Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWinners Make Policy, Losers Go Home (with Adam Jentleson)
Season 5 Episode 4
Where do Democratic voters want the party to go next? And just as importantly, how does the party need to be thinking differently? Adam Jentleson, fo…
11 months ago
At Least He's Doing Something (with Sam Stein)
Season 5 Episode 3
Donald Trump's approval rating is sitting around 50 percent, which is as high as he's ever been, even though he started his term by pardoning January…
11 months, 1 week ago
Getting Out of Our Corners (with Amanda Carpenter)
Season 5 Episode 2
Anyone who opposes Donald Trump isn't feeling great this week. And where there was "resistance" when Trump took office in 2017, there was more resign…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Caretaker Presidency (with Evan Osnos)
Season 5 Episode 1
As Joe Biden leaves office, we're taking one last look at his presidency, and what we've heard said about him since 2020. The New Yorker's Evan Osnos…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
It's Not Like a Newscast (with Tim Miller)
Season 4 Episode 62
The podcast-sphere was one of the most covered stories of the 2024 election, with Joe Rogan standing above all. Podcaster extraordinaires Sarah and T…
1 year ago
Hate Was Up, Prices Were Down (with Marc Caputo)
Season 4 Episode 61
We've spent plenty of time on this show discussing what Donald Trump's newest voters found wanting about Democrats in the 2024 election. This week, w…
1 year ago
An 'Unserious' Show (with Jonathan V. Last)
Season 4 Episode 60
We've got (Thanksgiving) leftover focus group sound we didn't get to last week. Sarah's best friend Jonathan V. Last makes his vengeful return to the…
1 year, 1 month ago
"Beyoncé Ain't Paying My Bills, B*tch." (with Astead Herndon)
Season 4 Episode 59
The Focus Group Podcast is back for a post-election autopsy. We're starting with a deep dive on how Donald Trump's newest voters found Kamala Harris …
1 year, 1 month ago
How [He/She] Wins (with Ron Brownstein)
Season 4 Episode 58
The polls are close enough that this election could go either way. But whatever happens, the focus groups over the last year-plus have given some clu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Keystone State of the Race (with Holly Otterbein)
Season 4 Episode 57
There's one thing Republican and Democratic strategists all agree on right now: no state is more likely to decide this election than Pennsylvania. Pe…
1 year, 2 months ago