Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker

Says Who?

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In 2016, two friends—and author and a journalist--sat down to ride through the final weeks of the Presidential election by talking to the journalists covering it. They thought they were doing eight episodes. They were wrong. What started as a short trip has become a long and strange journey. They’ve gotten weird. They’ve made friends along the way. Mostly, the weird part, though. Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson, and legendary publisher of Punk Planet Magazine Dan Sinker as they digest the news each week. Says Who: it’s not a podcast—it’s a coping strategy.

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Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker

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News

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Latest episode

Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

WHAT A MARKER 30.04.2025

Dan and Maureen think you need a break. They want to talk to you about some good television and games. Give your mind a rest. Renew yourself. Also, Trump and Elon are taking a break, so there’s the tie in! Also, Maureen wants to take Dan to the Friends Experience and explain to him what “we were on a break!” is about! He has no idea! Also, tariffs! Canada! And beans! So much about beans. Sit down,...

DEATHVANCE 23.04.2025

You guys.  You guys.  You guys.  You guys.  He killed the Pope.   Preorder The Creeping Hand Murder here: https://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/maureen-johnson-jay-cooper-you-are-the-detective-the-creeping-hand-murder-preorder-signed?_pos=2&_sid=266ae0085&_ss=r Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

SOUP BUCKET 16.04.2025

This week, Dan and Maureen are joined by Akilah Hughes to talk about…something.  Akilah and Dan definitely want to talk about something, but they’re being so cagey about it. VOTE REBEL SPIRIT here : https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/limited-series-specials/diversity-equity-inclusion-belonging And preorder The Creeping Hand Murder here: https://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/prod...

MEAT ON THAT RAT 09.04.2025

It's Tariff Time over in SaysWhovia! Let's all celebrate the return of American manufacturing, which is absolutely going to happen. Also, please help Dan. He is not okay. Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

STRETCH THAT LENTIL 02.04.2025

We don’t know what the Day of Liberation holds for the economy, but obviously it’s going to be great.  Right now, Cory Booker is still talking, health services are shutting down, and it’s maybe too much to take in in one bite. Small bites, SaysWhovia. Share the load. Work in shifts. Take a walk. Come to Maureen’s for dinner. She can stretch a lentil. Grab a spoon, SaysWhovia. It’s time to eat! Say...

RATSIGNAL 26.03.2025

Check your phone, SaysWhovia. You're in the groupchat.   Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

MEET THE BAILEYS 19.03.2025

SaysWhovia, you have no idea how deep this one goes. Hang on. Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

THE SHERIFF OF SAYSWHOVIA 12.03.2025

Whoooo, there is a lot going on. It’s not great! Maureen got distracted and put her phone in the wash. She is maybe not okay. Also, she has fallen in love with a puppet. Dan swings in with the news, which isn’t all bad. There are a lot of Teslas on fire! But also, there is a lot of bad. But don’t worry. Something truly magical happens near the end that Dan really, really loves. Let your horse get...

DARK POSITVITY 05.03.2025

This week, Teslas are burning, no one is sleeping right, everything is falling apart, and Dan is…weirdly optimistic? Well, he’s invented something new, anyway.  Also, Maureen loves Guy’s Grocery Games. Hop in, SaysWhovia! It’s only sort of on fire! Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

BOLOGNA ON A TESLA 26.02.2025

It’s a new week in these new times, and you know what that means: MORE BULLSHIT!  But in the middle of the chaos, there is a light! People are striking back! It’s time for some delicious sabotage. Everyone is welcome to participate! Or perhaps you, dear SaysWhovian, would like to run DOGE? Opportunities abound. Yes, it is bad, but people are doing the work. Take heart. Play bingo. Break their stuf...

RATBUSTERS! 19.02.2025

Somehow, SaysWhovia, we are still in the first month of this thing. Everything happens so much all the time now.  But hark!  Does Dan here clown goings-on in New York City? He does. Which means that it’s time to talk to Maureen about her home, the Greatest City In The World, the one with the clown crime mayor, the magic rocks, the rats, the endless construction, and the newest invention—the trash...

DAN'S VERY BAD LIST 12.02.2025

Have you ever made a list, SaysWhovia? Stuff you need from the store. Ingredients for dinner. Things you need to do. Things to pack. Ways to undo all American institutions by basically letting a bunch of fascist raccoons into the attic? Well, Dan has made a list of all the things that happened this week. No. He made a list of SOME of them, because no one has the whole list. And he has decided to r...

