Is America For Sale? The Truth Behind Trump’s Meme Coin, Why Social Media Makes Us Feel More Divided Than We Actually Are & How Both Sides of the Aisle Are Wrong About the Deficit

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Jon Favreau, former Obama speechwriter, co-host of Pod Save America, and founder of Crooked Media and Vote Save America, joins us to break down the most urgent issues in U.S. politics 2025. Mayim and Jonathan unpack what “The Big Beautiful Bill” means for health insurance, the dark side of crypto, and the role of political outsiders in undermining trust in government. Plus: Jon Favreau’s take on the 2024 election aftermath, and why Democrats and Republicans are more divided than ever. From political hope to stock scandals, this conversation exposes what’s broken—and where we might still find hope.

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0:00.0	There is a real grassroots, rage, disappointment, anger towards all of our institutions,
0:08.0	government, business, media.
0:10.7	If you tell people that all of their problems are the fault of some other group of people,
0:16.5	it's a pretty potent political message.
0:19.5	They spin, we hit.
0:21.6	Donald Trump thrives on that you have to choose a side.
0:25.6	One of the reasons that we can't seem to get past the division
0:28.6	has to do with the way that media and information are consumed now.
0:31.6	Now it's like every individual has their own
0:34.6	personal algorithmic IV drip of news and information, making it really
0:40.3	difficult to talk to each other. Politics becomes what matters to you personally, what affects
0:46.5	you personally. Availability of health care, availability of abortion care. Is your community
0:51.6	safe? Are you worried that there's going to be a mass shooting
0:54.9	in your kids' school? If you hear politicians talking about democracy, hope, or even Donald Trump,
1:01.8	that doesn't register or impact you as much as just, I want to live a better life and who's going to
1:05.6	help me live a better life. The Congressional Budget Office says 10.5 million will lose insurance because of Medicaid
1:11.6	cuts and another 5 million will lose insurance because they are cutting the subsidies people
1:17.9	get for buying health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.
1:21.6	Authoritarian autocratic regimes gain power by pushing this narrative of us versus them.
1:34.1	Hi, I'm I'm Biolic.
1:35.0	I'm Jonathan Cohen.
1:42.3	Welcome to a very special breakdown of essentially, do you like the country you're living in?
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