Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAdam Jentleson: More Heterodoxy, Please
Season 6 Episode 42
Sarah is sick and tired of the arguments about whether Democrats should move to the left or the center, because Democratic voters’ answers to this qu…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Greg Bluestein: Georgia's Root Canal Primary
Season 6 Episode 41
Georgia's primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate have LOTS of things for political nerds (like you, dear listener) to chew on. But the Republican an…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Tim Miller: Good Riddance, Bill Cassidy?
Season 6 Episode 40
This week's show has a rare note of agreement with our MAGA focus group participants. In Louisiana, Bill Cassidy is running for re-election to the S…
5 months ago
Chuck Schumer’s Candidate Got Humiliated in Maine
Season 6 Episode 39
In this bite-sized bonus Focus Group episode, Sarah Longwell breaks down the political earthquake in Maine after Janet Mills dropped out of the Sena…
5 months ago
America's 'House of Cards' Mentality (with David Frum)
Season 6 Episode 38
Usually, an assassination attempt outside a dinner with the president would be a HUGE news event. Instead, the voters in our focus groups weren't ta…
5 months, 1 week ago
Trump Promised Lower Prices. Everything Got Worse! (w/ Rotimi Adeoye)
Season 6 Episode 37
Enjoy a bonus episode of The Focus Group Podcast—Rachel Janfaza talks with Rotimi Adeoye about why moderate Gen Z focus group participants feel lock…
5 months, 1 week ago
America's Divisions: Getting on Our Nerves (with Jessica Tarlov)
Season 6 Episode 36
Everyone agrees that America is too divided. But ALMOST everyone is also contributing to that division in one way or another. So, how do we rebuild …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump Voters Say 'Nope' to the Pope (with Jonathan V. Last)
Season 6 Episode 35
Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV are probably the two most prominent Americans in the world right now, and they're fighting. So we asked American Catho…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Women Don’t Need Men Anymore—In Their Own Words (w/ Sami Sage)
Season 6 Episode 34
On this bonus episode of The Focus Group, Rachel and guest Sami Sage of Betches Media wonder whether millennials are truly still ‘cringe.’ They also…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)
Season 6 Episode 33
EDITOR'S NOTE: This episode has been updated to remove comments made by or about a focus group participant who we believe misrepresented his politic…
6 months ago