Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

My guest today is Galen Drook.

Galen is the founder and host of the G.D. Politics Podcast.

He previously hosted and produced the 538 Politics Podcast, where he covered American elections

for nearly a decade. His reporting and analysis have also regularly appeared on ABC News and the BBC, as well as

NPR, C-SPAN, and more.

In this episode, we talk about the science of political polling, we talk about the crisis of

leadership facing the Democratic Party, and we talk about Galen's recent op-ed in the New York

Times, where he argues that Democrats need their own Trump,

though he doesn't mean what you probably think he means by that.

So without further ado, Gailen Drook.

Why are podcasts like this one at all popular? We can't compete with the resources of a place like CNN.

I can't give you the sheer volume of analysis that the New York Times can, but there's one thing I have that those organizations lack.

Trust. I think my audience listens to me because they've found my judgment to be trustworthy in the past,

but have found mainstream media organizations to be the exact opposite.

That's why I love ground news. They're an app and website designed to help you escape ideological echo chambers

by pulling in the world's perspective on today's most emotionally and

politically charged issues. Ground news breaks down the political bent, reliability, ownership,

and location of each reporting source, so you understand that news isn't simply reported.

Often, narratives are crafted. For example, consider a recent story about the

Department of Education informing my alma mater, Columbia University, that they broke federal

anti-discrimination laws and failed to comply with accreditation requirements. There are many

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