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Pride Before The Prattfall
Jun 10, 2026
28m 19s
Platner?! Hardly Knew 'Er! ... ('em)
Jun 3, 2026
56m 36s
Aging Loser Donald Trump Is Old And Losing
May 27, 2026
43m 49s
Jared Polis, WTF?!
May 20, 2026
42m 42s
Ballroom Busters
May 13, 2026
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| 6/10/26 | ![]() Pride Before The Prattfall | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmThe results from California are (mostly? almost completely?) in. They are mixed, and extremely consistent with pre-election polling. Naturally, Republicans are subjecting the country to a blizzard of lies. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* The results, and the merits of the California election system, which maximizes ballot access, but at the expense of quick ballot counting.* What should California Democrats, and the national party, do about the scourge of GOP election lies?* Would Democrats really have been better off if they’d managed to lock Steve Hilton out of the governor’s race, like they locked Spencer Pratt out of the LA mayor’s race?Then, how do you solve a problem like Graham Platner? How do you catch an oyster, and snarf it down? How embellished is his self-depiction as a blue-collar outsider? How consistent is a clear, chronological recitation of his checkered past with his redemption story? Are we even anywhere near the point where it would make sense for Democratic voters in Maine to stay home or vote for Susan Collins, rather than Vote Blue No Matter Who as a harm-reduction strategy? The answer to the last question is “no,” but the answers to the rest are available in full to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Matt’s 17 thoughts about Graham Platner, from before the latest developments. * Brian argues California Dems should streamline their election process and simultaneously disqualify proven election liars from ballots in the state. * Andrew Weissmann’s Liar’s Kingdom.* Brian’s 2017 piece on the pitfall of embracing “believe all women” as a political standard (tl;dr, some women are committed Trump loyalists with MAGA ethics). | 28m 19s | ||||||
| 6/3/26 | ![]() Platner?! Hardly Knew 'Er! ... ('em) | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmIt’s a been a busy seven days, so we race through a bunch of topics, with a special focus on Graham Platner, the state of the Maine Senate race, and then some stake driving on how Democrats should prepare for the likelihood that they’ll inherit the country back in economic and budgetary shambles.In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* Would the Democratic Party be better off or worse off with two Democrats (Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer) at the top of the California ballot?* Is Donald Trump’s spiraling presidency cause for schadenfreude, alarm, or both at once? * Is the latest Platner scandal worse than the previous ones? Part of the same story?Distinct in ways that might be more likely to put off older voters? And what should he do to get back into a commanding position?Then a look ahead to 2029 (but possibly sooner). Inflation and interest rates and deficits and debt are all high. When Democrats next regain power (if not sooner) they will face enormous pressure to cut deficits—and unlike in 2009, it’ll be for a good reason. How should they present this to the public. What’s a sound and moral way to retrench, particularly given the rapacious greed that ballooned deficits under Trump? And how should they frame their opening bids, so they don’t get stuck in another lopsided austerity negotiation with Republicans?Answers are available in full to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Brian argues Democratic operatives planning for the post-Trump era need to go back to the drawing board.* Matt argues it’s time to start freaking out about the national debt.* Josh Kovensky’s précis on the Broadview Six fiasco. * A reminder that Colorado Dems still could and should oust Jared Polis. | 56m 36s | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | ![]() Aging Loser Donald Trump Is Old And Losing | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmDonald Trump went back to the hospital Tuesday for his third “checkup” in just over a year, but faces fewer questions about his age and vitality than Joe Biden. He lost a war of choice, at serious cost to the U.S. and the world, but we don’t hear much about how weak and discredited he is. Why are these critiques missing?In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* Jared Polis…what the fuck?! (Redux.)* Jake Auchinchloss…what the fuck?!* Democratic National Committee…what the fuck?!Are all these intraparty recriminations why Dems seem like they’re MIA in the fight against Trump? Or are there structural issues that prevent Democrats from driving attention to GOP weaknesses? Are progressive and mainstream media outlets covering Democratic infighting because that’s where the conflict is? Or are their readers and viewers simply more interested in Democratic factionalism than in the partisan food fight? If Democrats took a page from the GOP and made a big stink about everything—Trump’s physical deterioration, his humiliating defeat in Iran, his impeachable corruption—would media outlets cover it? Or is the media ecosystem really just rigged against them?Answers are available in full to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* David Seligman on Colorado Democrats’ obligation to investigate Jared Polis.* Lauren Egan on why Trump’s failing health isn’t a media or opposition-party obsession, the way Biden’s was. * Josh Barro: Impeach Todd Blanche.* Brian Beutler: Democrats shouldn’t fall for the revisionist history of Trump’s impeachments—it is wrong to say they backfired. | 43m 49s | ||||||
