Best Post And Courier Podcasts (2025)

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Reflecting on the Consequential Moments from the 2024 Cycle (& Our Last Goodbye) 31:00

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8M ago31:00

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In the final episode of Vibes Only, Brian and Glennis look back at some of the most consequential moments of the 2024 election cycle. In a truly unprecedented year, so much happened in a short time - so it's easy to forget the many many things that would've been unusual in any other election year. They also respond to the many many messages of supp…

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Breaking Down Trump's Disastrous Cabinet Picks 44:17

8M ago44:17

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After an important announcement about the future of Vibes Only from COURIER, Brian and Glennis give you the TL;DR on some of Trump's most high profile cabinet selections (so far). Then they discuss the massive divide in the American media ecosystem in it's giving and pull up their group chats. Please send us a note at our text link, or an email (bo…

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A Post-Election Check-In 24:22

9M ago24:22

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Tuesday was obviously not the good vibe so many of us were hoping for. We're here now just to talk a little bit about it... Not to get to ahead of ourselves and examine what went wrong - just to check in and talk briefly about what's next. Send us a text! Subscribe to Vibes Only wherever you get your podcasts! If you enjoy the show, spread the word…

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Donald Trump is Closing DARK 40:08

9M ago40:08

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Donald Trump is closing with the message that he knows best. His campaign crescendoed this week with a dark, racist, hate-filled rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris continues to barnstorm battleground states, and on Tuesday night, she drew a sharp contrast by giving an inspiring speech in Washington DC - at the…

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We All Fam (w/ Ilana Glazer) 39:50

9M ago39:50

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This week we are pleased to be joined by the amazing actor, comedian, and activist, Ilana Glazer. As a co-founder of Generator Collective (alongside our very own co-host, Glennis Meagher), Ilana talks about making politics fun and accessible through entertaining videos, civic engagement opportunities, and even dance parties. We talk about Generator…

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Fox News, Joe Rogan, Charlamagne tha God... Oh My! 39:12

10M ago39:12

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Whether it's Harris barely up, or so-called movement that suggests Trump gaining ground, the polls have consistently said the same thing... This election is going to be close. Still, the media will follow the horse race closely and look for any signs that point to "trouble" for Harris. That's why we're here to keep you grounded in what matters: tur…

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Is the Media Meeting This Moment? 34:21

10M ago34:21

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Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate, Governor Tim Walz, are on a serious media blitz right now - hitting popular podcasts like Call Her Daddy and Smartless as well as mainstream programs like 60 Minutes and The View. Which of these are giving the campaign the most bang for their buck? And which outlets are giving its audience the most inf…

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JD Vance Only Has Snake Oil to Sell 33:07

10M ago33:07

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We check in on the vibes of the Vice Presidential debate between Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Senator JD Vance. Rachel Maddow may have said it best when she said, "one was smooth, the other won." That's because, while to some, JD Vance came off as smooth - he lied about a number of issues including on immigration, healthcare, climate and energy. He a…

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The Real Vibes in Critical Swing States 34:05

10M ago34:05

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If you're feeling a disconnect between the vibes and the polls, this episode is for you. Brian and Glennis share stories from their door-knocking experience in a Pennsylvania swing district, and give some important updates from the key battleground states that will ultimately decide this election. And yes, that means we get into the whackiest polit…

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Harris Rakes, Trump Cozies Up to Laura Loomer 36:19

10M ago36:19

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This episode of Vibes Only is brought to you by Oath. Visit oath.vote to learn about maximizing the impact of political donations. The vibes this week: Of course - there was another failed assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. Also on Sunday, Trump seemed to have an out-of-nowhere delayed reaction to Taylor Swift's endorsement of …

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Kamala CRUSHED It 28:30

11M ago28:30

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The vibes are high after an epic debate performance from VP Kamala Harris. We break down the highlights, lowlights (Trump's many lies), and the stark contrast between the candidates on stage on Tuesday night. And... America's favorite "childless cat lady" broke her silence and weighed in on the race. Listen in for a live reaction to Taylor Swift's …

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Trump Spiraling, Leaning Into Disgusting Attacks 34:32

11M ago34:32

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Donald Trump has been going way off his advisors' scripts - going all in on personal attacks and promoting content one would expect to find only in the darkest corners of the internet. And on reproductive rights, he's struggling to even find the right script. This week, we discuss Trump's recent unhinged behavior both on and offline as well as how …

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Vance Gaslighting on Trump's Record. We Have the Receipts (w/ Deja Foxx) 39:11

