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Whatever You Do, Don't Call Kash Patel (an Alleged) Drunk
Plus: Trump's Labor Secretary resigns, Tim Cook quits, remembering different CSIs, and Lena Dunham's big return.
 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, and Samantha Grasso
1:13:05
Tucker Carlson Is Not Your Anti-War Ally
Liberals are hyping Carlson's opposition to the Iran War. All they’re doing is boosting an unrepentant, pathologically dishonest bigot.
 • Rafi Schwartz
We're Speedrunning America's Decline (w/Katherine Krueger)
Plus: Trump's feud with the Pope, Doordash Grandma, and J.D. Vance's failed Iran peace talks
 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Katherine Krueger
1:14:09
Trump's Genocidal Threats Can't Hide the Fact that He's Losing This War (w/Rafi Schwartz)
Plus: Pam Bondi's ouster, who we think Trump will fire next, and Jenna Bush Hager's book club
 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Rafi Schwartz
1:10:58
Discourse Pod #20: It's Gonna Be a Long 2028 Democratic Primary (w/Caitlin Schneider)
This week: A strange story of how Rahm Emanuel eats salad, lunch bowl slop power rankings, guessing which Dems are most popular, checking in on Grimes…
 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Caitlin Schneider
1:13:39
Discourse Pod #19: Iran Updates, ICE at the Airport, the State of Magazine Covers, and Chappell Roan vs. Jude Law's Daughter
Official War Correspondent Cros is back to tell us what to think about the war.
 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, and Jack Crosbie
1:23:04
SPECIAL EDITION: Oscars Pod 2026! (w/Katherine Krueger & Caitlin Schneider)
Our most anticipated pod of the year is here!!!
 • Aleks Chan, Jack Mirkinson, Samantha Grasso, Katherine Krueger, and Caitlin Schneider
1:53:20
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