Books Mentioned in This Podcast
Murder at the Puppy Fest
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Episode: 2024's Worst Takes About Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the Presidential Election
Rage
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Episode: Donald Trump Plans Lawsuits Against 60 Minutes, Media And Pollsters After ABC Settlement
Not Quite White
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Episode: Democrats MUST Fight Back Against Trump’s Tax Cuts for Billionaires
Government Gangsters
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Episode: Democrats Should Pay Attention To The UHC Murder Reaction and The State of American Healthcare
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: The Lightning Thief
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Episode: Democrats Should Pay Attention To The UHC Murder Reaction and The State of American Healthcare
The Nuff
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Episode: Joe Biden's Sweeping Pardon for Hunter Biden Sparks Outrage
Seveneves / Seveneves
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Episode: We Answer Your Questions about Joe Rogan, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Future Elections
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
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Episode: Matt Gaetz OUT and Pam Bondi IN as Trump's Attorney General Nominee
American Values
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Episode: Disturbing Allegations About Trump's Cabinet Picks Continue To Leak Out
The Federalist Papers
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Episode: Donald Trump Nominates Matt Gaetz For Attorney General and RFK Jr. For HHS Head
Nation of Victims
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Episode: Ezra Klein Speaks Frankly About Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Where Democrats Went Wrong
Abundance
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Episode: Ezra Klein Speaks Frankly About Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Where Democrats Went Wrong
The Years of Rice and Salt
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Episode: The Worst Takes About Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' 2024 Election
The Years of Rice and Salt
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Episode: The Worst Takes About Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' 2024 Election
Beating Obamacare 2014
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Episode: Kamala Harris Holds MASSIVE Closing Rally On Site of Trump's Jan. 6 Speech + AOC Interview
The Art of Power
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Episode: Kamala Harris Jumps On Trump After His Racist, Disaster Rally at Madison Square Garden
The Fellowship of the Ring
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Episode: Kamala Harris' Lead Polling Expert Explains Trump, the Polls, and How She Wins
Rage
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Episode: Kamala Fights Back in Fox News Interview + Trump Embarrasses Himself In Univision Town Hall
Rage
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Episode: Kamala Fights Back in Fox News Interview + Trump Embarrasses Himself In Univision Town Hall
Rage
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Episode: Kamala Fights Back in Fox News Interview + Trump Embarrasses Himself In Univision Town Hall
Hatemonger
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Episode: Trump’s Disturbing New Plan for Immigrants: Militarized Mass Deportations & 'Huge' Detention Camps
We Still Hold These Truths
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Episode: Trump’s Disturbing New Plan for Immigrants: Militarized Mass Deportations & 'Huge' Detention Camps
We Still Hold These Truths
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Episode: Trump’s Disturbing New Plan for Immigrants: Militarized Mass Deportations & 'Huge' Detention Camps
Peril
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Episode: Kamala Harris Outmaneuvers Hiding Trump on “Call Her Daddy” and Howard Stern
The Playbook
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Episode: Elon Musk Jumped Into Trump's Pennsylvania Rally and Gave an Unhinged Speech
Melania and Me
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Episode: Trump Spreads Damaging Hurricane Helene Conspiracies, Melania Trump Defends Abortion
Hillbilly Elegy
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Episode: Tim Walz Clashes With JD Vance in VP Debate Over Women's Rights, 2020 Election and Immigration
Hillbilly Elegy
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Episode: Trump Plays Gross Political Game After Hurricane Helene + Tim Walz vs JD Vance VP Debate Preview
Our Journey Together
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Episode: Kamala Harris Takes Fight To Donald Trump In New MSNBC Interview and Trip to Border
Milan Undone
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Episode: Kamala Harris Takes Fight To Donald Trump In New MSNBC Interview and Trip to Border
Who Is Barack Obama?
