I wish you guys would occasionally challenge your guests when they knowingly lie. Last time Mehdi Hassan was on he claimed more Israeli hostages were killed in rescue attempts than rescued, this time he claimed Netanyahu is a premiere murderer of journalists. I know there’s no way you guys are unaware of the extensive number of “journalists” quietly removed from CPJ’s list of journalists killed in Gaza after Israel provided clear evidence of them being terrorists, but god forbid you challenge the the Left’s new heterodoxy. I believe it was Lovett who’s said ‘show me where you are going so that I may lead you’. It appears you are now following that dictum. I know you know better.

Great conversations with lots of information on global politics with a little humor

Tommy’s repeated use of “dick” and “dildo” jokes is boring and not funny. That Ben participates in this is disappointing.

I like this podcast. I don’t understand why you would joke and imply it is ok to vandalize neighborhoods on days your favorite sports team wins. The irony is that a few days later France PSG fans vandalized Paris. Shameful. The topics you discuss in this podcast are really important. You are debasing your own podcast and contradicting the values you purport to defend with this type of “joke”.

I would like to point out that your current episode includes an ad for a film made by Hillsdale, which is a very Right wing leaning institution and not in line with the values you espouse on your podcast. Very odd choice.

Please help me understand when anything the Pope said has had the slightest impact on world events. I know they always dominate a news cycle here and there, but I can’t think of a single policy where he has been relevant. Even a lot of Catholics pay no mind to the Pope (cf. Ross Douthat, Patrick Deneen, Adrian Vermeule). The current encyclical outlines issues with AI that should be clear to any third grader. What am I not getting about this?

It’s about the beach front real estate.

Exhibit A - TDS is a deadly disease.

where is the ad free version

During the 2024 election campaign, President Biden made a surprise visit to a restaurant where I was having lunch. The secret Service checked every person there, but they did not check our bags or our coat. Also I’m blind and I carry a white cane which could’ve concealed anything considering the president sat right next to me. I found the lack of thoroughness to be surprising as well as concerning, I had no intention of harming the president, but if I had they made it very easy for someone to do so.

Great podcast. Very informative and sane unlike many other political shows

No more Alyona Thanks to Ben for speaking truth from the heart

So Ben Rhodes is a friend of Hasan Piker, eh? K, I’m out. I get can better geopolitics insights from noncredibledefense.

Ben and Tommy have a real gift of being able to translate complicated global events into something human and understandable and to connect the dots for listeners who feel the horror of what’s happening in the world but don’t necessarily have the expertise to articulate it themselves. Ben’s unfiltered response to the human cost of this asinine war of choice in Iran in the latest episode (“Trump Begs Allies to Clean Up Iran Mess”) brought me to tears. This moment deserves that kind of rage and as ever I appreciate his ability to lend an intelligent voice to what so many of us are feeling but struggle to put into words. Keep fighting the good fight. You are a loud voice on the right side of history.

It is important to hear well informed experts passionately analyzing the the war. It’s something we are not hearing in mainstream news. Thank goodness we still have excellent independent news- we need to share, share, share.

Great hosts that really know what they’re talking about. Helps me gain a better understanding of international affairs. Ben and Tommy are the best, and this show has the best intro music around!

I don’t necessarily agree with every opinion, but the news stories are presented so I know what is happening in the world from a US perspective. The humor is an added bonus when it feels like everything is just imploding.

I look forward to this podcast every week for a realistic, knowledgeable, slightly cynical and comic view of the tragedy in our country. Laughter is the best medicine and Tommy and Ben bring both humor and humility to our sad state of affairs.

This is a great podcast, and I listened to every episode. It is interesting and entertaining, while still being informative, helping to analyze and explain events around the world.

Today’s coverage of the Iran Mess was excellent in today’s episode. Very comprehensive and insightful. When Ben’s passion slips through, it anchors me to what really matters. Thanks.

These guys deliver the news the way we need to hear it. Cry and laugh - in that order.

35 year olds are Millennials. Im older than him too, but hes one of us.

This podcast used to feel genuinely progressive and ahead of the conversation. Over time it seems to have drifted into a space that feels oddly out of touch. The discussions feel dated and disconnected from what people are actually experiencing and talking about today, or at least what I want to hear.

So many

I’ve listened to PSA content for years. I’m unfollowing everything today. PSA is not journalism and takes money from the very corporations they criticize on selective podcasts (Meta Ai, most recently). They’ve sold out entirely while also NOT doing real journalism.

Always look forward to listening every week but super disappointed to hear the lack of criticism of the US men’s hockey team. was reminded again that these two are men with their blind spots. It should not matter that these are 23 year olds — they are exceptionally accomplished athletes representing their country and all they are being asked to do is not laugh at a misogynistic joke. Really is the bare minimum. Especially for men who flaunt their daughters and status as fathers to repair their images. Making excuses for grown men, especially those with influence, is a huge part of the problem - and the failure of other men to hold each other accountable or even criticize one another respectfully is why we still have jokes like these being made in public without shame and without repercussion. Really disappointed. Please do better.

