Best Conde Nast Amp Vanity Fair Podcasts (2024)

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DNC Night 4: The Dems Are Riding High, But Kamala Harris Faces New Hurdles 29:12

15h ago29:12

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On this episode, host Brian Stelter wraps up the exuberant finale of the Democratic National Convention with Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones and author and contributing editor Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has been reporting this week from Chicago. They discuss how this historic, four-day spectacle, which concluded with Kamala Harris’s stirring a…

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DNC Night 3: Is the Dem "Swagger" All Hype, or Real Change? 30:33

5h ago30:33

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Is all the hype real? It’s the uncomfortable question hanging over all the good vibes of the 2024 Democratic National Convention this week. And it’s one that Vanity Fair’s Claire Howorth and James Pogue, who is reporting from the ground, are more than willing to tackle on the latest episode of Inside the Hive. Pogue argues that while Kamala Harris …

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DNC Night 2: "Fake Parties," Real Influencers, and the Return of the Obamas 27:14

2h ago27:14

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As the 2024 Democratic National Convention rolls on, host Brian Stelter talks with Vanity Fair special correspondent Molly Jong-Fast, as she runs around Chicago, and Michael Calderone, editor of Vanity Fair’s the Hive, in New York. Jong-Fast describes the vibes around the United Center as Democrats appear both anxious about the election and pleased…

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DNC Night 1: A "Giant Emotion Cannon" for Kamala Harris in Chicago 19:30

2h ago19:30

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As the Democratic National Convention kicks off, host Brian Stelter catches up with senior editor Maggie Coughlan, in New York, and special correspondent Joe Hagan, from the United Center in Chicago. Hagan finds attendees fired up on night one, which featured speeches from party stalwarts (Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton) and future stars (Alexandria Oc…

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Sweet Emotion: How the Harris-Walz Ticket Wields Joy Against Donald Trump 34:09

40m ago34:09

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To say that there has been a “vibe shift” among Democrats is an understatement. Since taking Joe Biden’s mantle as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris has ushered in an unmistakable wave of positivity within the party. The joy and optimism suffusing her campaign have thus proven powerful antidotes to the fear and anger being sold by D…

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Inside Kamala Harris's Surging Campaign—and the Authentic Aura of Tim Walz 34:34

5d ago34:34

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On this episode, host Brian Stelter speaks about Kamala Harris’s surging campaign and new VP pick, Tim Walz, with Eugene Daniels, a Politico White House correspondent and Playbook co-author. Daniels, who has spent years closely covering the vice president, speaks about her challenges inside the Biden White House, relationship with the news media, a…

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How the "PayPal Mafia" Threw Silicon Valley Into a Trump Trance 29:31

19d ago29:31

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It used to be that Silicon Valley was considered a blue bastion, and supported social causes like education, public health and climate action. But, if that perception wasn’t already crumbling before now, then it was utterly shattered in 2024. This past month has seen countless tech elites flock behind Donald Trump as their candidate of choice in th…

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From In the Dark: Season 3, Episode 1 10:34

14d ago10:34

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Today, we're bringing you a special preview of the new season of the New Yorker investigative podcast In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran. The series examines the killings of twenty-four civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and asks why no one was held accountable for the crime. In Episode 1, a man in Haditha, Iraq, has a request for the In the Dark team…

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Will America Finally Put a Woman in the White House? 40:12

28d ago40:12

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Kamala Harris is up against a whole lot. As the presumptive Democratic nominee, she’s fighting against years of political malaise among her own voters, while competing against a man who has a cult-like following within his base. But these challenges, as Hillary Clinton learned herself in 2016, hardly get at the biggest question mark: Is America fin…

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How Donald Trump Turned Christian Nationalists Into an Electoral Army 33:03

1M ago33:03

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Love thy neighbor: It’s one of the most commonly uttered Biblical verses in the Christian faith. But when it comes to Christian nationalism, the movement doesn’t always practice what it preaches. Such is the subject of Inside the Hive’s latest episode featuring Katherine Stewart and Sam Perry, two experts on the religious right who discuss why Chri…

