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Pod Save America is a no-bullshit 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 journalists, activists, politicians, entertainers, and world leaders. You can watch on YouTube or listen to new episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Ad-Free Pod Save America episodes available NOW through Friends of the Pod subscription. Head to crooked.com/friends to join today! For a transcript of an episode of Pod Save America, please email [email protected] (edited)
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · August 2026
Pod Save America turns current US politics into a clear map of arguments, incentives, voter pressure, and political consequence.
Pod Save America is fast, combative political commentary built around current US politics: Trump, Iran, conservative media criticism, the 25th Amendment, impeachment talk, midterms, Senate relationship building, and Israel/Palestine.
Trump's critics on the right make your poll tab look like only half the story.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A sharp, high-heat political conversation that values context over detachment.
Pod Save America keeps this conversation anchored in Gaza, resistance, and the political logic around October 7. It stays blunt and driven, with the argument moving cleanly from framing to history and back again.
A sharp look at how conservative-media criticism of Trump can spread beyond the usual audience and do broader political damage.
The piece turns a conservative-media pile-on into a wider political warning. Clips from trusted in-group voices push the criticism past regular politics listeners, which makes the fallout feel bigger than a day-to-day news hit.
Brisk sponsor-heavy banter that stays lively.
The episode moves from sponsor copy into loose, joking banter, which keeps the pace from settling too hard into one rhythm. It leans on practical ad reads, a few light throwaway jokes, and a drifting stretch of TV memory, so the hour keeps shifting even when the talk itself is…
Big money, political power, and a steady case for meeting opponents as people.
The episode takes a sharp look at big philanthropy and the power it can keep in donor hands, even when community needs are pressing. It makes the issue concrete by following who gets to decide where money goes and how wealthy donors can bend public policy.
A near-daily politics rundown from Dana Goldberg and Alison Gill on Trump-era legal fights.
Three Slate journalists debate the week's politics, plus live shows and author interviews.
Mike Pesca opens with a monologue, then digs into Supreme Court ethics and Iran policy.
This episode of Pod Save America features hosts Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer discussing sponsor SimpliSafe's home security benefits, including a 50% discount, and humorously noting Dan's travel between theme parks to record.
Twitch streamer and self-described Marxist Hasan Piker sits down with Jon Favreau to address the controversy sparked by a Third Way op-ed calling him anti-American, anti-woman, and anti-Semitic.
Pod Save America hosts Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer dissect the fragile Iran ceasefire, arguing Trump stumbled into and out of a war he didn't understand, including a reported moment where Trump watched Iranian civilians surround bridges he had promised to bomb and said their deaths would be Iran's fault.
Pod Save America covers week six of a fictional U.S.-Iran war called Operation Epic Fury, anchored by Trump's Easter Sunday post threatening to bomb Iran's bridges and power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened.
Senator Cory Booker joins John Lovett for an extended conversation covering the Iran war, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and Democratic tax policy.