Podcast Episodes

Is Trump’s Reckless Bill Unpopular?

This week, David Plotz and guest hosts Will Saletan and Catherine Rampell discuss what the Senate’s regressive budget bill will do to the health of America, whether there is space left for non-Trump …

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Let’s Plunge, New York

This week, Emily Bazelon and guest hosts Ruth Marcus and James Forman discuss Trump’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities with guest Steven Cook from the Council on Foreign Relations, Zohran Mamdani…

Published on 2 months ago

Gabfest Reads | Alison Bechdel Explains Selling Out the Progressive Way

David Plotz talks with author Alison Bechdel about her new book, Spent. They discuss what’s memoir and what’s less than memoir in the comic novel, David’s own contribution to the book, and more.

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Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Massive Ordnance Penetrator

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss whether the US should join Israel’s war on Iran, the tragic Minnesota assassinations and why US political violence is surging now, an…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Very Heavy Force

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the ominous juxtaposition of Trump sending National Guard troops and Marines to quell mostly peaceful protests in LA w…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans vs. the Big Beautiful Bill

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Elon Musk’s dramatic entrance into the fight between Republican factions over details of the Big Beautiful Bill, whether an independe…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Destroy Harvard?

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss this week’s Supreme Court decision that validates Trump’s firing of 2 officials without cause thus stealth-overruling a key check on …

Published on 3 months ago

Big and Beautiful or Huge and Horrendous

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the huge House tax bill and its broad economic implications with Harvard economist Jason Furman, the DOJ’s selective investigation an…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Gabfest Reads | How to Create an Exceptional Family

Emily Bazelon talks with author Susan Dominus about her new book, The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success. They discuss the commonalities among families that have multiple h…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Just a Modest $400 Million Gift

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss how Trump’s trip to the Middle East is wildly off the scale of any past corruption and offensive to American tradition, the Supreme C…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago