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Harris and Walz Meet the Press

30 Aug 2024

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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz sit down with CNN's Dana Bash for their much-hyped first big interview—and they pass the test. Donald Trump tries again t...

Harris Hits the Airwaves

28 Aug 2024

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Lovett and guest host Symone Sanders Townsend of MSNBC discuss the Harris-Walz campaign's latest moves: new ads hitting Trump and touting her housing ...

Kamala Harris's Path to 270

27 Aug 2024

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Trump threatens to bail on the September debate, his campaign signals yet another attempt to keep their candidate on message, and his newest big endor...

Kamala Crushes It

23 Aug 2024

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In the biggest speech of her life, Kamala Harris gives a dazzling address making the case for herself and her vision, and absolutely torching Donald T...

To the Winfrey, to the Walz (feat. Gretchen Whitmer)

22 Aug 2024

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Tim Walz gives a model acceptance speech in front of thousands of roaring delegates, his beaming family, and the football players he coached. Oprah Wi...

Obama Night at the DNC (feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus)

21 Aug 2024

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Barack and Michelle Obama and Doug Emhoff make the argument for Kamala Harris with a trio of pitch-perfect speeches to the delegates in Chicago. Harri...

The Late Show with Joe Biden

20 Aug 2024

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Joe Biden takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention—after an interminable pre-program that pushes him out of prime time—and tells the ...

How Kamala Beats Trump (Final Ep.)

18 Aug 2024

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On the final episode of this season of The Wilderness, Jon is joined by UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck and senior Harris campaign advisor David...

Republicans Beg Trump to Be New Person

16 Aug 2024

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More and more Republicans are asking Donald Trump if it might be possible for him to stop the personal attacks on Kamala Harris and focus on a persuas...

The "Let Trump Be Trump" Strategy

14 Aug 2024

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Jon and guest host David Axelrod discuss Donald Trump's struggles to define Kamala Harris, his rambling interview with Elon Musk, and why the Trump ca...

Trump Rages, Harris Rises

13 Aug 2024

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Kamala Harris pulls ahead in three key swing states as Donald Trump continues to flail and fume to donors and supporters. JD Vance tries to go on the ...

Kamala Harris’s Winning Message (Ep. 7)

11 Aug 2024

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Jon is joined Democratic message guru Anat Shenker-Osorio and longtime political strategist Michael Podhorzer to talk about how swing voters are react...

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Meltdown

09 Aug 2024

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Trump throws a temper tantrum at Mar-a-Lago, boasting he draws bigger crowds than Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did for the “I Have a Dream” speech....

Tim Walz Keeps the Good Vibes Going

07 Aug 2024

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VP Kamala Harris hits the road with her new running mate, Tim Walz, who lands his first official couch joke of the campaign against his GOP counterpar...

VP Picks Her VP

06 Aug 2024

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We're just hours away from the announcement of VP Harris's running mate—and she's reportedly narrowed it down to Gov. Tim Walz and Gov. Josh Shapiro...

Trump Revives Birtherism

02 Aug 2024

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Donald Trump doubles down on the racism and birtherism he unleashed onstage at the NABJ convention—repeating his attacks in social media posts and e...

Trump's Worst Interview Ever? (feat. Stacey Abrams)

31 Jul 2024

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Donald Trump suggests that Kamala Harris isn't actually Black, claims that nobody died on January 6, and belittles his interviewers before his campaig...

Harris Surges, Vance Sinks (feat. Gov. Tim Walz)

30 Jul 2024

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Donald Trump and friends try out new lines of attack on Kamala Harris as they struggle to confront her momentum—and the new reality of the race. JD ...

What Undecided Voters Think of Kamala Harris (Ep. 6)

28 Jul 2024

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Jon is joined by longtime pollster Sarah Longwell to discuss how swing voters are reacting to Kamala Harris’ unexpected campaign for president. How ...

The Race to Define Kamala Harris

26 Jul 2024

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Election Day is just over 100 days away, and the Trump team is scrambling to define Kamala Harris before she can do it herself. Jon and Dan discuss th...