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Episode: Kamala Harris Takes Fight To Donald Trump In New MSNBC Interview and Trip to Border
Triggered
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Episode: Donald Trump Blames Kamala Harris for Failed Assassination Attempt
Smart on Crime
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Episode: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Are TIED Ahead Of The Presidential Debate
Mein Kampf
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Episode: Harris and Trump Prepare for Highly Anticipated Debate Before Early Voting Begins
America's Deadliest Election
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Episode: Liz Cheney Endorses Kamala Harris Over Donald Trump + Interview w/ CNN's Dana Bash
We Still Hold These Truths
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Episode: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Are Making Donald Trump and JD Vance Look Weird and Out of Touch
We Still Hold These Truths
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Episode: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Are Making Donald Trump and JD Vance Look Weird and Out of Touch
True Gretch
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Episode: Tim Walz Delivers BLOCKBUSTER Speech + Trump Seethes Over Barack Obama's Jokes | DNC Night 3
Bleak House
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Episode: Tim Walz Delivers BLOCKBUSTER Speech + Trump Seethes Over Barack Obama's Jokes | DNC Night 3
Mein Kampf
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Episode: Tim Walz Delivers BLOCKBUSTER Speech + Trump Seethes Over Barack Obama's Jokes | DNC Night 3
Shameless
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Episode: Trump Spirals In Weird, Damaging Press Conference (w/ Brian Tyler Cohen)
Shameless
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Episode: Trump Spirals In Weird, Damaging Press Conference (w/ Brian Tyler Cohen)
The Bestseller Code
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Episode: Tim Walz Bolsters Kamala Harris Campaign At HUGE Rally In Philadelphia
The Truths We Hold
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Episode: Kamala Harris Gives GREAT Response To Donald Trump's Insane NAJB Interview
A Study Guide to Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron
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Episode: Trump Has Maybe WORST Interview Ever At NAJB + Harris Holds Huge Atlanta Rally
Animal Farm
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Episode: Tim Walz Talks “Weird” Republicans, Kamala Harris, and Being on the VP Shortlist
Scrum - A Pocket Guide
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Episode: Kamala Harris Gets HUGE Surge Of Support + Pete Buttigieg Talks Trump, Vance and The Vice President
We Still Hold These Truths
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Episode: Kamala Harris Gets HUGE Surge Of Support + Pete Buttigieg Talks Trump, Vance and The Vice President
AmGov
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Episode: Report: Biden Told By Schumer To Step Aside + JD Vance’s Terrible RNC Speech
The Great Gatsby
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Episode: Biden Holds Major Press Conference as More Democrats Urge Him to Step Aside
Summary of Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor's Democracy or Else
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Episode: Stacey Abrams on Biden-Trump Presidential Debate And Fighting Republican Voter Restrictions
Summary of Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor's Democracy or Else
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Episode: Stacey Abrams on Biden-Trump Presidential Debate And Fighting Republican Voter Restrictions
Summary of Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor's Democracy or Else
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Episode: Stacey Abrams on Biden-Trump Presidential Debate And Fighting Republican Voter Restrictions
Our Time Is Now
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Episode: Stacey Abrams on Biden-Trump Presidential Debate And Fighting Republican Voter Restrictions
While Justice Sleeps
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Episode: Stacey Abrams on Biden-Trump Presidential Debate And Fighting Republican Voter Restrictions
Hidden Sins
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Episode: Stacey Abrams on Biden-Trump Presidential Debate And Fighting Republican Voter Restrictions
Hidden Sins
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Episode: Stacey Abrams on Biden-Trump Presidential Debate And Fighting Republican Voter Restrictions
Summary of Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor's Democracy or Else
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Episode: Stacey Abrams on Biden-Trump Presidential Debate And Fighting Republican Voter Restrictions
Summary of Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor's Democracy or Else
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Episode: Stacey Abrams on Biden-Trump Presidential Debate And Fighting Republican Voter Restrictions
Democracy Or Else
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Episode: Trump Floats Cutting Education Funding IN HALF Ahead Of First Debate
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The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [Illustrated – 2 volumes in one]
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Episode: Trump Floats Cutting Education Funding IN HALF Ahead Of First Debate
The Unraveling
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Episode: Trump Has Public Meltdown Over Biden Beating Him In New Fox News Poll
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
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Episode: Trump Has Public Meltdown Over Biden Beating Him In New Fox News Poll
Battling the Big Lie
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Episode: Trump Has Public Meltdown Over Biden Beating Him In New Fox News Poll
After Trump
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Episode: Trump Has Public Meltdown Over Biden Beating Him In New Fox News Poll
Off Script
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Episode: Trump's Plan For His Next Term Is Way Scarier Than People Think
Summary of Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor's Democracy or Else
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Episode: Joe Biden Attacks Donald Trump Directly Over His Presidential Record and Criminal Conviction
Democracy Or Else
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Episode: Donald Trump's Weird Return to DC Includes Milwaukee Diss and Hannibal Lecter (Again?)