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How Trump and Project 2025 Will Mold America “In the Image of a Dictatorship” 35:53

1M ago35:53

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What would America actually look like under a second Trump term? Few resources paint a clearer picture than the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, the right’s blueprint for a vast overhaul of the federal bureaucracy, as well as a playbook of immediate executive actions that could annihilate decades of Democratic progress in days. This week, the fo…

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The Hard Truths About Biden's Dicey Position 32:51

2M ago32:51

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Chris Hayes of MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes" joins Inside the Hive host Brian Stelter for a special episode—unplanned on a holiday break, but here we are. As President Biden's disastrous debate performance and the "catastrophe" of the SCOTUS immunity ruling converge in an existential question about America's future, Stelter and Hayes—who recent…

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From The New Yorker: The Most Profoundly Not-Normal Facts About Trump’s 2024 Campaign 34:29

2M ago34:29

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On this recent episode of The Political Scene, hosts Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the unusual and dangerous aspects of Donald Trump’s reëlection campaign, from his quid-pro-quo offer to oil executives to his daughter-in-law Laura’s new leadership position on the Republican National Committee. To discover more podcasts from T…

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Pod Save America Is Staying Positive About 2024. That Doesn’t Mean They Don’t Fear the Worst 39:56

2M ago39:56

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We’re all feeling it: The exhaustion. The malaise. The discontent. The nagging suspicion that U.S. politics are futile. But if there is any year to resist the temptation of tuning out, say Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor, it’s 2024. The two co-hosts of their popular “no bullshit” podcast Pod Save America join Inside the Hive to discuss the enduring ap…

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How Prison Time Could Burnish Steve Bannon’s MAGA Cred: “It’s Amazing Clout” 30:13

2M ago30:13

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It’s not easy to stay in Donald Trump’s good graces. But throughout the years, Steve Bannon, host of the popular right-wing War Room podcast, has continued to prove an indispensable voice for the former president, saturating the airwaves with pro-MAGA propaganda while galvanizing Trump’s base into action. On the latest episode of inside the Inside …

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“It's the Wild West”: Why Silicon Valley’s AI Race Could Leave the Media In Tatters 30:11

2M ago30:11

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Ever since the rise of social media, news publishers have always been playing an unwinnable game of catch-up, chasing the changes in Big Tech’s byzantine algorithms to ensure the clicks keep coming. But with AI now in the picture, the playing field is about to get even more lopsided, according to Wired editor in chief Katie Drummond and Axios Senio…

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Big Tech Has Destroyed Public Trust. Can We Fix It Before the Election? 31:33

3M ago31:33

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Parsing fact from fiction is a requisite skill for any journalist. But for Steven Brill—the founder of Newsguard, a website dedicated to countering misinformation by ranking the reliability of news sources—it’s his life. Fresh on the heels of his new book, The Death of Truth, Brill joins host Brian Stelter to discuss Big Tech’s catastrophic moderat…

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Mary Trump Expects a Post-Conviction "Revenge Tour" 30:44

3M ago30:44

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In a special episode, host Brian Stelter discusses the Donald Trump guilty verdict with Mary Trump, a writer, psychologist, and niece of the former president and now-convicted felon. She describes how Trump has long tried to suppress feelings of humiliation and why she expects him to lash out even more after his conviction.…

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The Democratic War Room Against RFK Jr. 30:45

3M ago30:45

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Host Brian Stelter is joined by veteran Democratic operative Lis Smith to examine the campaign inside the Democratic Party to stop Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from spoiling the presidential election. They discuss why the Democratic Party is "leaving nothing to chance" this election cycle and the motives behind implementing a war room to explicitly ensure…

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Trump on Trial: The "Big Whoa" Moment (So Far) 32:16

3M ago32:16

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As the Trump hush money trial heads toward closing arguments, CNN's chief legal correspondent Paula Reid tells host Brian Stelter about the biggest surprises thus far and previews the range of possible outcomes from the jury. Reid also shares an inside look at day-to-day television news coverage of the trial.…

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Why Black Twitter Isn’t Fleeing Elon Musk’s X 26:11

