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What A Day

What A Day: Nobel Peace Sighs

Trump’s loony global rampage is starting to show the military’s limits.

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What A Day: Cracks in the ICE

Democrats are fighting over how to fight ICE.

Jan 14 • Matt Berg

What A Day: X Marks the Brainrot

Trump’s team is protecting Elon Musk’s gross chatbot at all costs.

Jan 13 • Matt Berg

Pod Save America

1:16:06

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…

Jan 13 • Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, and Crooked Media

58:09

2026's Biggest Questions

Jon Favreau and Alex Wagner share their biggest questions for year two of Trump 2.0 in search of some hope for the year ahead.

Jan 11 • Jon Favreau, Dan Pfeiffer, and Crooked Media

59:30

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.

Jan 9 • Jon Favreau, Dan Pfeiffer, and Crooked Media

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Iranian Regime Massacres Protesters, Will Trump Respond?

Tommy and Ben talk about the historic protests in Iran and reports of the regime’s brutal crackdown with potentially tens of thousands dead...

Jan 14 • Tommy Vietor and Crooked Media

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Where Will Trump Invade Next?

Tommy and Ben discuss: the fallout from the Trump administration’s strikes on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro...

Jan 7 • Tommy Vietor and Crooked Media

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Breaking: Trump Invades Venezuela

In this emergency episode, Tommy and Ben respond to the breaking news that the Trump administration launched strikes on Venezuela and arrested…

Jan 3 • Tommy Vietor and Crooked Media

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ISIS Terror in Australia

Tommy and Ben discuss the horrific Bondi Beach terror attack, the rise of antisemitism in Australia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…

Dec 17, 2025 • Tommy Vietor and Crooked Media

Lovett or Leave It

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Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes

This week, J.D. Vance and Kristi Noem lie about a killing in Minneapolis. Donald Trump seizes Venezuela’s oil and Greenland’s attention. Plus, much…

Jan 10 • Jon Lovett and Crooked Media

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Hey 2025, don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.

Dec 20, 2025 • Jon Lovett and Crooked Media

54:52

Lovett or Leave It Presents: Bravo, America! (with Holly Madison)

In our season finale of Bravo, America! Lovett sits down with The Girls Next Door star Holly Madison to discuss the dark side of life in the Playboy…

Dec 16, 2025 • Jon Lovett

16:12

Nothin' But Netflix

This week, the nation tunes in to find out who will receive Donald Trump’s rose: Paramount’s David Ellison or Netflix’s Ted Sarandos?

Dec 13, 2025 • Jon Lovett

Offline

45:23

ICE Killings and the Death of Shared Reality

Does misinformation even matter if no one can agree on a shared reality? The New Yorker’s Jay Caspian Kang joins Offline to explain how the ICE shooting…

Jan 10 • Jon Favreau and Time To Say Goodbye

Jon Favreau on the Beginning of the End of the Trump Era

In politics, as in life, things change gradually, then suddenly.

Dec 20, 2025 • Jon Favreau

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What Comes After Trump?

What does 21st century authoritarianism look like in the United States? Author and Atlantic staff writer George Packer joins Offline to talk about…

Dec 20, 2025 • Jon Favreau and Crooked Media

48:30

The Movement to Protect Kids from Big Tech

Julie Scelfo, founder of Mothers Against Media Addiction, sits down with Jon to talk about the impacts AI and social media are having on our kids…and…

Dec 13, 2025 • Jon Favreau

Pollercoaster

32:03

Pollercoaster: How Trump's Polling Tanked In 2025

Dan Pfeiffer takes a look back at Trump’s polling at the start of his second term, where we are now, and what all of this might tell us about 2026.

Dec 17, 2025 • Dan Pfeiffer and Crooked Media

23:32

Pollercoaster: What TN-07 Means for MAGA and 2026

Dan Pfeiffer and Jon Lovett break down the election results from Tennessee’s 7th district race, what the swing means for Democrats, and answer discord…

Dec 3, 2025 • Dan Pfeiffer, Jon Lovett, and Crooked Media

33:04

Pollercoaster: The Race for the Senate is On

Dan Pfeiffer breaks down, state by state, Democrats’ chances of taking back the Senate in 2026, amid a surge of post-election enthusiasm, then answers…

Nov 19, 2025 • Dan Pfeiffer

29:08

Pollercoaster: The Shutdown Sh*tstorm

Dan Pfeiffer breaks down end-of-shutdown messaging strategies and where Chuck Schumer stands in the democratic party. Then, we get into some 2025…

Nov 12, 2025 • Dan Pfeiffer

Inside 2025

33:58

Inside 2025: Meet Democrats' Go-To Trump Stand In

In 2016, veteran Democratic advisor Philippe Reines stepped up for an unconventional task: impersonating Donald Trump for Clinton’s debate prep. And in…

Dec 27, 2025 • Crooked Media and Jon Lovett

50:33

Inside 2025: State Dinners and Foreign Trips

Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes share behind-the-scenes stories from the Obama administration’s state dinners and foreign trips.

Nov 18, 2025 • Crooked Media and Tommy Vietor

36:25

Inside 2025: Sports Save America with Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor

Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor dig into what the 2024 campaign taught us about how politicians should interact with athletes.

Sep 30, 2025 • Dan Pfeiffer, Tommy Vietor, and Crooked Media

54:28

Inside 2025: The State of Liberal Media w. Jon Favreau & Dan Pfeiffer

Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer dive into the state of political media, why the right wing dominates the space, and how the podcast industry has changed…

Aug 12, 2025 • Dan Pfeiffer and Jon Favreau

Terminally Online

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Terminally Online: The Concept of the Millennial Childhood

Jon Lovett, and producers Kendra James, Caroline Reston and Elijah Cone have been way too online this week.

Jan 10 • Crooked Media and Jon Lovett

56:18

Terminally Online: 2025 Tier in Review

Happy New Tiers! Before 2025 is through, Jon Favreau and producers Caroline Reston, Claire Fogarty, and Elijah Cone rank the biggest internet moments of…

Dec 31, 2025 • Crooked Media and Jon Favreau

57:57

Terminally Online: 3rd Annual Takesmas

Merry Takesmas and happy holitakes! Jon Lovett and producers Caroline Reston, Halle Kiefer, and Elijah Cone gather round for a blind ranking of holiday…

Dec 24, 2025 • Crooked Media and Jon Lovett

51:46

Terminally Online: Very Kraft Mac n’ Cheese of You

Dan Pfeiffer, Alyssa Mastromonaco, and producers Reid Cherlin and Elijah Cone explore Pat Spencer’s unusual storyline in the NBA this year, #gravetok…

Dec 20, 2025 • Dan Pfeiffer and Crooked Media

Crooked Contributors

Alex Wagner on What Policy Looks Like in Real Life

We are living through a, ahem, unique moment in our country’s history. That’s why Alex Wagner is launching a new podcast with Crooked Media, Runaway…

Oct 23, 2025 • Crooked Media and Alex Wagner

The Supreme Court and the Federal Reserve Board

The Supreme Court didn't protect the Fed or the economy; they enabled Trump's attack on them.

Aug 26, 2025 • Leah Litman

The Supreme Court & The Administration's War on Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The Supreme Court is responsible for what the administration is doing to Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Aug 25, 2025 • Leah Litman

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