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|other_names =A no-bullshit conversation about politics.
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|presenter = [[Jon Favreau (speechwriter)|Jon Favreau]], [[Daniel Pfeiffer|Dan Pfeiffer]], [[Jon Lovett]], [[Tommy Vietor]]
|first_aired = January 2017
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|related_shows=[[Pod Save the People]], [[Lovett or Leave It]], With Friends Like These, [[Pod Save the World]], Crooked Conversations, Majority 54, Keep It|title=Pod Save America|Motto=|preceded_by=[[Keepin' it 1600]]|network=[[Crooked Media]]|genre=Political commentary, interview|length=41-82 minutes}}
'''Pod Save America''' is an American [[progressivism|progressive]] [[political podcast]] produced and distributed by [[Crooked Media|Crooked Media.]] The podcast debuted in January 2017 and airs twice weekly,
It is the flagship podcast of [[Crooked Media]], the progressive media company founded by Favreau, Vietor and Lovett.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/09/the-keepin-it-1600-guys-launch-crooked-media-to-counter-trump|title=The ‘Keepin’ It 1600’ Guys Launch Crooked Media to Counter Trump|last=Wilstein|first=Matt|date=2017-01-09|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> The show averages more than 1.5 million listeners an episode, and had been downloaded more than 120 million times by November 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/magazine/the-voices-in-blue-americas-head.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur|title=The Voices in Blue America’s Head|last=Zengerle|first=Jason|access-date=2017-11-22|language=en}}</ref>
==History==
The podcast
In an interview with [[Recode]]'s [[Kara Swisher]], the hosts have stated that, rather than continue the previous podcast, the election of [[Donald Trump]] as [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] spurred them to create a new, progressive media company with a network of podcasts. Their goal is to inform, entertain, and inspire action or activism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Live @ SXSW: Crooked Media and Kara Swisher|url=https://getcrookedmedia.com/here-have-a-podcast-78ee56b5a323#.cfe3caaa5|website=Crooked Media|accessdate=March 23, 2017}}</ref>
== Tour ==
Crooked Media took the podcast on its first live tour, ''Pod Tours America,'' in the fall of 2017. Live shows were recorded and released as podcasts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/08/pod-save-america-announces-nationwide-tour/|title=Pod Save America announces nationwide tour|date=2017-08-16|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-US}}</ref> An international tour, ''Pod Tours the World'', was announced for 2018, with live shows in Stockholm, Oslo, Amsterdam and London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/97781-pod-save-america-and-lovett-or-leave-it-are-coming-to-london-in-january-heres-how-to-get-tickets/|title=Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It are coming to London in January, here's how to get tickets|date=2017-12-01|work=The List|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Content==
The podcast typically covers recent news items relating to politics, including the Trump administration, the US government and the Democratic Party, as well as leftwing grassroots activism.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/19/the-week-in-radio-pod-save-america-the-long-view-podcast|title=The week in radio: Pod Save America; The Long View|last=Sawyer|first=Miranda|date=2017-03-19|work=The Observer|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
The show typically features interviews with politicians, activists and journalists. Notably, the podcast conducted Obama's last interview as president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/26/pod-save-america-the-podcast-that-won-obamas-last-interview|title=Pod Save America – the podcast that won Obama’s last interview|last=Verdier|first=Hannah|date=2017-01-26|work=The Guardian|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Other guests have included [[Hillary Clinton]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hillary-clinton-trump-clear-present-threat-pod-save-america-podcast-interview-a7943726.html|title=Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump 'is a clear and present danger to America'|date=2017-09-12|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-GB}}</ref> and senators [[Elizabeth Warren]], [[Cory Booker]], [[Kamala Harris]] and [[Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician)|Chris Murphy]]. Guests are often referred to as 'friends of the pod'.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/a3jadk/podcasts-are-becoming-the-lefts-right-wing-talk-radio|title=Podcasts are becoming the left’s right-wing talk radio|work=VICE News|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en}}</ref>
== Reception ==
The show averages more than 1.5 million listeners an episode, and had been downloaded more than 120 million times by November 2017.<ref name=":0" />
The [[The New York Times|New York Times]] described the podcast as "one of the big breakout hits of the nascent resistance movement",<ref name=":1" /> and "the left’s answer to conservative talk radio... with a shoestring budget and no organizational backing, its hosts seem to have created something that liberals have spent almost two decades, and hundreds of millions of dollars, futilely searching for".<ref name=":0" />
The [[San Francisco Chronicle]] called it "one of the nation’s most popular podcasts".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Pod-Save-America-about-to-take-its-next-step-12418780.php|title=‘Pod Save America’ about to take its next step|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> [[GQ]] called it one of the "most popular strategies for coping with the looming death of the republic".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gq.com/story/pod-save-america-colbert|title=The 'Pod Save America' Guys Gave Donald Trump His Best, Weirdest Nickname Yet|last=Willis|first=Jay|date=2017-04-06|work=GQ|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en}}</ref>
[[Newsweek]] wrote that the show's hosts "do something far more rare [than political analysis], which is to make politics entertaining and even fun, without ever downplaying what they see as the threat posed to American democracy by the man elected to defend it."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/crooked-media-fights-trump-pod-save-america-jon-favreau-jon-lovett-tommy-570695|title=How the Crooked Media trio is taking on Donald Trump with "Pod Save America"|date=2017-03-26|work=Newsweek|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en}}</ref>
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==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/PodSaveAmerica Twitter page]
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