Pod Save America - “Free Steve Bannon!”

Steve Bannon surrenders to the feds while Donald Trump admits yet again an attempted coup, former Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee joins to discuss inflation and the economy, and the DC gossip machine trains its focus on the relationship between Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and what it all means for 2024.

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Duration: 1h 0m
Broadcast on: 16 Nov 2021
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The Supreme Court has had a busy summer loosening gun restrictions in states, overturning Roe vs Wade, and severely threatening our Miranda rights. I'm Leah Litman, and each week on Strix scrutiny, I'm joined by my co-hosts and fellow law professors Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw to break down the latest headlines and the biggest legal questions facing our country. It's more important than ever to understand the repercussions of these Supreme Court decisions and what we can do to fight back in the upcoming midterm elections. Listen to new episodes of Strix scrutiny every Monday wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Pod Save America, I'm John Favre. I'm John Lovett. I'm Tommy Vitor. On today's pod, Steve Bannon surrenders to the feds, while Donald Trump admits yet again, an attempted coup did not surrender. Okay, Tommy. Okay, believe it alone. Also, former Obama economic adviser Austin Goolsbee talks to us about inflation in the economy and cryptocurrency. You guys got a deep note. Yeah, because of Tommy. Yeah, we took a little bong hit detour. It was fun. That's great. And the DC gossip machine has trained its focus on the relationship between Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and what it all means for 2024. But first, check out the latest episode of offline, which you can find right here in the Pod Save America feed. This week, I interviewed international soccer star Megan Rapino about social media, mental health, and the pressures that athletes live with in today's extremely online world. We also talk about whether she should run for office. It's a fun conversation. She should. She should. That's what I told her. Check it out. She should. And Lovett, tell us about your fantastic show at the New York comedy festival. We did such a great show in New York. It was so much fun. We had Brigitte Everett, Wyatt Sinack, Ronan Farrow, cow pen, busy phillips, the Lucas brothers. It was awesome. What a lineup. It was a really great show stage. It was really fun. All right, let's get to it. I want to start with some tough news about Tommy's favorite podcast host via a statement from the FBI. It's not about Dan. From the FBI on Monday, November 15th, Stephen K. Bannon self surrendered to the FBI and was arrested and processed on two counts of contempt of Congress. Bannon was indicted by a grand jury for refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas for testimony and documents related to his conversations with Donald Trump about the attempted coup and insurrection that followed the 2020 election. Trump has directed all his former aides to defy these subpoenas and ex White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows may get charged as well. As for Trump himself, he's busy doing what he does best, admitting everything he's been accused of. In an interview with ABC's Jonathan Carl for his upcoming book, Betrayal, which reveals new details about how the White House pressure advice President Mike Pence to steal the election, Trump basically copped to everything. There was a report, excuse my language, not mind, it was in the report, that you talked to him that morning and you said you could be a patriot or you can be a ****. Did you really say that or is that here's that incorrect? I wouldn't dispute it. Really? I wouldn't dispute it. Were you worried about him or not that siege? Were you worried about him? No, I thought he was well protected and I had heard that he was in good shape. No, I think- So you heard those chants. That was terrible. He was, you know, the- He could have. Well, the people were very angry. We're saying hang my hands. Because it's common sense. How can you, if you know a voter's fraudulent, right? How can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress? What a cool boss. Yeah, really. They do the interview in a dining hall. What's going on back there? I was interviewing him. I'm just glad Carl went for it. You know, he didn't, he didn't bleep it in, he didn't bleep it in himself. He waited for others to bleep it, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Imagine apologizing to Donald Trump for using the P word. I know. Come on. Come on. Who are you performing for? I've called both my sons that twice today, he said. Let's start with Bannon. Tommy, how are you holding up? What's the vibe on the War Room podcast? It was a tough weekend, a lot of denial, a lot of anger, a lot of bargaining, kind of working through it. The vibe on the Bannon podcast was defiance. Bannon didn't host today for obvious reasons, but guest host Peter Navarro's,

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