John Husted
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Jon Husted is an American Republican politician who has served Ohio as lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and a U.S. senator.
23 episodes featuring John Husted
The NPR Politics Podcast
Midterm races sharpen as Trump and faith reshape campaigns
The episode maps a shifting congressional landscape while examining how Republicans manage Trump and Democrats use religion without alienating secular voters.
Oct 2, 2026 · 34 min
Breaking News from Pod Save America
Democrats gain ground as Republicans brace for midterm losses
Nate Silver argues that economic anxiety and a broader anti-incumbent mood are reshaping the midterms more powerfully than daily campaign news.
Oct 1, 2026 · 30 min
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
AI safeguards meet America’s depleted missile defenses
The episode links two forms of national vulnerability: weak public oversight of transformative technology and a defense system strained by sustained conflict.
Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 11m
Breaking News from Pod Save America
Democrats test populism as coalition tensions sharpen
The conversation examines whether Democrats can turn economic and health concerns into a durable midterm strategy without deepening fractures between progressives, centrists, and anti-Trump allies.
Sep 30, 2026 · 38 min
Pod Save America
Trump’s economic promises collide with war costs and AI chaos
The episode connects economic frustration, unchecked executive power, and an undefined AI race to the political risks facing Trump and Republicans.
Sep 29, 2026 · 1h 2m
The Bulwark Daily
Trump loyalty strains Republicans as court battles intensify
The episode connects Republican deference to Trump, election-chain-of-custody concerns, and the long conservative campaign to reshape the Supreme Court.
Sep 25, 2026 · 60 min
Pod Save America
Kaepernick links athlete power to political protest
The episode connects a volatile Senate map and attacks on press freedom with Colin Kaepernick’s argument that institutions protect power before principle.
Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 54m
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s media politics echo Italy’s populist past
The episode connects attacks on press access in Washington to Italy’s experience with media-driven populism, while asking whether Giorgia Meloni offers Republicans a model or warning.
Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 19m
Letters from an American
Luttig warns Republicans could trigger a constitutional crisis
The episode examines how refusing to seat duly elected Democrats could test the limits of democratic institutions after the 2026 midterms.
Sep 13, 2026 · 11 min
Pod Save America
Republicans sell grievance as Trump’s coalition loses energy
The episode tests whether Republican messaging can overcome weak enthusiasm while exposing the policy and moral tensions surrounding support for Donald Trump.
Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 52m
The Bulwark Daily
Pedro Gonzalez confronts the movement he helped radicalize
The episode examines whether Trump-shaped Republicanism can survive Donald Trump—and whether former supporters can return to democratic politics.
Sep 10, 2026 · 1h 36m
Pod Save America
Trump’s Iran gamble collides with Republican midterm anxiety
The episode connects Trump’s foreign-policy risks and fundraising strategy to Republican candidates’ electoral calculations, then examines the West Bank’s violence and the political structures behind it.
Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 44m
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Bond markets expose Republicans’ economic risk
Rising borrowing costs, AI disruption, urban disorder, and generational change converge into political problems neither party can easily manage.
Sep 3, 2026 · 54 min
Today, Explained
Data centers turn from economic promise into political liability
The fight over data centers is reshaping both parties’ positions as communities confront their effects on land, water, power bills, and local control.
Sep 2, 2026 · 28 min
Pod Save America
Trump’s choices deepen Republican risks before the 2026 midterms
The episode connects war, trade, election oversight, constitutional disputes, and AI backlash to mounting political and institutional risks for Republicans.
Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 45m
Pod Save America
Trump turns the 2026 midterms into a test of his own brand
The episode examines whether Trump’s dominance, election rules, public-health controversies, and Republican scandals will help or hurt both parties in 2026.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 14m
Pod Save America
Campaigns chase voters who rarely think about politics
Democrats’ digital problem is not simply spending less, but failing to understand where disengaged voters spend attention and how politics reaches them.
Aug 23, 2026 · 1h 19m
Pod Save America
Democrats test a post-resistance message in key Senate races
The episode connects Trump’s insular information environment to a broader Democratic challenge: turning opposition into an economic and electoral strategy.
Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 31m
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
AI backlash moves from memes toward negotiated limits
Public resistance to AI infrastructure is becoming politically consequential, raising questions about whether concrete standards can replace blanket opposition.
Aug 19, 2026 · 30 min
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s access economy collides with foreign-policy failure
The episode connects presidential profiteering, institutional protection, war’s human costs, and Democratic strategy into one argument about power without accountability.
Aug 17, 2026 · 1h 16m
The Bulwark Daily
Republican dysfunction meets Democratic drift
The conversation connects Republican submission to Trump with Democratic passivity, foreign-policy disorder, and the human costs of immigration policy.
Aug 10, 2026 · 54 min
Pod Save America
Trump’s reversals expose a government built on improvisation
The episode connects foreign-policy reversals, politicized justice, scientific misinformation, Democratic dysfunction, and Wisconsin’s policy choices to a broader test of governing competence.
Aug 4, 2026 · 1h 18m
The Bulwark Daily
Kristol urges Democrats to unite against Trump
The episode frames Democratic discipline and Republican accountability as central tests for resisting an administration the hosts portray as corrupt, incompetent, and hostile to civil liberties.
Aug 3, 2026 · 1h 19m