DATING AT THE END OF AMERICA 05.02.2025

OK, so yeah, things could be better.  Elon's little fash dipshits are running around, and it sure does seem like America is coming to an end, but Maureen has a new boyfriend!   Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

THE TWO PHIL COLLINSES 29.01.2025

Apparently it’s been a week?   Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

THE DAYS AFTER 23.01.2025

Sayswhovians! Yes, Trump was inaugurated again this week. Yes, Elon Musk threw up a nazi salute. Yes, everything has gone to full shitshow very quickly. And yes, Maureen is sick. But, she's hopped up on just enough of the good drugs to record an impromptu episode with Dan this afternoon after they had to cancel their regularly schedule one due to illness. So, hello, it is a new era. It sucks. We a...

FRANNNIK 15.01.2025

There’s a lot going on, SaysWhovia. While Dan and Maureen will get into some of it (with appropriate content markers around one subject so you can listen safety!)—they spend a lot of time in the land of dissociation, where the main subjects are radio jingles, cigarettes, and weird birds. On this ground, we will build our city. We got this, SaysWhovia. We’ll stick together. Don’t get frannick. Says...

13 DAYS IN JANUARY 08.01.2025

Gather close, SaysWhovia. Dan and Maureen have built a shelter. It’s made of blankets and pillows. Come in and hide with us. Oh, except Dan is back reading the news again. A lot of it is bad! But also, Rudy is in a lot of trouble, so that is nice. We can enjoy that. Also, let’s play “which former Trump flunkies are the most nervous right now?" But also, let’s get serious about the compound. WHO WA...

WELCOME TO 2025! 01.01.2025

*party blower* Welcome to 2025, SaysWhovia! Let’s go into this together, the third Trump era, full of LOVE and TOGETHERNESS and BINGO. Yes. It’s time to play bingo. And make space. Get your cards ready. Let’s do this one together. Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

2024 IN REVIEW 18.12.2024

2024 is coming to an end. What a year! It started with… Um… Maureen remembers something about a scorpion. Dan was in his car. Trump got shot when it was hot out? Something, something, something. And now we’re here? Why can’t we remember? Let’s take a look back at the year our brains made us forget! Don’t look back, SaysWhovia. The Doom Buggy doesn’t go in reverse. Says Who is made possible by you,...

THE SINKERSNATCH 11.12.2024

There’s a chill in the air, SaysWhovia! We’ve entered the holiday season! Everyone is out on the streets, bustling about in their coats and hats, carrying their bags—their holiday shopping! Their groceries for holiday meals! Their manifestos! Yes. Dan and Maureen are going to talk about our strange National Catharsis, the surreal week in which an assassin named Luigi left clues all over NYC and th...

FOOT PRISON 04.12.2024

It’s the week after Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday season. Maureen is still in Philadelphia and she is…That’s the whole sentence. She is. Dan is concerned. But Maureen has a plan. She’s found a great organization to join and she’d like to tell everyone about it. Dan is unconvinced. Dan wants to talk about the news, which is also not a good idea. But it’s time, perhaps, to wade into thes...

FRIDGESCAPE NATION 27.11.2024

Pull up a chair, SaysWhovia! The Thanksgiving feast is about to begin! It’s all going well. Well, maybe Dan has too many jobs. And maybe Maureen is a bit fried. And maybe things aren’t as great as they could be. But we have each other. We have Stanley tumblers. And we have the Great American Fridgescape. Gobble, gobble. Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patre...

SOMETHING ELSE, ALSO TERRIBLE 20.11.2024

Welcome SaysWhovia. Sit down with us on the porch here. Grab a cushion or a blanket. Settle in. We’re going to PROCESS. Let’s do it together! Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

WHELP 13.11.2024

Ummmmmm.  Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

MAUREEN AND DAN'S WILD RIDE 06.11.2024

SaysWhovians, it's a different kind of Says Who episode for a different kind of day. Join Dan and Maureen for election day at Disneyland. Told in chronological order from the sunny start of the day to an end seemingly spinning into oblivion. Ride rides, go on walks, spend some time with Maureen and Dan. Nothing can stop us now.  Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon...

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