🎙️ What a show tells
Pod Save America
- LEFTour grouping of the show
- 53claims in our motif index
- 59motifs they came up in
⚠️ Stories told, not claims that they're true.
What the show's hosts, guests, callers and the clips they play said, as claims in our words, filed by the shape of the story. "Came up on" the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which.
✍️ Its signature
the motifs it tells far more than the other shows we follow do
🧩 Dummymander 🧩 Immigration policy backlash 🧩 Five O'Clock Follies 🧩 Solution in search of a problem 🧩 Polls are manipulated 🧩 Foot in mouth 🧩 Lapdog 🧩 They're going to steal it
👯 Tells the most alike
the shows whose stories overlap most with its own, whatever their lean
- 🎙️ Forum (KQED) 45% alike · center
- 🎙️ NPR Politics Podcast 39% alike · center
- 🎙️ Breaking Points 36% alike · center
- 🎙️ The MeidasTouch Podcast 34% alike · left
- 🎙️ 1A (WAMU/NPR) 33% alike · center
🧩 Its repertoire
every motif its claims came up in, the most first
🧩 They're going to steal it ×4 🧩 Oil market instability ×3 🧩 Polls are manipulated ×3 🧩 Immigration policy backlash ×2 🧩 Political realignment ×2 🧩 Political retaliation ×2 🧩 Intimidation ×2 🧩 Foot in mouth ×2 🧩 Five O'Clock Follies ×2 🧩 Voter suppression ×2 🧩 Smear campaign ×2 🧩 Lapdog ×2 🧩 Dummymander ×2 🧩 Solution in search of a problem ×2 🧩 Class conflict ×1 🧩 Funding conspiracy ×1 🧩 Owned politician ×1 🧩 Political coercion ×1 🧩 Disinformation campaign ×1 🧩 Asleep at the switch ×1 🧩 Rigged election ×1 🧩 Executive overreach ×1 🧩 Kleptocracy ×1 🧩 Political party surge ×1 🧩 Graft ×1 🧩 Palace intrigue ×1 🧩 Data center panic ×1 🧩 Clumsy faux-pas ×1 🧩 Polls are inaccurate ×1 🧩 Staffing shortage ×1 🧩 It's the economy, stupid ×1 🧩 Unpopular war ×1 🧩 Leopards Eating People's Faces Party ×1 🧩 Electability ×1 🧩 Lawfare ×1 🧩 The wounded healer ×1 🧩 Flailing desperately ×1 🧩 Throw the bums out ×1 🧩 Narcissus ×1 🧩 Enthusiasm gap ×1
🎙️ Lately on the show
its latest claims, in our words, with their motifs
- 2026-10-27 “Trump is bragging about oil corporations making record profits while the American people suffer at the pump.”
🧩 Class conflict - 2026-10-27 “Maureen Comey was wrongly terminated in violation of her due process rights.”
🧩 Political retaliation - 2026-10-27 “The DOJ is attempting to manufacture evidence by charging non-citizens who claim they did not register to vote.”
🧩 Voter fraud 🧩 Solution in search of a problem - 2026-10-27 “Donald Trump blames Democrats for affordability issues that he also calls a hoax.”
🧩 Gaslit - 2026-10-27 “Trump's pursuit of leverage benefits the American people.”
🧩 America First - 2026-10-27 “Donald Trump has turned the White House into something that looks like a Cheesecake Factory decorated by Saddam Hussein.”
🧩 Elitist 🧩 Food fight - 2026-10-25 “Donald Trump is peddling false claims about election fraud to undermine Democratic officials.”
🧩 Disinformation campaign 🧩 Rigged election - 2026-10-25 “The Trump administration is attempting to intervene in state-administered elections through various legal and administrative schemes.”
🧩 Executive overreach 🧩 They're going to steal it - 2026-10-25 “Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department and the federal government against his political enemies.”
🧩 Political retaliation 🧩 Lawfare - 2026-10-25 “DHS field operations use flawed data to target legal voters and intimidate them.”
🧩 Intimidation 🧩 Voter suppression - 2026-10-25 “Donald Trump and his administration are attempting to subvert midterm elections through thuggish intimidation of election officials and voters.”
🧩 Intimidation 🧩 They're going to steal it - 2026-10-25 “Efforts to flag non-citizen voters are designed to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election system.”
🧩 Voter suppression 🧩 Solution in search of a problem - 2026-10-25 “Eric Holder says the 'imposter' Dan Sullivan is on the ballot legitimately by the Alaska courts' ruling, so his presence is no basis for refusing to certify the result.”
🧩 They're going to steal it - 2026-10-25 “Trump tries to exploit the time between ballot casting and results to fuel conspiracy theories.”
🧩 They're going to steal it 🧩 Red mirage - 2026-10-23 “Mike Rogers accused Abdul El-Sayed of being bought by the Muslim Brotherhood.”
🧩 Funding conspiracy 🧩 Brotherhood candidate - 2026-10-23 “Corey Lewandowski is accused of profiting from his role as a senior advisor and romantic partner at DHS.”
🧩 Graft - 2026-10-23 “J.D. Vance's attempt to greet Cincinnati Bengals players was awkward and unsuccessful.”
🧩 Clumsy faux-pas - 2026-10-23 “Wedgwood Polls fabricated its data as a social experiment to expose polling industry weaknesses.”
🧩 Polls are manipulated - 2026-10-23 “Fabricated Wedgwood Polls damaged Mallory McMorrow's U.S. Senate campaign.”
🧩 Polls are manipulated - 2026-10-23 “A fake poll damaged Mallory McMorrow's campaign and forced her to leave the race.”
🧩 Polls are manipulated - 2026-10-23 “High Black voter turnout could allow Democrats to win in Mississippi and South Carolina.”
🧩 Enthusiasm gap - 2026-10-23 “Trump intends to strike Iran just before the midterms.”
🧩 War for votes - 2026-10-23 “President Trump has a very low approval rating heading into the midterms.”
🧩 Midterm curse - 2026-10-23 “The Vivek Ramaswamy campaign released a disgusting ad using Amy Acton's estranged mother to attack her credibility.”
🧩 Smear campaign - 2026-10-23 “The ad featuring Amy Acton's mother is disturbing and disgusting.”
🧩 Smear campaign - 2026-10-23 “J.D. Vance tells Republicans to stop whining about a controversial advertisement.”
🧩 The ends justify the means - 2026-10-16 “The Trump family and administration engage in widespread corruption and enrich themselves through deals.”
🧩 Kleptocracy 🧩 The family business - 2026-10-16 “Susie Wiles might soon be out of her job.”
🧩 Palace intrigue - 2026-10-16 “Republicans are starting to abandon once competitive races.”
🧩 Cutting bait - 2026-10-11 “Hispanic voters are shifting away from the Republican party due to economic pressures and targeting by ICE.”
🧩 Immigration policy backlash 🧩 Leopards Eating People's Faces Party