Pod Save America On The Media, Messaging, And Midterms | The Problem With Jon Stewart Podcast 

I want Jon to host a presidential debate. If the Republicans have lost their sense of shame, we should to. The under 60 crowd would love it. Jon will call their shit for what it is regardless of party. Just straight to the point w/o doubletalk!!!!!

Jon Stewart gets panelists to have some of the most real conversations. The kind of honest talks that we all should be having way more often than we do now. Jon asks some very probing and intelligent questions. If his guests do not answer his questions he’ll tell them and ask it again. I am so glad Jon has decided to get back on the TV horse again. Thank you Jon for doing what you do. I love it.

This was great! I am an older American and I want to live long enough to not have to talk about Donald Trump, thanks guys.

"If sometime says it's raining, and another person says it's dry, your job isn't to quote them both. Your job is to look out the f*cking window and find out which is true." Sally Claire (h/t Michael Okuda)

As a Finn, I would like to note that while certain segments of the media did attack Marin for her partying, most of the population actually reacted quite differently and actually made fun of the media for not covering the governance over her vacation time.

Jon Stewart I really miss you from The daily show I grew up watching you and you helped give me a better perspective on world politics. Gratitude Mr Stewart

So much intelligence and integrity in one conversation! Why can't we get this in government??

MSNBC does a great job of not both siding things. Jon Stewart needs to know that. MSNBC really covered Jon Stewart’s Drive for burn pit relief very well

Absolutely loved this show. Now, we need Jon Stewart to invite Ben Rhodes and Dan Pfeiffer on the show. Can't wait for that one. Good job!

Jon Stewart made sense our healthcare is still a problem. I got diagnosed with MS in November. It's expensive and an issue that altered my daily life. Yet any handicapped person is treated as not a full person. Instead people are complaining about woke culture and other nonsense.

One of the best podcasts Jon's done lately- and that's not a low bar to cross, either.

There is a hunger out there to be informed. We just live in a media “food desert” that serves us nothing but processed crap instead of nutrition. I want to know about the intricacies of an issue. Do you know how freaking hard it is to find a complete picture of an issue? We, who are not journalists, already have jobs! Being well informed is like taking on two more full time jobs.

John is one of the few strongholds for democracy in media currently. Always coming from an even keeled but resolute mindset that is hard to find in the current click bait rage machine that is "political news".

Sometimes I try to add to the conversation and then I forget you guys aren't actually in the room with me. Watching the show feels like a real conversation. I like it.

This was so good. I need this all day everyday in my life. Decent people with a good head on their shoulders discussing very important things.

I would like to see Democrats stand proud about being liberal, not embarrassed or trying to down play it. I'm very proud of being liberal because of what we stand for. We are on the right or correct side of the issues that affect us all. The environment, taking care of people who need help, honesty, the Constitution, voting rights, women's rights, minority rights, and fair play, and being role models of good governance. Yes, I would prefer to hear news on how the government is legislating and crafting good bills for our rights or programs. We shouldn't be ashamed of being liberals! Great show!! I love these discussions!!

I love it when my worlds collide in such an amazing way. I'm such a big Pod Save fan and have loved Stewart since the 90's. Great show boys.

My favorite men on politics in one place… thank you guys for this honest take once again

Jon Stewart is a true national treasure!!!! Excellent discussion!!! Jon Stewart for President!!!!

The dynamic between Lovett and his buddies is really entertaining. I always prefer to see all of them together. Jon is a great host for them.

On failures of journalism to cover governance: 1. It takes time to get educated on the facts, and the news cycle is too fast to allow reporters to do that 2. The facts are often boring or hard to understand, so hard to 'sell' as infotainment 3. Audiences (like me) are addicted to anger and outrage and facts aren't essential to generate that But Jon Stewart is doing an amazing job here to battle back xox!

This conversation was EVERYTHING I needed on my Saturday! and please get together more often! I love that J,J,J &T address the whole right wing line of "we are not a democracy, we are a republic" because I have encountered that same line from some maga family members- my question is what is a good way to respond to this statement??

I LOVE Jon Stewart on any platform!

