Best Lawrence O Donnell Podcasts (2024)

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Lawrence: While campaigning for Harris, Obama could not resist making fun of Trump 42:42

3h ago42:42

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Tonight on The Last Word: Former President Obama repeatedly mocks Donald Trump during a Pennsylvania rally. Also, polls show a tight race for Michigan’s open Senate seat. And a powerful new film shows the impacts of the Trump abortion ban crisis. Pennsylvania State Rep. Mandy Steele, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, and Jessica Yu join Lawrence O’Donnell.…

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Lawrence O’Donnell: Trump’s Jan 6 Reckoning, Kamala’s WH Destiny, & The Senate’s Post-McConnell Future 1:17:56

5d ago1:17:56

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John is joined by the host of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the emergence, just five weeks before Election Day, of damning new evidence of Donald Trump’s central role in the January 6 insurrection. O’Donnell assesses the legal and political significance of that evidence, contained in a newly unsealed court filing by Speci…

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Susanne Craig: How Trump Became America’s Luckiest Loser 1:09:36

7h ago1:09:36

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John is joined by Susanne Craig, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter and co-author of “Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created The Illusion of Success,” to discuss the divergent myth and reality of Trump’s career in business. Craig recounts the nine years she has spent delving into the form…

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Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Siesta Key, FL 42:56

3h ago42:56

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Tonight on The Last Word: President Biden says Donald Trump’s hurricane relief lies are “un-American.” Also, Gov. Tim Walz slams Trump for reportedly tying disaster aid to how residents voted. And former Trump aides warn against a second Trump term. Bill Karins, Jesse Kirsch, Marissa Parra, Rep. Maxwell Frost, Col. Brandon Bowman, Stephanie Gosk, a…

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Mark Cuban: Out Of One Shark Tank & Into Another 1:16:37

2h ago1:16:37

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John is joined by Mark Cuban, the billionaire former owner of Dallas Mavericks and recently departed star of ABC's Shark Tank, to discuss his new role as Kamala Harris’s most voluble—and arguably most valuable—backer in the business world. Cuban explains why he likens Harris to a start-up CEO in “founder mode;” how her policies would benefit busine…

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Lawrence: Bob Woodward calls Trump 'worse than Nixon' in damning October surprise report 42:19

3d ago42:19

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Tonight on The Last Word: Bob Woodward’s new book reports Donald Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin as many as seven times after leaving office. Also, a new Senate report finds the Trump White House “controlled” the scope of the FBI’s Brett Kavanaugh investigation. And early voting is underway in key battleground Pennsylvania. Andrew Weissmann, Sen. S…

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Lawrence: For every year Trump has left, his Hitlerian rantings will get worse 42:29

4d ago42:29

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump’s rambling speeches renew questions about his age. Also, the Supreme Court declines to hear the Biden administration’s appeal in the Texas emergency room abortion case. And Dr. Anthony Fauci recounts his near-death experience of contracting West Nile virus in his backyard. Mary Trump and Rep. Colin Allred also…

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Harris hits Trump on losing manufacturing record 43:15

5d ago43:15

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Harris hits Trump on losing manufacturing record Tonight on the last word: how white house helped end port strikeAlso project 2025 recommends dismantling noaaAnd gop candidate in va stages fake family photo. Lavora Barnes and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell join Lawrence O’DonnellBy NBC News

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“Christ, Have Mercy”: Puck Superfriends Chop Up The VP Debate 1:12:03

7d ago1:12:03

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John is joined by his colleagues Dylan Byers and Peter Hamby to discuss the vice-presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. The Puck Superfriends analyze Walz’s wobbliness in the debate’s first half, his recovery in the second, and his late-stage landing of the night’s strongest and most sound-bite-friendly attack (on the topic of January 6…

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Nate Silver: Harris v. Trump Is the Closest Election I’ve Ever Seen 1:37:46

12d ago1:37:46

1:37:46

John is joined by the world’s most celebrated data nerd, polling aggregator, and election forecaster, Nate Silver, to discuss the 2024 election. Nate offers unnervingly precise takes on just how close the race is (it won’t calm your nerves a bit); Kamala Harris’s likelihood of winning each of the battleground states; the thesis advanced in the New …

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Andrew Ross Sorkin: Rate Cuts, Tax Cuts, & Jamie Dimon Dish 1:21:02

14d ago1:21:02

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John is joined by Andrew Ross Sorkin of CNBC, The New York Times, and Too Big Too Fail fame to assess the state of the American economy and its political dimensions six weeks from Election Day, with Sorkin offering his takes on an array of related topics: how Jerome Powell stuck the landing and why that achievement isn't more widely heralded; the t…

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Pete Buttigieg: Why Kamala Is Winning (It’s The Policies, Stupid) 46:09

19d ago46:09

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John is joined by former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and once and future presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg to discuss the state of the presidential race with 45 days to go before November 5: why Kamala Harris is playing a stronger homestretch hand than Donald Trump; what Trump and J.D. Vance’s incendiary lies about the Haitian immigrants of Spri…

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Doug Emhoff: On Being 2nd Gentleman, Kamala’s Arm Candy & A Kurt Cobain/Eddie Vedder Feminist 1:29:38

