Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

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Join noted author & pundit Molly Jong-Fast for irreverent humor that cuts right to the heart of our politics today as she discusses the top political headlines with some of today’s best minds. Known for being one of the few interviewers in politics to cut through the talking points, Molly reveals the personalities and issues tearing the country apart. She asks the questions no one else does, and gets the answers even her guests didn’t expect to give – and exactly what you want to know. Tune in every Monday, Wednesday & Friday for the funniest yet serious look at what’s ailing America.

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  • molly dollyNP
    I love your podcast.
    I just started listening in august, and haven’t missed an episode since. I share your views on politics, especially with regard to women’s healthcare. I was a Nurse practitioner for 20 years, and did a lot of routine women’s care. Planned parenthood is mostly staffed by NP’s. I have known many NP involved in reproductive healthcare and serve in underserved areas. I wanted you to know that I have had past experience both providing care as well as receiving it. I am so frustrated with the state of women’s healthcare now. I’m no longer working(on disability for Lyme) but the stories I have heard about women having miscarriages and dying of sepsis bring me to tears. First of all Doing a procedure to complete a miscarriage is NOT an abortion. What do they accomplish by waiting to do the procedure. Even if there is still a heart beat there comes a time when providers know the baby will not survive. If men got pregnant we would not be having this discussion. And, do not get me started on methypriwtone. What judge knows more about pharmacology than the FDA. If that trend continues and judges start pulling drugs off the market our healthcare system is in trouble. Again if it were a drug for men such as viagra this would not be happening. I’m sorry this is long but I am very passionate about this. I thought women’s rights had made progress, but with 2 supreme court justices who are abusers it’s obvious nothing has changed when it comes to our bodies and women’s health. The woman who accused Kavanaugh was not treated any better than Anita Hill. I could go on but I’ll end here My name is Molly. I'm 64 and when I was young the only others named Molly were dogs. I just heard you mention that and I LOL’d. I was sad I could Never get a License plate with my name for my bike.
  • mizJprice
    Def cringe worthy materiali
    Very immature…in an annoying way…just dumb opinion if you ask me, with bad personalities. I don’t like to cringe so much…if you do, you’re at the right place. My ears hurt.
  • Salena97202
    Take His Money - All Of It
    I was listening to the episode airing 10/30/2024 when I thought I was having a stroke. Not one, but TWO Trump ads aired! Sneakers! Watches! Normally I’d feel ill, but then I realized how much money Molly & Company are taking from the Orange Mussolini and I felt pure joy. Hahahaha keep practicing capitalism on the capitalists and use it to take him down for good.
  • Szq115
    Trump commercials on your podcast, why?
    I listen to your podcast religiously so was very disappointed to hear trump commercials during breaks selling his golden sneakers and watches. Pls be more selective on who advertises on your podcast. Thanks
  • Dharma25
    Too many F-bombs
    I usually love this podcast. I’m not a prude but could do without all the F bombs from Molly!
  • athoughtbytim
    Great pod!
    Love the pod! You gotta do a better job of letting us know about Jesse Cannon’s bio! I had no idea he was a music marketing person!
  • sfncar
    “Unless somehow Harris can win this election”
    Sorry Molly, I’m done listening to your stupidity. What a thing to hear at 8:30 with my morning coffee. What in the world do you think you’re adding to the conversation? Please go find another job and stop talking from the ledge.
  • GSIV
    Not Enough Commercials
    Great commercials but they are interrupted too often by the pesky host and guests yammering. You could easily fit in more advertising so why don’t you?
  • A UK fan
    Donald is a Fascist
    Wake up America
  • Karen0717
    Love Molly, hate the new format.
    I get the news 1 million places. I want to hear Molly‘s interviews.
  • grannyartemishappypanda
    Love you, but “pundits” has ONE “n”!
    I LOVE listening to your podcast. However! Could you puh-LEEZ learn to pronounce “pundits”? You guys, there is no second “n”. Pun-dits, not pun-dints! I flinch every time.
  • Graciewedge01
    Love Molly!
    Better without Rick—especially in the post-VP debate episode.
  • KO313
    Thumbs down for new format
    I like meeting members of Congress 2-3 times per week. That was unique. I can get the news anywhere. I do approve of more Jesse. Love Molly, but 3 times per week sufficed.
  • DionIrvine
    More Molly
    Yay more Molly! Love the show .
  • nigey&jack
    Mayor Adams
    Shame on New York City! You could have had a GREAT Honest mayor in Maya Wiley. But NO, you had to elect a corrupt NYC COP. You get what you vote for. Shame on Hakeem for backing him. DISGUSTING!
