After a week of think pieces and market gyrations, I sat down with @jburnmurdoch.ft.com for a data-driven conversation about how AI is impacting the world so far.
It's today's episode of the GD POLITICS podcast!
Is It Time To Freak Out About AI?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FsM...
On the latest GD POLITICS episode...
➡️ Epstein fallout
➡️ DHS shutdown fight
➡️ Gallup's farewell to prez approval
➡️ Election updates
w/ friends of the pod Mary Radcliffe & @lennybronner.com!
The Comedy Cellar residency continues! March 4 I'll be there with Nate Silver and @galendruke.bsky.social doing a live 2028 GOP draft. Get your tickets! www.gdpolitics.com/p/a-live-202...
11.02.2026 16:57 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
After a rowdy live 2028 Dem primary draft last month, @claremalone.bsky.social, Nate Silver & I are returning to the Comedy Cellar on March 4 to tackle the GOP side of the ledger!
Grab a ticket and join us for our first-ever 2028 GOP primary draft.
(Plus, it’s the day after the TX primaries!)
The Texas Senate primaries are MESSY
I talked to @patricksvitek.bsky.social about it:
www.gdpolitics.com/p/the-texas-...
The midterms are 9 months away and the primaries begin in just 4 weeks!
Jacob Rubashkin and Leah Askarinam joined me on the GD POLITICS podcast to discuss the early math heading into the 2026 elections:
Probably to craft policy once politicians have done their campaigning in poetry and are ready to govern in prose. I don’t see “abundance” as a lane in the 2028 Democratic primary.
Curious for your thoughts. Also, here’s a link to the live show. It was a good one!
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I view their project as something more akin to ALEC (Republican-aligned group that writes model legislation for state legislatures), than a campaign strategy.
Not that they have similar world views, but that their role in the Democratic Party is…
We frequently get listener questions on the GD POLITICS podcast about “abundance.” After our live show this week a listener approached me to ask about specific zoning laws (beyond “make it easier to build housing” type stuff).
It’s not something I’m very deep into, but what I told him is that…
Catch the full show here: www.gdpolitics.com/p/video-a-20...
29.01.2026 17:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week Nate Silver, @claremalone.bsky.social and I hosted a live 2028 Democratic primary draft at the Comedy Cellar in New York City.
Two moments stuck out to me. Both were when we asked the audience whether they wanted to see Kamala Harris run for president in 2028.
Is Alex Pretti's killing a turning point?
On the latest episode of GD POLITICS I discussed that question with Mary Radcliffe and @baseballot.bsky.social
My answer: yes
Gabe Fleisher and I tried to assess Trump's first year back in office according to his own standards of success and failure.
We also looked at how Americans have reacted to him and where his new assertions of presidential power have been allowed to stand vs. batted down.
Check it out!
I asked Sen. Lisa Murkowski what I thought was something of a throw away question last summer:
"Is the president right that America would be better served if Greenland were part of the United States?"
She was clear: "No."
Join Gabe Fleischer and me at 3pm ET to chat about year one of Trump 2.0!
20.01.2026 15:19 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Americans are facing a torrent of political news 🤪
@lennybronner.com and I answered your questions on ICE, Iran, the Senate and more on today's episode of GD POLITICS.
www.gdpolitics.com/p/we-answer-...
It’s been a really slow news cycle, so I assume no one has any questions, but jic, drop them bellow. Recording a mailbag episode tomorrow! 📨
13.01.2026 18:22 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0
Former lieutenant governor of Georgia Geoff Duncan served as a Republican, but recently switched parties and is now running for governor as a Democrat.
I asked him about another Georgian who has recently had a change of heart: Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Can a former Republican win Georgia for Democrats?
I talked for former lieutenant governor of Georgia Geoff Duncan about his bid to win the governor's race as a Democrat.
www.gdpolitics.com/p/video-can-...
On today's episode of GD POLITICS, I spoke with Peter Viggo Jakobsen, a leading Danish national security expert, about Trump's threats against Greenland.
I asked him if the U.S. or Russia is a bigger threat...
Yessir, at gdpolitics.com
06.01.2026 16:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Welcome to 2026! By year's end, presidential primary contenders are likely to have begun announcing.
What are we going to do about it?
@claremalone.bsky.social, Nate Silver and I are hosting a live 2028 Democratic primary draft at the Comedy Cellar in New York City on Jan. 27!
Americans didn't support U.S. intervention in Venezuela, but now that it's happened, what will the political consequences be?
Mary Radcliffe, @baseballot.bsky.social and I discuss on today's episode of GD POLITICS.
www.gdpolitics.com/p/how-will-a...
2026
In: anxious homo
Out:
Getting ready to bury our 2025 time capsule...
30.12.2025 18:05 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Friends of the pod @baseballot.bsky.social and Mary Radcliffe helped me come up with the 10 numbers that defined 2025 in politics. Can you guess what they represent?
-43
-225
-106
-62
-170 billion
-271,000
-12
-1
-12
-70
On today's GD POLITICS pod...
"Roman Empire" elections w/ @rubashkin.bsky.social & Leah Askarinam. In other words, the elections we just can't stop thinking about, i.e. the reboot of Star Trek indirectly leading to Barack Obama’s election or a coin flip making Glenn Youngkin’s career!
It's time to open the mailbag on the GD pod! 📬
As we approach the end of the year, I want to hear your questions. Did 2025 develop the way you thought it would? What remains unanswered and what are the big unknowns for the new year?
Drop your questions here!
Is Venezuela the next Iraq?
I talked to Michael O'Hanlon about some of the similarities and differences as the Trump administration quickly ramps up pressure on Venezuela.
www.gdpolitics.com/p/video-is-v...
