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Pod Save the World · 578 episodes with transcripts

Each week, “Pod Save America” cohost Tommy Vietor and Obama’s former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes break down the biggest developments in foreign policy, national security and global politics.

Spoken has transcripts of 578 Pod Save the World episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 21, 2026.

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Latest Pod Save the World transcripts

France Descends Into Chaos

October 21, 2026

Tommy Vietor (0:00)

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Ben Rhodes (2:02)

I'm Ben Rhodes.

Tommy Vietor (2:02)

Ben, we are two weeks out from our midterm elections here in the US and about a week out from the Israeli elections. Their first election since the October 7th attacks. Feels like some pretty monumental political events in a tight time frame there.

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