by Natalie Jarvey
January 15, 2021, 6:00am PST
Former Obama officials built a 21-show portfolio explaining and organizing against Trump-era chaos. As Biden takes the White House, they re ready for a new chapter that includes film and TV ambitions.
The hosts of
Pod Save America had planned to use their Jan. 7 show to talk about the Senate wins that the Democratic Party had just pulled off in the Georgia runoff election. Instead, when host Jon Favreau turned on his mic, it was to tell his listeners that we have been robbed of the joy from those victories by a mob of violent extremists who were encouraged to stage an insurrection against the United States government by the man who was supposed to be leading it. Dan Pfeiffer, his co-host that day, described the Capitol Hill riot as an incredibly sad day for democracy.