Episode · Pod Save America · 2026-10-23
Books mentioned on Fake Polls, Real Wave?
Polling's gold standard, the New York Times/Siena poll, releases new data showing Democrats surging far ahead of Republicans with an 11-point lead on the generic ballot, while another popular pollster is exposed for falsifying its data.
Dan Pfeiffer discussed Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“and the guy the hillbilly the hillbilly elegy guy who wrote a book and rose to prominence because of his experience as a child in a traumatized household and he has like not a shred of empathy about this”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Wizard of Oz
“um i just want you to know something which is that when i was a kid i was in an all jewish production of the wiz not the wizard of oz but little jewish boys and girls playing all the characters from the wiz”
Passing The Wiz
“um i just want you to know something which is that when i was a kid i was in an all jewish production of the wiz not the wizard of oz but little jewish boys and girls playing all the characters from the wiz”
Passing Sister Outsider
“we've seen hundreds of thousands of people purge from the voting rolls so it's a you know audrey lord said revolution is not a one-time event this has been gradual”