Pantsuit Politics podcast

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Pantsuit Politics

Pantsuit Politics is the news and politics podcast for people exhausted by outrage. Hosts Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers tackle the week's biggest political stories from genuinely different perspectives, and prove that civility, nuance, and good-faith disagreement are still possible. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Distributed by Lemonada Media.

Pantsuit Politics is the news and politics podcast for people exhausted by outrage. Hosts Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers tackle the week's biggest political stories from genuinely different perspectives, and prove that civility, nuance, and good-faith disagreement are still possible. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Distributed by Lemonada Media.

 

#1190

Why Your Vote for President Could Count Differently in 2028

We're still sorting through the midterm results and what Democratic gains in state legisla... more

9 hrs Ago

49 MINS

49:42

9 hrs Ago


#1189

Blue Wave, Historic Firsts, and a Fight Over Who Leads Congress

Sarah and Beth break down the 2026 midterm results and disagree about what Democrats shoul... more

06 Nov 2026

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:20

06 Nov 2026


#1188

This is the America250 Election (Bonus Episode)

We'll be back on regular schedule Friday, but we had to share our Morning Assembly (the ta... more

04 Nov 2026

55 MINS

55:38

04 Nov 2026


#1187

No Paid Takes: How We'll Cover 2028

On Election Day and the 11th birthday of our show, we look back at three presidential elec... more

03 Nov 2026

53 MINS

53:23

03 Nov 2026


#1186

A Haunted House But It's American Politics

Happy Halloween. We're coming to you in costume to discuss the political realities that ha... more

30 Oct 2026

48 MINS

48:57

30 Oct 2026


#1185

Nobody is worried about Jon Ossoff anymore

We're waiting on the midterms like everyone else. Instead of reading polls, Sarah and Beth... more

27 Oct 2026

40 MINS

40:42

27 Oct 2026


#1184

When Corruption is Everywhere, it Starts to Disappear

Sarah and Beth break down the pervasive corruption in the Trump administration, from White... more

23 Oct 2026

56 MINS

56:12

23 Oct 2026


#1183

It Doesn't Have to Be Like This

With the midterms close, Sarah and Beth step back to ask how a profit-first mindset came t... more

20 Oct 2026

59 MINS

59:09

20 Oct 2026


#1182

"If you can imagine it, we're ready for it"

California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins Beth to talk about how state attorneys general... more

16 Oct 2026

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:13

16 Oct 2026


#1181

A Failed Execution in Tennessee and a Livestream Firing Squad

We did not expect to be discussing the death penalty less than a month before midterm elec... more

13 Oct 2026

58 MINS

58:38

13 Oct 2026


#1180

Why this Federal Prosecutor Resigned and is Running for Congress in Kentucky

Beth talks with Zach Dembo, the Democratic candidate for Kentucky's 6th Congressional Dist... more

09 Oct 2026

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:12

09 Oct 2026


#1179

Live, Laugh, Love was never just a sign

Sarah and Beth talk with Kristin Kobes Du Mez about her new book Live, Laugh, Love, explor... more

06 Oct 2026

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:04

06 Oct 2026


#1178

Cornell and the Culture that Let it Happen

Sarah and Beth discuss the horror described in Jane Doe's complaint, the campus culture at... more

01 Oct 2026

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:20

01 Oct 2026


#1177

Viral stories tell us more than headlines do (+ Taylor Swift's Encore)

Sarah and Beth discuss the viral stories that took over the weekend, and what they reveal ... more

29 Sep 2026

59 MINS

59:15

29 Sep 2026


#1176

What Eight Years as a University President Taught Robbyn Wacker about Values

Beth talks with Dr. Robbyn Wacker, a former university president (most recently at St. Clo... more

25 Sep 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:25

25 Sep 2026


#1175

The AI Conversation, Continued: Kill Switches, Frontier AI, and What to Do About it All

We're picking back up on artificial intelligence — Mustafa Suleyman's warning about consci... more

22 Sep 2026

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:06

22 Sep 2026


#1174

Caitlin Clark, Sydney Sweeney, and the Sports Culture War

Sports, race, gender, religion, cancel culture, and Donald Trump — this week they're all t... more

18 Sep 2026

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:41

18 Sep 2026


#1173

Nobody Trained AI on a Soul

After a weekend when an Anthropic researcher quit and warned AI could wipe out humanity wi... more

15 Sep 2026

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:34

15 Sep 2026


#1172

Bush Wasn't a Bad Man. He Was a Bad President.

Twenty-five years ago today, and Sarah and Beth close out the re-share of their 2018 serie... more

11 Sep 2026

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:43

11 Sep 2026


#1171

9/11 Wasn't Unimaginable. It Was Unprocessed.

This week marks twenty-five years since the September 11 attacks, and Sarah and Beth are r... more

08 Sep 2026

1 HR 56 MINS

1:56:38

08 Sep 2026


#1170

Mailbag: The Lindsay Clancy Trial, Tariffs, and Evangelicalism in Politics

It's a mailbag day, and Sarah and Beth work through everything the Substack Premium commun... more

04 Sep 2026

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:58

04 Sep 2026


#1169

Meta's $17 Billion Settlement and Flock Cameras

Meta just settled with 47 states for roughly $17 billion over claims it built a product de... more

01 Sep 2026

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:37

01 Sep 2026


#1168

Make America Unvaccinated Again

Sarah and Beth dig into the new executive order on childhood vaccines and the request for ... more

28 Aug 2026

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:52

28 Aug 2026


#1167

Dolly Parton Was Never Afraid of Change

Sarah opens by calling it what it is — a national day of mourning — and she and Beth spend... more

26 Aug 2026

46 MINS

46:02

26 Aug 2026


#1166

Why Everything Feels Unhinged for Women

Sarah opens with a simple question — what's going on with the ladies? — and she and Beth s... more

25 Aug 2026

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:20

25 Aug 2026


#1165

Has America's Time Come? The Odyssey, the $40 Trillion Debt, and a New World Order

Beth watched Christopher Nolan's Odyssey this summer and could not stop thinking about it ... more

21 Aug 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:32

21 Aug 2026


#1164

Was This Summer the Worst?

Sarah and Beth are back together after summer break, and they're starting with the questio... more

18 Aug 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:52

18 Aug 2026


#1163

Feeling Powerless in a Red State? Meet the Mulligans

Beth is out this week, but we're sharing a conversation we both had with John and Cindy Mu... more

14 Aug 2026

44 MINS

44:30

14 Aug 2026


#1162

Democratic Socialists Are Winning. Now What?

Beth is still on vacation, so Sarah drafted a guest co-host she's been married to for 23 y... more

11 Aug 2026

51 MINS

51:47

11 Aug 2026


#1161

My Hometown Is Getting a $100 Billion Data Center

The breaking news in Sarah's hometown is the breaking news everywhere: Paducah, Kentucky i... more

07 Aug 2026

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:34

07 Aug 2026