Actually, with Emily and Kate

Fighting With Congressmen on the Internet, Thirst Traps for Democracy, and JD's Big Dumb Daycare Plan

Kate and Emily are back from a Door County vacation where they failed spectacularly at recording an IRL podcast and succeeded at most everything else. Now it's post-Labor

Corn Dogs, Comstock, and Trump's Human Printer

Emily's coming at you from the future (well, Maine, in a fleece, with a fire going) and Kate is hot in Wisconsin. But first, a teaser: next weekend these two are podding

We Deserve a Hot President, Actually

This is the hot takes episode. We are in an ornery mood and we pre-gamed this recording for two hours, so buckle up. On the docket: the internet's purity-police problem

Mitch is Mogging in His New Proof of Life Pics

Less than 100 days until the midterms, the House is on a five-week vacation, and nobody has actually seen Mitch McConnell since June 16 — but don't worry, they released a

Baby Vance, Bold Moves for Beshear & a Nationwide Cleanse

Kate and Emily are back with a weekly catch-up that starts with the administrative burden of adulthood and ends with a nationwide outbreak nobody in charge seems worried

Lindsey Graham, Kate's Latest Conspiracy & the Plan to Ban IVF

Emily and Kate get into what the loss of one of the Senate's most powerful dealmakers actually means — hard power, soft power, and the proof-of-life photo that has everyo

Flags, Fireworks & FIFA Favors

Emily and Kate are back from the holiday with thoughts on why the left is finally taking patriotism back — and why loving your country is easier at a small-town parade th

Data Centers, Dead Ducks, and Dating After 35

Emily and Kate get into the issue that's dominating kitchen-table conversations across the Midwest: data centers. Kate breaks down her year-long rabbit hole - the secret

True Friends are Trauma Bonded

Most of us are winging this whole adulthood thing, and lately it feels like the people running the show are too. But here's the thing Kate and Emily keep coming back to:

The Platner Tracker, AOC's Long Game, and Hunter's Redemption Tour

We're back with our weekly chat and zero solutions to anything. We get into the Graham Platner mess in Maine (the Blackwater past, the New York Times exposé, the ex-girlf

Was 90's Summer Math or Magic? Plus, Why are Men?

Kate and Emily get into the Graham Plattner scandal and what it means for the Maine Senate race, the Patagonia-vs-Pattigonia trademark lawsuit, and a growing list of "unl

Democrats Need a Vibes Czar

Emily and Kate are finally recording the phone calls they were going to have anyway. In the inaugural episode: Emily's harrowing saga of getting her iPhone battery change