11M ago39:11

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This week, we are pleased to be joined by Deja Foxx. Deja is an activist, political strategist, and founder of GenZ Girl Gang. At age 19, she became the youngest staffer and first Influencer and Surrogate Strategist on U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' 2020 presidential campaign. Last week at the DNC, she became the very first content creator to s…

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Inside the DNC: Joyous and Exuberant Vibes 35:49

11M ago35:49

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This week, Vibes Only is pleased to bring you a special episode from inside the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL. We discuss the policies and the bold vision for the future of America laid out in the speeches from both legacy Democratic Party leaders and the up-and-comers. And because this convention didn't just fall out of a coco…

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Trump Campaign in Free Fall 39:35

12M ago39:35

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While Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have stolen the spotlight in recent weeks, Trump is trying to recapture attention by any means necessary. So he finally re-agreed to the September 10 debate on ABC, and he broke his silence on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) which included a bizarre, rambling conversation between he and billionaire Elon M…

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Harris Leans Into Vibes with Tim Walz 35:55

12M ago35:55

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Vice President Kamala Harris has gone all vibes in selecting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in her 2024 presidential bid. We discuss what went into that decision and everything we know about the straight-shooting, cable tv messaging mastermind veteran-turned-teacher-turned-public official. We also discuss Trump's train wreck appear…

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Democracy Moonshot (w/ Sami Sage) 47:30

12M ago47:30

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The stakes are unprecedented, and according to our guest, Democracy is in Retrograde. Here to help us check the vibes this week is Sami Sage, co-founder of Betches and co-author of the new book, Democracy in Retrograde. We discuss the high vibes surrounding VP and presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, the new (accurate) attack line calling Trump/V…

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Kamala IS Brat 41:26

1y ago41:26

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The vibes have taken quite a turn. We discuss the seismic vibe shift since Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday and Kamala Harris became the presumptive nominee. The K-hive, congressional Dems, party leaders, donors and delegates have all rallied behind Vice President Harris in the hours since Biden's announcement creating a buzz of optimism not…

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Trump & Vance Can't Hide from Project 2025 Ties 30:15

1y ago30:15

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The vibes this week... Days after former President Donald Trump was struck in a mass shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania, he named Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate. Brian and Glennis discuss the political reactions to the Trump rally shooting and the VP pick representing, perhaps, the most radical ticket in U.S. history. To top it all of…

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GOP Fully Embraces MAGA with Extremist Platform 40:07

1y ago40:07

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This week, Brian and Glennis check the vibes of American politics as Joe Biden emphatically insists "I'm not going anywhere," while folks in DC and across the country continue to murmur. Meanwhile, the GOP announced its extremist agenda with a full embrace of MAGA, and Trump is likely on the verge of a VP selection. They take on Project 2025's pres…

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With Fear For Our Democracy, We Dissent 31:01

1y ago31:01

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The vibes this week are... oof. SCOTUS has both granted Trump broad immunity and overturned the Chevron deference. Both decisions make the prospect of another Trump term (who now has a roadmap to dismantle the federal government with Project 2025) that much more dire. We catch up on last week's debate: from Biden's performance and the reactions of …

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Debate Week Vibes 35:55

1y ago35:55

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Joining Vibes Only to preview the first presidential debate of 2024 and to do an audit of the the race for the White House, as it stands today, is Democratic strategist and friend of the pod, Keith Edwards. You'll hear a couple of friendly debates in THIS pod episode, a Trumpy round of It's Giving, some tea from the friends of the Vibes Only group …

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Republicans Play Chess with People as Pawns 38:57

1y ago38:57

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The polls are still (hopefully?) broken. The stakes are more unprecedented than ever. Last week, the Supreme Court unanimously protected the abortion pill, mifepristone (for now), but didn’t close the door to hear new cases involving plaintiffs “with standing.” They also protected bump stocks, a tool that effectively turns a semi-automatic rifle in…

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It's SCOTUS Decision Season. Here's the Need-to-Know 30:10

1y ago30:10

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This week we are pleased to be joined by Lisa Graves. Lisa is a legal expert and researcher who has exposed dark money and corruption. She is also the host of COURIER's podcast, Grave Injustice. In this episode, we take a look at some of the issues at the heart of Supreme Court cases that we'll be getting decisions on this month. Those include case…

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Guilty x 34 31:08

1y ago31:08

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No more deliberations The verdict is in. The fallout from the first former president in American history to be a convicted felon continues. The Trump campaign and conservative media like Fox News are in lockstep, suggesting that "they" are coming after "you," and Donald Trump is just standing in the way... absurd. We also discuss an eyebrow raising…

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Is It Too Early for a Full-Blown Freakout? 32:00