I used to think this show had a great perspective, but it’s becoming increasingly out of touch. Ben especially spends way too much time reminiscing about his brief time doing foreign policy in the Obama administration. Everything he says is filtered through the lens of what international politics was like nearly twenty years ago. Tommy isn’t much better. Also, despite being called “Pod Save the World” the bulk of the show is focused on the U.S. and much of it just ends up becoming a rehash of the latest “Pod Save America” episode.

I do really love this show. But I am let down and disappointed by this company’s fervent defense of the men’s US hockey team. Men always defend each other and it’s never their fault. It is this defense “how could they have EVER stood up to HIM” that leads to the misogyny of the United States. The men of the US hockey team should have done better and so should the men of this podcast.

I love the show but, guys, please stop referring to yourselves, or to Crooked Media, as “journalism.” It is wonderful content but journalism it is not. It is commentary, or maybe just “media” … or “entertainment.” Journalism isn’t “progressive“ nor is it “conservative.” Playing tape of Trump talking while you laugh at him — funny as it is — doesn’t pass any journalism ethics test. Journalism’s strength comes from being unaffiliated with political agendas — and yes, I know the history of journalism in this country, but we’ve come a long way since political parties had their own newspapers. And that’s a good thing.

Mapbox - a smaller tech company - powers the palantir maps that ice is using to track and locate migrants. Tell Mapbox to stop abetting and profiting from ICE maps. If you use apps that are powered by Mapbox - STOP. You can find attribution at the bottom of each map.

Latest episode with hysterical uncontrolled laughing is non serious about a world on the edge. Edit it out in the future. It's disturbing

Wildly inappropriate laughing at Emmanuel Macron’s eye condition. It seemed obvious that something was wrong with his vision. Strange that they kept this in after the edit? This and their consistent sports analysis is making me check out for a while. Guys, you are becoming just another version of the prevalent Bro Culture. Please bring the seriousness that our times requires.

Trump is a criminal who is ruining the country. I enjoy watching him sink. Can’t wait until the day he is gone for good. I want my rights back. Good job showing us how much he sucks. I have no respect for this monkey.

Love this show, important work to have out there 🫶

Hitler did this very thing.

I love the show! The hosts insight informed by their experience and curiosity about the issues makes for a podcast that is engaging and you always learn something. That being said, I’m curious to learn why during the most recent podcast on Valenzuela they never mentioned the idea that Trump used military action to take attention away from Epstein Files.

Seriously, hard to find quality indept. Journalism like this, and worth the subscription fee. I’ve become more able to understand and even have IRL conversations that before I’d tune out. Keep it up!

I appreciate both of you for your updates and knowledge on the current situation and the historical perspective.

Thoughtful, knowledgeable and thorough approach to current world events, which is desperately needed in these crazy times.

I feel like I finally have an informed grasp on world events and despite how grim things are in the world, the guys still find a way to make the pod humorous without it being cringe. Thank you for getting into stories that are nowhere else to be found and providing context that makes sense to average people. Love you guys!

I seriously love these guys, but come on, a Meta ad? We are actively talking out against these corporations and their data centers specifically, these guys are too, and you let Meta run an ad in the show!

Thanks Tommy and Ben, I appreciate you distilling the world news and helping me stay up to speed.

I recommend this pod to all my friends and family who want to know what’s going on in the world in a format other than a 2 min clip on network TV or a sensational, often incomplete coverage on cable news. Ben and Tommy are exceptional! Worldos have a space here!

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Always educational and interesting. Keeps me engaged in what’s important.

Thank you so much for giving me another chance to listen to the Alex Wagner podcast. At first, I wasn’t sure who she was then I saw her on Colbert, and realize that I would like to listen to this podcast! Alison Schuback

I really appreciate Tommy and Ben for breaking things down in a calm and digestible way. They really help me understand what’s happening around the world and how events relate to one another. I appreciate their knowledgeable takes and the historical background they provide. Super smart. Love these guys!!

Without representation in any talks, means none think Palestinians are important. A so called War where one side can’t even think about retaliation over their starving people, is not a war. It’s elimination of a people, with torture, starvation, and killing the next generations by killing babies. That is not, again, a war- it is genocide. In many ways it reminds me of the killing fields of Cambodia or the genocide in Rwanda. Not because of the ideology behind the killings- it’s just because of the amount of killing of innocent people. This won’t stop until Palestinians are part of the peace process; outsiders are very clear what are actionable principles and process; and humanizing a group of people that should never be defined by the need to “obliterate” them because they want to live peacefully in the lands they have lived in for generations.

Tom Ricks was 100% right about Ben Rhodes.

Ben (and Tommy) do a wonderful job but I ask Ben — and MANY members of the media — to stop prefacing every development as “terrifying.” Are current events terrifying? Of course. But when we describe or hear EVERYTHING as “terrifying,” (without much emotional accompanying affect), it has the OPPOSITE effect — it dilutes the meaning of the word to the point of meaningless. Mix up the descriptors, but, more important, just get right to the facts of WHY something might be terrifying, horrifying, etc, etc. That would be more effective, not to mention, we don’t need to be told that what the (not “our”) government is doing is outrageous or unprecedented or inappropriate, etc. That’s so obvious that the understatement and repetition is just annoying, but, worse, only ADDS to today’s ever-present anxiety.