Moynihan is somewhere in Europe. Eli Lake (The Free Press, Breaking History) fills in. And Kmele sustained a harrowing podcast-related injury that postponed a recording (and nearly cost him a finger).

* Meat & Memory

* Colbert Gets the Axe

* Small Packages

* A Yearslong Coup?

* Russiagate Replay

* Accountability and Missed Opportunities

* The Never-Ending Epstein Drama

* An (Inevitably) Dysfunctional Government (if you can keep it)

Recorded: 7.24.2025

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