Carlo and the 1600 boys, Leo and Jesus, share what it was like inside the ballroom when a gunman breached security and sent guests, dignitaries and the president ducking for cover at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C., Saturday night. They discuss the obvious security lapses they saw, and the rare moment of unity between Trump and the media he loves to hate.

00:00 - Welcome from D.C.

00:28 - What went down

00:55 - Carlo's firsthand account

03:25 - Leo's experience

04:25 - No communication

05:02 - Security detail

09:50 - Jesus's account

12:05 - The aftermath

13:16 - A rare moment of unity

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In this episode, Carlo gives his take on the Democratic front-runners for 2028.

PS: Jon Ossoff, hit us up!

Kamala Harris — 00:01:14

Gavin Newsom — 00:02:37

Pete Buttigieg — 00:05:43

Josh Shapiro — 00:09:08

Andy Beshear — 00:11:11

JB Pritzker — 00:12:29

Jon Ossoff — 00:14:26

AOC — 00:17:47

Mark Kelly — 00:19:52

Gretchen Whitmer — 00:21:18

Wes Moore — 00:23:12

Dark Horses — 00:26:38

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Dylan Ratigan's iconic 2011 MSNBC rant predicted the challenges that define America's political life today.

In this episode, Ratigan and Carlo talk Washington's bipartisan corruption, the systematic extraction of wealth from ordinary Americans, Trump's market manipulation, and whether the U.S. dollar's reserve currency status is at risk. Ratigan also opens up about why he walked away from MSNBC at the height of his show, how Sanders and Trump both tapped into the same economic populist rage he was sounding the alarm on 15 years ago and what comes next after today's "era of destruction."

Ask Dylan: https://dylanratigan.substack.com/

Euforia: https://euforia-sneakers.com/

00:00:00 — Intro

00:01:33 — Dylan Ratigan's 2011 rant revisited

00:07:21 — Obama's original sin

00:13:00 — Why Ratigan walked from MSNBC

00:18:12 — How Trump hijacked economic populism

00:20:28 — The golden age of corruption

00:25:03 — Is "both parties bad" letting Trump off?

00:36:29 — Is the dollar's reserve status at risk?

00:47:09 — Destruction comes before creation

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Carlo is joined by Axios national energy correspondent Amy Harder to unpack how the AI boom is rapidly reshaping America’s energy system and sidelining climate politics. They dig into the explosive rise of AI data centers, why the power grid isn’t built to handle the demand, and the growing push to take data centers off‑grid. Harder explains why natural gas is winning for now, why nuclear, carbon capture, and even fusion are getting a second look, and how Trump’s energy agenda is accelerating a major shift. The race to power AI, she argues, may end up forcing the clean‑energy breakthroughs that politics couldn’t deliver.

Harder Line: https://www.amyharder.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips  

Podcast: https://climate.uchicago.edu/shocked/ 

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Carlo is joined by Christopher Hale, the "Letters from Leo" author and reporter who helped break January's bitter meeting between Pentagon officials and the Vatican's U.S. ambassador. This episode reveals why the first American pope is refusing to visit the states for America's 250th anniversary, JD Vance mansplaining faith to the Pope, Trump's odd Jesus memes, Giorgia Meloni's uncharacteristic stand against Trump, the MAGA Catholic outlook and Leo's next moves. In what could be one of the most prominent contentions of modern American Catholicism, Christopher Hale saw it coming.

Letters From Leo: https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/

AvignonGate: https://avignongate.com/

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:07 Trump Attacks Pope Leo

00:02:00 Leo: "I Am Not Afraid"

00:06:53 Inside The Pentagon Meeting

00:11:05 Leo Skips 250th Anniversary

00:13:19 The 14th Century Weapon

00:18:46 Vance Warns Pope Leo

00:21:31 MAGA Catholics Under Pressure

00:25:00 Last Institution Against Trump

00:31:59 Hale Responds to Criticism

00:40:06 Leo's July 4th Message

00:42:17 Pope Leo On Artificial Intelligence

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"Shadows of Tehran" author Nick Berg joins Carlo to talk the Iran War and why it's "your fight," too.

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Carlo speaks with Lincoln Project co-founder, Never-Trump Republican and Latino GOP consultant Mike Madrid about how Donald Trump blew it with the coalition that brought him back to power -- and what the Democrats need to do (or stop doing) to win them over.

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The Mooch reveals all. The financier-turned White House Communications Director-turned MAGA foe tells Carlo what Trump's actually thinking, and why he's possibly the worst person to be President of the United States.

Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/_pQGvhI4Kb4

Anthony Scaramucci:  @therealanthonyscaramucci  | https://x.com/Scaramucci?lang=en

0:00 – Intro

1:50 – "Nobody is friends with Trump"

2:57 – Why smart people fall for Trump

5:28 – Trump showed no empathy

6:19 – "If I don't go back, I'm going to jail"

7:38 – How Trump hoodwinked his voters

8:22 – How the U.S. got pulled into Iran war

11:21 – How Trump was sold on the war

13:01 – Can we survive Donald Trump?

14:22 – Trump's team of mirrors

17:30 – Will Trump send ground troops?

22:10 – Obama's Iran deal vs. Trump's approach

24:23 – The Jared Kushner guardrail

34:20 – Liberation Day one year later

40:28 – Pentagon's propaganda reels

43:47 – Citizens United is today's Plessy v. Ferguson

46:19 – The American Dream is impaired, not dead

49:04 – America's 80-year reset cycle explained

52:25 – How to actually fix America

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Rich Logis wanted out of MAGA. He tells Carlo how he did it, and how he's helping others do the same.

Leaving MAGA: https://leavingmaga.org/ | https://www.youtube.com/@LeavingMAGA/videos

One Betrayal Too Many: https://linktr.ee/onebetrayaltoomany

0:00 – Intro

01:50 – Why Rich Logis Left MAGA

07:27 – COVID & “Mass Psychosis”

09:02 – Why Rich Supported Trump

14:30 – Never Admit You’re Wrong

18:10 – Is MAGA Over?

22:59 – Admitting You Were Wrong

32:49 – Is MAGA Addictive?

41:20 – What Comes After MAGA?

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Economist Justin Wolfer joins Carlo to take the economy's temperature as Trump's war in Iran shakes markets and hits Americans' wallets.

Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/tYFh5U73sWc

Justin Wolfers: https://www.youtube.com/jjwolfers/videos | https://x.com/JustinWolfers

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