Not a judge or a jury. Not fake electors. Nope. The ‘24 election and the fate of democracy hinges on… say it with us… Vibes. The vibes this week: Joe Biden signed a foreign aid bill into which also included a forced sale of TikTok. Donald Trump faced a litany of legal battles including the 2016 Election Interference (hush money) trial which is underway, a hearing on whether he is in contempt of the court for violating his gag order, and he (and his cronies - Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani) were ...
Apr 26, 2024•42 min•Ep. 16
This week on Vibes Only: History is made as Trump becomes the first President in US history to stand criminal trial for falsifying business records to reimburse his former “fixer,” Michael Cohen, for paying porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in October 2016 to stay quiet about an alleged affair with Trump (while BTW, Melania was at home with their new-born son). Brian and Glennis discuss the sleepy start to the trial. Camaron Stevenson , Founding Editor and Chief Political Correspondent for The C...
Apr 17, 2024•36 min
This week, we are pleased to be joined by Taylor Lorenz. Taylor covers technology and social media for the Washington Post. She is the author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet, and she hosts a new podcast, Power User . Before our vibe check with Taylor on the TikTok legislation, how social media shapes the vibes of politics, and all things online - we dive into Trump’s “new” statement on his position on abortion, and the RFK Jr. staffer who said t...
Apr 10, 2024•40 min•Ep. 14
SPECIAL GUEST to talk through the vibes of the week: Katie Grossbard. Katie is an attorney, founding member of I am a voter and This is About Humanity. She is a digital creator that aims to empower people to be more informed and less overwhelmed. We love that. Brian, Glennis and Katie talk about Trump’s Easter meltdown coupled with right-wing media’s freakout over the Trans Day of Visibility landing on Easter Sunday and their insistence that everything they don’t like — including the Baltimore b...
Apr 03, 2024•44 min•Ep. 13
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine , a case involving mifepristone or "the abortion pill" as it's come to be known. Brian and Glennis discuss why this case, as they suggest could be the most consequential abortion case since ROE . They then discuss the whirlwind week that saw NBC hire election-denying former RNC Chair, Ronna McDaniel, a public revolt from its on-air staff, and a reversal on the hire. Next, they give updates on two Trump cases: the...
Mar 27, 2024•42 min•Ep. 12
This week on Vibes Only Brian and Glennis talk about Donald Trump’s unhinged rally in Ohio where he said migrants were “not people” but rather “animals.” He also said there would be a “bloodbath” (“least of” which for autoworkers) if he didn’t win the election, and in a flip-the-script strategy, said that Joe Biden is a threat to democracy. They also discuss what should possibly be the biggest story of 2024 - which is - Donald Trump’s former Vice President, Mike Pence, refusing to endorse him. B...
Mar 20, 2024•38 min•Ep. 11
Joe Biden delivered a powerful State of the Union address last week. Democratic Strategist, Keith Edwards, joins Brian and Glennis to talk about how the speech reset the vibes and set the tone for the general election. They also discuss: Biden’s proposed 2025 budget, Trump’s willingness to cut “entitlements” such as Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, and a bill that in the House that would ban TikTok in the United States, perhaps forcing the Chinese company, ByteDance, to sell the platform....
Mar 13, 2024•43 min•Ep. 10
This week we’re joined by Annie Wu Henry. Annie is a political consultant & digital strategist from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She - like us - is chronically online and has helped craft digital strategies for organizations like the Working Families Parties and AOC. She received high praise for her role in John Fetterman’s Senate campaign - leading his TikTok content and strategy. If anyone knows digital messaging - it’s Annie. Annie helps us check the vibes this week: If it wasn’t cle...
Mar 06, 2024•45 min•Ep. 9
Here to help us check the vibes this week is Emily Amick, aka @emilyinyourphone. Emily is a lawyer and formerly served as counsel to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Now you can find her on Instagram sharing expert legal and political analysis. We talk with her about: The Alabama Supreme Court decision that ruled frozen embryos are "people." The right-wing war on women more broadly. The " trad wife " phenomenon. She also joins us to check the vibes on: CPAC Another possible government shutd...
