Political Junkie
Claire Potter, Ryan James Girdusky, Luke Johnson, Eladio Bobadilla, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young, Murph K., Julia SonnevendNews you can use about politics, culture, and media
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 739 | Subscribers | Read | clairepotter.substack.com |
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Latest Issues
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It's, It's...A Ballroom Blitz!
##### Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old tutor and computer engineer from Torrance, California, in restraints after allegedly attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 24, 2...
Kalamity Kash
We begin with FBI Director Kash Patel’s response to a reporter on April 21, 2026, asking if the allegations that he has been AWOL from his role at the Bureau, and repeatedly intoxicated, are true.
Weather Kid
Claire talks to Zayd Ayers Dohrn about his forthcoming book on the Weather Underground, "Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, & Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground"
The Twilight of Populism?
Thank you to everyone who tuned into the live video! This slightly edited version of show begins with Peter Magyar’s Tisza party, which won a resounding victory in Sunday’s national elections in Hungary, and will become Prime Minister with ...
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Authors
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Historian | Author of "Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy" (Basic Books, 2020) | The New York Times, The New Republic, Yale Review, DAME
Ryan Girdusky is an author, podcast host, political consultant, and journalist.
Assistant Professor of History at the @universityofky. @WeberStateU BIS. @DukeU PhD. Navy veteran. Real Salt Lake supporter.
Historian. Author of FIT NATION: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession and CLASSROOM WARS: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern American Political Culture.
writer, podcaster, dog lover.
College professor. Roman Catholic.
JULIA SONNEVEND is as professor of sociology and co-director of the Center for the American Experience at The New School. She is the author of Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics, named one of The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024.
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