We all know elections are won in the middle so why aren't politicians giving the people what they want? Bestselling author, professor and entrepreneur Scott Galloway and political strategist and The Five co-host Jessica Tarlov are here to give those of us who reside somewhere between the center left and the center right their takes on the latest politics all through a centrist lens. New Episodes every Tuesday. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
49 episodes transcribedCongressman Greg Landsman joins Jessica to unpack the House’s massive budget bill—aka Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”—and the real-world consequences bur...
Scott and Jessica sit down with Rahm Emanuel—former Chicago mayor, Obama Chief of Staff, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan—for an unfiltered conversation a...
Scott and Jessica are joined by political scientist Larry Sabato, founder and director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. They...
Scott and Jessica break down President Biden’s aggressive cancer diagnosis, which comes just as a new book claims his team may have hidden signs of se...
Jessica sits down with former Republican Congressman Charlie Dent—a lifelong conservative who broke with his party to back Biden in 2020 and Kamala Ha...
Congressman Ro Khanna joins Jess to talk about reclaiming “Drain the Swamp” from the far right, why he thinks Democrats need to refocus on economic le...
The economy’s on edge, Trump’s tariffs are targeting Hollywood, and there’s chaos in the West Wing as Mike Waltz is out—and Marco Rubio is somehow doi...
Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto joins Jessica to talk about leading the charge against political extremism as the new Honorary Chair of the ModS...
Scott and Jessica break down the first 100 days of Trump’s second term — from mass deportations and trade wars to the arrest of judges and shaky Ukrai...
Jessica is joined by Florida Congressman Jared Moskowitz for a candid, fiery, and unexpectedly funny conversation about the state of American politics...
Scott and Jessica unpack the Supreme Court’s decision to block Trump’s use of a centuries-old immigration law, the unraveling of Ukraine peace talks,...
Live from the 92nd Street Y, Scott and Jessica sit down with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries for a candid, wide-ranging conversation. They cov...
Scott and Jessica break down the chaos surrounding Trump’s economic and immigration agendas. First, they dive into Trump’s trade war U-turn: after rat...
Scott and Jess sit down with Mark Cuban to break down the aftermath of Trump’s tariffs, take stock of the Democratic Party, and hear how he plans to s...
Scott and Jessica break down Trump’s sweeping new trade war that’s tanking the markets, Elon Musk’s rumored White House exit after a rocky tenure as T...
Jessica Tarlov sits down with Senator Brian Schatz to discuss how Democrats are pushing back against Trump’s dismantling of USAID and leading the figh...
Jessica is joined by former Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway to break down the latest chaos inside the administration. They dive into the fallout from S...
Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego joins Jessica to break down the leaked war planning Signal chat—calling for Secretary Hegseth’s resignation. He also dis...
Jessica and Scott dive into the chaos at the Social Security Administration after its chief threatened to shut it down—only to backtrack when a federa...
Scott and Jessica break down Chuck Schumer’s controversial vote on the spending bill, Trump’s defiance of a court order on deportations, and the escal...