Kamala Harris Starts Hot (feat. Pete Buttigieg)

25 Jul 2024

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And she's off! Kamala Harris has clinched the majority of delegates, she's breaking fundraising records and driving voter registration, and she's out ...

Biden Passes the Torch to Kamala

22 Jul 2024

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In a historic moment in what was already a norm-shattering campaign, Joe Biden withdraws from the presidential race and endorses Kamala Harris. As the...

Bidin' His Time

20 Jul 2024

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Is Biden inching toward dropping out, or is he committed to staying put? If he did make a move, when would he do it, and how? Live in Madison, Jon, Lo...

Trump Is So Beatable

19 Jul 2024

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Donald Trump returns to form in a rambling, divisive, and endless acceptance speech certain to remind swing voters why they don't like him, and to rem...

Vance Vance Revolution

18 Jul 2024

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JD Vance makes his debut as Donald Trump's running mate and doesn't exactly hit a home run. Joe Biden tests positive for COVID, details leak out about...

Fear and Unity in Milwaukee

17 Jul 2024

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Donald Trump's former rivals compete to see who can praise him the hardest and who can spread the most vile lies about immigration and crime, as a smi...

Trump's Shooting Upends 2024

16 Jul 2024

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After surviving a horrifying assassination attempt, Donald Trump announces J.D. Vance as his VP pick and promises to shift the tone of the Republican ...

Was Biden's "Big Boy Presser" Enough?

12 Jul 2024

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Jon and Dan break down Joe Biden's big press conference, whether he did enough to calm nervous Democrats, and whether he's making a sharp enough case ...

Is the Biden Dam Breaking?

11 Jul 2024

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The effort to remove President Biden from the ticket picks up momentum as more Democratic members of Congress speak out. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi r...

Biden Digs In

09 Jul 2024

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President Biden stays on the offensive, calling into his favorite morning show to excoriate the naysayers, rallying support among old allies, and vowi...

Why No One’s Winning Young Voters (Ep. 5)

07 Jul 2024

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Jon is joined by youth polling experts John Della Volpe and Kristen Soltis Anderson to talk about apathy among young voters this election cycle. Why a...

Democrats Debate Biden's Future

03 Jul 2024

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President Biden’s campaign fights to contain fallout from the disastrous debate, as Democrats begin to go public with concerns. Jon, Tommy, and Dan ...

Joe vs. The Unknown

29 Jun 2024

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Democrats begin to grapple with two huge questions: is it possible to replace Biden at the top of the ticket—and is it wise? Mehdi Hasan joins Jon, ...

A Brutally Honest Debate Recap

28 Jun 2024

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Joe Biden turns in a disastrous debate performance, missing an opportunity to take advantage of Donald Trump's (many) lies and unhinged moments, and s...

The First (and Last?) Debate

27 Jun 2024

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The first debate is upon us, and you’re not the only one feeling nervous. Guest host Stacey Abrams joins Jon, Jon, Tommy, and Dan, live in Brooklyn,...

This Is Your Debate on Drugs

25 Jun 2024

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Donald Trump vows to cut education funding by half, throws his support behind displaying the Ten Commandments in public classrooms, and offers a new, ...

How Democrats Can Win Latinos Back (Ep. 4)

23 Jun 2024

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Jon is joined by Carlos Odio and Stephanie Valencia, founders of Equis Research, the nation’s leading polling and research firm focused on the Latin...

Trump Loses It Over Fox News Poll

21 Jun 2024

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Joe Biden heads to Camp David to prepare for next week's debate, Donald Trump bungles the expectations game, and both sides prepare for the post-broad...

The Plan to Fight Trump's Second-Term Agenda

19 Jun 2024

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Joe Biden makes a big new move on immigration, and Democratic governors and progressive groups quietly make plans to fight back against the second-ter...

Biden Campaign Unloads on Trump's Conviction

18 Jun 2024

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The Biden campaign puts big money into a new ad slamming Trump as a convicted felon, fraudster, and sexual predator, and painting Biden as a fighter f...

Trump Returns to the Scene of the Crime

14 Jun 2024

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Trump returns to the Capitol for the first time since January 6th and receives a hero’s welcome from House and Senate Republicans—where he calls M...

