The Conversation with Steve Schmidt
This podcast features in-depth conversations and political analysis with Steve Schmidt and newsmakers, independent journalists, and elected officials. It covers the biggest stories of the day, including those that aren’t being widely reported by the mainstream media.
Episodes
Donald Trump has surrounded himself with sycophants, fabulists and people willing to tell him exactly what he wants to hear. On this week's edition of "Oh Schmidt! It's Friday," Jim Acosta and Steve Schmidt take a hard look at the increasingly strange world inside Trump’s orbit, including the extraordinary story of Natalie Harp and what it reveals about the people who have access to the president of the United States.
They al...
The Save America Movement's "Fighting Democrat" series is back, and Congressman Jared Huffman is not holding back — he's exposing just how deep Christian nationalism has burrowed into American government. Huffman joins Steve Schmidt to break down the tactics and myths Christian nationalists use to advance their agenda, straight from his new book "NO PROPHETS: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism." Huffman is...
Steve Schmidt joins Jennifer Welch on the “I’ve Had It” podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about the crisis unfolding in America — and what it will take to defeat it.
They talk about the humiliation of American power abroad, the rise of gangster capitalism at home, the failures of a Democratic establishment that too often seems incapable of understanding the urgency of the hour, and the corruption, secr...
Steve Schmidt joins "The Jim Acosta Show" with LIVE breaking news, along with Adam Mockler and Abdul El-Sayed.
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Governor Jay Inslee has spent a lifetime governing, and in this conversation with Steve Schmidt — part of the Save America Movement's “Fighting Democrat” series — he explains why America has reached a point where competence, courage and moral clarity matter more than ever. We discuss the growing assault on democratic institutions, the politicization of disaster relief, the future of...
As part of the Save America Movement's 'Fighting Democrat' series, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear joins Steve Schmidt for a conversation about leadership, accountability and the obligations that come with public office at a moment when the American people are demanding answers about Mitch McConnell’s prolonged absence from public life. Public office is a public trust, and there can be no ambiguity about whether those entruste...
Steve Schmidt and Brian Tyler Cohen talk about his newly launched book, “The Day After." Its real subject isn’t Donald Trump. It’s power. More specifically, it’s the refusal of too many Democrats to understand what power is for.
For too long, Democrats have responded to authoritarianism with process, commissions, and endless deference to institutions that their opponents have been systematically dismantling....
On today’s episode of “Oh Schmidt, It’s Friday” on “The Jim Acosta Show,” we discussed how the Pentagon has quietly revised the official death toll from Donald Trump’s war with Iran, reducing it from 18 American service members killed to 14.
Jim and I examine one of the most disturbing episodes of the conflict: the decision to erase four soldiers from the official wartime death count...
Two more Americans are dead. Another is missing. The war is widening, and in this conversation Steve Schmidt and Ken Harbaugh ask the question Washington refuses to confront: is America losing because of its enemies, or because of its own leadership?
They argue that the greatest threat facing the United States is a collapse of strategic leadership at the White House and the Pentagon. They discuss a dangerous erosion of military pro...
Steve Schmidt joins Jim Acosta for a wide-ranging conversation on the assault against democratic institutions, the use of government power, unanswered questions surrounding Mitch McConnell’s prolonged absence, and why today’s White House increasingly resembles a fortress instead of the People’s House. Nick Valencia also joined the show.
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Steve Schmidt sits down with Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove for a wide-ranging conversation on the dysfunction in Congress, the Trump administration’s assault on democratic norms, the politics of grievance, and what Democrats must do to restore accountability and rebuild public trust. This is part of the Save America Movement's "Fighting Democrat" series.
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Lindsey Graham has spent decades mastering one political skill above all others: survival. In this conversation, part of the Save America Movement ”Fighting Democrats” series, Steve Schmidt sits down with Dr. Annie Andrews — a paediatrician, mother, and Democratic candidate for the United States Senate — to discuss why she believes that era can finally come to an end. We explore Gra...
Steve Schmidt and comedian and actor Godfrey joined Don Lemon for "Hot Topics" to examine the troubled rollout of Trump's America 250 festivities, from the Reflecting Pool fiasco to a Confederate flag image displayed at a state pavilion, alongside a wave of hateful, racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric from Megyn Kelly, Tom Emmer, and other prominent Trump allies targeting Somali Americans and Haitians. At a moment meant to celebrate th...
For today's edition of "Holy Schmidt! It's Friday on 'The Jim Acosta Show' Steve Schmidt and Jim Acosta talk about the vile racist comments made by Stephen Miller and Megyn Kelly, the insanity of Trump’s derangement over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and a very special Jim’s Take. Jim and Katie discuss new Supreme Court decisions.
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The Save America Movement's 'Fighting Democrats' series is back as Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland joins Steve Schmidt. Rep. Raskin is not only taking aim at Trump's unprecedented corruption, but at the "super pardon" acting AG Todd Blanche is trying to hand both Trump and his corrupt family members. Accountability is coming and Donald and his crew know it. Don't miss this conversation!
Black rain falls in Moscow after Ukraine executed a series of devastating drone strikes on oil refineries. Steve Schmidt and Ken Harbaugh explain how Ukraine inflicted lasting damage on Russia's resources and morale — not by luck, but by design. Ken was granted extraordinary access to Ukraine's resistance network for his latest feature in The Atlantic, and today he takes you inside their sophisticated "kill chain." Brought to...
Steve Schmidt is joined live by celebrated columnist, commentator and writer Michael Tomasky. They discuss his provocative new book, "Killing Baby Hitler", in which a team of scientists travel back in time to do exactly what the title promises. It's funny, it's dark, and given everything going on right now, it feels a lot less like fiction than it should.
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Steve Schmidt joins "The Jim Acosta Show" for another edition of "Oh Schmidt! It's Friday" as Jim reports live from the Kennedy Center, where Donald J. Trump's name is coming down off the building. They are also joined by Olivia Troye, and talk about the significance of this moment, the historical importance of the building and John F. Kennedy and more.
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Steve Schmidt speaks with Iowa State Rep. and US Senate candidate Josh Turek as part of the Save America Movement's "Fighting Democrats" series. Hear what Turek has to say about working across the aisle to deliver for Iowans, and why he’s such a such a strong contender to flip this seat from red to blue — something that hasn’t happened in Iowa in nearly 20 years.
On this week's episode of "Oh Schmidt! It's Friday" Steve Schmidt and Jim Acosta talk about Trump’s UFC arena at the White House — which Trump allegedly wants to make permanent — and what the cage says about a president obsessed with size, strength, and spectacle, while the country is at war and the free press is being dismantled. They also cover Bari Weiss, Scott Pelley's firing, and Schmidt's prediction that Tod...
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