Pod Save America

Hosts

• Jon FavreauCo-host of Pod Save America and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama
• Jon LovettCo-host of Pod Save America; diarization split of the same speaker during the economics segment
• Tommy VietorCo-host of Pod Save America and Pod Save the World who conducted the Josh Turek interview
• Dan PfeifferCo-host of Pod Save America, author of the Message Box newsletter, and former White House communications director
• Alex WagnerMSNBC host who hosts episodes in the Pod Save America feed

Frequent guests

• Gina Hinojosa · 2 episodesDemocratic nominee for governor of Texas
• Abdul El-Sayed · 2 episodesDemocratic Senate nominee in Michigan
• Amy Walter · 1 episodeEditor of the Cook Political Report cited on special election predictiveness
• Michael Lewis · 1 episodeAmerican nonfiction author of Moneyball, The Big Short, The Fifth Risk and Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State
• Bobby Pulido · 1 episodeLatin Grammy-winning Tejano musician and Democratic nominee in Texas's 15th congressional district
• Matt Yglesias · 1 episodeAmerican political writer, author of the Slow Boring newsletter
• Amanda Litman · 1 episodeFounder of Run for Something, reportedly approached about the DNC chair job
• Brian Tyler Cohen · 1 episodeProgressive online commentator cited as an independent media success
• Gary Lineker · 1 episodeFormer England striker, broadcaster, co-founder of Goalhanger and host of The Rest Is Football
• Roy Cooper · 1 episodeFormer North Carolina governor running for Senate
• Heather Williams · 1 episodePresident of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
• Jonathan Swan · 1 episodeNew York Times reporter and co-author of Regime Change

Topics

• United States war with Iran
• 2026 United States midterm elections
• 2026 United States Senate election in Maine
• Gas prices and inflation
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Strait of Hormuz
• 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan
• 2028 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Political corruption in the United States
• United States Semiquincentennial
• 2026 United States Senate election in Texas
• Redistricting in the United States
• White House ballroom project
• Campaign finance in the United States
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee

Recently covered

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  Have Republicans Already Blown the Midterms?

  Oct 18, 2026 · 1 h 11 min

  Dan Pfeiffer and Cook Political Report's Amy Walter assess the 2026 midterm landscape two weeks out, covering Senate and House races, polling, Trump, and redistricting.

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  Trump Plans to Shove What Where?

  Oct 6, 2026 · 1 h 21 min

  Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor assess Democrats' red-state polling surge before the 2026 midterms, and Vietor interviews Texas gubernatorial nominee Gina Hinojosa.

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  Deep State Rebels v. Trump (with Michael Lewis)

  Oct 4, 2026 · 1 h 4 min

  Jon Lovett interviews author Michael Lewis about his book Blockers, on federal employees who resisted DOGE and the Trump administration's reshaping of government.

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  Impeach Pete Hegseth?

  Sep 29, 2026 · 58 min

  Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett discuss diesel prices, a Republican data center bill, rogue AI models, a possible Pete Hegseth impeachment and Trump's taxpayer-funded ads.

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  Choosin' Texas with Bobby Pulido

  Sep 27, 2026 · 1 h 2 min

  Live at the Texas Tribune Festival, the Pod Save America hosts assess Texas and national midterm races, Xi Jinping's visit, and interview congressional candidate Bobby Pulido.

All episodes

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