The Secret Podcast

Sarah and JVL talk about the Fox “debate” between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom and also Robert Kagan’s cri de coeur about the coming danger to democracy.

You can read the Kagan piece here.

It’s a super-sized episode! Sarah and JVL talk about Joe Manchin, conservative Dems, the Republican debate, TED talks, the Focus Group—and middle-school cross-country meets.

Sarah and JVL talk about what Nikki Haley needs Ron DeSantis to do in order for her to get a legitimate shot at Trump. (Hint: Tiny D can’t drop out before Iowa.) And then they do a deep-dive into Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX fraud.

Sarah and JVL talk about the new speaker of the House and the new Democratic presidential candidate. Plus shame, a JVL hot streak, a NOLA recap, and Halloween talk.

Sarah and JVL talk about the House Republican speakership clusterfork and Biden’s big speech. Also, JVL tries to shame Sarah into going to the Taylor Swift movie.

Sarah and JVL talk about House Republicans, Israel, Trump’s new admiration for Hezbollah, and T-Swizzle.

Tim is in for Sarah and he and JVL talk about the economy, unemployment numbers, and the relationship between voter sentiment and reality. Also: There’s some bonus Coach Prime talk since we didn’t have Sarah around to disapprove of us.

Sarah and JVL talk about Glenn Youngkin’s impending candidacy, the Republican “debate,” consultant grift, the passing of DiFi, and more.

Sarah and JVL do a book club about the two monster pieces of the week: Michael Wolff on Rupert Murdoch and Tucker Carlson and Jeff Goldberg on Mark Milley.

Hey Fam: Sorry the show is so late. We had a technical problem with the recording and it took forever to rescue the audio files. —JVL