Author and journalist David Corn joins Steven to talk about his latest book and dispel the 'Russia Hoax' hoax.

Is Trump a useful idiot? Well...

Mainstream legacy media is broken at a time when we could really, really use it. But journalists like Scott MacFarlane are proving that good reporting can still exist, and now without pressure from billionaires. MacFarlane joins Steven to talk about how holding power to account depends on a truly independent media ecosystem.

Stuart Stevens came up as one of the most effective strategists in the Republican Party. He helped elect George W. Bush, and worked with candidates like Mitt Romney and many, many others. He was also among the first to jump ship in the Trump years. His book, "It Was All a Lie," remains one of the most essential reads for understanding our current political moment.

He joins Steven to talk very candidly about what's at stake and the lengths we need to go to if we want to move past authoritarianism.

Barb McQuade joins Steven Beschloss to talk justice, the path forward, and her new book, 'The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government.'

In this episode of Six Questions, Stephen Beschloss interviews independent journalist and former prosecutor Katie Phang about her ongoing legal battle against the Department of Justice and new Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Phang explains her decision to sue Trump’s DOJ to force the release of heavily redacted Epstein files, noting that as an independent reporter, filing a lawsuit was a necessary tool to hold the government accountable. "We have an obligation to be truthful, but we don't have an obligation to be neutral,” she notes.

Times are tough. There’s no question about it. A $400 emergency expense could set a family back for months, an economic reality for many Americans.

Some saw Donald Trump’s message in 2024 and decided to take a chance, thinking things would be better. But they’re learning the hard way that this strongman’s message was lies and his own policies are setting them back.

And in this persistent pain, progressive candidates are breaking through with a message, calling out the continued status quo with a plan for something better.

Neera Tanden, President of the Center For American Progress and former advisor to President Joe Biden, joined Steven Beschloss for this edition of Six Questions to explore the idea of moments like this can inspire bold change for the future.

And they discuss what it will take to fix what Trump has done.

There are nearly 400 million guns circulating in America — more than one for every man, woman, and child — and 263 mass shootings already in 2026. Yet the carnage has all but vanished from the news. Steven asks Shannon Watts, who founded Moms Demand Action the day after Sandy Hook, what it will take to break through.

Watts rejects the idea that Americans have gone numb. "No parent would accept that," she says — but the media "has run out of ways to tell the story." She traces how the gun lobby won legal immunity no other industry enjoys, why the NRA's collapse hasn't ended the fight, and how a plea to 75 Facebook friends became an 11-million-supporter movement that has passed more than 500 gun bills and blocked 90% of the gun lobby's agenda for a decade.

The election meddling Trump keeps talking about is coming from inside the White House. Indeed, the meddling has already begun, but how far will he and his accomplices go to subvert the will of the people this November?

Steven Beschloss welcomes Miles Taylor, a man who has seen the inner workings of a Trump administration from the inside.

Taylor served as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during the Trump administration and authored the anonymous 2018 New York Times op-ed 'I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration.' He is a bestselling author of books including 'A Warning' and 'Blowback' and currently runs initiatives opposing Trump policies while working as a security expert and commentator.

He joins to set the stakes for November and beyond, and explain what we we need to do about it before it's too late.

The nomination of Todd Blanche is the next low point in the deterioration of our justice system. Glenn Kirschner joins Steven to talk about accountability, the destruction of the Justice Department, and how we might start to put it all back together.

Steven Beschloss sits down with Alexander Vindman, the retired Army lieutenant colonel who blew the whistle on Donald Trump's Ukraine call, now running for the U.S. Senate in Florida.

In six questions, they talk about why he's stepping back into the arena, what duty cost him the first time, his journey from refugee to the White House, and the responsibilities of citizenship in America's 250th year. Plus a lightning round on what makes him angriest — and what still gives him hope.