Ahhhhh, all is right with the world this morning...Jon Stewart and Pod Save America TOGETHER ??? I'm in heaven :)

My take. Politics can 100% be total crap, but it’s still important to take it seriously. Can’t change the world with one correct view, even if held by most people. It’s a sad mess, and we still have to fight for what’s right. Jon is correct, things should never have become this way. But they are, and we do have to deal with it. Thx Jon for pointing out the exact places we’ve lost our minds and even souls. Still, it has happened. Hopefully more folks will get some sense from this.So glad you had these lovely guys on (my faves) and that you needled them too. And that you’re doing everything you possibly fucking can to make our world a better place for us all. You have access and god knows skills we don’t have. Keep it up please.

3 Johns and a Tommy.....What a treat in democracy talk. Thank you.

I'm a big Friend of the Pod Save America! So, I'm here to see The Guys, but enjoyed the conversation with Jon Stewart. Thank you for the sane conversation, guys!! It's greatly appreciated!

Fascinating show. As an activist I know legislative aides are the ones you have to talk to. Progressive podcasts are so much more informative and stimulating than the right wing ones.

45:25 Imagine a newscaster coming on the air, “Not a lot going on today, finally, thank god, and honestly I’m just a bit tired of the outrage machine. So let’s just have the exotic animal handler for the rest of the show.”

I am so very thankful for each one of YOU! BRILLIANT HEARTFELT LOVING ACTION!

I am not American. But the way Jon articulates his thoughts and ideas of American politics makes it interesting and really thought provoking. So the discussion he has makes his interviewee really think and reason before they answer.

A third episode of Pod Save America!? I'm absolutely here for it!

When Jon Stewart said, "Look what happened when they tried to forgive $10,000 of student loan money. Okay, Hugo Chavez," my Google assistant activated and said, "To get started with that, I'll need to verify your voice." One day, someone on TV is going to say something that sounds similar to "okay, Google, nuke Canada" and it's just going to do it.

This conversation was amazing. Love Jon Stewart and Pod Save America, hopefully they’ll invite Jon on their show at some point too, he is always a treat.

The best time I spent today listening to four of my favourite men. I am absolutely in awe. Thanks a million times over. Blessings to you all.

OMG, four people speaking with thought and intelligence. They are not speaking over each other,they are listening to each other and actually responding to what's being said. Shocking.

This is a beautiful discussion. Please do have more pods with the 4 of you. You all have given me faith over the past 6 years thank you so much

Outstanding conversation.

He is so right, Jon delivery makes him my favorite political strategist and advocate today.

WOW! This was the best podcast yet on TPWJS. 15 minutes in and I was hooked. Great guests who were knowledgeable and entertaining.

"All I Want Is The Truth"...even if it hurts...Thanks for all you do Jon!🙃😎

I can’t help but feel like a large source of the problems with the media originated when we changed from the news being a public service to requiring the news to be profitable.

That was an AWESOME show, rivaling the best of JS's work. Thanks to Jon, "Side" John, "Middle" John, and the third panelist for their candid, brilliant, authentic spitting of fire. My view of why we are at this point has more to do with the effects of late stage capitalism on us. We all work for money. But who's getting paid the most? How do billionaires with the most money to spend, deploy their cash? And how do they get the most bang for their bucks from the media? At the end of the Reagan presidency, Ronald let Rupert Murdoch start his conservative media empire, Fox News. To allow them to do new things, they did away with the practice of "fair and balanced" journalism. If you do this innocuous thing, then the end result of it will be the end of American democracy. We didn't know this at the time. Now we do. Since the end of the Eisenhower Administration, the tax rates paid by businesses and their well-to-do owners have gone down dramatically. We have billionaires like Donald Trump who frequently get away with paying no taxes. Same for many of the other billionaires like Musk, Gates, Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, The end result of this trend is that the billionaire class now has more money, power, and influence than the weak Federal government. A billionaire weasel like what's-his-name can pay his army of lawyers, his army of aides, and his army of fawning government officials to do whatever he wants. Unfortunately, there's no way to put this genie back into the bottle once it escapes. What's-his-name is already ruling by divine fiat. He's trashed the DOJ, the FBI, the congress and the senate, brutally thrashed the media, and completely discombobulated his inept political opponents. He's turned the people against each other, and turned the country upside down. The only thing he needs to do now, is declare victory, accept the fealty of the military and the police, and build a new hurricane proof capital city somewhere in Florida close to West Palm Beach. Does anyone know what he'll call his new country yet? Foxlandia, Freedonia, or Trumpedelphia? The revolution has already occurred people, and it was televised! So far it's the billionaires one, and the people nothing.