1y ago32:00

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No burying obviously newsworthy stories. NO full-blown freakouts. Just Vibes. And the vibes this week: We learned this weekend that The Washington Post knew about nod to Stop the Steal at Justice Samuel Alito's house in January of 2021 but decided it...wasn't worth mentioning to the public. A number of media outlets, pundits and Dem strategists hav…

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More Than Alito Problem 30:57

1y ago30:57

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The courts are broken. The stakes are unprecedented. And the vibes this week… Brian and Glennis discuss the public display of - not just partisanship, but MAGA allegiance - at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's household. ICYMI, it was JUST reported that an upside down flag, a symbol adopted by the "stop the steal" crowd, was raised at Alito's ho…

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The Hottest Club in NY is… the Manhattan Courthouse 32:20

1y ago32:20

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No pollsters. No media pundits "running around with their hair on fire." Just vibes. And the vibes this week: A new Times/Siena poll dropped this week that, again, showed Trump leading in 5 of 6 key swing states. We talk about the media discourse since it dropped. Michael Cohen testified this week in the case involving Trump paying off Stormy Danie…

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Minority Rule 42:29

1y ago42:29

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This week, Brian and Glennis are joined by Ari Berman to talk about his new book, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It. Ari lays out how our entire system of government, from its founding, was designed to benefit a select few (white, land-owning men). They also talk about how Donald Trump has exp…

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Will Gen Z Save Us (and Themselves)? 42:43

1y ago42:43

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This week, we are pleased to be joined by NextGen America president, Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, for a vibe check on the youth vote. Cristina tells us where we are and how Democrats need to message to hold and strengthen turnout and enthusiasm for Gen Z and Millennial voters. Brian and Glennis also discuss the Time Magazine article that used intervi…

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Everything You Need to Know About Trump's Legal Hot Water (This Week) 42:25

1+ y ago42:25

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Not a judge or a jury. Not fake electors. Nope. The ‘24 election and the fate of democracy hinges on… say it with us… Vibes. The vibes this week: Joe Biden signed a foreign aid bill into which also included a forced sale of TikTok. Donald Trump faced a litany of legal battles including the 2016 Election Interference (hush money) trial which is unde…

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Drowsy Don on Trial 36:15

1+ y ago36:15

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This week on Vibes Only: History is made as Trump becomes the first President in US history to stand criminal trial for falsifying business records to reimburse his former “fixer,” Michael Cohen, for paying porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in October 2016 to stay quiet about an alleged affair with Trump (while BTW, Melania was at home with their n…

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Bracing for an “Extremely Online” Election with Taylor Lorenz 39:32

1+ y ago39:32

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This week, we are pleased to be joined by Taylor Lorenz. Taylor covers technology and social media for the Washington Post. She is the author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet, and she hosts a new podcast, Power User. Before our vibe check with Taylor on the TikTok legislation, how social media shape…

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Republicans are Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud 43:57

1+ y ago43:57

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SPECIAL GUEST to talk through the vibes of the week: Katie Grossbard. Katie is an attorney, founding member of I am a voter and This is About Humanity. She is a digital creator that aims to empower people to be more informed and less overwhelmed. We love that. Brian, Glennis and Katie talk about Trump’s Easter meltdown coupled with right-wing media…

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The Back Door to a National Abortion Ban 41:44

1+ y ago41:44

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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case involving mifepristone or "the abortion pill" as it's come to be known. Brian and Glennis discuss why this case, as they suggest could be the most consequential abortion case since ROE. They then discuss the whirlwind week that saw NBC hire election-denying …

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Trump’s Inner Circle Say He’s Unfit; TikTok’s Fate Looms 37:51

1+ y ago37:51

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This week on Vibes Only Brian and Glennis talk about Donald Trump’s unhinged rally in Ohio where he said migrants were “not people” but rather “animals.” He also said there would be a “bloodbath” (“least of” which for autoworkers) if he didn’t win the election, and in a flip-the-script strategy, said that Joe Biden is a threat to democracy. They al…

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Don’t Call it a Comeback 43:01

1+ y ago43:01

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Joe Biden delivered a powerful State of the Union address last week. Democratic Strategist, Keith Edwards, joins Brian and Glennis to talk about how the speech reset the vibes and set the tone for the general election. They also discuss: Biden’s proposed 2025 budget, Trump’s willingness to cut “entitlements” such as Social Security, Medicaid and Me…

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After Super Tuesday, GOP Officially the Party of Trump (Again) 44:32

1+ y ago44:32

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This week we’re joined by Annie Wu Henry. Annie is a political consultant & digital strategist from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She - like us - is chronically online and has helped craft digital strategies for organizations like the Working Families Parties and AOC. She received high praise for her role in John Fetterman’s Senate campaign - l…

