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The Don Lemon Show

SNARK & AWE | MAGA is Cringe Again!

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Don Lemon Show’s head writer Peter Rothpletz is back for Episode 2 of Snark & Awe! This time, he’s joined by Town & Country Contributing Editor Andrew Zucker to unpack the shifting tides in Gen Z’s political vibes. Is the generation that helped fuel the meme wars finally over MAGA? Are we witnessing the moment when Trumpism becomes… cringe? They break down the data, the discourse, and whether Gen Z is actually moving on, or just getting louder about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Every runner knows the moment when everything clicks.

0:04.0

When your legs lock into a rhythm, the aches float away and doubts fade.

0:08.0

Replaced by a feeling of euphoria.

0:12.0

It's why you lace up at dawn.

0:15.0

Why a little rain doesn't stop you.

0:17.0

Why one run turns into a habit.

0:24.3

So next time you go for a run, chase that runs high.

0:47.5

Learn more about running and go, a Lemon Media Network original.

0:52.1

Longtime Lemonheads, I'm Peter Rothpletz, Don Lemon's head writer.

0:55.5

And today we're going to be breaking down Donald Trump's wonderful,

1:02.2

beautiful, bigly first 100 days and why the period has Gen Z souring on the president.

1:08.5

Joining me today is a very special guest, my good friend Andrew Zucker. Andrew is a journalist who's written for outlets like The New York Times, Vanity Fair

1:11.4

in the Washington Post. He's a contributing editor at Town and Country and the host of the new

1:16.4

podcast, The Golden Age. It's great to be here, Peter. Thanks for having me. Of course. Of course.

1:21.6

How are you doing, dude? I'm doing great. I'm so happy that you have this show. It's been a long time

1:26.8

coming. It's been fun. It's quite the

1:28.9

experience. Before we get started, I think I want you to talk a little bit about your beat,

1:36.3

your specialty as a writer, because it's interesting. Can you introduce yourself to the audience?

1:41.5

Totally. So I am a contributing editor at Town and Country. I host

1:45.5

the Golden Age podcast for Politicon. I focus a lot of my reporting on the lifestyles of the rich

1:51.3

and famous, wealth porn, succession core. Now, what is wealth porn?

1:57.5

Wealth porn is what Robin Leach. Are we talking? Is it R-rated? Is it X-rated?

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