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Episodes
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- The Postrider Roundup: 2026 Midterm Preview · 2 h 5 min · Episode 60The 2026 midterms are finally here! The Postriders round up what you need to know, and who we think will win in the key gubernatorial, Senate, House, and other races across the…
- The Postrider Roundup: The Democrat Freak-Out-O-Meter · 39 min · Episode 59With only a week left to the 2026 midterms, the Postriders question how concerned Democrats should be about various hiccups: polling errors, election shenanigans, candidate…
- The Postrider Roundup: Who's Ridin' Point in Effectively Using Modern Media? · 48 min · Episode 58The Internet has turbocharged how politicians use and communicate... but a lot of it is "cringe." So, who in politics excels at utilizing modern media: on Twitter, Instagram…
- The Postrider Roundup: Trump-a-Palooza—Who Went... and Who Skipped? · 54 min · Episode 57Trump and some of his Republican Party attended a first-of-its-kind midterm convention in Texas. What does who went and who skipped out tell us about the election ahead?
- The Postrider Roundup: Pathfinder—What's the Way Back for Primary Losers? · 41 min · Episode 562026 has generated a cadre of primary election losers, can Lars craft a path back to relevancy for them?
- The Postrider Roundup: 2026's Potential Democratic Fumbles · 57 min · Episode 55Which races this cycle have Democrats fumbled? Or do people unfairly expect them to fumble? Lars and Michael analyze some high and low profile elections to find some seats that…
- The Postrider Roundup: What's the Beef Between Yglesias v. Morris and Trump v. Meloni? · 55 min · Episode 54What is the beef between commentators G. Elliot Morris and Matt Yglesias... or between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni? Why do these debates and differences matter?
- The Postrider Roundup: Switchback—Trump's Cabinets · 1 h 7 min · Episode 53Which Trump cabinet was best? The Postriders compare Trump's first and second cabinet, as Michael gets the chance to make a "switchback" and opt to take an old cabinet secretary…
- The Postrider Roundup: Which Democratic Senate Flip Opportunities are Overrated and Underrated? · 34 min · Episode 52As the midterms approach and Democrats seek to flip the Senate, Lars and Michael analyze the headline Senate races and pick which elections are being overstated or underanalyzed…
- The Postrider Roundup: Something, or Nothing—Summer 2026 · 1 h 7 min · Episode 51The Postriders play "Something, or Nothing?" to chronicle the biggest stories over the summer: Graham Platner's demise, Trump's voter fraud address, the Michigan primary results…
- The Postrider Roundup: Our 50th Episode & the America 250 Special · 1 h 44 min · Episode 50In the 50th episode of The Postrider Roundup, Lars and Michael reflect on America's 250 years and hand out some superlatives, answering questions like who is our most overrated…
- The Postrider Roundup: Pitch a Film About American Politics · 44 min · Episode 49The Postriders pitch their ideas, directors, and cast for the next "great" movies about American politics—two historical dramatizations and one fiction.
- The Postrider Roundup: The Stockyard—Where Should Democrats Spend Their 2026 Campaign Cash? · 1 h 1 min · Episode 48For every dollar the national Democratic Party has, how should they allocate it per Senate race? Michael makes Lars justify how each cent is spent as they chat about what states…
- The Postrider Roundup: Pitching New National Monuments · 53 min · Episode 47What does modern American believe deserves permanence? Lars and Michael propose new national monuments to commemorate the nation's 250th birthday.
- The Postrider Roundup: Trail Markers · 46 min · Episode 46As the Postriders catch up on the previous month, it's time to play "Trail Markers" here on the Postrider Roundup: can Michael successfully connect every single trail marker…
- The Postrider Roundup: The Stockyard—Redistricting · 54 min · Episode 45In this Roundup, Lars gets 100 points to divvy up how the Democratic Party focuses on reclaiming ground in the 2026 redistricting war. Should Democrats abolish independent…
- The Postrider Roundup: Something, or Nothing—Redistricting, Rubio Meets the Pope, and the National Debt · 54 min · Episode 44The Postriders play "Something, or Nothing?" again as they discuss May 2026's major news stories with potentially long-term consequences and justify whether they're worth keeping…
- The Postrider Roundup: Convention-orama · 47 min · Episode 43The Postriders discuss why Democrats are struggling to find a host city for their 2028 convention, what city they should choose, and what cities might be better choices to hold a…
- The Postrider Roundup: The Stockyard—What States Should the 2028 Democratic Nominee Focus On? · 1 h 3 min · Episode 42In this Roundup, Michael gets 100 points to divvy up the generic Democratic nominee's focus on each swing state in 2028. Should the Democrats maintain the Rust Belt strategy…
- The Postrider Roundup: Pick Your Poison · 38 min · Episode 41In a new segment, The Postriders are given a series of political trade-offs to determine whether they'd take the deal or let the cards fall as they otherwise may.