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Republicans Faceplant on IVF, Impeachment Efforts, and Basic Governance 41:30

1+ y ago41:30

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Here to help us check the vibes this week is Emily Amick, aka @emilyinyourphone. Emily is a lawyer and formerly served as counsel to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Now you can find her on Instagram sharing expert legal and political analysis. We talk with her about: The Alabama Supreme Court decision that ruled frozen embryos are "people." T…

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Trump comes out for national abortion ban 36:38

1+ y ago36:38

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The vibes this week: Nikki Haley trolled the media by making everyone think she was dropping out only to announce that she'd stay in the race (even though she'll inevitably get beat in her home state) Donald Trump was ordered to pay $350 million in the New York civil fraud case - with the Judge claiming that Trump and his children were "borderline …

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Dan Pfeiffer on the Republican Counsel’s “Partisan Hit Job” 40:42

1+ y ago40:42

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Dan Pfeiffer, former senior Obama advisor and host of Pod Save America, joins as a special guest to talk through some of the vibes this week! We ask Dan about special counsel Robert Hur’s report that he referred to as a “partisan hit job,” media coverage of Biden’s age, and how to survive the dizzying pollercoaster. Then, we give a brief update on …

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Biden Calls Republicans’ Border Bluff 34:28

1+ y ago34:28

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The VIBES THIS WEEK: A 3-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit unanimously ruled that citizen Donald Trump does not have immunity in the DC elections case saying “we cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter.” Also: Last week we talked about Trump and his …

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Taylor Swift vs. the MAGA Media Machine 32:16

1+ y ago32:16

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Senate Republicans and Democrats are reportedly nearing a bipartisan border deal. Trump called the deal “a disaster” without knowing what’s in it because, as Senate Republicans have admitted, it would weaken his grievance that Biden is ineffective on the border. Also: Nikki Haley is going into attack mode. Is it too little too late? How will her Tr…

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Trump Takes New Hampshire, DeSantis Kisses the Ring 37:15

1+ y ago37:15

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New Hampshire results are in with the expected results taking the headlines. Donald Trump won the GOP primary, while Joe Biden, who wasn’t even on the ballot (we explain why) overwhelmingly won with an organized write-in campaign. Nikki Haley performed better than expected and vows to stay in the race. We break down the results, hot off the presses…

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Iowa Caucus Was Over Before It Began 30:58

1+ y ago30:58

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The Iowa caucus was so noncompetitive that the story the media were selling was not who would win, but who would place second. Trump did indeed dominate, as expected. Networks called the race about 30 minutes into the process - before most votes were cast. We’ll break down the Iowa caucus results, and what the numbers suggest (if anything) about th…

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Trump’s Lawyers: Assassination Is OK, Actually 37:09

1+ y ago37:09

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Vibes Only is a brand new podcast from COURIER that will check the vibes of American politics and break down the need-to-know news of the week. The vibes this week: The three year anniversary of January 6th just passed. We disuss the politics of the insurrection and the state of democracy 3 years on… A Trump lawyer made a stunning assertion that pr…

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Dropping in 2024: VIBES ONLY 1:57

1+ y ago1:57

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INTRODUCING: VIBES ONLY. First episode drops on January 10, 2024! ABOUT: The polls are broken. The stakes are unprecedented. And the future of democracy, like it or not, hinges on one thing – VIBES. Vibes Only is here to check the vibes of American politics and break down the need-to-know news of the week. And while one of the two major parties in …

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The Art of the Restaurant Review 26:56

2y ago26:56

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Parker Milner and Robert Moss discuss some of what they've been working on before diving into restaurant reviews and how the landscape has changed over the years. Moss, The Post and Courier's contributing food critic, recently wrote reviews of Italian hot spot Sorelle as well as El Molino, which serves up tacos, tortas and more. Charleston's Menu i…

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Beyond the Headlines: The Saharan Connection 31:27

2y ago31:27

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Why did The Post and Courier just send two journalists 5,000 miles away to Africa? For a story about where our worst hurricanes are born. West Africa is a hurricane nursery, the place where Hugo in 1989 was born. And dust blowing off the Sahara often determines whether a hurricane lives or dies. This bonus episode of Understand SC is a recording of…

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The story behind Little Miss Ha 55:48

2y ago55:48

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Parker Milner and Robert Moss discuss the sushi scene in Charleston, including Robert's recent review of 167 Sushi Bar. The duo is then joined by Little Miss Ha owner Janice Hudgins and Post and Courier features reporter Alan Hovorka. Hudgins discussed her family's journey and her career in cooking and restaurant ownership, which was largely inspir…