Pete Buttigieg on the Michigan Primary and Whether You Should Fly on a 737 Max (feat. Mehdi Hasan)
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🗓️ 28 February 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Jon Favreau and Mehdi Hasan break down Biden and Trump’s big victories in the Michigan primary, whether the President can get a ceasefire deal, and Biden's interview with Seth Meyers. Then, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg stops by to talk about safety issues at Boeing, the GOP's attack on IVF, and why it’s so hard to get the Frozen soundtrack out of your head.
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Fabro. And I'm Maddie Hassan. |
| 0:23.4 | On today's show, Biden and Trump both win big victories |
| 0:26.5 | in the Michigan primary, but Nicky Haley still isn't going away, |
| 0:29.4 | and neither is the protest lodged against the president |
| 0:32.4 | by voters who oppose his Gaza policy. |
| 0:35.0 | We're also going to talk about Biden's new attempts to deal with his main political challenges |
| 0:39.6 | and later Secretary of Transportation Pete Budigeige stops by to help me figure out whether I'll ever fly |
| 0:45.6 | on a Boeing plane again. |
| 0:48.2 | But before we jump in, Medi, we are so lucky to have you two Wednesdays in a row. |
| 0:54.4 | Thank you for doing this again. |
| 0:56.3 | Excited to talk to you about this very fun chill election we have coming up. |
| 1:00.9 | But first, will you tell people about your very exciting news? |
| 1:05.2 | I'm so excited to share this news with you John because I we just launched so I've |
| 1:09.9 | launched a media company called Zetio, which is the ancient Greek word for seeking out, seeking |
| 1:15.9 | out the truth, which is what needs to be done right now. I think you would agree in our current |
| 1:19.9 | climate of non-stop gas lighting misinformation, |
| 1:23.7 | bullshitting. |
| 1:25.0 | And since I left MS NBC, I was thinking |
| 1:27.2 | long and hard about what I want to do next. |
| 1:29.2 | And I want to do my own thing. |
| 1:30.3 | And I was inspired partly by you guys, by you and Dan and Tommy and the rest of the crew crooked media I think you guys came up with the same idea of trying to have our own space trying to get our voices out not being restricted by ludicrous media conventions where you can't call |
| 1:45.6 | a racist, a racist, you can't call a fascist, a fascist. |
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