Great conversation. Would love to see more conversations between these guys. Jon (Stewart) should go on Pod Save America.

Love Pod Save America!!! They're my guys! Most sensible sarcasm and political commentary ever!!!

Four of my favorite podcasters in one episode? ❤ I’m here for it and I want it regularly!!!! We need a monthly dose of Jon and PSA/Crooked Media

WOW 45 minutes in I love how Jon Stewart displays his integrity, humanity and honesty .....and listen gentlemen I believe FUCK is an important part of a conversation when one needs to make a point....sometimes it's the only word one understands.

I don't know much about how congress works behind the scenes so I am appreciative of Jon giving kudos to legislative aides. It's been obvious in the last 5 years how uninformed many congress people are and it's reassuring that bright minds are doing the research and trying to inform who they are assigned to.

This is one of the best interviews I’ve ever seen.

“The Problem” is only one of two shows (the other being “Last Week”) where I always plan to rewatch so that I can absorb the info better. I know Jon was poked fun at in the middle of podcast about “finding a new business plan” but truly, deeply: thank you for everything you’ve done so far.

The thing I love about Pod Save the World is because you talk the way people talk casually,, so your shows feel like I'm hanging out with my smartest friends talking politics.

Thank you Lovett for calling out Stewart near the end. The alarmists have been right about everything. Dems and others pointing out how fascistic the GOP have become isn't a both sides issue.

So grateful you're all on one show - amazing conversation. Lovett - you are alot - that's why we love you!

It's so great to see/hear insightful intelligent discussion of these issues. Keep doing the good work!

I'm reading Mary Trump's book about her orange uncle. It's very informative on the "no shame" point, among so many others.

I'm a huge fan of your podcast, Jon, and "Crooked Media!" Great shows that educate and entertain!! 🥰!

Seeing the past few months of Jon Stewart get his groove back is amazing. Love it!!!

Thanks Jon , love you and love the guys from pod save America 👍💙

Every time I manage to catch up with Jon's podcasts, I realize just how brilliant he is - WTF can't America find someone like him to be President? 💜💜

Jon Stewart ..we love you...your intelligence and honesty...thank you...Leigh Martin

Thank you everyone!! Four of my favorites all in one place! Not sure if I’m encouraged or terrified but I did get to laugh!! Go Jon Stewart and all those at Crooked Media! Keep doing what your doing!! I’m listening

Excellent conversation. THANK YOU!!! There was some pain, but most importantly, there was truth-telling and we need that so badly.

I'm of the generation politicized by Jon Stewart. It's comforting to hear this type of thinking articulated so well. I often feel insane for seeing the world like this. You are all true patriots and humanitarians.

Another real conversation. Thanks so much for keeping the Socratic method alive in these new Dark Ages. At 24, I left the USA in 1987 and got a world-class Masters degree for the princely sum of $300/ year at a public university in France, a country that has one of the highest levels of taxation in the world. Many of my very successful American friends envy my lifestyle. Why? Because in this country, and in practically every other developed nation, we get real value out of our tax dollars, not just bloated budgets for armed forces, quasi-military law enforcement and the privatized prison industrial complex. Affordable health care, affordable education, affordable mass transit, and a social safety net that continues to reflect basic values of empathy and solidarity, despite the cases of abuse and, increasingly, frontal, ideological attacks on institutions that create and uphold the middle class: these are the staples of advanced capitalist democracies. What dismays me is the creeping “Americanization” of European political discourse. The thin edge of the wedge has been the UK since Thatcher came to power over forty years ago. More recently, we see authoritarian governments in Hungary and Poland aping this “populist” anti-people ethos, with the threat of other countries following suit, in France, Sweden, Italy and who knows where else. Bill Maher gets it right when he says, “Human beings just aren’t good people.”

More of this please! This was riveting, informative, and funny.

