It’s not hard to see that the Republican party was the Party of Trump during the four years he was president. But what kind of party are they now? Honestly, it’s hard to tell. “When you looked at the platform for the 2020 election, they didn't create one,” says New Yorker writer and professor Jelani Cobb. There is one thing about today’s GOP, however, that i ... Show More
Mar 6
I Know Who's Really Influencing Trump's War: Wolff
Go to https://zbiotics.com/BEAST and use BEAST at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics #ad Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles break down the chaos surrounding Trump’s war with Iran, a conflict where even top officials, allies, and the media seem unable to ... Show More
58m 25s
Mar 5
I Know Why War Time Trump Is Out of His Depth
John Bolton joins Joanna Coles to help us understand what it’s like working with Donald Trump during moments of maximum peril, when generals and intelligence chiefs are trying to brief a president who, Bolton says, often prefers talking to listening. Drawing on his time as nation ... Show More
35m 1s
Mar 4
What Trump Really Wants Out of Deadly War: Wolff
Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles go deep inside Donald Trump’s thinking at the precise moment war breaks out, unpacking his fixation on “winning,” his belief that declaring victory matters more than consequences, and why he sees global conflict the way a producer sees a TV series. ... Show More
53m 14s
Nov 2024
What Went Wrong For The Democrats? With Kyle Kulinski, Cenk Uygur & Harry Sisson
While Republicans are sunning themselves in the warm glow of their triumph, ushering in the comeback term of Donald Trump, Democratic politicians, activists and voters are currently stumbling around in the dark. Their post mortem of the Kamala Harris campaign hasn’t yielded any s ... Show More
58m 50s
Nov 2025
LEMON DROP | Trump's Attempts to Hide the Epstein Scandal & the Shift to the Left for Latino Voters
In this episode, Don sits down with Democratic strategist and consultant Chuck Rocha to break down the chaos unfolding in Washington, D.C. The GOP is rattled. Trump is visibly anxious. And with the explosive release of the Epstein emails, the former president’s frantic attempts t ... Show More
24m 27s
Nov 2024
Herbert Hoover gave us Woody Guthrie (with David Cunningham)
Welcome to the final episode of What Just Happened, a Recall This Book experiment. In it you will hear three friends of RTB reacting to the 2024 election and discussing the coming four years. David Cunningham, chair of Sociology at Washington University in St Louis, is author of ... Show More
24m 27s
Jun 2024
The Biggest Political Divide Is Not Left vs. Right
<p>The biggest divide in our politics isn’t between Democrats and Republicans, or even left and right. It’s between people who follow politics closely, and those who pay almost no attention to it. If you’re in the former camp — and if you’re reading this, you probably are — the l ... Show More
1h 10m
Aug 2024
Kamala's Convention [Teaser]
<p>Four days in Chicago, dozens of speeches by Democratic luminaries and backbenchers, and a spotlight on Kamala Harris, who reintroduced herself to America — your favorite podcast co-hosts endured watching the Democratic National Convention and are here to report on what they sa ... Show More
6m 19s