The GOP Meltdown Over Hunter's Conviction

12 Jun 2024

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Dan and The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell break down the chaotic Republican response to the Hunter Biden news and what the conviction might mean for the ...

MTG: Jesus Was a Felon Too

11 Jun 2024

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Donald Trump meets with a probation officer for his pre-sentencing interview just a day after holding an unhinged rally in Nevada where Marjorie Taylo...

Could Trump-Curious Black Voters Swing the Election? (Ep. 3)

09 Jun 2024

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Jon is joined by pollster Terrance Woodbury and Lavora Barnes, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, to talk about the black voters who may cast the...

The MAGA Plot to Jail Democrats

07 Jun 2024

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Republican voters are starting to second-guess their support for convicted felon Donald Trump, who’s now threatening to lock up President Biden and ...

Biden Takes Action on the Border

05 Jun 2024

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President Biden issues an executive order temporarily closing the US-Mexico border to migrants. Tommy and Addisu Demissie discuss Democratic backlash ...

New Polling on Trump’s Felony Conviction

04 Jun 2024

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Republicans fall in line behind convicted felon and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump as he lobs insults at prosecutors, witnesses and the r...

TRUMP FOUND GUILTY!

31 May 2024

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A jury of Donald Trump's peers finds him guilty on all 34 counts in the Manhattan election interference trial. CNN Legal Analyst Norm Eisen shares wha...

Trump Verdict Watch Begins

29 May 2024

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The Manhattan jury begins its deliberations, and the Trump team thinks it may have a sympathizer on the inside. Tommy and Strict Scrutiny's Melissa Mu...

Inside 2024 (Full Episode): John Legend on Celebrities Getting Political, Endorsing Biden, and Avoiding a Second Trump Presidency

29 May 2024

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John Legend joins Jon Favreau to discuss the impact of celebrity political endorsements, his political origins, working with Obama, and why a second T...

The Trump Voters Who Are Sick of Trump (Ep. 2)

26 May 2024

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Jon is joined by longtime pollster Sarah Longwell and former Republican strategist Tim Miller to get inside the minds of two-time Trump voters who are...

The Path to Defeat Donald Trump (Ep. 1)

26 May 2024

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Welcome back to The Wilderness. Jon talks about what it will take to rebuild 2020’s anti-Trump coalition with political analyst Ron Brownstein, poli...

Trump Heads to Tribal Council

24 May 2024

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The world gets some clues about the "special project" that's keeping Lovett away from the show, Nikki Haley abandons her principles and endorses Trump...

Trump Promises "A Unified Reich"

22 May 2024

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Donald Trump is forced to remove a video promising "a unified Reich" as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris go on the attack against Trump's latest nod to Naz...

Why 2024 Should Be About the Supreme Court

21 May 2024

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The prosecution rests in Donald Trump's Manhattan trial, and the defense begins to present their case. Biden pitches young Black voters while Trump co...

Trump Trial: "Jail Is on the Table"

17 May 2024

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Jon, Dan, and CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen break down the highlights and lowlights of the Manhattan prosecutors’ case against Donald Trump and look ...

Trump Subverts Gag Order with Wannabe VPs

15 May 2024

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Joe Biden surprises Donald Trump with a debate challenge, and Trump accepts. Tommy and MSNBC’s Jen Psaki discuss the strategy behind Biden’s move ...

Michael Cohen Incriminates Trump

14 May 2024

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The prosecution calls its star witness, former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, who testifies about disguising hush money payments to keep the Stormy Daniel...

Did a Worm Really Eat RFK Jr.'s Brain?

10 May 2024

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Dan and Alyssa Mastromonaco discuss Stormy Daniels's latest round of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial. Trump insults Jewish voters and pre...

Stormy's Steamy Testimony

08 May 2024

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Jon and veteran Democratic strategist Rebecca Katz discuss the graphic Stormy Daniels testimony in Trump's hush money case, Biden's trip to Wisconsin,...

Trump Holds VP Auditions

07 May 2024

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Ceasefire negotiations hit a major sticking point as Israel prepares an invasion of Rafah over Joe Biden's objections. Judge Merchan holds Donald Trum...

