0:00 Intro
0:35 Meeting AOC
4:06 The populism of AOC and Zohran 
5:30 Leaving The LEFT
9:35 Failing Progressive policies of NYC
11:44 Liberal takeover of the media and culture
18:01 The vibe shift of Zohran Mamdani 
20:54 The future of the Right and the Left
27:04 DOGE Cuts
28:38 Sane climate change policy
32:34 Why progressives hate progress
37:49 How MAGA built a winning coalition 
40:26 The medium is the message 
42:50 Is charity a scam?
44:54 Why do second-gen immigrants hate America?
46:32 Own your privilege 
48:32 Let go of the guilt
50:26 History is full of imperfect people 
54:29 American exceptionalism 
56:08 Why Lucy spoke up

Lucy Biggers, the producer behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s first viral video at NowThis and a former climate activist, has had a political change of heart. Today, she works at Bari Weiss’ The Free Press and is sounding the alarm about the very ideas she once championed. In a viral TikTok, she warns young New Yorkers that backing Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is a mistake, arguing his socialist policies will leave them poorer and disillusioned.

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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0:00 Intro
1:03 Don't blame the kids for socialism 
4:33 Zohran is America First?
8:22 How Zohran won over New York City
14:13 How Eric Adams got railroaded? 
16:06 Right-wing criticism of Zohran 
21:21 Why MTG and Tucker Carlson agree with Zohran 
25:00 Conservatives and Israel 
30:07 Zohran's anti-semitism hurdle
35:25 Zohran's new media campaign vs Cuomo's boomer campaign 
39:21 Why the establishment hates Trump and Zohran
43:05 It's always the economy!
50:10 Vibe Shift
52:18 Trump and immigration
56:05 The politics of coalition building
01:04:17 How NYC priced out the working class
1:08:42 Zohran looked Trump voters in the eyes and won them over

 Julian Dorey joins to break down how Zohran Mamdani’s socialist message—centered on everyday economic pain—won local hearts in New York City. But will the socialist survive a general election?

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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0:00 Intro
0:52 Who is Neil Patel
2:21 Daily Caller 
4:09 Tucker Carlson fired from Fox News
6:20 Building Tucker Carlson Network 
8:53 How Tucker's politics have changed
11:00 The authenticity of Tucker and Trump
14:11 Media's bias against conservatives
20:07 Vibe Shift
21:40 The Patriot Economy
26:03 ALP vs ZYNN
30:38 How the Right took over the media 
33:30 Serving in the Bush-Cheney admin during 9-11 
27:29 Post 9-11, Neoconservatism and Trade 
39:33 Foreign Policy and Nationbuilding
42:14 Biden's Afghan withdrawal 
43:20 Super Bowl after 9-11, National Unity 
44:55 Immigration
51:04 The Republican coalition in media & culture 
53:15 IN: America, OUT: Citizens of the world  

Neil Patel is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Tucker Carlson Network. He and Tucker were college roommates at Trinity, and their partnership has spanned decades. Neil served in the Bush-Cheney administration during 9/11, then went on to co-found The Daily Caller with Tucker after leaving government. He also gave me my first job in journalism at the Caller.

**This interview was recorded on June 04, 2025 (before the US-Iran escalations or Tucker's Ted Cruz Interview)**

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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Emily Jashinsky, host of Undercurrents on UnHerd and Counter Points on Breaking Points, joined me to break down the political realignment unfolding after Trump’s 2025 win — and what’s getting lost in the noise around immigration.

0:00 Intro
0:50 End of an era for media stronghold
3:00 How the media botched the Biden cover-up
6:41 Cultural liberalism's stronghold in the media 
9:50 How the media lost the trust of people
13:36 Democrats lost the men and Joe Rogan
15:58 David Hogg is the future for Democrats?
16:56 Why are the Left elitists so disconnected? 
19:13 How Trump confronted the Neocon Right
20:53 How Build Back Better exposes the Conservative chasm  
22:30 Democrats' future: Abundance vs Populism
27:48 Why immigration is not working 
33:12 America's reaction to Trump's deportation policies 
38:08 Trump vs Harvard
42:00 Trump's muzzle velocity politics
43:45 Emily finding success in New Media
46:41 Was Elon Musk a failure in Washington DC
51:30 Elon Musk vs MAGA
53:38 Why Breaking Points succeeded in New Media? 
57:48 Will there be consolidation in New Media?
1:01:08 Will there be a creator middle class?
1:03:40 Coming up and making money in news media
1:07:51 Emily's advice for journalists 

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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0:00 Intro 
1:23 Did the media know about Biden's decline?
8:29 Should we give Jake Tapper the benefit of the doubt?
12:20 Why did Joe Biden refuse press access? 
16:09 Why does the Biden cover-up matter?
17:39 Why does the bias always run in the same direction?
19:50 Elon Musk is out of Washington DC and MAGA
26:56 Was Elon Musk compatible with politics 
29:09 Muzzle velocity politics 
31:06 Trump's current popularity after tariffs and deportations 
35:56 Trump vs Harvard 
38:45 What is the future for Democrats 
43:00 Will MAGA survive the midterms? 
45:53 What can New Media do better than Legacy Media?