| 5/20/26 | ![]() Jared Polis, WTF?! | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmDonald Trump is more unpopular than he’s ever been. But he’s still got a tight grip on the GOP, he keeps making progress on his plan to subvert elections. And Democrats…well it’s unclear what they intend to do about it.In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* Jared Polis…what the fuck?* Are Republicans simply winning the fight for historical memory of January 6?* Would impeaching Polis, or removing Virginia supreme court justices, be purely expressive, or is there value in showing strong intolerance for fascism?Then, if Democrats aren’t really looking for procedural toe holds for resisting Republican election theft, are they at least maximizing their electoral advantage ahead of the midterms? The picture is mixed! Will they prevail on Republicans to quash Trump’s pro-insurrection slush fund, filled with $1.8 billion in stolen public money? Are they broadening the map as much as possible? Does the end of Bill Cassidy’s career doom us to 40 years of insurrectionist right-wing politics? The short answer to all of those questions is “maybe.” The long answers are much more fascinating and available in full to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Brian noticed a positive change in Democratic partisan fighting back in September.* But he worries they haven’t reached clarity on the need to maximize procedural advantage at every turn.* Matt: Out with moderation, in with “schmoderation.” * Mother Jones on the progressive case for Tina Peters clemency. | 42m 42s | ||||||
| 5/13/26 | ![]() Ballroom Busters | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmLate in the game, Trump-loyal judges at the federal and state level joined his effort to rig the midterms. Democrats will thus enter this fall’s race for House control at a systemic disadvantage. But for Trump, that’s about the only good news. He’s lost the war he launched against Iran, and keeps falling asleep on the job as an eerie hantavirus outbreak slowly spreads here and abroad. Yet as the public grows more outraged, Trump only seems truly engaged on one highly eccentric suite of issues.In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* What the late break of Republican judicial activism means for the midterms, GOP efforts to steal the midterms, and the post-midterm race to gerrymander even more aggressively.* Now that the gerrymandering cycle is cooked for 2026, what more could Democrats do to pad their margins, so that biased maps don’t cost them the House?* Is the hantavirus outbreak something worth treating seriously, or something worth beating Trump over the head with?Then, given the bleak political outlook for the GOP, isn’t it weird that Trump’s only able to sustain focus on building a palace ballroom, and various other monuments to himself? Will Republicans vote to spend a billion dollars on the ballroom? Would it be better (politically, or in schadenfreude terms) for Dems to divide Republicans, so that the ballroom never gets built, or for Republicans to do Trump’s bidding, so that Democrats can tear down the ballroom in 2029? Would Democrats tear down the ballroom? And if they copped out on that, who would be to blame?All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Brian argues the Democratic surrender in Virginia, after the adverse, partisan gerrymandering ruling, is a very bad omen for November. * Matt argues the hantavirus outbreak is a reminder that the government should be preparing for the next pandemic, rather than dismantling pandemic prevention programs.* Robert Kagan argues Iran has Trump in checkmate.* Nate Silver on the risk that Democrats will underreact to Republican gerrymandering next year, and leave seats on the table.* Brian in December 2024: The New Gilded Age Will Be Streamed | 35m 05s | ||||||
| 5/6/26 | ![]() F*ck Gerry✨ | gerrymanderingVoting Rights Act+4 | — | Supreme CourtDemocratic Party+2 | — | gerrymanderingVoting Rights Act+6 | — | 44m 35s | |
| 4/29/26 | ![]() Inside Job?!?!✨ | Trumppolitical violence+4 | — | White House Correspondents’ AssociationGOP | — | TrumpWhite House+6 | — | 38m 01s | |
| 4/22/26 | ![]() Matt And Brian Solve The Vibecession✨ | economyinflation+3 | — | — | — | Trumpeconomy+5 | — | 49m 10s | |
| 4/15/26 | ![]() Norm, Or Fascin'✨ | political reformfascism+4 | Norm Ornstein | DemocratsPolitix | London | political reformfascism+5 | — | 40m 40s | |
| 4/8/26 | ![]() The Hasan Of All Fears✨ | Iran warDemocratic opposition+5 | — | DemocraticRepublicans+1 | — | Iran warDemocratic Party+6 | — | 39m 43s | |
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| 4/1/26 | ![]() Sui Generic?✨ | Donald TrumpDemocratic Party+4 | — | The Democratic Party | — | TrumpDemocrats+5 | — | 42m 34s | |
| 3/25/26 | ![]() Tempest In A TSA Cup✨ | Trump's foreign policyDHS shutdown+4 | — | Department of Homeland Security | — | TrumpDHS+6 | — | 37m 35s | |
| 3/18/26 | ![]() Mr. Hollen's Opus✨ | tax cutssafety net+4 | — | DemocratsU.S. elite+2 | — | tax cutssafety net+6 | — | 46m 42s | |
| 3/11/26 | ![]() Falling Off The TACO Truck✨ | Trump's war in IranJared Polis commutation+3 | — | Colorado DemocratsPolitix | — | TrumpIran+5 | — | 38m 57s | |
| 3/4/26 | ![]() All About The Benjamin✨ | Iran warTexas Senate primary+5 | — | Democratic PartyGOP | IranTexas | IranTrump+6 | — | 39m 58s | |
