Podcasts

Talk of ‘The Media’ Triggers Todd, Cowherd Admits He Lacks Trust
When Chuck Todd used to be the political director and host of Meet the Press for NBC News and MSNBC, his love of sports would often creep in. Now that he had his own podcast, he could talk about it more freely. So when he had Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports Radio on Monday’s show, Todd seemed a little surprised when his guest expressed strong skepticism and mistrust of “the media.”…

Joy Reid Lunges Into Racist Rant on White People Stealing Music Styles
The latest hot clip of former MSNBC host Joy Reid losing her mind came on The Left Hook podcast with Wajahat Ali. The subject was Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center and the Kennedy Center Honors.

NPR Promotes MeidasTouch as the Left's Answer to Joe Rogan
NPR is bitter than Donald Trump took away their federal funding, even though their CEO claimed they've never displayed a bias. On Thursday's All Things Considered, they touted MeidasTouch, leftist screamers who capitalize on the people who hate Trump with a passion and want to be told he's always failing.

Kessler Claims He Fact-Checked GOP More Because It Is In Power
Former Washington Post colleagues Glenn Kessler and Jen Rubin reunited on August 4 on Rubin’s The Contrarian podcast to discuss Kessler’s departure from the Post’s Fact Checker page. During their conversation, Kessler would unleash three headscratchers: that he fact-checked Republicans more because they are in power, a historically incorrect warning about going back…

Acosta Claims Trump May Send ICE To Discourage Latinos From Voting
Former CNN host Jim Acosta hates conspiracy theories unless, of course, he happens to be the one peddling them. On his Tuesday Substack podcast, Acosta mused, without evidence, that the Trump Administration could send ICE to polling stations to intimidate Latinos into not voting.

Oliver And Lewinsky Hail HBO Show As 'Punching Up' And 'Good Trouble'
HBO Last Week Tonight host John Oliver recently joined Monica Lewinsky for her Tuesday Reclaiming podcast, and together the two came to an agreement that LWT is the kind of “good trouble” that holds powerful people accountable despite all the evidence to the contrary.

Kimmel Admits Liberal Activists Can Be 'Just Repulsive'
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel may be in the middle of his summer vacation away from his TV show, but he still found time to stop by The Sarah Silverman Podcast on Thursday and admit that the Democratic Party has an elitism problem and that there is a certain brand of liberal activist that is “just repulsive.” However, Kimmel failed to recognize that he might be part of this problem.

TV News Wash Ups: Conservative Voices Existing in Media Is 'Dangerous'
There’s nothing like a couple of washed up, former TV liberal pontificators bloviating about how conservative voices shouldn’t be allowed on TV news. That was one of the major topics disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon and former Washington Post columnist/MSNBC talking head Perry Bacon Jr. discussed on the former’s podcast on Thursday. According to them, having conservative voices…

Carville Demands Dems Add States, SCOTUS Seats 'To Save Democracy'
Former Clinton strategist James Carville does a podcast with former Clinton cheerleading journalist Al Hunt, and on their Wednesday recording of Politicon's Politics War Room, they reacted to the redistricting battle currently going on in Texas. While Hunt claimed Republicans are “fighting dirty,” Carville gave the game away and claimed that in order “to save democracy,” Democrats…

Acosta Ghoulishly Chats with A.I. Zombie of Dead Parkland Student
Setting up camp in the uncanny valley, disgraced former CNN “journalist” Jim Acosta made headlines Monday night after he announced he had interviewed the A.I. facsimile of Joaquin “Guac” Oliver, a student killed in the Parkland School Shooting, on his eponymous podcast. If that wasn’t disturbing enough, a follow up interview with Manuel Oliver, Joaquin’s dad, revealed that his wife would “…

Olbermann Literally Pretends To Be Obama, Calls for Totalitarianism
On July 24, 2025, Keith Olbermann demanded on his podcast, Countdown, that Barack Obama deliver a national address. He then proceeded to read this speech which he had written as Obama, which called for a government coup and that a $500 billion lawsuit be brought against President Trump. All while literally pretending to be Obama and voicing these lines as if he were the former…

90 Percent of Jon Stewart's Podcast Guests Have Been Liberals
We here at the Media Research Center have been counting the guests that appear on the late night comedy programs since September 2022, and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart is not a fan. On Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show Thursday podcast, Stewart went on an expletive-laden rant against Fox News for citing those studies, so we did the only natural thing we could think of in…

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Get a Grip: Todd Claims Trump Admin Has Turned CBS Into 'State TV'
Former anchor of NBC’s Meet the Press, Chuck Todd, recorded his Monday podcast from Crazy Town as he alleged that the FCC’s role in the Paramount-Skydance merger now means CBS is “state TV” because one of the conditions was that the Paramount property would hire a bias monitor.