Pod Save America
Pod Save America

Fascist Mile High Club

February 17, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: Live audience podcast with news roundup, satirical game show segment, and mock debate.
  • The Key Players:
    • Hosts: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor – former Obama aides with sharp, banter-filled chemistry roasting Trump-era chaos.
    • No traditional guest; live Sydney crowd participates in games.
  • The Vibe: Fun, irreverent political comedy – snarky, high-energy laughs amid dark Trump scandals.

🗝️ Key Themes & Topics

Live from Sydney, the hosts skewer Trump admin absurdities, election threats, and Dem future.

  • Topic 1: Voter Suppression via SAVE Act – Trump pushes extreme ID laws requiring passports/birth certificates to register, risking disenfranchising millions (e.g., name-changing women, low-income voters). Hosts argue it's a fake non-citizen voting "epidemic" that hurts GOP too; Dems should frame as elite power grab.
  • Topic 2: Kristi Noem's DHS Dysfunction – Sec. Noem's affair with Corey Lewandowski exposed via WSJ; taxpayer-funded "deportation plane" sex cabin, badge obsession despite gun arrest history, firing pilots over lost blankie. She's in over her head, botching PR for mass deportations.
  • Topic 3: "Arnar, What a Shitshow" Game – Hilarious US-Aus scandal trivia (Carter's killer rabbit, Bush vomiting on Japan PM, Aussie PM drowning, dog threat

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (03:21) **Weekly Political News Recap**
  • 2 (04:47) **Trump's Voter ID Push and SAVE Act**
  • 3 (13:37) **Kristi Noem Scandal and DHS Chaos**
  • 4 (25:33) **"Arnar, What a Shitshow" Scandal Quiz Game**
  • 5 (46:07) **Make America Healthy Again Critique**
  • 6 (56:48) **Obama's Alien Comments and Dem Advice**
  • 7 (63:26) **Democratic Party Future and Primaries**

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Show Notes

Live from Sydney, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan discuss the lurid details of The Wall Street Journal exposé on Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski's eye-opening behavior at (and high above) the Department of Homeland Security. Then, they look at the latest with Republicans' efforts to steal the midterms, including Noem's promise to make sure "we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders," RFK Jr.'s new war on donuts, and Barack Obama's advice for Democrats on resolving their differences. Then, they stage their own debate about which Democratic presidential hopeful would be the strongest candidate, drawing names from the 2028 Sorting Hat.
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