| 2/25/26 | ![]() Sedate Of The Union✨ | State of the UnionTrump's speech+5 | — | Supreme CourtJeffrey Epstein | — | State of the UnionDonald Trump+7 | — | 26m 11s | |
| 2/18/26 | ![]() Defining Shutdown Down✨ | government shutdownimmigration policy+4 | — | Department of Homeland SecurityICE+2 | — | government shutdownDepartment of Homeland Security+5 | — | 40m 04s | |
| 2/11/26 | ![]() Chad Bunny And 'Berger Queen | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmDonald Trump has picked big fights on multiple fronts…and lost.In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* The narrow question of how Trump and MAGA lost the culture war fight they picked with Bad Bunny and the NFL. * How we ended up in a situation a year ago, when it seemed that MAGA had, on balance, won the fight over the direction and influence of American culture.* How the worm turned back, or whether it was all an illusion in the first place.Then, Trump also lost the mid-decade redistricting fight he picked, thanks in large part to the fight-first approach embraced by Virginia’s new governor, Abigail Spanberger, who prioritized aggressive gerrymandering over legacy policy issues. Is her approach replicable? What would it mean to take it national? And what are some other things Dem can do (nationally and in battleground states) to keep Trump on the back foot through the midterms.All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Matt on the uncannily similar political backgrounds of Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris.* Brian on how Trump lost the culture.* Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Half Time show. | 35m 21s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | ![]() Would John F. Kennedy Have Been In The Epstein Files? | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmDonald Trump ate up several weeks and caused tons of damage as he sought to delay further production of the Epstein files. But now the files are right back in the news.In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* What’s in this new tranche?* What does it tell us about both the global elite, and Republican elite, leaders of which are overrepresented in the files relative to Democrats?* What can we or others do to pry loose the majority of the files, which Trump’s administration insists it will conceal for all time.Then, is Trump really gonna demolish ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶o̶n̶a̶l̶d̶ ̶J̶.̶ ̶T̶r̶u̶m̶p̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶J̶o̶h̶n̶ ̶F̶.̶ Kennedy Center? Is this something that Congress should try to stop? Or is it better dealt with by protesters putting themselves between the building and the bulldozers? Also, should Democrats’ continued dominance of special elections make members of the party feel more bullish about big demonstrations of resistance?All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Brian on the meaning of Democrats’ big victory in the Texas state senate special election.* Matt on the turning point in Minnesota.* The New York Times on Elon Musk and other powerful men turning up in the Epstein files. | 38m 38s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | ![]() The Martyrdom Of Alex Pretti | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmOn Saturday, DHS agents killed Alex Pretti, a VA nurse who tried to help a woman they’d just pushed to the ground. By Sunday, the Trump administration had initiated an at least tactical retreat from Minneapolis.In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* The silver lining of Pretti’s death, in providing proof of concept that civil disobedience requires risk and sacrifice—but it does work;* Whether the political blowback will be fierce enough to dissuade Trump from ordering more pretextual, citywide occupations by masked paramilitaries;* What Democrats can demand in the ensuing fight over Homeland Security funding, and whether they’ll have greater tolerance for a prolonged shutdown this time.Then, Trump isn’t just retreating in Minnesota. He also pulled a TACO on Greenland, after allies asserted he’d wrecked the post-war order, and bond markets started revolting. What lessons, if any, lie in that episode? What more should foreign leaders (public and non-governmental) do to limit Trump’s abuses? And to what extent can Democrats partner with the international community to cordon Trump? All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Matt on the turning point in Minnesota. * Brian on the folly of House Democratic support for funding DHS.* How Alex Pretti might help decent Americans reclaim the meaning of masculinity from the far right.* Mark Carney’s striking Davos speech. | 37m 13s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | ![]() Greenland, With Envy | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmMany people are asking: Has Donald Trump finally, completely lost his mind?In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* The importance of getting your flu shot.* Why this latest episode, complete with rambling missives to allied heads of state, feels more like madness than Trump’s other bad ideas, driven by graft, vengeance, or whatever else. * How his assault on Minneapolis is crystalizing the madness (or at least the bad faith) for the rest of the world.Then, what is to be done? What is Europe doing. What is Congress doing? What should Congress be doing. Is it really impossible to imagine an independent caucus removing the GOP from control of the House, Senate, or both? As Democrats vie for Senate control, are they blinding themselves to the risk that everything comes to pieces well before the election 10 months from now?All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Brian takes stock a year in.