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Pod Save America

Pod Save America is a no-bullshit conversation about politics hosted by former Obama aides Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor. It cuts through the noise to break down the week’s news and helps people figure out what matters and how they can help. They’re regularly joined by journalists, activists, politicians, entertainers, and world leaders. You can watch on YouTube or listen to new episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Subscribe to Friends of the Pod! Your subscription makes Crooked’s work possible and gives you access to ad-free episodes of Pod Save America and Pod Save the World, plus exclusive content and a lively Discord community. Learn more and subscribe at crooked.com/friends or on Apple Podcasts. For a transcript of an episode of Pod Save America, please email transcripts@crooked.com.

Episodes

Elon Musk's Nerd Coup

With Donald Trump's blessing, Elon Musk and a small crew of inexperienced software engineers take near full control of the government, moving to shut down USAID and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and taking control of a critical payment system at the Treasury Department. Trump delays his trade war with Canada and Mexico by a month after securing minor concessions that were probably already in the works. Meanwhile, congressional Democrats begin to push back harderthough whether it'll b...

Feb 04, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Trump Heals Grieving Nation

Finally, a president willing to blame a devastating air crash on diversity hiring and two of his predecessors! Nearly two weeks into his second term, Trump continues to sow bitterness, fear, and chaos everywhere he turns: issuing a spending freeze so drastic and haphazard that his team has to rescind it after three days, demanding that more than two million federal workers resign or face loyalty tests, and vowing to send 30,000 immigrants to Guantanamo Bay. Meanwhile, three of his most extreme c...

Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Has Anyone Seen the Democrats?

Apparently, there's an opposition party in this countrybut they've been awfully quiet lately. Meanwhile, Trump's immigration crackdown nearly sparks a trade war with Colombia, and back at home, he's doing battle with his own federal governmentfrom loyalty tests to gutting diversity programs to pausing cancer research. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy break down which of the moves are the most dangerous, which are just for show, and why Democrats dont seem to know what to say about it all. Then, they make ...

Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Rachel Maddow on Surviving Trump 2.0

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow joins Jon to talk about Trump's breathtaking first week in office, how she decides what to coverand what to ignorein an an ultra-chaotic news environment, and the power of embarrassment as a political tool. Then, Maddow shares her strategies for staying sane in crazy-making times. Hint: it involves ice fishing. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, clickhere . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcas...

Jan 26, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Trump's Indefensible Pardons

Donald Trump makes good on his promise to free the January 6 riotersincluding those convicted of savage violence against police officerscalling the attacks "very minor incidents" in a primetime interview with Sean Hannity, and saying it would be too "cumbersome" to review individual defendants' records. Jon and Dan react to the pardons, the expansive list of executive orders that Trump signed this week, the prospects for his cabinet picks, and how Democrats are doing in their efforts to push bac...

Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast