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Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito discuss the Elon Musk-Donald Trump breakup and how both Democrats and Republicans can avoid their worst impulses when addressing the turmoil in Los Angeles. Follow Postrider Podcasts on Spotify Follow Postrider Podcasts on ...

In the latest Postrider Roundup, Michael and Lars discuss the Big Beautiful Bill and the Democrats’ alleged old person problem.

So unless you were hiding under a proverbial rock from the sports world you probably heard about the epic game one matchup in the Eastern Conference Finals between the Pacers and Knicks. It had peaks and valleys and a particularly ...

If you know one thing about Gerald Ford, it’s probably that he pardoned Richard Nixon. What you might not fully grasp is just how controversial this pardon was. A New York Times editorial called it “a profoundly unwise, divisive, and ...

Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito consider the first American Pope, the Republican war on NPR and PBS, and probe some of the first big moves in the 2026 midterms. Follow Postrider Podcasts on Spotify Follow Postrider Podcasts ...

On the latest Postrider Roundup, Michael and Lars discuss Donald Trump’s suddenly unpopular immigration policies and yet another Signal-related scandal from Pete Hegseth.

To make it all the way, they need coalitional appeal, effectiveness, morality, and electability.

Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito gripe about tariffs and economic uncertainty, agonize over the administration’s strategy at hand, and take note of cracks in the administration’s unified face — as well as a scattered Democratic response beginning ...

I was planning to go see a movie that I had been anticipating for quite some time, Opus, from former GQ writer Mark Anthony Green. It stars Ayo Edeberri and one of my longtime favorites, John Malkovich. I was so ...

On the latest episode of the Postrider Roundup, Michael and Lars discuss Signalgate, the Trump administrations aggressive moves to deport alleged gang members and detain pro-Palestinian visa and green card holders without due process, upcoming elections in Wisconsin and Florida, ...

Democrats want to be the adults in the room. They need to find a way to do so without finger-wagging.

During Donald Trump’s first presidency, one of the most recycled op-ed templates was something along the lines of “Stop saying this isn’t America,” which wasn’t a response to the president so much as a response to those who found Trump’s ...

Perhaps no series better represents Warner Bros. Discovery’s ongoing fall from grace than The Curious Case from Natalia Grace. At first blush, the true story told by these documentaries is a compelling and tragic one: a Ukrainian orphan with dwarfism ...

The Postrider‘s Lars Emerson and Michael Lovito discuss the continuing resolution, Chuck Schumer’s flagging support, frustration with Democrats at large, and what to make of the numerous high-profile Senate Democratic retirement announcements. Follow Postrider Podcasts on Spotify Follow Postrider Podcasts ...

Michael and Lars talk about the big blow up between Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend, as well as the looming budget deadline, angry town halls, and some early embarassments for the Trump administration. ...

As someone who writes about both politics and pop culture, I often strive to find the connections between the two – the areas where politics does indeed seem to be downstream from culture, and the way that relationship feels like ...

Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito discuss Trump’s pervasive impact on pop culture before turning to Michael’s article on DOGE and “solutionism.” Then, they assess (with some optimism for the system) what checks and balances may limit Trump going forward.  ...

If you’ve paid even a speck of attention to the news since January 20th, you know that Elon Musk, the centibillionaire head of Twitter (I still refuse to call it X), Tesla, and SpaceX, is now also a special government ...

Last week, Matthew Yglesias wrote a Substack post titled “Throw Biden under the Bus.” If you couldn’t tell from its title, the main thrust of the post was that Democrats, in order to reclaim the electoral ground they lost in ...

Michael and Lars try to make sense of a chaotic first few weeks of Trump 2.0, including a wave of controversial tariffs, executive orders, and cabinet hearings, as well as how the Democrats are trying to pick up the pieces ...