Campaign instincts for a volatile political moment.
That Trippi Show turns the week’s political chaos into a running strategic argument. Joe Trippi and Alex Sashlow move quickly through polls, primaries, voter mood, Trump-world scandals, and what Democrats can actually do next.
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That Trippi Show is a fast-moving political conversation about elections, power, voter mood, and the recurring chaos around Trump-era politics. It is not a neutral recap show. It argues from the numbers, from campaign instincts, and from the assumption that public opinion only matters once someone asks what it means in a real race. Joe Trippi and Alex Sashlow often begin with a fresh poll, a strange moment, a primary result, or a listener question, then work outward from there. The pace is quick. A segment can start with double haters, slide into Democratic motivation, hit Trump voter regret, and land on the trouble facing House Republicans. The show keeps returning to turnout and intensity. It pays close attention to voters who dislike both parties, Republicans in soft seats, young conservatives, and Democrats trying to win back trust without overcomplicating the assignment. Trump is the gravitational center of many episodes, but the discussion is usually about consequences: corruption, war, backlash, base fractures, and what candidates should do with the opening. Iran, Epstein, Pam Bondi, tariffs, congressional approval, and Midwest organizing all appear as political stress tests. The show also has room for field reports, including time spent in Iowa talking with candidates and people working on the ground. Guest segments bring in outside evidence, as with Alex Theodoridis of UMass Amherst discussing national identity, partisan divides, racism, immigration, and Christian nationalism. The style is conversational and sometimes messy in the useful way of people thinking in real time. Jokes and asides break up the severity, but the underlying subject is serious: whether democratic politics can still organize a majority against extremism, exhaustion, and distrust. Its best fit is a listener who already knows the headlines and wants a sharper read on voter behavior, campaign strategy, and the next pressure point. The show’s edge is that it keeps asking what the data means when someone has to win an election.
Made for: For politically literate listeners who track polls, elections, Trump-era power struggles, and Democratic strategy. It suits people who want argument, context, and campaign logic more than a tidy headlines digest.
What sets it apart: The show blends rapid co-host debate with campaign-season pattern recognition, treating polls and odd news moments as clues about voter behavior. It feels closer to a live strategy conversation than a polished panel segment.
If you're looking for someone who actually knows how presidential and national politics works to explain what's going on in 30 minutes or less, this is the show for you. Joe Trippi is a longtime Democratic campaign manager who ran the progressive Howard Dean presidential campaign in 2004 and the historic Doug Jones Senate campaign to defeat Roy Moore in 2017. He's seen it all and isn't bogged down by the viral tweets or hot takes du jour. He's looking past the headlines to answer the questions that matter: How do Democrats win key races moving forward? How do we convince voters to make Republicans pay for January 6th and its aftermath? What are we headed for in November? Don't just listen to…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
That Trippi Show turns polling, field observations and campaign dynamics into a practical reading of Democratic prospects and Trump's political vulnerabilities.
Joe Trippi and co-host Alex Ashlow treat politics as a contest of persuasion, turnout and governing consequences rather than a procession of headlines.
Joe Trippi has an Iowa field report for your next 'but what do the polls say?' spiral.
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A measured poll-driven conversation shows how broad agreement on American identity can mask deep partisan divides.
With America's 250th approaching, That Trippi Show turns a familiar civic question into a sharper test of political meaning: what Americans think it means to be American.
Trippi and Sashlow examine a CNN poll's split between party favorability and the preferences of voters who dislike both parties.
Joe Trippi and Alex Sashlow start with a CNN poll: Democrats lead by six points, yet their favorability rating sits at 28%. The hosts spend more time on voters who dislike both parties. Among these "double haters," the figures they discuss favor Democrats by 55% to 24%.
A ground-level Iowa report weighs campaign energy against voters, candidates, and organization.
Joe Trippi's four days in Iowa give this single-episode review its strongest thread: politics looks sharper when it is read through voters, candidates, and organizers rather than through national shorthand.
