Pod Save America

12 Angry Hopefuls

Jun 6, 2023

01:31:30

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Episode guests

Ben Terris

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Republican Candidate's Debate Criteria

4min

Doug Bergum: A Conservative in North Dakota

2min

Trump's Quote on the Race, the Field Expanding

4min

The ABC Green Room Pushes Donald Trump to Run for President

4min

Trump's Crimes

6min

Trump's Overuse of the Term Woke

2min

Trump's Response to the Trump Riff About Woke

2min

DeSantis's Argument for a Lame Duck

4min

10.

Florida's Trans Ban Helps DeSantis With Republican Primary Voters

1min

11.

The Politics of the Republican Party

6min

12.

Will There Be Enthusiasm Behind Trump's Campaign?

2min

13.

The Best Place to Shop for Outdoor Furniture

4min

14.

Nikki Haley's Pre-2016 Conservatism Is a Lame Maggot Impression

4min

15.

The Non-Answer on the Abortion Ban

2min

16.

Biden's Oval Office Address: The Bipartisan Budget Deal That Saved Us FromDefault

5min

17.

Joe Biden's Reelection Strategy

2min

18.

Biden's Plan to Beat the Extreme Republicans

3min

19.

The Problem With RFK Jr.'s Candidate

4min

20.

RFK Jr. Wins the New Hampshire Primary

5min

21.

The No Show Protest Vote

4min

22.

How to Hire the Right People Fast

3min

23.

The Unsuccessful Lobbyist

2min

24.

The Big Break

2min

25.

The Rise and Fall of Matt Schlapp

2min

26.

How the Republican Party Becomes What It Is Today

2min

27.

The Dark Side of Washington

2min

28.

The Dark Side of Washington

1min

29.

The Dark Side of Washington

2min

30.

The Rise of Sideshow Characters in Washington

2min

31.

The Role of Social Media in Washington

2min

32.

Morgan Murphy: A Food Critic's Role in the Trump Years

3min

33.

POD Day of America: A Crooked Media Production

2min

The Republican field grows to twelve as the RNC sets new criteria for the first debate. Donald Trump prepares to be indicted again. Ron DeSantis tests out new attack lines in Iowa. Nikki Haley does a CNN Townhall that no one noticed. And Joe Biden takes a debt ceiling victory lap with an Oval Office address, while his anti-vax Democratic challenger RFK Jr. does a Twitter Spaces event with Elon Musk. Then Washington Post writer Ben Terris stops by to talk about his new book The Big Break.