A Front Row Seat to Trump's Trial

03 May 2024

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Former White House Ethics Czar and author of Trying Trump, Norm Eisen, joins Dan and Jon to discuss his insights from the first three weeks of Donald ...

Trump Details His Dictatorial Plans

01 May 2024

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Lovett and guest host Tim Miller discuss Donald Trump's mind-boggling interview with TIME Magazine, in which he details his plans to use the military ...

Kissing Rings and Killing Puppies

30 Apr 2024

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Joe Biden cracks jokes, mocks Trump, and goes around traditional media outlets to get his message out on shows like Smartless and Howard Stern. Democr...

Will the Supreme Court Grant Trump Immunity?

26 Apr 2024

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Tommy, guest host Alyssa Mastromonaco, and Strict Scrutiny’s Leah Litman break down the Trump team’s immunity argument at the Supreme Court, the...

Scranton Joe vs. Park Ave Trump

24 Apr 2024

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Prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal trial call their first witness: a former National Enquirer publisher who puts the former president at the cente...

Law and Odor: Trump Trials

22 Apr 2024

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Jon, Tommy, Dan, and Hysteria Co-Host Erin Ryan are live from the LA Times Festival of Books! As the first week of Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal t...

So You Think You Can Be a Trump Juror?

19 Apr 2024

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Jon talks to Alex Garland, writer and director of the hit movie 'Civil War,' about why he wanted to make a blockbuster about the demise of American de...

Black Voters’ Views on Biden

17 Apr 2024

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Tommy is joined by Terrance Woodbury, Democratic strategist and pollster, to talk about President Biden's standing with young Black men and other grou...

The People vs Donald Trump

16 Apr 2024

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Donald Trump makes history as the first US President to face a criminal trial and reportedly falls asleep at the defense table during jury selection. ...

The Trump-Mike Johnson-MTG Love Triangle

12 Apr 2024

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Joe Biden lays out the choice on the economy. Donald Trump stands by his man Mike Johnson despite Marjorie Taylor Greene's threats to oust him as Spea...

Trump's Abortion Gambit Implodes

10 Apr 2024

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Dan is joined by Jennifer Palmieri, co-host of MSNBC's How to Win 2024 podcast and a former communications director for Hillary Clinton and Barack Oba...

Trump "Proudly" Supports Abortion Bans

09 Apr 2024

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Donald Trump once again takes credit for overturning Roe v. Wade and promises to allow states to enact even the most extreme abortion bans. He also pr...

Bernie Sanders on the War in Gaza and Beating Trump

05 Apr 2024

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Jon and Dan discuss why Donald Trump is suddenly so eager to debate, how the Florida abortion ballot measure could help Democrats’ chances there, an...

Has Optimism Become Cringe? (with Chris Hayes)

03 Apr 2024

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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, host of All In and Why Is This Happening?, joins Jon Lovett to talk about why Trump’s rhetoric on immigration and crime is so...

Trump's Veepstakes Begin

02 Apr 2024

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Conservatives celebrate Easter Sunday with a meltdown after Biden acknowledges Trans Day of Visibility. Trump kicks off his “Apprentice”-style vee...

A Tale of Two Campaigns

29 Mar 2024

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Joe Biden breaks fundraising records and hits 8 swing states in 18 days, while a cash-strapped Donald Trump splits time between his beach club and a M...

Donald Trump: Bible Salesman

27 Mar 2024

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The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell joins Dan to talk about Biden’s post State of the Union uptick in the polls. A cash-strapped Donald Trump is now sell...

Trump's Pump and Dump (feat. Sen. Raphael Warnock)

26 Mar 2024

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Donald Trump prepares to pay a $175 million bond, Truth Social goes public and a date is set for the first ever criminal trial of a former president. ...

How Broke and Desperate Is Donald Trump?

22 Mar 2024

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Donald Trump is desperately looking for help to raise the 464 million dollar bond he has to put up for his New York civil fraud case. Joe Biden makes ...

A Guide to the 2024 Battleground States

20 Mar 2024

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Addisu Demissie joins Tommy to discuss President Biden’s post State of the Union swing state tour, plan to reach Latino voters, and dig into the key...