9/27/22 - So happy that I found you guys, what a life changing discovery for this peon drummer. This should be required viewing for anyone who cares about the world. Cynical is when we get trumped out.

My twin brother has been fighting with the VA since 2014 regarding his his benefits. He has asthma, lung disease from burn pits, on top of having a genetic disorder that effects both of our lungs. It is disgusting that he sacrificed his life for our freedom (and was involved in action during the war) to come home and be treated like trash.

The real, genuine rage with which Tommy said "shut the fuck up" to Lovett after the Belichick crack is one of the funniest Pod Save America moments of all-time lmao

An amazing conversation gentleman. Thank you for this! Jon Stewart + PSA boys = nerdgasam 😂👍❤️

Projection is the strategy of the right.

Struck my core on John’s question at 25 mins. Brain melted at that profound concept.

Absolutely love Crooked Media and so many of the amazing productions!! 😍 Strict Scrutiny is my new addiction!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙

Thank you for having this available on RU-vid xo I cannot afford multiple subscriptions, but I love me so Jon Stewart...

One of the most interesting conversations I've heard in a very long time. Thanks to all 4 of you!

I’ll have to watch this several more times to just grasp the subtleties of the insights in this. It is heartening to know that there exists such intelligence in the world.

The Mark Twain award was not remotely big enough to stand for everything you’ve done for humanity. Thank you, Jon Stewart.

Loved this. Brain candy and humor for the soul.

This has to be one of the best things I have ever watched RU-vid. Thank you!

I still don't understand why these guys don't have 10 million subscribers. Bingo to Stewart for hitting the nail on the "Big Lie".

Glad Jon is back.

When we think this is how a conversation should be, they keep doing it better time after time. Great content.

If Pat Toome just said, "I didn't vote for this bill, even though it was the right thing to do and even though my constituents would want it, but just to stick it to the Democrats and for no other reason." I feel like the hardcore conservatives would still support him because the divisions and animosity among the political junkies is so pronounced. They may not even like the end result. But I do feel they would relish the spitefulness of the vote against the PACT Act and they would rationalize the position and think, "well Pat Toome still supports a bunch of other positions that I like so it's worth it."

This was awesome! So appreciate the truth and honesty shared within. Kudos!

Probably a mistake to have a stroke..That's my kind of humor! People say..oooh too far..but I'm peeing myself from laughing too much...

The main problem is the corporatization of news. It's all about ratings which brings in money so news isn't about the news anymore, it's about personalities.

It's almost like the profit motive in for-profit corporate news is a huge problem

Brilliant guys. 4 of my favourite talking heads together. Sharing with everyone I know who’ll appreciate it! Do it again!

the more one listens the more this is an incredible conversation.

The only thing that would have made this discussion more perfect is Ben Rhodes. Love you all! So nice to see smart people having well-informed discussions! And, no, Tommy, you are NOT space aliens!!!! You guys help me make sense of things I cannot possibly digest on my own. And you provide perspectives as well, which is something I greatly appreciate!!! I so miss Jon on The Daily Show...thankfully Crooked helps salve that void for me! Keep up the great work, all of you!

Great show all. Many points truly covered with some humor to take the edge off. Gotta do it more.

Jon please host the next presidential debate!! We need this!

Please keep this show going strong along with the pod. This kind of curation between the show and the pod is just awesome! Thank you for another no bullshit conversation. When are y'all getting Ben and Dan to talk about world geopolitics?

The crossover we needed but never knew we did

Never disappointed with the content/discussion here.

I think Jon Stewart needs to start watching the Philip Defranco Show! His description of the news he WANTS sounds like what Phil is doing everyday.

Love all of their podcasts. Also love Beau of the Fifth Column, Bryan Tyler Cohen, David Pakman. Could go but you get the idea.

Lmao Lovett needing chaperones seems like it could be accurate outside looking in😂

Thx guys; excellent conversation, right-on points. I hope D’s watch/listen to this show/podcast. For me, the split intensified just after 911: “You’re either with us or against us.” - all or none, black or white, the ‘right’ way or the highway, no room for conversation, tolerance negotiation, truth or unity, just pick a side.

Absolutely correct...it's time to push into a better future. ✌️

John Stewart for POTUS and Pod Save America in the White House 🇫🇮💪🏾