Reporting accuracy and analysis: Excellent! One point I think I should make is allowing the Trump administration’s gaslighting terminology to go unchallenged too often (but I know part of it is trying to fit the show into a time constraint). Point in case: “Trump is trying to do X (administration’s stated goal)”, when he is in fact doing the opposite and just SAYING he’s doing that thing. Good reporting needs to point that out, each and every time. Never should a lie be allowed to go unchallenged, that is the job of good reporting. Aside from being sucked into some of that gaslighting (which NPR doesn’t do anywhere near as often as most other media), terrific podcast!

I cannot understand why these podcasters are normalizing and giggling over the clear non compos mentis that the president of the United States is showing us through his words and deeds. In my view there is nothing light or funny about it.

I enjoy the short, to the point podcasts that cover Trump’s illegal exploits with less bias than CNN or NBC. Go public media!

Just another group of people who will dress things up to appear to be acceptable, regardless of what lies beneath. Are they completely dishonest? No. They’re doing what they do. Do they have any interest in looking beneath the surface? No. That would be uncomfortable, and things that make them uncomfortable are not things they will discuss. They are what they are. If that’s what you want, then I hope you enjoy putting on comfortable masks alongside them.

The usual garbage commie fascist democrats try to pass off as “news.” I used to listen to and watch all the public media, and saw them gradually shift from journalism to this activist democrat propaganda pushing the interests of the democrat crime syndicate . Delusional, disjhonest, dumb- democrats. Defund the fake “public” arm of democrat propoganda.

The “manosphere” episode pretty out of touch. To still characterize these podcasts as primarily spreading misinformation is exactly why Trump won.

Thanks NPR for serious independent and fact based reporting.

The liberal bias get worse daily and so does the anti Israel rhetoric

One of my favorites. I used to listen when it was twice a week. Everyone at NPR is doing great and it’s sad they are trying to defund. They don’t know half of what PBS and NPR do.

Thanks for covering the Epstein drama. We cannot let this circus go to rest

I just listened to the show regarding the Epstein, conspiracy. For me a primary concern is that none of the wealthy men who went to Epstein’s island to rape or exploit these very young girls have faced any consequences, except for Prince Andrew, who had to step back from his role in his royal family, but no one else has faced any consequences other than Epstein himself and Ghislaine Maxwell. I’m thrilled that she is in jail for a long time, but what about the people who victimized the girls? Where is their accountability? That’s why it seems like a big cover-up on behalf of these very wealthy men that Epstein hung about with, Donald Trump included.

Extorting a sovereign nation with an independent judiciary to drop the prosecution of a coup leader/corrupt leader or be tariffed ought to be worth some time on an episode about the regime’s nonsensical, make-it-up-as-you-go tariff whack a mole 🤷🏼‍♀️

The districts courts over engaged in their actual jurisdiction. They are local federal district courts, not national Federal courts, that's the Supreme court so this ruling makes sense. Two, NPR should be defunded. Your reporting is 100% anti conservative. My understanding is the staff is 100% on the left. NPR will actually grow it's revenue when it has to market for itself. Take out California and Thumper won by 10 million votes. Try being more fair w conservatives and grow your audience.

This is one of the podcasts I listen to daily for accurate political news.

my friends, cant we all just be chill?

How can you discuss young people’s political views and dating and not even address abortion and reproductive freedom? This is a super relevant issue for people of reproductive age and the more restrictions on abortion the more women are going to protect themselves from men who wish to control them.

Thank you for everything you all do!

Please do not continue to sane-wash this corrupt and criminal president. While we still have free speech, use it to tell the truth without false equivalencies. Republicans are hypocritical, lawless, and immoral. This president is destroying our country and we’d be foolish to think he won’t sell us down the river. The stakes are too high, so please stop acting like this is normal.

So sorry that you are moving on. You are an awesome reporter and I will miss hearing your accurate, insightful reporting every Week. Good luck!

Having listened to your podcast on Trumps change to the Judicial Department. I would love for you to see the corruption in my home state. I’m uncovering that a lot of judges don’t have oaths of office on record. Thank you for you knowledge and sharing!

NPR has been truly serving the public for years doing good work. They have great integrity and serve the governed not the government. Democracy dies in darkness and NPR Politics has been a light and allows us to see the stars. No press is perfect but they have always strived to serve the moment and the people. Thank you for what you do. Knowledge is power and you are a driver of such a creed. Thank you thank you.

Thank you for the work you’re doing!

I’ve been listening since the beginning and I think NPR Politics podcasts tries there best to get it right without spin. I find the journalists seem to be genuine and passionate in their reporting.

I would love for a podcast to report facts on both sides, not just ones that push their own agenda.

No one appears to think that having fewer babies is less stress for the planet’s resources. We need to get used to cyclic economy instead of an endless expansion. Fires, floods, changing weather patterns are going be more frequent. We need a paradigm that deals with those things

It’s pretty obvious who funds your podcast. Well look at this!! NPR is a taxpyer-funded, far-left wing media outlet. Several "hosts" earn $500,000 a year in total compensation. Weird now the crazy democrats are mad about your podcast. The Democrats are almost officially done :)

Having listened to my first episode on Trump’s first 100 days, the podcast is tight and focused without the vitriol, fear mongering and fire and brimstone hyperbole that typifies left leaning media. This tenor gives this frustrated listener hope that NPR can return to the reasonable left-of-center position this nation came to rely on before 2020.

