Hunter Harris

Is it possible to talk about U.S.

politics without talking about Donald Trump?

That's the question I'm asking on a new show from Vox.

Come 2028, America is supposedly turning the page on the current president.

So who do we want to be?

And what are the people and ideas that will shape our post-Trump future?

That's what this podcast is about.

Going deeper on politics by taking Trump out of the center and talking about politics as it relates to real life and culture and everything else.

Like, culture-wise, is Timothee Chalamet properly rated, overrated, or underrated?

So, from Obama's tan suit to the manosphere and everything in between, what shapes who we are?

I'm Astead Herndon, and welcome to America Actually.

Okay, so I'm pumped to have two people here who are going to help us look at politics beyond Donald Trump from an expert lens.

First, we have Hunter Harris, culture writer, screenwriter, and just generally coolness extraordinaire.

And also Nate Silver, statistician, data whiz, and someone who's going to help us think of the specific ways that the numbers are telling us that the country's changing.

Thank you both for joining us.

Funny thing is, I want to start actually with a story.

Like, a couple months ago, we were thinking about the show and kind of what can be the organizing premise.

And I was like, you know, what would be the thing that would make you most excited about a podcast?

And my first thought was, I want to be Trump-free.

I want to think about something that does not put him at the center.