Episodes
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Splashing Around in the Blue Wave
The TPM Show’s Kate and Josh and TPM Social Club’s Joe and other Josh meet up to talk about a generational night for Democrats. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com...
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Panic at the Cheesecake Factory
Kate and Josh assess the election threat landscape and pearl-clutch over Obama's MAJOR faux pas. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com Facebook:...
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October Un-Surprise
Kate and Josh talk some of the last polls of the cycle, a repulsive new ad from the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign and the persecution of Ilhan Omar. Correction: While discussing the fall out over the Ramaswamy/Amy Acton ad, Kate and Josh misstated the outcome of Acton's stepfather's case. He was...
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Guil-foiled
Kate and Josh discuss Kimberly Guilfoyle's fall from grace, the new White House press secretary's debut and a baffling conspiracy theory around James Talarico's illness. Welcome to Polltober! A TPM YouTube Exclusive Series: You have questions, we have answers. Since TPM readers are as obsessed…
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Republicans Bring Out the Sandbags
Kate and Josh talk new polls and data on the midterms, Alito's assertion that he'll stay until the end of the term and Trump's doxing of Tom Cotton over...daylight saving time. Welcome to Polltober! A TPM YouTube Exclusive Series: You have questions, we have answers. Since TPM readers are as...
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Rusty Republicans and Ruthless Democrats
Kate and Josh talk September surprises for some Republican incumbents, SCOTUS' return to Trump's side, and Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt's rake step. Have polling questions ahead of the 2026 midterms? Email us, and we'll answer them on our new web show on YouTube every Tuesday from now til…
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Republicans Are Getting Spooked
Kate and Josh discuss recent midterm polling and major race rating changes, and check in on the bizarre gerrymandering battle in Missouri. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky:...
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AI Breaks Containment
Kate and Josh discuss a dire new poll for Republicans, the politics of AI and a surprisingly good Supreme Court ruling. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com Facebook:...
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Home Stretch
Kate and Josh discuss Trump’s attempts to mess with the midterms, which feel much closer on this side of Labor Day. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com Facebook:...
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How Many Nazis Is Too Many?
Kate and Josh discuss of Mike Collins' white nationalist woes, Pete Hegseth's presidential ambitions and Jim Clyburn's support for Supreme Court reform. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky:...
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Presidential Self-Soothing
Kate and Josh discuss South Carolina's esteemed new Republican Senate candidate, Trump's Canadian tantrum and the right's fixation on the WNBA. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky:...
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Riding the Pollercoaster
Kate and Josh discuss the (most recent) polling freakout, Tuesday's primary results in the Florida and Alaska Senate races and renewed interest in "human printer" Natalie Harp. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky:...
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BONUS EPISODE: Homer-pilled | TPM Social Club
Josh and Joe are joined by Joel Christensen, classics professor at CUNY Graduate School to discuss The Odyssey, both the Homerian epic and Christopher Nolan's recent adaptation. The three talk through the differences between the movie and the original, what modern actor could fit the bill for...
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Election Day in an Unsettled Country
Kate and Josh talk Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan victory, big progressive ballot wins and more in this post-primary day special. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com...
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DNC Disarray
Kate and Josh talk Ken Martin's woes, a new Democratic primary calendar and Trump's self-defeating obsession with the SAVE Act. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com...
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Primaries Getting Real
Kate and Josh talk Senate primaries and new innovations in the Trump corruption space. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com Facebook:...
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Field of Distortion
Kate and Josh talk the McConnell/Graham conspiracy theories, recent ICE killings and SCOTUS' foray to the Hill. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com Facebook:...
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Death Watch
Kate and Josh monitor the Maine and Michigan Senate campaigns, as well as the mysterious hospitalization of Mitch McConnell. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com...
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F*ck Graham Platner
Kate and Josh convene for an emergency pod following the publishing of a rape allegation against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky:...
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Proud to be an American?
The TPM Show and TPM Social Club collide in their first ever crossover episode to chat about the end of the Supreme Court term, the pathetic state fair and how it feels to be American under the Trump regime. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters…
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like
Kate and Josh talk about the ascendant left's new electoral victories, Trump's inevitable schism with Netanyahu and the reflecting pool debacle. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky:...
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Platner Lives to Fight Another Day
Kate and Josh break down primaries in Maine and South Carolina, GOP election denialism in California and the stunning transcripts from the Broadview Six case in Chicago. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky:...
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Reaching for Iowa
Kate and Josh discuss primaries in Iowa and California, the latest Graham Platner headache and the mask-off Supreme Court. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com...
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Yes We Ken
Kate and Josh discuss Ken Paxton's primary win, redistricting developments in South Carolina and Alabama and fissures between congressional Republicans and the White House. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky:...
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Only Fascists Left
Kate and Josh discuss the expulsion of anyone of character from the Republican Party, Trump's new taxpayer-funded slush fund and Jared Polis' baffling commutation of election denier Tina Peters' sentence. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe...
