Archive - Political Junkie

Jeff Bezos Calls Donald Trump's Bluff

A White House that relies on stupid ideas, lies and empty flattery makes losers out of all of us

Apr 30, 2025 • Claire Potter

I Am Ignoring Amy Coney Barrett

And you should too --because she will be confirmed, Trump is trolling us with this nomination, and we have an election to win

Sep 28, 2020 • Claire Potter

What Is A (MAGA) Woman?

After the news summary, Neil and Claire dish Republican femininity--and how the world of conservative women has evolved under Donald Trump's regime

Oct 17, 2025 • Claire Potter and Neil J. Young

1:10:56

Episode 5: Verdi, Dante, and Dahlia Lithwick

A conversation with Slate's Supreme Court reporter about her new book, "Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America"

Nov 28, 2022 • Claire Potter and Dahlia Lithwick

49:54

Is There Literally Something Rotten in Mar-A-Lago?

The rumor that #TrumpStinks proves that there's nothing that happens in presidential campaign season that accidental, or that doesn't make sense--if you…

Dec 26, 2023 • Claire Potter

You Can't Slut-Shame Lauren Boebert

Being a slutty Gun Chick is her brand

Sep 19, 2023 • Claire Potter

It's Never the Gun, Is It?

Analyzing the right's Second Amendment shell game after the tragic Covenant school shooting

Mar 29, 2023 • Claire Potter

Now, You Can Call Her Lauren`Ho-bert

I think it would be cool to have a former sex worker in Congress. But not one who lies and grifts.

Jun 17, 2022 • Claire Potter

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty…

May 31, 2024 • Claire Potter

Yes, Virginia, There Is A Resistance

Claire and Neil talk about lawsuits, grassroots, whistleblowers, and which Cabinet member is nicknamed "Ass Rocket"

Feb 7, 2025 • Claire Potter and Neil J. Young

Are We All Deportable?

Claire and Neil bring you up to speed on this week's tragic campus shooting, Harvard's political defiance, DOGE's data theft, and today's focus: the…

Apr 18, 2025 • Claire Potter and Neil J. Young

Punch a Sexual Harasser in the Face

The allegations that anthropologist John Comaroff is a serial sexual harasser, and that two universities have covered it up, should push you to a zero…

Feb 9, 2022 • Claire Potter

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