* Matt argues the problems with ICE flow from Stephen Miller and Trump, not from the institutional structure of ICE itself. * The Trump national security strategy from two months ago, which doesn’t mention Greenland. | 34m 32s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | ![]() Powell Obstruction | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmWe’ll give Donald Trump this month: Thanks to his efforts, political discourse has moved on (for now) from health care and the Epstein coverup. But … not to anything particularly helpful for him.In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* What on Earth did Donald Trump think he was doing by ordering a campaign of legal harassment against Fed Chairman Jay Powell* Is there a pattern that explains why Trump’s rich sycophants censor themselves in some cases, but stand up to stop him in others?* How can Democrats prepare for a likely future where Trump is gone, but he’s managed to transform the Fed (and other powerful institutions of government) into MAGA strongholds?Then, is the federal assault on Minneapolis the exception to the trend of flailing, or part of the same story? How can Democrats capitalize on the fact that the public has rejected his vicious mass deportation? Should they even bother? And can they slake the public’s desire for accountability and reform without repeating the mistakes of the past?All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Matt on the economic folly of exploitation.* Brian on Trump’s flailing.* Powell’s defiant video response to Trump. | 41m 57s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | ![]() Venezuela, Vidi, Vici? | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmGotta hand it to Donald Trump, he got the Epstein Files and the January 6 anniversary off the front page, and all it took was a wee little war, plus a threat to conquer the whole hemisphereIn this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* WTF?* How has this destabilized the globe?* Can the damage be undone?* What’s the right political response, and who in the Democratic Party has risen to the moment?Then, a review of Tim Walz’s late career, and the welfare-fraud spree that did him in. How well or poorly does early Democratic enthusiasm for Walz as veep hold up? Did he do the right thing by resigning, or should he have been more defiant? Is it at all sustainable that our political system holds the parties to such wildly different standards of integrity and competence? And what should Democrats do to even the playing field? All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Will Sommer on right wing divisions over Trump’s Venezuela war.* New York Times, 2017: “Before taking office, Mr. Trump told top aides to think of each presidential day as an episode in a television show in which he vanquishes rivals.”* New York Times, 2025, on the scope of the Minnesota fraud. * Brian’s 30 thoughts on the Venezuela war. * Matt’s early assessment of Walz. | 40m 06s | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | ![]() Politix Christmas Mailbag | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmIt’s that time of year again. Self-indulgent mailbag time. Thanks to all who sent questions, and apologies to those who didn’t get answers.In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* Whether Gavin Newsom is doomed to become yesterday’s news;* Why there’s never been a better time to tax rich people;* How (and if) liberals can coexist politically with authoritarians in a two-party democracy.* What, if anything, the Biden people told themselves about the Epstein files?Then, what’s the bull case for A.I., where we look back from 10 or 20 years on and feel like the transition, and all the resources society poured into it, were worthwhile? Would Pat Buchanan have won in 2016 on Donald Trump’s platform? And how do a couple middle-aged coastal-elite squares keep in touch with the common man—and the youth of the nation? All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Matt on how we all deserve a stake in the financial upside of A.I. * Brian on why Merrick Garland deserves our contempt. * Senator Barack Obama at the launch of the Hamilton Project. | 44m 08s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 | ![]() Strike Wiles The Iron Is Hot | This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmDonald Trump suddenly faces defections in Congress, from right-wing influencers, and even from his own White House chief of staff.In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:* Susie Wiles’s…intemperate comments to Vanity Fair about all the incompetents and cynics in the Trump administration; * The challenge of passing the cult following from Trump to JD Vance (or anyone else for that matter).* Why Republican disarray has spread beyond health care.Then, the particularly pitched blowback Trump has faced for pissing on Rob Reiner’s grave. Are we seeing the MAGA alliance crack up? Or are his internal critics limiting themselves to the safe zone of commenting only on Trump’s insensitive social-media posts? And why does the Democratic Party’s strategic outlet turn so heavily on the answers to those two questions? All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed.Further reading:* Matt on the Trump-Vance succession. * Brian’s somewhat more optimistic view on the Trump-Vance succession. * Politicize (Trump’s reaction to) Rob Reiner’s murder.* The Susie Wiles profile. | 38m 27s | ||||||
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