Feb 28, 2024•42 min•Ep. 8
The vibes this week: Nikki Haley trolled the media by making everyone think she was dropping out only to announce that she'd stay in the race (even though she'll inevitably get beat in her home state) Donald Trump was ordered to pay $350 million in the New York civil fraud case - with the Judge claiming that Trump and his children were "borderline pathological." The New York Times broke the news that Trump has been privately saying he favors a 16-week federal abortion ban . The Alabama Supreme C...
Feb 21, 2024•37 min•Ep. 7
Dan Pfeiffer, former senior Obama advisor and host of Pod Save America, joins as a special guest to talk through some of the vibes this week! We ask Dan about special counsel Robert Hur’s report that he referred to as a “partisan hit job,” media coverage of Biden’s age, and how to survive the dizzying pollercoaster. Then, we give a brief update on Donald Trump’s election cases, and discuss his comments on Russia and Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin. Finally, we take a trip to Misso...
Feb 14, 2024•41 min•Ep. 6
The VIBES THIS WEEK: A 3-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit unanimously ruled that citizen Donald Trump does not have immunity in the DC elections case saying “we cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter.” Also: Last week we talked about Trump and his congressional loyalists work to tank the bipartisan border deal that was hashed out in the Senate before they even knew what was in it. Well the detai...
Feb 07, 2024•34 min•Ep. 5
Senate Republicans and Democrats are reportedly nearing a bipartisan border deal. Trump called the deal “a disaster” without knowing what’s in it because, as Senate Republicans have admitted, it would weaken his grievance that Biden is ineffective on the border. Also: Nikki Haley is going into attack mode. Is it too little too late? How will her Trump digs age if she eventually bends the knee? Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, also known as Travis Kelce (hehe), is heading to the Super Bowl. The New York...
Jan 31, 2024•32 min•Ep. 4
New Hampshire results are in with the expected results taking the headlines. Donald Trump won the GOP primary, while Joe Biden, who wasn’t even on the ballot (we explain why) overwhelmingly won with an organized write-in campaign. Nikki Haley performed better than expected and vows to stay in the race. We break down the results, hot off the presses and also discuss: Ron DeSantis’ early exit from the race earlier this week, and his epic failure of a campaign. Some consequential cases heard before...
Jan 24, 2024•37 min•Ep. 3
The Iowa caucus was so noncompetitive that the story the media were selling was not who would win, but who would place second. Trump did indeed dominate, as expected. Networks called the race about 30 minutes into the process - before most votes were cast. We’ll break down the Iowa caucus results, and what the numbers suggest (if anything) about the general election. We’ll also discuss: The stopgap bill, agreed to by Congressional leaders including Senator Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Mike Jo...
Jan 17, 2024•31 min•Ep. 2
Vibes Only is a brand new podcast from COURIER that will check the vibes of American politics and break down the need-to-know news of the week. The vibes this week: The three year anniversary of January 6th just passed. We disuss the politics of the insurrection and the state of democracy 3 years on… A Trump lawyer made a stunning assertion that presidential immunity would cover the chief executive in the hypothetical case of having a political opponent assassinated. SCOTUS has agreed to weigh i...
Jan 10, 2024•37 min•Ep. 1
INTRODUCING: VIBES ONLY. First episode drops on January 10, 2024! ABOUT: The polls are broken. The stakes are unprecedented. And the future of democracy, like it or not, hinges on one thing – VIBES. Vibes Only is here to check the vibes of American politics and break down the need-to-know news of the week. And while one of the two major parties in the country has overwhelmingly embraced a right-wing movement whose whole vibe is undermining democracy and social progress, it’s clear we need voices...
Dec 14, 2023•2 min
