Raging Moderates: How Trump Remade American in Just One Year

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🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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This week, while Stay Tuned is on break, we’re bringing you a special episode of the Vox Media podcast The Raging Moderates, hosted by author and professor Scott Galloway and political strategist and Fox News’s The Five co-host Jessica Tarlov. They break down how Trump’s return to office in 2025 reshaped the presidency, the economy, and U.S. institutions. Then, they turn to AI. How should Democrats respond when voters are anxious, states are being sidelined, and Congress can’t seem to act? And finally, they revisit the moments of 2025 that gave them hope. We’ll be back with a new Stay Tuned episode in the new year. Wishing you all a happy holiday season. Join the CAFE Insider community to stay informed without hysteria, fear-mongering, or rage-baiting. Head to cafe.com/insider to sign up. Thank you for supporting our work. Show notes and a transcript of the episode are available on our website. You can now watch this episode! Head to CAFE’s Youtube channel and subscribe. Shop Stay Tuned merch and featured books by our guests in our Amazon storefront. Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on BlueSky, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Preet here.
0:01.8	While stay tuned is on break this week,
0:03.7	we're bringing you a special episode of a Vox Media podcast,
0:06.9	The Raging Moderates,
0:08.3	hosted by author and professor Scott Galloway
0:10.4	and political strategist in Fox News's The Five co-host,
0:14.5	Jessica Tarloff.
0:15.9	In this episode, Scott and Jessica takes stock
0:18.0	of a dizzying ear in American politics.
0:20.4	They break down how Trump's return to office in 2025, reshaped the presidency, the economy,
0:26.5	and U.S. institutions. Then they turn to AI. How should Democrats respond when voters are anxious?
0:32.9	States are being sidelined. And Congress can't seem to act. And finally, they revisit the moments of
0:39.5	2025 that gave them hope. I hope everyone has a very happy holiday season. Stay tuned,
0:45.8	will return in the new year. Now, on to the show.
0:57.0	Welcome to Raging Moderates. I'm Scott Galloway. And I'm Jessica Charlew.
0:59.0	Okay, Jess, in today's episode of Raging Moderates, we're discussing how Trump changed America in 2025, how Democrats should address AI, and our favorite moments of 2025.
1:09.0	All right, let's get into it. Time named the architects of AI as person of the year.
1:14.8	But in just one year back in office, Donald Trump has arguably done more than anyone to reshape how American power operates.
1:21.4	So Trump, too, oh, has moved really quickly.
1:23.6	Our relationship with Europe is basically in the shitter after decades of stability.
1:29.8	New tariffs, let's go back to the 19th century in terms of economic policy and then promise
1:36.6	rebate checks when it doesn't work to farmers, but the rebate checks supposedly going to American
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