Episodios

  • Nicholas Kristof: Gratuitous Cruelty

    Nicholas Kristof: Gratuitous Cruelty
    Jun 27 2025
    A miracle food paste that fights malnutrition in children, that taxpayers have already paid for, is collecting dust in warehouses. Donated drugs for parasitic infections remain undistributed and are nearing their expiration dates. American-purchased ambulances sit idle because they have no gas. USAID was shut down in the name of government efficiency, but instead, we've spent at least $6 billion to dismantle it—and we've killed a lot of kids in the process, despite what Elon and Marco Rubio say. Plus, Elissa Slotkin on her 'Economic War Plan,' and the challenges for Dems on housing, and connecting with the working class.

    Nick Kristof and Sen. Elissa Slotkin join Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
    show notes

    • Nick's piece on the waste Elon created
    • Nick on the elegant and cheap solutions to global hunger
    • The response to readers upset that Nick writes about dying kids in Africa
    • "Chasing Hope," Nick's memoir
    • Kristof Farms
    • Tim's playlist

      Organizations to support
      Helen Keller International
    • Edesia Nutrition in Rhode Island
      Mana Nutrition in Georgia
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    1 h y 13 m
  • Michael Weiss and Jonathan Cohn: Animal House at the Pentagon

    Michael Weiss and Jonathan Cohn: Animal House at the Pentagon
    Jun 26 2025
    Trump was so awestruck by Israel's intel infiltration and air supremacy over Iran that he just had to give himself an executive producer credit. And he's casting his appointees to help create a Hollywood ending—including using his Val Kilmer-esque SecDef to spike the success of the long-teased, "secret" military operation. At the same time, Trump is having trouble leveraging the intelligence community's confirmation of what happened in Iran since he's spent a decade undermining its credibility among his supporters. Plus, NATO gets a little cringe toward Daddy Trump, Ukraine doesn't get the same credit as Israel, and the low-down on the Republican bill that would close rural hospitals and cut healthcare for 11 million people.

    Jon Cohn and Michael Weiss join Tim Miller.
    show notes

    • Jon's latest on the reconciliation bill
    • Michael on Israel's intel infiltration and air dominance over Iran
    • The Dutch queen mocking trump
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    1 h y 12 m
  • Derek Thompson: Winning Without Anger

    Derek Thompson: Winning Without Anger
    Jun 25 2025
    A DSA candidate winning a Democratic primary in New York City is not an ideal laboratory for other Dems to draw lessons from, but Mamdani sounded authentic, he successfully juggled our fragmented media environment, and he had the right message for this cost-of-living moment—as well as the proper amount of party heresy for this anti-establishment age. Meanwhile, the Republican tax and budget bill is shockingly out of step with the affordability crisis we are living through. Plus, the dangers of the coming AI wave, Ozempic may be one of the most astonishing medical breakthroughs in the last 100 years, and would shortening the NBA season reduce player injuries?

    Derek Thompson joins Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • Derek's Substack

    • Derek's and Ezra's book, "Abundance"

    • "Plain English," Derek's podcast

    • Tim and Bill on the NYC mayor's race
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    1 h y 5 m
  • Nicolle Wallace: The Silence of Republicans Is the Bigger Threat

    Nicolle Wallace: The Silence of Republicans Is the Bigger Threat
    Jun 24 2025
    While Trump and his administration are the ones politicizing the rule of the law, ignoring due process, and annihilating democratic norms, it's Republicans leaders saying and doing nothing in response that poses a bigger threat to our country and democracy. Meanwhile, when it comes to the Middle East, we don't know who Trump is talking to—or listening to. Plus, when Bush 43, McCain, and Jeb pushed for immigration reform, the romantic idealism of Aaron Sorkin, and the sounds of kids and dogs.

    (An unfiltered) Nicolle Wallace joins Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • Nicolle's new pod, 'The Best People'
    • Matt Gaetz arguing with his mom via text

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    56 m
  • Bill Kristol: Trump Is Not the Right Man for a Crisis

    Bill Kristol: Trump Is Not the Right Man for a Crisis
    Jun 23 2025
    Tim and Bill may have different takes on the wisdom of the U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear sites—and on potential regime change—but they see eye-to-eye on the risks of Trump's ego and his incapable advisers in a dangerous situation. And where is the missing enriched uranium? Meanwhile, Stephen Miller's masked goons violently assaulted an immigrant landscaper and father of three Marines in Southern California. Plus, the trans military ban is un-American, local anti-trans laws are trampling all over parents' rights, and why didn't the moderate Dem establishment circle the wagons around a candidate who could've knocked Cuomo out of contention?

    Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller
    show notes

    • Bill's 'Bulwark on Sunday' with Eric Edelman

    • Sam's interview with Rep. Jim Himes about the Iran strikes

    • Landscaper being punched by masked officers in So Cal


    • gifted:

    • Bob Kagan on the threat to American democracy from a Trump war on Iran

    • The Post on the transgender troops who want to keep serving

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    51 m
  • Mark Cuban: Character Is Destiny

    Mark Cuban: Character Is Destiny
    Jun 20 2025
    What if it had been a Harris-Cuban ticket in 2024? Well, it turns out the billionaire entrepreneur had been seriously considered for the VP slot—and we can all dream of a potentially different outcome in the election. Meanwhile, the current guy in the Oval Office is failing spectacularly at the number one job of a president: to reduce the stress of the American people, and to communicate trust and hope. Plus, the Dems need to market their policies better, why much of the business community capitulates to Trump, a debate over AI, is Thiel trying to undermine the dollar, meme coins are the scum of the earth, Bluesky needs to let people fight—and the joy of shooting hoops with the kids.

    Mark Cuban joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

    show notes

    • Mark's website

    • The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

    • Tim's playlist
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    57 m
  • Mark McKinnon and Dan Shapiro: Mid-Wreckage

    Mark McKinnon and Dan Shapiro: Mid-Wreckage
    Jun 19 2025
    Because half the country so desperately wanted Trump back, we may now be on the verge of attacking Iran because the fake peacenik president wants some credit for Israel's military accomplishments against Tehran. Meanwhile, decent, hard-working people are being swept up by his anti-American deportation policy, consumers—and home buyers— are continuing to pay for his boondoggle tariffs project, and even Republicans are getting nervous about his big, ugly bill. Plus, how attacking Iran looks from the Israeli perspective, post-Oct. 7.

    Amb. Dan Shapiro and Mark McKinnon join Tim Miller.
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    56 m
  • Ben Rhodes: The World We Made

    Ben Rhodes: The World We Made
    Jun 18 2025
    Iran is in a vulnerable spot for a variety of reasons, and Israel sees this as a stars-aligning moment to decapitate the Iranian state. But if the U.S. helps out, we'll face the same questions we did with Iraq and Afghanistan: Who will run the place? As Tucker had to embarrassingly school Ted Cruz, Iran is a giant country. And it could descend into civil war or chaos—and America could be drawn into the 'catastrophic success' of regime change. Plus, MAGA fissures over foreign policy, Tulsi can't be trusted on Iran, and Dems really need to seize this black helicopter moment of masked agents snatching and arresting people, including elected officials

    Ben Rhodes joins Tim Miller.
    show notes

    • Tim and Ben at an event two years ago on Ben's book

    • Ben's book, "After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made"

    • Tulsi's creepy nuclear war video
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