Summary of Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor's Democracy or Else
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Episode: Hunter Biden Conviction Ruins Trump Guilty Verdict Narrative, Republicans Scramble to Find New Angle
Summary of Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor's Democracy or Else
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Episode: Hunter Biden Conviction Ruins Trump Guilty Verdict Narrative, Republicans Scramble to Find New Angle
The Great Gatsby
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Episode: Convicted Felon Donald Trump is Losing Voters, Steve Bannon is Going to Jail
The New Jim Crow
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Episode: John Legend on Trump Vs. Biden, Celebrities Engaging in Politics & Campaigning for Obama
Promise Me, Dad
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Episode: Justice Samuel Alito Caught Flying a 'Stop the Steal' Flag. Can SCOTUS Be Trusted?
The Federalist Papers
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Episode: Justice Samuel Alito Caught Flying a 'Stop the Steal' Flag. Can SCOTUS Be Trusted?
A Case for the American People
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Episode: Trump May Actually Go to Jail After Michael Cohen’s Damning Testimony
A Case for the American People
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Episode: Trump May Actually Go to Jail After Michael Cohen’s Damning Testimony
Lean In
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Episode: Donald Trump Attacks Jewish Biden Voters, Slams Biden’s New Israel Policy
No Going Back
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Episode: Kristi Noem Fails Spectacularly on Press Tour as Chances to be Trump's VP Dim
No Going Back
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Episode: Kristi Noem Fails Spectacularly on Press Tour as Chances to be Trump's VP Dim
Hard Choices
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Episode: Kristi Noem Fails Spectacularly on Press Tour as Chances to be Trump's VP Dim
No Going Back
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Episode: Kristi Noem Fails Spectacularly on Press Tour as Chances to be Trump's VP Dim
No Going Back
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Episode: Kristi Noem Fails Spectacularly on Press Tour as Chances to be Trump's VP Dim
A Case for the American People
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Episode: Trump Spends Trial Day Off Making Incoherent Rant at Campaign Rally
BABE
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Episode: Joe Biden Roasts Donald Trump and His Numerous Trials at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Charlotte’s Web
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Episode: Joe Biden Roasts Donald Trump and His Numerous Trials at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Old Yeller
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Episode: Joe Biden Roasts Donald Trump and His Numerous Trials at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Hard Choices
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Episode: Joe Biden Roasts Donald Trump and His Numerous Trials at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Three Way Fight
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Episode: Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of Trump’s Immunity Claim...but Might Delay Trial Anyway
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
All Too Human
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
The Situation Room
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
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Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
Trump: The Art of the Deal
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Episode: RFK Jr. Says Trump Allies Want Him as VP + Trump Whines About His Criminal Trial's Gag Order
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Episode: Is Fox News Doxxing Jurors in the Donald Trump Criminal Trial? + Alex Garland 'Civil War' Interview
The Run of His Life
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Episode: Donald Trump Reportedly Snoozes Through Day 1 of Criminal Trial
The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary
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Episode: Donald Trump Reportedly Snoozes Through Day 1 of Criminal Trial
Drawdown
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Episode: Donald Trump Angers Republicans By Saying Abortion Is a State Issue
Democracy Or Else
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Episode: Bernie Sanders Calls Out U.S. Funding Israel, the Cost of Ozempic and Promotes 4-Day Work Weeks
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Episode: Chris Hayes on Trump’s Record, the U.S.-Mexico Border and LGBTQ+ Rights
The Holy Bible
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Episode: Donald Trump and Joe Biden Scramble to Say RFK Jr. Is the Other Guy’s Problem
The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain
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Episode: Trump Hawks Bibles to Pay Legal Fees as Biden Gains Ground in Swing States
Commander in Cheat
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Episode: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tries to Throw Congress Into Chaos + Raphael Warnock Interview
Warren Buffett's Ground Rules
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Episode: Joe Biden CALLS OUT Donald Trump and Republicans In Fiery 2024 State Of The Union Speech
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Episode: Biden's Team Plans To Make Trump Go "Haywire" As The General Election Kicks Off
Democracy Or Else
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Episode: Trump Glitches In Speech And Says Non-MAGA Republicans Aren't Welcome In 2024
Democracy Or Else
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Episode: Trump Glitches In Speech And Says Non-MAGA Republicans Aren't Welcome In 2024
Prototype
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Episode: Joe Biden Picks Fight With Donald Trump and Republicans At The Border
Win Every Argument
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Episode: Pete Buttigieg Talks Boeing 737 Max, Republicans and Joe Biden + Mehdi Hasan Talks Michigan and Gaza
The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary
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Episode: Donald Trump At CPAC Gives Insane Speech In Front Of Nazi-Friendly Crowd
Win Every Argument
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Episode: Mehdi Hasan Debates Pod Save America on Israel, Gaza, Biden, Trump, Putin and Tucker Carlson
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Episode: Donald Trump Faces Brutal Verdict In New York Fraud Cause + Elizabeth Warren Full Interview
The Conscience of a Liberal
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Episode: Donald Trump Reveals Weakness After Russia NATO Gaffe And Court Appearances
What Would Reagan Do?
