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Pod Save America is a no-b******t 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 jour...
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When Life Gives You Don Lemon
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor turned independent journalist, talks to Alex Wagner about the charges the Department of Justice brought against him f...
Blue Wave Building in the Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump's approval rating hits historic lows as voters react to soaring gas prices caused by his war of choice with Iran. Dan and Jon discuss wha...
TACO Tuesday in Tehran
Donald Trump backtracks on his threat to obliterate Iran's power plants, saying the administration has begun talks with Iran to end the war, despite I...
Trump’s Wartime Messaging Disaster (feat. Jen Psaki)
Jen Psaki, Joe Biden's former White House Press Secretary and host of MS NOW's The Briefing with Jen Psaki, talks to Dan about the ways the Trump admi...
The Worst Way to Spend $200 Billion
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Trump Desperate for Strait Allies
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Josh Shapiro Is Calm but Not Cool
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro stops by the studio to talk to Jon Lovett about Trump's war in Iran, growing antisemitism and Islamophobia in Ameri...
Trump Celebrates High Gas Prices
President Trump suggests that the high price of oil—surging upward because of his war in Iran—is a good thing, because the United States makes "a lot...
Trump Says War Is Over, Vows to Keep Fighting
The war in Iran enters its second week and Donald Trump declares that it's about to end — and also that it's going to last a very long time. Jon, Tomm...
Gavin Newsom Is Finally Comfortable with Himself
California Governor Gavin Newsom sits down with Jon and Tommy before a live audience in Los Angeles to discuss Trump's war on Iran, the crowded Califo...
Trump Deports Noem
Trump abruptly fires Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Dan and Jon discuss the Congressional hearings that led to her dismissal,...
1129: Why Democrats Must Oppose Trump's Iran War
The Trump administration struggles to justify its new war with Iran, while Democrats struggle to effectively explain why Americans should oppose it. J...
1128: Graham Platner Isn't Backing Down
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate running for Senate in Maine, stops by the studio to talk with Jon about Trump’s impending conflict with Iran, t...
1127: Trump's Dangerous War Games
The White House debates going to extreme lengths to get the American public to stomach a war with Iran, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tries to...
1126: The State of the Union Is Long
Donald Trump breaks his own record for longest State of the Union in history, delivering a meandering, angry, tone-deaf speech that utterly fails at i...
1125: Will Trump Bomb State of the Union/Iran?
The State of the Union has arrived. Will war with Iran come with it? Jon, Tommy, and Lovett react to reports that Trump is considering launching air s...
1124: Trump Loses At Supreme Court, Handles It Well
The Supreme Court tanks Donald Trump's tariff program in a 6-3 ruling supported by two of his hand-picked justices. Lovett talks to Jerusalem Demsas,...
1123: Trump: "I've Won Affordability"
Trump's economic messaging tour takes him to Georgia, where he claims "I've won affordability"—as White House advisors concede in a high-level meeting...
1122: Fascist Mile High Club
Live from Sydney, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan discuss the lurid details of The Wall Street Journal exposé on Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski's eye-o...
1121: How To Survive a Dictatorship (feat. Wagner Moura)
What can we learn from other countries that have lived through dictatorships? How can artists fight authoritarianism? How should an Oscar nominee reac...
1120: Dems Freeze ICE
Live from Melbourne, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan react to Democrats’ decision to stand firm on ICE funding and force a shutdown of the Department of H...
1119: MAGA: Defenders of the Epstein Class
Epstein revelations continue. New files reveal that the notorious sex offender had closer relationships than previously known with Trump’s inner circl...
1118: Is Trump Afraid of Bad Bunny? (feat. Pablo Torre)
Does Trump know ball? Is he afraid of Bad Bunny—or did MAGA just fumble the halftime show? This Super Bowl Sunday, Tommy sits down with journalist and...
1117: Trump Threatens to Steal the Midterms
Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and Mike Johnson hint at plans to steal the midterm elections, from "nationalizing" the voting to straight-up sending ICE...
1116: Epstein Files: Worse Than You Thought
The Justice Department releases more than three million more files related to Jeffrey Epstein, and the list of powerful people involved with the notor...
1115: Why Are Democrats Afraid of Power?
Marc J. Dunkelman, author of "Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress — and How to Bring It Back," stops by the studio to talk to Lovett about how Demo...
1114: Minneapolis is a Turning Point
Outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti spreads to nonpolitical and Trump-friendly spaces, even as Border Czar Tom Homan promises to "draw down" the D...
Trump Retreats After Alex Pretti's Killing
Donald Trump caves to the national outrage over Alex Pretti's killing, telling Governor Tim Walz that he'll agree to allow for an impartial investigat...
How Dems Can Defeat MAGA Once and For All
What will it take for Democrats to win not just in 2026, but in 2028 and beyond? What do we need to change to win again in Iowa, Texas, and Florida? W...
Trump's Arctic Humiliation
Donald Trump announces that he's reached a "concept of a deal" on Greenland, agreeing to drop his tariffs for … well, the details aren't exactly clear...
That'll Leave a Denmark
Trump tells the Norwegian Prime Minister that he no longer feels an "obligation" to peace because he didn't receive the Nobel Prize and announces that...
What It Would Take to Rein in ICE
How can we hold ICE legally accountable? Can federal agents be prosecuted? Will Renee Good's family ever see justice? Strict Scrutiny's Leah Litman st...
ICE's Reign of Terror
Minneapolis residents describe the city as a war zone as 3,000 federal agents terrorize citizens and non-citizens alike. Jon and Dan react to the situ...
Trump Targets Minneapolis, the Fed, and Greenland
As protests break out around the country over the killing of Renee Good, the administration sends even more agents to commit even more violence in Min...
2026's Biggest Questions
Will the Supreme Court destroy what remains of the Voting Rights Act? How much influence will America's 250th anniversary have on the midterm election...
ICE Kills Minnesota Mom
Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three living in Minneapolis, is gunned down in her car by an ICE agent as cameras roll. Jon and Dan react to the t...
Empire State of Mind
Trump kicks off 2026 with a return to imperialism, launching a military assault in Venezuela and abducting President Nicolás Maduro. Jon, Lovett, and...
Meet Democrats' Go-To Trump Stand In
In 2016, veteran Democratic advisor Philippe Reines stepped up for an unconventional task: impersonating Donald Trump for Hillary Clinton's debate pre...
Is JD Vance the Republican Front-Runner?
Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy answer your questions about the upcoming midterms, early bets on 2028, what they got wrong about this year, and Lovett's f...
The 2025 Pundies: Highs & Lows from a Long Year
As the first year of Trump 2.0 limps to a close, it's time to celebrate 2025’s worst takes and funniest moments with The Pundies, Pod Save America's a...