Podcast Episodes

Project 2025 (cont.): DEI for Men With Terrible Personalities

Season 5

Jon Lovett joins Melissa and Leah to climb inside the mind of one of Project 2025’s biggest boosters: J.D. Vance. It’s nasty in there! Then, Leah and…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Project 2025: 900 Pages and 100% Deranged

Season 5

Leah and Melissa introduce a new series on Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s deranged instruction manual for taking away all of our rights and …

1 year, 8 months ago

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The Hubris and Hackery of Aileen Cannon

Season 5

Kate and Leah attempt to wrap their heads around Aileen Cannon’s bonkers decision on the Trump classified documents case. Then, Leah talks with Josie…

1 year, 8 months ago

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We Read Josh Hawley's Book So You Don't Have To

Season 5

Josh Hawley's book/polemic on the trials and tribulations of American men also gives us a window into the dark worldview that informs his politics-- …

1 year, 8 months ago

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A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Term

Season 5

Kate, Melissa, and Leah steel themselves to look back on a truly terrible term for the ages. From SCOTUS’s determined effort to hollow out the admini…

1 year, 8 months ago

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SCOTUS Hands Trump Presidential Immunity

Season 5

It’s the last decision day of the year, and SCOTUS goes out with a bang. Kate, Leah, and Melissa unpack the frankly terrifying decision granting Trum…

1 year, 8 months ago

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The Supreme Court Makes Its Biggest Power Grab in a Generation

Season 5

Leah, Melissa and Kate try to wrap their heads around SCOTUS throwing away 40 years of precedent that allowed federal agencies (and the experts who w…

1 year, 9 months ago

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SCOTUS Dodges the Question of Emergency Abortions

Season 5

After accidentally uploading the decision in the EMTALA case, the Supreme Court released it for real today. Leah is joined by Fatima Goss-Graves, Chr…

1 year, 9 months ago

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SCOTUS Greenlights Government Corruption

Season 5

Leah, Melissa, and Kate weigh the implications of Bloomberg’s scoop on EMTALA (apparently someone at the court got a little trigger-happy with the up…

1 year, 9 months ago

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A Very DC Saturday Night

Season 5

As we wait for SCOTUS opinions in cases about presidential immunity, emergency abortions, the future of the administrative state, and more, we did a …

1 year, 9 months ago

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