21d ago1:29:38

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John is joined by Doug Emhoff for a wide-ranging discussion of his role as Second Gentleman of the United States and Mr. Kamala Harris. The two Gen Xers talk through Emhoff’s shot-out-of-a-cannon introduction to the American electorate; his current role on the hustings stumping for his wife’s presidential campaign and his prospective one as the nat…

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Dan Harris: Meditation, Mental Health, Six-Peckered Goats & The 2024 Election 1:16:08

26d ago1:16:08

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John is joined by Dan Harris, former ABC News anchor of Nightline, World News Sunday, and Good Morning America’s weekend edition, to discuss Dan's transformation into a full-time meditation and mental health guru and entrepreneur — and accidental social media influencer. The longtime pals discuss strategies for staying sane in the face of the flood…

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Slaughterhouse 45: Puck Superfriends Assess Kamala's Decimation of The Donald 1:21:21

28d ago1:21:21

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John is joined by his Puck partners Dylan Byers and Peter Hamby to discuss the first (and maybe only) 2024 general election debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump—a mirror image and diametric opposite of Joe Biden’s debate debacle versus Trump in June. The Puck Superfriends analyze Harris's command of the sphere of battle, Trump's inability …

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Jordan Klepper: Equal Oppty B.S.-Calling & The Daily Show Renaissance 1:20:31

1M ago1:20:31

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John is joined by The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper to discuss the return of Jon Stewart to the show, the challenges of covering the RNC and DNC live, and his signature forays into the dark, savage, achingly comical heart of the MAGA-sphere at Donald Trump’s rallies. The two pals—who worked together when John dragooned Jordan into guest hosting his S…

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Dan Pfeiffer: No Sleep Till … Thanksgiving? 1:19:40

1M ago1:19:40

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John is joined by Pod Save America co-host, New York Times bestselling author, must-read Substacker, and former Obama campaign and White House communications whiz Dan Pfeiffer to discuss the state of the presidential race as we enter the post-Labor Day home stretch: from Kamala Harris’s performance in her first post-nomination sit-down interview to…

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Nicholas Kristof: The DNC, Darfur Revisited, & The Pig-Dog Conundrum 1:15:07

1M ago1:15:07

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John is joined by two-time Pulitzer-prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof to chew over the presidential race: from Joe Biden’s decision to bow out and the wave of enthusiasm that has greeted Kamala Harris to Bill Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s speeches at the Democratic convention. They also discuss Kristof's recently published memo…

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Alex Edelman: On Comedy, Politics & The Emmys at The DNC 1:15:18

1M ago1:15:18

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John hooks up with his pal Alex Edelman—the young genius behind last year’s sold-out Broadway sensation and this year’s Emmy-nominated HBO comedy special Just For Us—at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to discuss his discovery that lobbyists bum him out but a roomful of Democratic delegates sets his heart aflutter; the bit of his about…

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Sweet Home Chicago Pt. 2: Kamala In Command 1:22:33

2M ago1:22:33

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John is joined by CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Patrick Gaspard, and Politico senior political columnist Jonathan Martin to discuss the second two days of the Democratic National Convention. From the rat-a-tat succession of star turns by Bill Clinton, Tim Walz, and Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday to Kamala Harris sticking the land…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Lawrence O Donnell Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC

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Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

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Lawrence: While campaigning for Harris, Obama could not resist making fun of Trump 42:42

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Lawrence O’Donnell: Trump’s Jan 6 Reckoning, Kamala’s WH Destiny, & The Senate’s Post-McConnell Future 1:17:56

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Susanne Craig: How Trump Became America’s Luckiest Loser 1:09:36

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Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Siesta Key, FL 42:56

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Mark Cuban: Out Of One Shark Tank & Into Another 1:16:37

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Lawrence: Bob Woodward calls Trump 'worse than Nixon' in damning October surprise report 42:19

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Lawrence: For every year Trump has left, his Hitlerian rantings will get worse 42:29

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Harris hits Trump on losing manufacturing record 43:15

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“Christ, Have Mercy”: Puck Superfriends Chop Up The VP Debate 1:12:03

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Nate Silver: Harris v. Trump Is the Closest Election I’ve Ever Seen 1:37:46

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Andrew Ross Sorkin: Rate Cuts, Tax Cuts, & Jamie Dimon Dish 1:21:02

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Pete Buttigieg: Why Kamala Is Winning (It’s The Policies, Stupid) 46:09

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Doug Emhoff: On Being 2nd Gentleman, Kamala’s Arm Candy & A Kurt Cobain/Eddie Vedder Feminist 1:29:38

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Dan Harris: Meditation, Mental Health, Six-Peckered Goats & The 2024 Election 1:16:08

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Slaughterhouse 45: Puck Superfriends Assess Kamala's Decimation of The Donald 1:21:21

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Jordan Klepper: Equal Oppty B.S.-Calling & The Daily Show Renaissance 1:20:31

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Dan Pfeiffer: No Sleep Till … Thanksgiving? 1:19:40

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Nicholas Kristof: The DNC, Darfur Revisited, & The Pig-Dog Conundrum 1:15:07

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Alex Edelman: On Comedy, Politics & The Emmys at The DNC 1:15:18

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Sweet Home Chicago Pt. 2: Kamala In Command 1:22:33

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