Episode 3
Pete Hegseth’s Next Objective: Surviving the Rapture

Talking Popes Memo: Josh and Joe are joined by Deputy Editor Nicole LaFond to figure out why Trump is feuding with the Pope, why Hegseth quoted Pulp Fiction, and what makes the MAGA brand of evangelicalism so different.

04.24.26 | 10:01 am
Episode 409
Hungary for Change

Kate and Josh discuss Swalwell’s downfall, Orbán’s ouster and Alito’s possible retirement.

04.17.26 | 5:05 pm
Episode 2
Checking in on Mamdani’s First 100 Days

The TPM Social Club is joined this week by Max Rivlin-Nadler of Hell Gate, an independent publication owned and run by journalists devoted to covering NYC.

04.17.26 | 10:30 am
Episode 408
Live from Austin

Kate and Josh talk war and midterms from the Lone Star State (with a special bonus segment featuring the Texas Observer’s Justin Miller). 

04.10.26 | 1:08 pm
The Blockade Continues, The Podcast Returns

TPM reporter Josh Kovensky and publisher Joe Ragazzo are back to launch The TPM Social Club, a show about what’s interesting.

04.03.26 | 2:38 pm
Episode 407
Trump’s Word Is Not His Bondi

Kate and Josh talk Pam Bondi’s ouster, Trump’s Iran stemwinder and the birthright citizenship oral arguments.

04.02.26 | 3:57 pm
Episode 406
Airports on ICE

Kate and Josh talk airports in crisis, Trump’s bewildering political calculus and, believe it or not, an optimistic vision of what a post-Trump world could look like.

03.25.26 | 4:29 pm
Episode 405
Markwayne’s Rodeo

Kate and Josh discuss the DHS secretary confirmation hearings, a big defection on Iran and the Illinois primaries.

03.18.26 | 4:28 pm
Episode 404
Noem More

Kate and Josh talk the Iran war and Kristi Noem’s ouster.

03.11.26 | 5:09 pm
Episode 403
Senator Talarico?

Kate and Josh talk election returns and Trump’s new war with Iran.

03.04.26 | 6:30 pm