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Book · 2026 · Political Science

The Day After

How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World

by Brian Tyler Cohen · Recommended by 2 people on 1 podcast

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Uh then Lovett talks to our pal Brian Tyler Cohen about his brand new book The Day After: How to Wield Power in a post-Trump world.
Tommy Vietor · Pod Save America · Jul 2026 Listen at 0:54

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The book is The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World. It is out today.
Jon Lovett Pod Save America · Jul 2026

Why people recommend it

The Day After by Brian Tyler Cohen is a political commentary book that explores governance and the exercise of power in a changing political landscape. On Pod Save America, host Tommy Vietor mentioned guest Brian Tyler Cohen's brand new book at the top of the show, while co-host Jon Lovett reminded listeners about the release at the end of the interview. Tommy Vietor referenced the publication while discussing government responses to public health challenges, categorizing the difficulties faced by institutions like public health agencies under Trump as an example of the high-class problems of wielding power that Cohen examines in his writing. Vietor noted how public health agencies and other government offices had been heavily decimated, using the author's framework to analyze the deep structural hurdles facing governance in a post-Trump era. The hosts used the book to frame a broader dialogue about administrative decay, political resilience, and the practical challenges of restoring institutional capacity following periods of intense political disruption.

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Tommy Vietor Uh then Lovett talks to our pal Brian Tyler Cohen about his brand new book The Day After: How to Wield Powe… 2
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“Uh then Lovett talks to our pal Brian Tyler Cohen about his brand new book The Day After: How to Wield Power in a post-Trump world.”
Discussed
“Not to get darker about this but this for me goes into the category of like the high class problem that Brian writes about in his book the after Trump how do we willpower like public health agencies have been so decimated under Trump and this is the true with almost every agency across government.”
Jon Lovett The book is The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World. It is out today. 1
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“The book is The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World. It is out today.”
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“Joining us now, he's progressive host and author of the new book The Day After, How to wield power in a post-Trump world, which is out today, YouTube's best boy, Ryan Tyler Cohen, welcome to the show.”

Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: Tommy Vietor, Marius Arnesen, nrkbeta / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).