Political strategist and Lincoln Project co-founder Reed Galen comes on the show to explain why both the Democrats and Republicans are bleeding supporters; nearly half of Americans now consider themselves independent. We discuss how the Democrats don’t keep their promises to working people, because the donor class—not the base—is calling the shots.

Also discussed: Reed explains how the Lincoln Project tormented Trump during Covid, Francesca as a militant child atheist, why the American right harnessed the Tea Party while the left crushed Occupy Wall Street, what’s more American than Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”?, how the affordability crisis is radicalizing college-educated young people and rural conservatives alike, “Stalin was a quippy guy,” why establishment consultants are trying to rein in insurgent candidates like Maine's Troy Jackson, and how Reed’s nonpartisan work through Civic Forum aims to give everyday Americans a political home that neither party offers.

Find more of Reed’s writings on his substack The Home Front

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