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Episode: Chris Christie Talks Donald Trump, Joe Biden, The 2024 Election and Conspiracies About Taylor Swift
What Would Reagan Do?
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Episode: Chris Christie Talks Donald Trump, Joe Biden, The 2024 Election and Conspiracies About Taylor Swift
The Reagan I Knew
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Episode: Chris Christie Talks Donald Trump, Joe Biden, The 2024 Election and Conspiracies About Taylor Swift
What Would Reagan Do?
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Episode: Chris Christie Talks Donald Trump, Joe Biden, The 2024 Election and Conspiracies About Taylor Swift
Claiming Her Place in Congress
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Episode: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Johnson HUMILIATED As Republican House Fails On Several Key Votes
Oath and Honor
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Episode: Liz Cheney Talks Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell Being Weak and the 2024 Election
Democracy Or Else
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Episode: Trump Wins New Hampshire and Rages at Nikki Haley for Not Dropping Out
God and Man at Yale
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Episode: Can Nikki Haley Really Beat Trump in New Hampshire After His Landslide Victory in Iowa?
Extremely Hardcore
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Episode: Republicans Start Biden Impeachment With No Evidence | Live from San Jose
How Democracies Die
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Episode: Is Ron DeSantis The Worst Presidential Candidate of All Time? | Pod Save America Holiday Mailbag
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Episode: Is Ron DeSantis The Worst Presidential Candidate of All Time? | Pod Save America Holiday Mailbag
Democracy Or Else
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Episode: The Best and Worst Political Takes of 2023 (Including our own!) | The 2023 Pundies
A Taste for Poison
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Episode: The Best and Worst Political Takes of 2023 (Including our own!) | The 2023 Pundies
Hannibal
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Episode: Trump Says He'll be a Dictator on Day 1 If Re-Elected + Nikki Haley & The Boys In The 4th GOP Debate
The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary
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Episode: Fears That Trump Could Win the 2024 Election Are Growing
The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary
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Episode: Fears That Trump Could Win the 2024 Election Are Growing
Don Quixote
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Episode: Donald Trump Just Made One Of The Craziest, Scariest Speeches Of His Political Career
Democracy Or Else
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Episode: Republicans Lose Big In Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia 2023 Elections + 3rd GOP Debate Reaction
The Voyage of the Beagle
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Episode: Judge Orders Ivanka Trump to Testify in Father’s Fraud Trial | Live from Cleveland
Prequel
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Episode: Rachel Maddow Talks Trump's Legal Trials, Crazy House Republicans, and Joe Biden's 2024 Chances
The Scarlet Letter
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Episode: Trump's Dangerous Remarks On Israel + Republicans Use Hamas Attack to Criticize Biden
Renegade
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Episode: Israel and Hamas at War in Gaza: Joe Biden Reacts While Trump And Republicans Look to Score Points
Enough
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Episode: Former Donald Trump Aide Cassidy Hutchinson on January 6th, Republicans and the 2024 Election
Industrial Society and Its Future
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Episode: The Second Republican Debate Was A Complete Mess + Joe Biden and Donald Trump Both Visit Michigan
The Boys on the Bus
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Episode: Trump Possibly Self-Incriminates in Interview + Boebert Thrown Out of Theater for Vaping, Groping
Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition
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Episode: Kevin McCarthy and Republicans Launch Impeachment Inquiry Into Joe Biden With No Evidence
All Boys Aren't Blue
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Episode: Kevin McCarthy and Republicans Launch Impeachment Inquiry Into Joe Biden With No Evidence
Mobility
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Episode: Laurence Tribe Explains Why Donald Trump Should Not Be Allowed To Run For President in 2024
The Last Politician
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Episode: Joe Biden and Donald Trump in Dead Heat for 2024 + How Democrats Should Handle the Age Issue
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Episode: Kevin McCarthy and Republicans Are Planning To Impeach Joe Biden
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Episode: Jen Psaki Reacts to Donald Trump's New Indictment and Ron DeSantis' Debate Strategy