Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

Robin Marty, author of New Handbook For A Post-Roe America , tells us about what she’s seeing on the front lines of women's reproductive care. Dana Ballout talks to us about The Last Resort , a podcast on California’s secessionist movement.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Wallace of the New York Times talks to us about the latest scientific insights into COVID and climate change. Forever Wars author Spencer Ackerman looks back at two years of Biden foreign policy and tells us what sets Biden’s team apart from past administrations.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Countdown’s Keith Olbermann talks to us about what he saw with the final 1/6 Commitee hearing. Survival of the Richest author Douglas Rushkoff tries to make sense of the implosion of FTX and Elon Musk’s erratic behavior. The Daily Beast’s Matt Fuller tells us about the insane struggle for power happening in the Republican leadership.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NPR’s Roben Farzad talks to us about the latest economic news and the hidden economic indicators he’s seeing. Nick Bilton, author of Hatching Twitter, gives us insight into the chaos at Twitter. And crypto researcher Molly White tells us what she’s seeing with the government’s newfound interest in crypto oversight.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo talks to us about the Biden administration’s actions to strengthen the economy. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal tells us how the Progressive Caucus and President Biden have productively collaborated. And Ian Dunt, host of Oh God What Now , talks us about the United Kingdom’s current government turmoil.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Representative Ruben Gallego tells us all about how Senator Sinema has failed Arizona. Representative Gallego throws the maximum amount of shade allowed by congressional regulations. And Representative Maxwell Frost talks to us about his unlikely road to being the first Gen Z congressman. TPM’s Hunter Walker has pored over 2,000 of Mark Meadows’s texts and he offers some new revelations about just...

The Nation’s Elie Mystal talks to us about the Supreme Court’s ruling on Moore v. Harper and how horrific it could be for our democracy. Comedic duo The Good Liars speak with us about all the wacky things they encounter at MAGA rallies. And Nilay Patel, the editor of The Verge , talks us through Elon Musk & Bari Weiss’s pathetic attempts to make a controversy out of The Twitter Files.  See omn...

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) stops by to talk to us about his new bill that attempts to prevent the gas companies from gouging consumers. Bloomberg Opinion’s Tim O’Brien fills us in on the likely consequences of the Trump Organization being convicted of tax fraud. And The Nation’s Jeet Heer talks to us about Herschel Walker’s defeat in the Georgia Senate run-off.  See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Doug Balloon, who runs the hilarious Twitter parody account New York Times Pitchbot, stops by to tell us how much fun he is having harpooning the terrible hot takes of major political journalists. Nancy Northup, President of The Center For Reproductive Rights, talks to us about how the outcome of the midterms was determined by reproductive rights issues. And The Washington Post’s Phillip Bump talk...

The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson drops by to talk to us about Trump wanting to throw out the Constitution. Heated’s Emily Atkin tells us about corruption in the climate change advocacy world. Dennis Baron, author of You Can’t Always Say What You Want , talks to us about what Elon Musk actually means when he says he’s a “free speech absolutist.”  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, stops by to talk about the real motives behind the GOP attacks on our public schools and teachers. Congressman Ritchie Torres tells us about his hopes for the new Democratic Party leadership in the House. And the Daily Beast’s congressional reporter Sam Brodey gives us the inside story of the power struggles in our lame-duck Congr...

The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell talks to us about the tangled web Republicans find themselves in after Trump dined with unabashed anti-semites. Inside Elections Jacob Rubashkin tells us about the Senate runoff election in Georgia. The Washington Post’s Yvonne Wingett Sanchez tells us all about the fuckery going on with counting ballots in Arizona.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville stops by to preview the lame-duck session of Congress. Ross Morales-Rocketto, co-founder of Run For Something, tells us about the results of the down-ballot midterm races and the interesting things he saw in campaigns for local offices. Dr. Marc Loustau, an expert on Eastern European religion and politics, tells us about what we can learn from Hungary...

