What Does it Mean to Be an American?

TRUMP CURSES KNICKS

President Trump, days after storming out of a Meet the Press interview, returns to New York City to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett discuss how New Yorkers are reacting to the president's visit, discuss the latest from Trump's wars, including the outbreak of more violence between Iran, Israel, and Lebanon, and debunk MAGA's new, unfounded claims about voter fraud in California. Then, Roger Bennett, host of Men in Blazers, joins Tommy to preview the World Cup and discuss how the president may insert himself into that event, too. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here [https://youtu.be/rcAiBmCJemY]. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.

The Splintering MAGA Media Rage Machine

Will Sommer, author of The Bulwark's "False Flag" newsletter, sits down with Tommy to talk about the MAGA media world — including the right-wing personalities who may be considering a political future (Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens), those whose influence is crumbling (Ben Shapiro), and some of the most troubling — and strangest — rising voices. Tommy and Will then break down the ways some of MAGA's leading voices are abandoning the president, what their world will look like and whether it can even survive in a post-Trump future. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here [https://youtu.be/nEOowoDbLIs]. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.

Trump's Versailles on the Potomac

President Trump announces yet another D.C. construction project — a renovation to the Lincoln Memorial dubbed "The Trump Promenade" — as well as the nominations of his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche for Attorney General and shitposter-turned-FHA Administrator Bill Pulte for acting Director of National Intelligence. Alex Wagner joins Jon Favreau to discuss the latest, including California's torturously slow primary tallies, new allegations against presumptive Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner, and Scott Pelley's dramatic last stand at CBS's "60 Minutes." Then, Jon reveals how he was accidentally invited to the UFC fight on the White House lawn. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here [https://youtu.be/X89jFJfcD1M]. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date

Trump and Pod Save America Agree: JD Is Lame

Donald Trump thinks JD Vance is a bit of a loser and he's worried he may not be presidential enough to be the 2028 Republican nominee, according to The New York Times. After a series of court losses, the White House signals that it's about to ditch its $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund." Trump is reportedly "getting very bored" with the Iran negotiations. Democratic voters head to the polls to decide a series of contentious primaries in California and Iowa. Then, Senator Andy Kim talks to Jon about the atrocious conditions at Newark's Delaney Hall Detention Center. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here [https://youtu.be/2WkIHp8Fmjg]. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.

What Does it Mean to Be an American?

Jon sits down with our own Ben Rhodes to talk about how American leaders tell the story of who we are — and who they think we should be — through the speeches they give. The two go through the seminal speeches Ben selected for his new book "All We Say," discussing their power for good (Frederic Douglass on human rights) and evil (Alexander Stephenson on the "moral truth" of white supremacy), and their own memories of writing presidential addresses for Barack Obama when the stakes were highest. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here [https://youtu.be/IbO21T_-Duo]. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.