Trump’s Bloodbath? (feat. Katie Porter)

19 Mar 2024

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Donald Trump salutes violent insurrectionists at a rally in Ohio over the weekend and deals with the fallout from his comments that there will be a "b...

Republicans' Work Till You Die Agenda

15 Mar 2024

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Donald Trump tries to walk back his comments on cutting Medicare and Social Security while Joe Biden goes on offense during a campaign swing in Wiscon...

Trump's TikTok Dance

13 Mar 2024

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Jon Favreau and guest host Jane Coaston discuss why Robert Hur's Capitol Hill testimony infuriated both Republicans and Democrats, the potential TikTo...

Biden’s in His Jacked-Up Joe Era

12 Mar 2024

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President Biden’s re-election effort kicks into high gear, including a 30 million dollar ad buy and a run of campaign stops in battleground states. ...

Biden's Fiery State of the Union

08 Mar 2024

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Jon and Dan break down the highlights of what might be the biggest speech of Joe Biden's re-election campaign so far, from his hits on Donald Trump to...

The Biden-Trump Rematch Begins

06 Mar 2024

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Nikki Haley suspends her campaign and doesn’t endorse Trump. Adam Schiff finishes first in California’s primary, Colin Allred will face Ted Cruz i...

Supreme Court Refuses to Exonerate Trump for Jan. 6th

05 Mar 2024

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The Supreme Court issues a unanimous decision that Donald Trump cannot be kicked off the ballot by the state of Colorado. Nikki Haley wins the DC prim...

Did the Supreme Court Just Save Trump?

01 Mar 2024

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Donald Trump and President Biden hold dueling events at the Texas border as the issue of immigration becomes a top concern for voters. Mitch McConnell...

Pete Buttigieg on the Michigan Primary and Whether You Should Fly on a 737 Max (feat. Mehdi Hasan)

28 Feb 2024

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Jon Favreau and Mehdi Hasan break down Biden and Trump’s big victories in the Michigan primary, whether the President can get a ceasefire deal, and ...

Will Trump Win Back Haley Voters?

27 Feb 2024

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Nikki Haley loses the South Carolina primary by 20 points but vows to stay in the race. Donald Trump starts to make a play for her voters—and pivots...

Trump's 2nd Term: Military in the Streets, Mike Johnson in the Sheets

23 Feb 2024

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Trump and his allies make it clear that a second term would be much more extreme than the first, from Christian nationalists running the White House t...

Debating Biden's Gaza Problem (with Mehdi Hasan)

21 Feb 2024

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Tommy and guest host Mehdi Hasan break down the Biden administration's record on Gaza, what should happen next, and how the ongoing violence could hur...

Build The Life You Want, Episode 1 with Oprah Winfrey

20 Feb 2024

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From the first official primaries to the unofficial ramp-up of the general election, this has been a long year, which is a problem, because it’s onl...

Huge Verdict Against Trump (with Sen. Elizabeth Warren!)

18 Feb 2024

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In a special Presidents Day episode, Jon, Jon, and Tommy react to the $355 million verdict in Donald Trump's civil fraud case, speculation that Trump ...

Trump’s Get Out Of Jail Free Campaign (w/ Gov. Tim Walz)

16 Feb 2024

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Joe Biden goes on offense, Nikki Haley calls Donald Trump unhinged, and Trump's hush money case gets a court date while his Georgia case gets complica...

Will Chris Christie Back Biden?

14 Feb 2024

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Democrats win George Santos’s seat back, the House impeaches the Homeland Security Secretary instead of addressing the border crisis, and Biden join...

How Biden Can Handle the Age Thing

13 Feb 2024

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Joe Biden and the Democratic Party wrestle with concerns about the President's age in the wake of the Special Counsel's report calling him "a well-mea...

Will the Supreme Court Upend 2024?

09 Feb 2024

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Republicans find creative new ways to humiliate themselves for Donald Trump. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Colorado’s 14th amendment cas...

Trump Loses Immunity, Johnson Loses Control

08 Feb 2024

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A vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fails and Republicans turn on each other over the border fight. Nikki Haley loses Nev...