Joe Trippi and Alex Ashlow test Trump's MAGA coalition against war, conservative dissent, and primary pressure.
That Trippi Show starts with Trump's stated move toward war and turns it into a question about whether MAGA unity can hold at home. Joe Trippi and Alex Ashlow move through personnel chatter, Tuesday's primaries, and numbers Alex describes as the worst he has seen in this Trump…
A voter-focused look at Trump's political exposure and the pressure facing vulnerable Republican candidates.
Joe Trippi and co-host Alex Ashlow judge the State of the Union through a practical voter test: what people in battleground states made of it, not just how pundits reacted.
A clear-eyed discussion of AI as both a threat to democracy and a tool for defending trust, courage, and shared truth.
The episode looks at AI as a political weapon, with a focus on how autocrats could use it to bend reality, target dissent, deepen division, undermine elections, centralize power, and spread fear.
Trippi remembers Jesse Jackson from the campaign trail, then weighs the possibility of a strike on Iran.
Joe Trippi remembers meeting Jesse Jackson on the campaign trail and says Jackson was always kind to him. That personal memory gives his tribute warmth without losing sight of Jackson's political work.
Sam Harris interviews scientists and journalists on AI risk, religion, and US politics.
WSJ reporters unpack the Epstein files, surrogacy industry abuses, and true-crime court battles.
Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway argue through tech, media, and Trump-era politics twice weekly.
Dan Carlin's solo essays connecting executive power, historical collapse, and American democracy.
Sharp political debate with policy detail and real disagreement.
Demetri Kofinas interviews specialists on geopolitics, energy markets, AI, and finance at length.
Joe Trippi and Alex Ashlow honor Jesse Jackson's political legacy, analyzing how his 1984 and 1988 presidential runs built the black voter base that later elected Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
Joe Trippi and Alex Ashlow discuss global opposition to MAGA with Reed Galen, who emphasizes the need for action beyond tough love.
Joe Trippi and Alex Ashlow frame this That Trippi Show conversation around Trigby Olson's warning that AI is being used to erode reality and control politics.
Joe Trippi brings on Alex Theodoridis of UMass Amherst to discuss a poll about what Americans think it means to be American ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
That Trippi Show centers on Joe Trippi and Alex Sashlow’s argument that CNN’s “double haters” are real, sizable, and now breaking heavily toward Democrats, with Trippi citing 55% to 24% among that 26% bloc and 8-to-2 exit-poll results in New Jersey and Virginia.
Joe Trippi and Alex Sashlow discuss Trump firing Pam Bondi and what Democrats need to do to win back disillusioned Trump voters.
Joe Trippi and Alex Sashlow discuss new data, the situation in Iran, and Trump's path to victory in a listener Q&A.
Joe Trippi and Alex Sashlove play a live bracket game comparing the likelihood of political events, starting with who is more likely to be fired, Pam Bondi or Kash Patel.
Joe Trippi says four days in Iowa showed a state where Rob Sand, Josh Turek, and Zach Walls are shaping a competitive Democratic map.
Joe Trippi and Alex Ashlow frame the Iran strikes as a repeat of Iraq and Afghanistan, stressing "no plan," "no exit strategy," and long-term blowback.
On That Trippi Show, hosts Joe Trippi and Alex Ashlow dissect voter dial-test data on Trump's State of the Union, finding only 35% felt represented and 68% thought he focused on the wrong things, with independents and soft Republicans both cratering when he raised his third term, tariffs, and eliminating mail-in voting.
Joe Trippi and Trygve Olson discuss whether concerns about Trump's health are a distraction and address the Epstein case being called a hoax.
Joe Trippi and Trygve Olson discuss how autocrats use AI to erode reality and how democracy's defenders can fight back.
Joe Trippi and Alex Sashlow discuss Zoran Mondami's Democratic primary win in NYC and a Pew report on 2024 election turnout.
Joe Trippi and Alex Sashlow discuss with Trygve Olson the strange alliance between democracy advocates and Elon Musk, drawing parallels to the Stalin rule.