Sarah Longwell's Message for Everyone Who Thinks We’re Doomed (w/ Andrew Weissmann)

Andrew Weissmann turns the tables on Sarah Longwell for a conversation about her new book, How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time—and what a post-Trump political future could look like. They get into Trump’s unusual hold on his voters, the right-wing media ecosystem, why Democrats too often let polls dictate what they believe, and what years of listening to voters have taught Sarah about how to build a pro-democracy coalition that can actually win.

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Buy Sarah's book, How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250464170/howtoeatanelephant

Giuliano da Empoli, The Hour of the Predator
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808353/the-hour-of-the-predator-by-giuliano-da-empoli/

Julia Curlee, “The Wrong Kind of American” — The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/10/trump-white-house-transgender-mike-pence/688284/

Julia Curlee interview, “The Trump Administration Wanted Her Expertise, Just Not Her” — The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/08/ra-trans-cia/688289/