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Wake Up and Smell the Court Reform
Kate and Josh talk Virginia and Callais fallout, the growing tent of Supreme Court reformers and an interesting development in Nebraska. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. We also have newsletters: subscribe here! Follow us on: Bluesky:...
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Emergency Virginia Pod
In this break-glass mini-sode, Kate and Josh react to the Virginia Supreme Court's ruling invalidating the recently passed redistricting referendum. TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get 25% off an annual...
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Trump's Revenge
Kate and Josh talk election results, abortion reaching the Supreme Court again and continuing fallout from Callais. TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get 25% off an annual Prime or Prime Ad Free…
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Alito Kills the VRA
Kate and Josh discuss the Callais ruling and need for Supreme Court reform, TPS oral arguments and James Comey's second indictment. TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get 25% off an annual Prime or Prime…
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TPM SPECIAL REPORT: Inside The 'Red Team' House Dem Task Force That’s Running Wargames And Taking On Trump’s Election Threats
ICE at the polls, purged voter rolls, ballot seizure, and efforts to block certification: Joe Morelle and other House Dems have put together a team that’s planning to confront "150 threats" that could cause election interference in the midterms.
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Independent vs. Corporate Media w/Elizabeth Spiers
TPM founder Josh Marshall sits down with independent media veteran and Gawker co-founder Elizabeth Spiers to take stock of the smouldering ruins we used to know as news media. They discuss how Peter Thiel’s Gawker lawsuit introduced new liabilities for independent media companies, why corporate...
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Hungary for Change
Kate and Josh discuss Swalwell's downfall, Orbán's ouster and Alito's possible retirement. TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get 25% off an annual Prime or Prime Ad Free membership! To watch this episode…
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Live from Austin
Kate and Josh talk war and midterms from the Lone Star State (with a special bonus segment featuring the Texas Observer’s Justin Miller). -- Main Episode: 00.00.53 A Conversation with TPM's Josh Marshall and Texas Observer’s Justin Miller: 54.54.00 -- TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If...
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Trump's Word Is Not His Bondi
Kate and Josh talk Pam Bondi's ouster, Trump's Iran stemwinder and the birthright citizenship oral arguments. TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get 25% off an annual Prime or Prime Ad Free membership!…
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Airports on ICE
Kate and Josh talk airports in crisis, Trump's bewildering political calculus and, believe it or not, an optimistic vision of what a post-Trump world could look like. TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get...
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Markwayne's Rodeo
Kate and Josh discuss the DHS secretary confirmation hearings, a big defection on Iran and the Illinois primaries. TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get 25% off an annual Prime or Prime Ad Free…
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Noem More
Kate and Josh talk the Iran war and Kristi Noem's ouster. TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get 25% off an annual Prime or Prime Ad Free membership! Come see us in Austin! Since you are reading the show...
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Senator Talarico?
Kate and Josh talk election returns and Trump's new war with Iran. TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get 25% off an annual Prime or Prime Ad Free membership! More TPM: Meet the Gun-Toting Influencer...
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SOTU Snoozefest
Kate and Josh discuss Trump's extremely lengthy State of the Union, new information about an allegation against him in the Epstein files, and the dark scandal engulfing Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX). To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. Not a TPM member? Join today and get 25% off...
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ICE Meltdown
Kate and Josh discuss spox Tricia McLaughlin's departure from DHS and more drama in the Texas Senate primary. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. Not a TPM member? Join today and get 25% off your membership! Follow us on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com...
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Trump's Weakness Manifests
Kate and Josh discuss the signs of Trump's growing unpopularity. Correction: The initial version of last week’s podcast misstated a detail about the Epstein files. That podcast has been updated, and TPM regrets the error. To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page. Not a TPM member?...
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Victory and Self-Destruction in Texas
Kate and Josh discuss the latest Epstein file dump, along with headlines from the Lone Star State.
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Minneapolis Is Winning The Battle
Kate and Josh discuss border patrol's latest killing and its fallout.
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Rupture of the World Order
Kate and Josh discuss the self-destruction of Trump's America on the world stage and Bill Cassidy's comeuppance.
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ICE Brutalizes Minneapolis
Kate and Josh talk about ICE's reign of violence and Trump's power grabs abroad as his popularity deteriorates at home.
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Happy New War
Kate and Josh discuss Venezuela and Tim Walz dropping his reelection bid.
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And The Winner Is
Kate and Josh announce the winners of the 17th annual Golden Dukes.
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I Beg Your Pardon
Kate and Josh discuss Kate and Josh Kovensky's scoop about Fetterman trying to get Netanyahu a pardon, along with a rash of Supreme Court activity.
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Another Special Night
Kate and Josh talk the Tennessee special election, a new Dem running for Chuy Garcia's gifted seat and the Nuzzi-Lizza-RFK trainwreck.
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MAGA Shows Its Cracks
Kate and Josh discuss MTG's resignation and the Trump's new fight with Mark Kelly.