Love it and updates me when I listen

All the NPR podcasts are really great, and this one is no exception. They aren’t biased and talk about a lot of important topics.

Trump is not hilarious. STOP! just STOP.

Always very well done, well researched and presented, but the giggling is a distraction. The serious mistake was in the roundup on the last Fri in March, woefully wrong. The efforts to limit people voting is intentional voter suppression, beginning with Paul Weyrich, the most influential unelected man in modern history. “I don’t want everybody to vote.”

Conjecture supposition and inane waffle apart from Dominico Montenaro. Should change the name of the show to Gen-Z. Even NPR reportage is becoming more and more Gen-Z with purile presentation and reportage. Shows made by kids for kids. Disappointing nonsense. Where’s the beef?

Hating on Schumer. Praising Schumer. The unpredictable, and unaccountable actions, of a “WING” … wannabe king. - s.jxn - ga

I listened to your episode on Mahmoud Khalil. A comment was made that Khalil, a Syrian national, has family ties to Tiberias that you stated “is now in Israel, but was previously Palestine”. In fact, prior to the establishment of Israel in 1948, this area was under a British mandate. Please fact check. Such errors make me question other data you present.

I used to listen to NPR because I thought they actually served the public by presenting facts and evidence. I’ve since switched to listening to actual news sources like Majority Report. NPR has shown constant sympathy and support to Israel for the past the year and a half genocide on Palestinians and it is atrocious and disgusting. Ignoring the full scope of a genocide and refusing to share pertinent information on the ample evidential war crimes Israel commits daily is fascist behavior from NPR. This makes it impossible to 1. Distinguish if what they are saying about other topics are correct 2. Determine propaganda I just want a news source that I can trust and NPR is not it anymore.

Fabulous show

I was really disappointed when you discussed the ejection of Rep. Al Green for disruption but you didn’t bring up the previous outbursts/disruptions on the other side for Obama’s and Biden’s SOTUs and how certain GOP Rep.s were not ejected.

Dancing around the Orangführer's destruction of our nation. And 'safe to fly'? That understaffing makes it so? Why lie like CNN?

This is such a fabulous podcast, I’ve been listening for years and I’ve yet to find anything comparable. Thank you for all you do, especially for the recent coverage of harassment in the federal judiciary. As an attorney, it meant a lot to hear these issues brought to light.

Listener intros, irritating march music, endless recitation of each of your titles (at beginning and end) and the tiresome can't let it go. These all should be eliminated or changed. The bonus segment on Dept Edication was superficial and useless. It could be a decent show if you cut out all the baloney.

The hosts decided to laud the lady who blew her boss at work on the pod today.

I understand that this is NPR and that’s stands for bland and dry. With that said, the degree to which this podcast underplays what is happening in our country right now is insulting. It takes the form of both-sidism and taking on a preachy and condescending tone when engaging with the audience who wants the Democratic Party do more to combat the Trump administration. These people will be doing neutral, bland discussion while Trump marches them off to prison.

I never thought I would see the day where NPR lacked the journalistic spine required for journalism in the second Trump era but here we are. I’ve been unable to listen to the show since last summer when I they began their peddling of the both sides/normalization nonsense and attempting to frame the current moment through a pre-Trump lens that doesn’t exist anymore.

I am stopping my NPR donations immediately because of this podcast. We are in a constitutional crisis. Your lack of holding congressional Dems accountable for their lack of action to obstruct the republican agenda is infuriating and your lighthearted tone is gross.

I have listened to this show since shortly after it started, and its coverage has often been brief but also detailed, well reported, and in context. Since the election, and the inauguration especially, the hosts have accepted obvious bad faith claims and arguments as fact, for example sticking with the claim that Doge is sincerely about “cutting costs”, despite the abundant and glaring evidence to the contrary. It is now less a news show than one simply regurgitating administration talking points. Really disappointing, and the hosts should be ashamed of their capitulation.

Reporting what is happening as normal politics is either capitulation or clueless.

Sad to see people attack this podcast. Half say it is a liberal propaganda machine. The other half say it is legitimizing the Trump administrations crimes. I guess if you make everyone mad you are in the right spot. Its funny because everyone from any side calling this propaganda is really angry that it is not propaganda. They want a podcast that agrees with them, exaggerates, and calls for political action. Thats not npr.

defund npr defund pbs

Guess you gotta be “relatable”, but these correspondents deserve the chance to be professional. At the least, let go of Can’t Let it Go and the godawful listeners intros.

Used to be a daily listener. I stopped donating to NPR based on the coverage in this show. Quite glib about how the current Trump administration is attacking our republic and the shadow government is running things. Your listeners expect more than this podcast attempting to legitimize what is illegitimate. There is truth and fact but these presenters aren’t interested in being honest and would prefer to subjugate themselves to the administration.