Shelby Talcott is the White House Correspondent for Semafor. She spent the last year covering the Trump Campaign all across America. She also covered the BLM riots during her time at the Daily Caller, where we met.

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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YT: @thesagnikbasu

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0:00 The Joe Biden Cover-Up
13:37 Lessons for the media
17:50 MSM's stronghold is crumbling
25:04 Elon Musk is done
30:03 Does the GOP care about limited government 
32:00 Immigration, deportation, foreign students 
34:08 Harvard vs Trump
37:18 Deportation tactics, vettings, Chinese spies in America?
40:30 Democrats' future: Populism vs Abundance 
44:00 The comeback of neo-liberalism? 
46:30 The future of Democrats 
 48:30 The future of Republicans 
51:41 Who is the next mayor of NYC? 
 
Robby hosts the Rising on ‪The Hill‬ and is a senior editor at ‪Reason TV. We chatted about the state of Liberal media and their complacency in covering up the Biden's mental state leading up to 2024 Presidential Election.  

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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0:00 Intro
1:10 ICE raid protests in LA 
3:45 Immigrants are no longer required to assimilate
5:49 Deportations - Kilmar Abrego Garcia
9:06 Deportations - Student Visas
10:30 Jared Isaacman is gone, why?
13:20 Elon Musk vs Trump conflict 
17:30 Was DOGE a failure?
18:36 MAGA is only for Trump loyalists 
20:36 Karine Jean-Pierre and the Joe Biden coverup
22:10 The future for: Populists vs Abundance 
24:54 The New Right is skeptical about | Israel  
30:50 Trump and America's foreign policy towards | Israel 
32:07 Boomer Republicans are pro-Israel, why?
32:11 How the media covered up Biden's decline
40:12 Conservative media should hold up the standards 
44:40 The future of social conservatism

Amber Duke is a friend, Senior Editor at The Daily Caller, cohost of Rising On  The Hill, and cohost of Free Media on Reason TV.

We talked about the state of the ongoing ICE raids in Los Angeles, deportations, and what lies at the core of America's identity crisis.

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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YT: @thesagnikbasu

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0:00 Intro
0:53 Greenwashing  
6:07 America is polarized, and it's getting worse
9:04 Companies lied about progressive goals 
17:23 Can you be a conservative environmentalist? 
28:00 Al Gore, Nixon, and the EPA
33:00 Why no one care about the environment
33:50 Protests won't solve anything, then what will?
41:20 Is Climate Change a generational issue?
44:12 Elon Musk: From Environmentalist to MAGA? 
49:50 The Green New Deal is a Trojan horse?
52:41 Tariffs and Consumerism 
56:44 America the beautiful 

Benji Backer is a friend and the founder of the American Conservation Coalition — the largest conservative youth environmental group in the U.S. He’s also the author of The Conservative Environmentalist, offering common-sense solutions for a sustainable future. Now, he's launched a new nonprofit, Nature is Nonpartisan, focused on taking the politics out of the environmental conversation.

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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0:00 Intro
0:45 The group chats that changed America
1:52 Silicon Valley and Donald Trump
7:57 Tech CEO's at odds with their workers
11:50 Building ELITE consensus via Group Chats 
20:21 Steve Bannon and New Media
24:32 The Great Bundling & Unbundling of Media
29:20 Megyn Kelly crushing Legacy Media
33:30 What makes a great broadcaster
35:55 Political commentary in the creator economy
38:48 What's Ben Smith building with Semafor 

I sat down with Ben Smith, co-founder of Semafor and host of the Mixed Signals podcast, to discuss how the Tech-Right builds consensus in secret elite pro-Trump group chats, Steve Bannon, New Media in the White House, Megyn Kelly, and the future of journalism in the creator economy.

Before starting Semafor, Ben Smith was the media columnist for The New York Times, where he covered the transformation of the news business in the digital age. Prior to that, he was the founding editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News, where he helped build the outlet into a globally recognized digital newsroom known for its scoops, viral storytelling, and ambitious investigative journalism. Smith began his career covering politics for outlets like Politico, the New York Observer, and the New York Daily News. In 2022, he co-founded Semafor, a global news startup aimed at restoring trust in journalism through transparency and clarity. Ben is known for his sharp insight into media disruption, platform politics, and the evolving relationship between journalism and power.

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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YT: @thesagnikbasu

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0:00 New media disrupting the White House briefing room
3:05 Why is Legacy News upset at the New Media
5:26 Narrative Violation: Immigration and Deportation 
11:48 How new media reporting differs from mainstream media
14:55 Dressing flashy for the White House?
16:43 The hypocrisy of the 'objective' legacy media's
20:56 The Right covering culture wars
27:10 Thin, Fertile and Republican: The rise of anti-feminist media 
30:30 Alex Clark, The Infertility Crisis 
32:35 Is being healthy 'right coded'?
35:10 The Vibe Shift

Mary Margaret Olohan is a friend who I met years ago while working at the Daily Caller. Today, she’s the White House Correspondent at the Daily Wire. 

We jammed on the New Media taking over the White House Press Briefing Room and the rise of Anti-Feminist Media, people like Candace Owens, Brett Cooper, and Alex Clark, telling women to be thin, fertile, and Republican.

Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball.

I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business.

This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned.

I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers.

I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.

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YT: @thesagnikbasu

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