Michael Fanone, a January 6th insurrection survivor and the author of Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul , tells us his thoughts on the aftermath of January 6th. Douglas Rushkoff, author of Survival of the Richest and also our favorite tech explainer, gives us an incredibly insightful analysis of Elon Musk’s Twitter chaos and FTX’s demise. See omnystudio.com/li...

Congressman Ro Khanna stops by to talk what the Democrats can do in the lame-duck session of congress. The Bulwark’s Tim Miller talks to us about the Colorado Springs shooting and his recent encounter with Steve Bannon. The Guardian’s Hugo Lowell runs us through Trump’s innumerable legal woes.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congressman Mondaire Jones stops by to tell us about how to fix the mess of the NY Democratic Party. Then, we talk to ABC News political director Rick Klein about the unexpected outcome of the midterms. Squawk Box’s Dan Nathan shares some thoughts on inflation and how it’s affecting our politics today, and also has a few observations on the bleak state of Twitter. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

The Mary Trump Show’s Mary Trump joins us to talk our new reality since Donald Trump announced his run for the presidency in 2024. Then, Moms Demand Action’s Shannon Watts stops by to tell us about the effect gun activists had on the midterms. If that weren’t enough, Politico Playbook’s Rachel Bade tells us about the aftermath of the midterms and its effect on the leadership of the two parties.  S...

George Conway stops by to react to Trump’s 2024 presidential announcement.  Ambassador Gordon Sondland stops by to talk to us about him time under Trump and his new book The Envoy. Then we’re joined by Nick Turner President of the Vera Institute, who will talk to us about crime and the effect it had on the midterms.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O'Donnell, joins us to talk about how midterm elections should be covered. Then, Tom Bonier CEO of Target Smart, tells us about how he was able to accurately predict the midterms. Finally, we’re joined by Hard Fork podcast host Casey Newton to talk Elon Musk’s Twitter and FTK’s bankruptcy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inside Elections analyst Jacob Rubashkin, joins us to talk about what he sees coming out of the midterms. Washington Post Associate Editor Ruth Marcus gives us a thorough analysis on how Dobbs turned out votes in the midterms. Lawfare Senior Editor Roger Parloff, talks to us about the unexpected things he’s seeing in The Oathkeepers federal case.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

NBC News Jon Allen joins us to talk about election results on the morning after a very bad night for Donald Trump. Then, we’re joined by The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper whos going to discuss his new special, America Unfollows Democracy and the things he saw attending MAGA rallies. Then we’ll talk to Douglas Rushkoff, the author of Survival of the Richest about what’s going on with Elon Musk’s Twit...

Legendary activist, Jane Fonda stops by to talk about the candidates she’s supporting, as well as the midterms. Then, Princeton Election Consortium’s Sam Wang talks to us about what he’s seeing in the polls. Former Harry Reid staffer and Author of Kill Switch, Adam Jentelson, tells us what the Dems should be doing with their majority in the lame duck. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, stops by to talk to us about Democrats going on Fox News and midterm voters' values. Then, The Nation Magzine’s Jeet Heer, talks us through America’s descent into a land of conspiracies. Lastly, we’re lucky enough to be joined by Justice Democrats Waleed Shahid, who will tell us what he sees as we head into the midterms. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Angelo Carusone of Media Matters joins us to talk how Elon Musk’s new version of Twitter is similar to Fox News. In light of a dark week in our politics, Jonathan V Last, editor of The Bulwark joins us to bring some cheer to our political hellscape. Then we’re joined by Wisconsinsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, to talk about the importance of Wisconsin in this coming election.  See omnystudio.com/l...

The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson, host of the new podcast The Enemies List , drops by to talk about how MAGA world will continue to incite violence towards Dems and Elon Musk’s degradation of Twitter. Then Rep. Ruben Gallego talks with us about what to watch leading up to the midterms. Then we have an important interview with Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. the Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation, as w...