heart That Works
55m Dec 04, 2022
55m
86: Jeremy Peters Traces the GOP’s Descent to Trump
The NYT journalist on How the Nutcase Right Took Over the GOP
53m Nov 27, 2022
53m
85: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp on The Midterms
A Fun One – For a Change!
1hr Nov 20, 2022
1hr
84: BONUS EPISODE: My Genius Hearing Parody on WHAT THE HACK!
Me as Bernie, Grassley, Sherrod, Collins, and McConnell
21m Nov 18, 2022
21m
83: Norm Ornstein on The Wave That Didn’t Happen
And what it means.
51m Nov 13, 2022
51m
82: Cecile Richards and David Axelrod on The Midterms
Our first one recorded in front of a live audience!
1hr 10m Nov 06, 2022
1hr 10m
81: Laboratories of Autocracy – David Pepper – It’s the States, Stupid!
The former Ohio Democratic State Chair on how state legislatures are dismantling democracy.
56m Oct 30, 2022
56m
80: MI Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson and Journalist Ari Berman
Our Democracy Under Threat
1hr 4m Oct 23, 2022
1hr 4m
79: Author Will Bunch – The Cost of College as The Source of Our Division
The GI Bill & Free College United Us. Today’s Steep Cost Has Created Deep Resentment
54m Oct 16, 2022
54m