Surviving Trump. Saving America
Navigating the chaos of today’s politics can be overwhelming —this show helps make sense of it all. In about 30 minutes each week, host Bella Goode breaks down the players, policies, and threats facing democracy — in plain language and straight talk. Your crash course in today’s politics
Surviving Trump. Saving America
Latest Episodes
How the Ellisons Acquired CBS: The Deal that Gave Trump Control of the Message and the Ellisons a Media Empire
On March 13, 2026, Pete Hegseth stood at a Pentagon press briefing and blurted out a secret. He said he couldn't wait for David Ellison to take over CNN. In one unscripted moment, the Secretary of Defense revealed what this administration has b...
The Threat to the First Amendment -- What Government Control of the Press Does to Journalism and Democracy
Episode SummaryBefore dawn on January 14, 2026, FBI agents arrived at the Alexandria, Virginia home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. They seized two laptops, her phone, an audio recorder, and an external hard drive con...
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Controlling the Press: Attacks on Media and How Project 2025 Is Dismantling America’s Communications
Mary Walsh spent decades at CBS News. She started her career under Walter Cronkite. She survived ownership changes, ratings wars, the collapse of the network news business model, the rise of cable, the rise of streaming.Then in early 202...
WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING How the Administration Dismantled the Inspectors General — the Watchdogs Built to Hold Government Accountable
On January 24, 2025, the Trump administration fired seventeen federal inspectors general by email. Two sentences. No cause given. No thirty days' notice to Congress, as the law requires. This episode documents how the administration has systema...
Firing the Experts: How Schedule F and Project 2025 Are Replacing Government Career Staff with Political Loyalists
Ryan Schwank spent years training ICE officers. He taught them the use of force. He taught them constitutional law. He taught them the difference between a lawful order and an unlawful one.In January 2026, he filed an anonymous whistlebl...
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