4M ago26:11

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From ‘Scandal’ to social justice, Black Twitter has dominated digital discourse, a phenomenon Prentice Penny explores in his new Hulu docuseries, “Black Twitter: A People's History,” based on Jason Parham's 2021 feature for Wired. Penny and Parham, along with J Wortham of the New York Times Magazine, join host Brian Stelter to discuss Black Twitter…

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'We Got Locked in the Bathroom' by Secret Service: Notes from the Trump Trial 30:47

4M ago30:47

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Host Brian Stelter examines the media circus surrounding Donald Trump's hush money trial with Olivia Nuzzi, Washington correspondent for New York magazine, and Vanity Fair staff writer Dan Adler. They discuss what it's like to cover the criminal trial today while it seemingly feels like 2016 and why it's essential for journalists in the courtroom t…

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“You Can’t Believe This Happened”: A “Surreal” Trial and Tabloid Tales of Donald Trump 32:07

4M ago32:07

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On this week’s Inside the Hive with Brian Stelter, Vanity Fair writer Dan Adler and Hollywood Reporter special correspondent Lachlan Cartwright examine Donald Trump’s sordid relationship with David Pecker, the former National Enquirer executive at the center of the ex-president’s criminal hush money trial in Manhattan. Adler and Cartwight, both rep…

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25 Years After Columbine: Why The Massacre Was a Turning Point for America 30:00

4M ago30:00

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Host Brian Stelter checks in with Vanity Fair’s Dan Adler, who describes the strange scene at Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Then Stelter speaks with “Columbine” author Dave Cullen about the 25th anniversary of the Colorado school shooting. Cullen discusses what changed, and what didn't, about American culture, police practices and gun laws. He a…

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From WIRED Politics Lab: How Election Deniers Are Weaponizing Tech To Disrupt November 14:41

4M ago14:41

14:41

This is a preview episode of WIRED Politics Lab. Election deniers are mobilizing their supporters and rolling out new tech to disrupt the November election. These groups are already organizing on hyperlocal levels, and learning to monitor polling places, target election officials, and challenge voter rolls. And though their work was once fringe, it…

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The Caitlin Clark Effect 26:46

5M ago26:46

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Host Brian Stelter speaks with ESPN women's basketball reporter Alexa Philippou and Vanity Fair contributing editor Tom Kludt about a sport seemingly at an inflection point and surging in interest at both the college and pro levels. The group discusses stars who have helped drive enthusiasm for the game, including Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and coa…

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Trump's Truth Social Is a Meme Stock—So What Happens Next? 29:27

5M ago29:27

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Host Brian Stelter speaks with journalist Scott Nover about how Donald Trump, in the midst of legal and financial turmoil, just got a huge lifeline by way of Truth Social. No, the social media network for the MAGA crowd isn’t suddenly a raging success. But through a “meme stock media merger,” as Nover recently described it for Vanity Fair, the pres…

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Delay, Delay, Delay: Will Trump Ever Be Held Accountable? 30:23

5M ago30:23

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Host Brian Stelter examines the many criminal charges against Donald Trump with Bess Levin, a politics correspondent at Vanity Fair, and Vanity Fair staff writer Dan Adler. They discuss the details of the four indictments, including whether the tone of the Manhattan "hush money" case featuring the contents of a 2005 Access Hollywood tape will come …

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Polls Schmolls: Dan Pfieffer, Former Obama Advisor, on Why the Election Is a “Coin Flip” 37:01

5M ago37:01

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How reliable are political polls in an era when almost no one answers the phone? Pod Save America co-host Dan Pfeiffer tells Brian Stelter that he takes polls "seriously," if not literally, and says Democrats dismiss the data at their own peril. "We are living on the knife's edge," Pfeiffer says, with Donald Trump showing the "slightest of leads ri…

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“Donald Trump Is the Leader of a Global Fascist Movement”: One Democratic Senator’s Warning 42:17

6M ago42:17

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Host Brian Stelter talks with Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz about the challenge of getting anything accomplished in Congress amid GOP dysfunction and Donald Trump’s demands, with a bipartisan border-security being the latest casualty. Schatz doesn’t mince words about Trump’s “fascist” tendencies, warns that democracy can be overthrown under a legalis…

