GD POLITICS

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What Trump’s Voters Are Saying Now

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com Heads up: our 2026 election season discount is currently live! It’s 20% off paid subscri

Oct 22
14 min

Will The Midterms Be Free And Fair?

Heads up: our 2026 election season discount is currently live! It’s 20% off paid subscriptions for first-time subscribers at gdpolitics.com. Join us for the final stretch

Oct 19
53 min

Inside The Fight For The House

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com Heads up: The GD POLITICS merch store is back for election season! We’ve got super comfy

Oct 15
18 min

Alex Bores Puts The Odds Of AI Doom At 20%

If you thought there was a 20 percent chance that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity, what would you do about it? That’s my guest’s estimate of the risk if w

Oct 12
57 min

The Fight For The Right After Trump

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com Heads up: The GD POLITICS merch store is back for election season! We’ve got super comfy

Oct 8
26 min

Your Midterms Questions, Debated Over Drinks

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid subscriber, yo

Oct 7
17 min

What Do America’s Socialists Want?

Heads up: We’re hosting our first-ever virtual happy hour for paid subscribers on Tuesday, October 6, at 8 p.m. ET at gdpolitics.com. Special guests Mary Radcliffe and Na

Oct 5
50 min

Why Alaska Is 2026’s Most Unusual Battleground

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com Heads up: We’re hosting our first-ever virtual happy hour for paid subscribers on Tuesda

Oct 1
21 min

If The Polls Are Wrong, This Is Why

Heads up: We’re hosting our first-ever virtual happy hour for paid subscribers on Tuesday, October 6, at 8 p.m. ET at gdpolitics.com. Special guests Mary Radcliffe and Na

Sep 28
45 min

Peltola Unfiltered, Polls Galore, And The Likeliest Senate Flips

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid subscriber, yo

Sep 24
21 min

Is This Time Different In Texas?

Today we’re zooming in on the midterm races in Texas. We started our 2026 tour of the states in Georgia. If you haven’t listened to that episode yet, go check it out! If

Sep 21
58 min

Georgia’s 2026 Election Is Already About 2028

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid subscriber, yo

Sep 17
12 min

The AI Apocalypse Comes To Washington

A dam of pent-up concern over AI safety burst this past week. It started with a warning from AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who resigned from Anthropic and wrote on X: “Do no

Sep 14
52 min

‘Still Counting’ After All These Years

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com As you’ve likely heard, Nate Silver, Clare Malone and I have a new podcast going over at

Sep 10
22 min

How Far Can The Redistricting Arms Race Go?

Quick note: The mid-decade redistricting wars have been so chaotic that the maps changed again between when I recorded this podcast on Thursday and when you’re hearing it

Sep 7
45 min

You Can’t Poll Away Uncertainty

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid subscriber, yo

Sep 3
18 min

This Is What A Blue Wave Looks Like

We’re a week away from the official start of election season — Labor Day — but the polls are not waiting. New Senate surveys in Texas, Michigan and Iowa are sharpening th

Aug 31
44 min

Are Data Centers The ‘Sleeper Issue’ Of 2026?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid subscriber, yo

Aug 27
18 min

Millennials Are Taking Over American Politics

Today’s podcast is about the youth. And when I say youth, I am being generous. What I really mean is millennials, a group that today stretches from the sprightly age of 3

Aug 24
47 min

Could Texas Tip The Senate?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid subscriber, yo

Aug 20
22 min

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What listeners say

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GD politics is everything you need and want in a true political podcast. Moderate, focused on the numbers, rigorously edited by Galen himself, and naturally funny. He brings the facts. He does not yell or show frustration in policies he doesn’t agree with. You can tell Galen is friends with a lot of the guests and their chemistry shines through. What a wonderful person and show.

538 Alum · Jul 2026

Like many others, I was very sad about 538 shutting down. GD Politics has been a welcome continuation of the 538 podcast, but even better now that Galen is on his own. I think the show has benefited from more creative freedom, variety, and being able to hear Galen’s point of view more front and center. Galen was always an excellent host but this podcast has showed that he’s also an excellent analyst and commentator as well. Thanks Galen!

Nancy G 123 · Mar 2026

Always insightful listening to Galen dish on politics and current events. Galen gets great guests to help share unique perspectives and slice through noisy data to get closer to the truth of what’s really going on and what American’s are thinking and feeling. Integral part of my weekly podcast-listening routine!

The_Tone23 · Jan 2026

I was a regular listener to 538, and Galen does a great job containing that legacy on this show. They do a great job at minimal spin on issues and just presenting the info in an easily understood with humor and charm. Keep up the good work!

Carltoncarlton · Dec 2025

Changing my rating due to paid requirement. Putting one pod behind a paywall and one free is a bad move and quite frankly, this podcast is solid but I don’t pay for just podcasts and barely any other content. Frustrating. —- Great start to the podcast. Having Nate Silver as the first guest just makes sense. The conversation was top notch. Galen is an excellent host and I was happy to have the familiar voice back in my feed. First episode it makes sense to lean on what you know, but I look forward to format adjusting and adapting to modern podcast formatting. Even the ad read felt like a bit like 2019. Podcasting has changed a bit since the pandemic and I look forward to the growth of GD Politics!

Mr Grogu the Duece · May 2025

538 was always one of my favorite podcasts and GD politics is very good for the amount of time you can listen. It’s very fond of putting up very short teases and then asking you to pay for full shows. No show with ads is available for those of us who can’t afford a subscription. I went from listening to every episode to now seriously considering unfollowing.

Hotrod Tractor · Apr 2026

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