These hosts are informative, funny, and smart. These people are liberal, but that doesn't make it propaganda.
6 Reviews
Don't listen to the other reviews
kylepfef14 October 2018
These election specials are important and good tv.
Sarlizgd14 October 2018
Yes, it's a little bit like literally watching my favorite podcast on tv, but these are just specials leading up to the very important midterm election. And the guys are amazing (as always) at pinpointing the issues and talking about the strategies Democrats need to win.
They chose cities with important races and are challenging all of us to stop complaint and get active in the political process. It's the only way we are going to keep progressive values alive.
They chose cities with important races and are challenging all of us to stop complaint and get active in the political process. It's the only way we are going to keep progressive values alive.
More Campaign Rally Than TV Show
gummibear73714 October 2018
I listen to the Pod Save America and have been listening to these guys since Keepin in 1600. This plays much worse than that because the audience gives huge applause after every sentence even if there's nothing all that interesting said.
The format is all wrong. They should be doing is without an audience.
The format is all wrong. They should be doing is without an audience.
Doesn't really fit the format because the visuals highlight elements less obvious when just heard
bob the moo9 March 2019
I've been listening to Pod Save America since it started; the Trump administration is playing out like a soapy drama in many ways, so I have become rather addicted to American news/discussions, so have several podcasts and news broadcasts of both sides to help feed that addiction. PSA in no way is news, and if the people involved didn't already alert you, then certainly even a casual listen will tell you that this is not a balanced discussion weighing up both sides, but rather a podcast coming very much out of the 'resistance'. I don't mind this in the slightest because I know this is what it is, but I still enjoy hearing the banter in and around the talking points - mostly because I agree with them on what they say.
I'm less of a fan of the live shows that I've heard, and the reasons for that also mean that I felt this TV show isn't really working for me. It is not that suddenly the format or content has changed, it is just more that the nature of the HBO show lays a lot bare and harder to ignore. Some of it is petty, but some less so. The petty element is that there are lots of superficial things that just bugged me. The near constant use of cards surprised me in terms of just how often the team were reading information off them, unable to look up for longer than a few seconds. Okay the banter was not off the cards, but too many moments were and it made me feel like they were less genuine and more 'prepared'. I understand how much of television "news" is being read off scripts but the cards just felt worse. Related to that, I didn't really know what anyone looked like before the show, and it did put me off how very 'oh of course' they looked. Like I said, very petty, but everyone is the liberal stereotype, or perfect smiling gym-body, and again it added to the feeling of superficiality.
The reason this feeling mattered to me is because the HBO show is clearly 'important' to its makers; it is their chance to get their message out more than before and influence more voters. This is a positive thing, but it does mean that there is more and more a feeling of a message being pushed, rather than a message being presented or discussed. Some interviews/segments are worse than others but mostly this is the case. Part of that is me though, since I often fast-forward the interviews which are about promoting candidates rather than discussing issues, the sense of this all being a party political broadcast did make me have less interest.
This short run is over now, and hopefully the work of Crooked Media did contribute to the flipping of congress seats, but these episodes were a bit brazen and basic in what it does. The podcast may be the same, but it feels more like a discussion and more natural - which none of the show ever got close to feeling.
I'm less of a fan of the live shows that I've heard, and the reasons for that also mean that I felt this TV show isn't really working for me. It is not that suddenly the format or content has changed, it is just more that the nature of the HBO show lays a lot bare and harder to ignore. Some of it is petty, but some less so. The petty element is that there are lots of superficial things that just bugged me. The near constant use of cards surprised me in terms of just how often the team were reading information off them, unable to look up for longer than a few seconds. Okay the banter was not off the cards, but too many moments were and it made me feel like they were less genuine and more 'prepared'. I understand how much of television "news" is being read off scripts but the cards just felt worse. Related to that, I didn't really know what anyone looked like before the show, and it did put me off how very 'oh of course' they looked. Like I said, very petty, but everyone is the liberal stereotype, or perfect smiling gym-body, and again it added to the feeling of superficiality.
The reason this feeling mattered to me is because the HBO show is clearly 'important' to its makers; it is their chance to get their message out more than before and influence more voters. This is a positive thing, but it does mean that there is more and more a feeling of a message being pushed, rather than a message being presented or discussed. Some interviews/segments are worse than others but mostly this is the case. Part of that is me though, since I often fast-forward the interviews which are about promoting candidates rather than discussing issues, the sense of this all being a party political broadcast did make me have less interest.
This short run is over now, and hopefully the work of Crooked Media did contribute to the flipping of congress seats, but these episodes were a bit brazen and basic in what it does. The podcast may be the same, but it feels more like a discussion and more natural - which none of the show ever got close to feeling.
Biased and liars.
wolfpackbuilders25 February 2021
It's one thing to be biased towards your political leanings, it's another to straight up lie and make up facts to fit the echo chamber you created for yourself. This is a perfect example of how extreme left wing, along with right wing, podcasts are toxic and need to be deplatformed.
Should be held accountable for spreading disgusting negative lies just because they don't agree with one political side.
At least Ben Shapiro will use actual facts in his content that you can verify. I challenge anyone to listen to one of these guys bits and fact check their content for yourself.
Kind of sad to be honest
Should be held accountable for spreading disgusting negative lies just because they don't agree with one political side.
At least Ben Shapiro will use actual facts in his content that you can verify. I challenge anyone to listen to one of these guys bits and fact check their content for yourself.
Kind of sad to be honest
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