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“This Is a Freedom Issue” Texas IVF Patient Brings Lawsuit Over Abortion Bans 37:07

6M ago37:07

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This week’s Inside the Hive explores the recent IVF ruling in Alabama and the very personal fight for reproductive rights in America. Host Brian Stelter talks with Amanda Zurawski, who is suing the state of Texas after being denied an abortion, about nearly dying during her difficult family planning journey. He also speaks with Washington Post repo…

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"They Knew Better,” Says Kara Swisher: Why Big Tech Turns a Blind Eye to Trump’s Depravity 33:25

6M ago33:25

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On this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, host Brian Stelter talks to Kara Swisher, the crusading tech journalist, ahead of her forthcoming release, Burn Book, a no-holes-barred accounting of the tech titans who are wresting more and more control over the American economy—and attention span. They discuss the absurd antics of Elon Musk, the follies…

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Can Joe Biden Win Over TikTok? 34:02

6M ago34:02

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Host Brian Stelter explores how Joe Biden’s campaign is embracing TikTok with Makena Kelly, a senior writer at Wired, and Harry Sisson, an NYU junior and TikTok political commentator. They discuss how politicians can effectively harness the platform and how the 81-year-old president's team is hoping Dark Brandon can help sway Gen Z voters.…

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Why Tim Cook Is Putting AI in the Backseat With the Apple Vision Pro 25:43

7M ago25:43

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Host Brian Stelter chats with special Vanity Fair correspondent Nick Bilton about the Apple Vision Pro, which hit shelves last week, as well as his sit-down with CEO Tim Cook at the company headquarters. They discuss how the long-awaited product is the future of spatial computing, why Cook isn't betting so big on AI, and whether augmented reality c…

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Wayne LaPierre Finally Takes the Fall. Will the NRA Survive Without Him? 24:22

7M ago24:22

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Host Brian Stelter talks with Will Van Sant, a staff writer for The Trace, a nonpartisan newsroom covering guns, about whether the National Rifle Association can recover after the NRA corruption trial and the resignation of CEO Wayne LaPierre over lavish spending. They discuss the damning evidence against LaPierre, who he is as a calculating grifte…

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From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses 14:25

7M ago14:25

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The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed’s family keep trying to run away? The New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blake joins In the Dark’s Madeleine Baran to tell the story of the royal women who risked everything to flee the brutality of one of the world’s most powerful men. In four e…

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What E. Jean Carroll's Case Says About Trump's Other Legal Hurdles 27:28

7M ago27:28

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Host Brian Stelter talks with NPR’s Andrea Bernstein, who has been in the courtroom for E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against Donald Trump, along with Vanity Fair special correspondent Molly Jong-Fast. They discuss Trump using the backdrop of these legal proceedings to portray the system as rigged against him—a running grievance on the campaign…

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“People Respond to Trump Like He's Taylor Swift”: Next Stop, New Hampshire 27:37

7M ago27:37

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Host Brian Stelter checks in with veteran political reporter and CNN anchor Kasie Hunt fresh off her reporting trip to Iowa, where Donald Trump trounced Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, and on to New Hampshire, the next stop in a GOP race that already feels all but settled. They consider whether Nikki Haley can blunt the frontrunner’s momentum, how Tr…

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Are Democrats the Party of Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders? 31:38

8M ago31:38

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Inside the Hive host Brian Stelter explores the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party with Joshua Green, Bloomberg national correspondent and author of The Rebels. Green, who in his last book charted the right-wing populism of the Trump era, is now studying to the other side of the aisle, where popular figures like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth W…

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Are You Ready for an Election Year? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 38:01

8M ago38:01

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Host Brian Stelter talks with Michael Calderone, editor of Vanity Fair's The Hive, and Vanity Fair executive editor Claire Howorth about the defining issues of the 2024 election, including what's to come in the GOP primary, liberal fantasies and panic, and what's driving Trump ideology now. To an extent, the media has been preparing for how to cove…

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From The New Yorker: How Henry Kissinger Conquered Washington 39:26

8M ago39:26

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Henry Kissinger, who died this year, at the age of a hundred, served in the Nixon and Ford Administrations as national-security adviser and Secretary of State; for a period, he was both at the same time. Kissinger fled Nazi Germany as a teen-ager, and went on to advise a dozen U.S. Presidents, from John F. Kennedy to Joe Biden. He opened up relatio…

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How Elon Musk Made Himself the Internet’s Main Character in 2023 38:49

8M ago38:49

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Host Brian Stelter breaks down Elon Musk’s erratic stewardship of Twitter, now X, with Zoë Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer and author of the forthcoming book, “Extremely Hardcore.” They discuss Musk’s rightward shift and war against the “woke mind virus,” the ramifications of him blowing up Twitter’s verification system, and whether it’s re…

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A Dem Strategist Calls Bullshit on Biden Polling Doom 36:29

8M ago36:29

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Host Brian Stelter talks with Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg about Joe Biden’s chances in the 2024 general election. Rosenberg’s approach to politics relies heavily on data, and he explains why he’s optimistic for Democrats about 2024. He also tells Stelter why he believes the campaign will be brutal and offers advice to the Biden campaign.…

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Trump Doesn't Fit the Perfect Evangelical Mold. That Works to His Advantage 34:39

9M ago34:39

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Host Brian Stelter explores the fracturing of the evangelical church with Tim Alberta, an Atlantic staff writer and author of “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory.” Alberta, the son of an evangelical pastor, charts the church’s rightward trajectory and embrace of Donald Trump, who is seen as a champion in an Us vs. Them political showdown. Stelte…

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Monica Lewinsky On Her Plan to Fix the Constitution 23:00

9M ago23:00

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Host Brian Stelter talks with Vanity Fair contributing editor Monica Lewinsky about her proposal to add six amendments to the Constitution to help safeguard democracy, such abolishing the electoral college, establishing term limits in Washington, and blocking presidents from pardoning themselves. They’re joined by Georgetown Law Professor Neal Katy…

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Why UFOs Freak Out the Government 35:25

9M ago35:25

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Host Brian Stelter joins author Garrett Graff for a deep dive into the world of unidentified anomalous phenomena and intelligent life elsewhere, the subject of his new book, “UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government’s Search for Alien Life Here—And Out There.” They discuss how we might discover another civilization and what Hollywood gets wrong, …

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Dominion’s Fox News Case Was Just the Beginning 33:07

10M ago33:07

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Host Brian Stelter speaks with Stephen Shackelford and Davida Brook, two of the lead attorneys in Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox. "We have so much work ahead of us," Shackelford says, because even though Fox paid $787.5 million earlier this year to settle the case, Dominion is still suing many other defendants, including Newsmax and R…

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Naomi Klein on 'Selective Information' About Israel and Gaza 35:09

10M ago35:09

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Host Brian Stelter joins Naomi Klein for a trip into the mirror world, the subject of her unsettling new book, “Doppelganger.” They discuss Klein’s own mirror self—the conspiratorial writer Naomi Wolf—how Steve Bannon shapes political narratives, and the challenges of understanding what’s happening on the ground in Israel and Gaza as an information…

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Exclusive: Mitt Romney Says Trump Is "Such a Whack Job" 31:48

10M ago31:48

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The GOP's least favorite party pooper had some choice words after Donald Trump complained about McKay Coppins' new book. Host Brian Stelter explores Mitt Romney's path from Republican standard-bearer to party pariah with Coppins, who interviewed Romney dozens of times for “Romney: A Reckoning.” Coppins discussed Romney’s decision to unburden himsel…

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Speaker Flop Sweat: Right Wing Media Inflames GOP 35:07

10M ago35:07

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Host Brian Stelter breaks down the GOP dysfunction in Congress with Vanity Fair national political reporter Abigail Tracy, who has been covering the speaker fracas from the Capitol, and Brian Rosenwald, the author of “Talk Radio’s America.” They discuss Jim Jordan’s rise from fringe firebrand to the party’s pick, and the toxic synergy between House…

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