  • KathyDunwoody
    New Format
    Love the new format and look forward to your take on the news!
  • Linda Storms
    More of the best!
    Excited to tune in 4 times each week (especially Saturdays) Thanks for the brilliant content, Molly.
  • Taralainee
    Highly encouraging listen
    Just love Molly! She is entertaining and I usually feel better after a show. Great guests and important conversations! And excited for the new 4x a week format!💜😬
  • listener954
    Love all the voices! BUT
    I wish people— especially women— would change from “abortion rights” to the more accurate $ inclusive “women s health” or “women s reproductive rights.” Yes abortion has been made the focal point, but do not be deceived! This is about the control of women s body at a basic level which impacts our career choices, family choices, etc. Women —like men— in a democracy should be free to choose how they imagine their lives.
  • Kosterbelle
    Diving Deeper Into the Why if the GOP
    The explanation of how Project 2025 got its start decades ago by establishment Republicans is worth the listen. It’s eye opening to realize that Trump wasn’t the beginning of the “fall” of the GOP but rather the impetus that propelled the completion and “rise” to power sought relentlessly for decades. Full of details and names and actions by what could be called the real deep state. However, the only thing missing from this in-depth explanation is the unspoken motivations behind this GOP transformation. The GOP recognized the generational impact the rights that were opened to two huge voting demographics, women and minorities. And the credit for freedoms that would be felt for generations goes to Democrats and democracy. Bad news for a GOP future.
  • VAgrrl
    Please, Molly
    I appreciate and enjoy the guests on this pod, but please don’t interrupt the folks being interviewed. It’s a matter of manners and for those of us without the best hearing it’s a matter of comprehension.
  • AnneE!
    Love the show but
    I don’t like how Rick cuts Molly off ALL THE TIME. They are both smart and quick witted. Just wish she’d get equal time and he’d let her complete a sentence.
  • brad5star
    Everyone needs this
    So funny and insightful.
  • Lincoln Project fan friend
    Not just adultery, but criminal child sexual predation
    I love hearing Rick & Molly banter each week. Rick accurately described corrupt Evangelical leaders & adultery. It’s worse than that though. These twisted powerful leaders in this subculture are involved in criminal child sexual predation. Rape, sexual assault, and child porn comprise the crimes listed with the average of 2 NEW mugshots I repost EACH day on Twitter. Please call this what it is! I LOVE your banter.
  • davpt
    Can someone who works on this show
    Please tell Molly it’s pronounced MIF-e-pristone, not “meth-e-pristone”? Please.
  • JLC5270
    Love it
    Rick and Molly together is fun and educational!
  • Melanie from Georgia
    Request
    Love your podcast and listen to it every week. I am writing to request that you do a podcast on the current state of journalism. I feel that Trump is not being fact-checked as thoroughly as everyone else. This is quite troubling and we should be holding journalists to a higher standard. Thanks for your great work. Melanie from Mariettta, Georgia
  • K.Gallant
    tête-à-tête
    I really enjoy getting information in the format of an intimate conversation. Intelligent answers to well thought out questions and diverse topics with unique guests, on every episode. Molly has a way of having a deep conversation with each guest and it feels like we’re all just sitting around a bar, having a cocktail and sharing intimate secrets. Great podcast.
  • Justin F1
    Why did Sykes Say That? 02/08/24
    “Hey, from one crappy Jew to another, I guess.” …And he says he’s not jewish. Beyond crude. 5 stars for Molly
  • gigi11222
    Stuart Stevens
    Stuart Stevens is always the voice of reason. I regularly search for Stuart and will listen to him on any podcast or clip! Thanks, Molly, for a great interview with Stuart. I also wanted thought Biden could win and wanted him to stay in, so I’m very grateful that you gave a voice to this opinion (many refused to even acknowledge it) and showing it’s possible to provide full Harris campaign while being disappointed with the pundit and media treatment of Joe Biden.
  • t808mmy
    Horrible anti-white and anti- Christian
    Filled with sophomoric views on the world. This “lady” tries to stick with the mundane appeal of every other person towing the liberal-centric media. If you’re looking for a stimulating conversation don’t come to this podcast. You’ll likely feel less knowledgeable than you were in 5th grade after listening
  • Awesometrix
    Love Rick, but
    It was Eagleton, not Musky : )
  • fanfromohio
    Factual error by Rick Wilson
    Love the show and Rick Wilson’s Monday appearances. Today he talked about Ed Muskie resigning from the 1972 VP candidacy. It was Tom Eagleton. I suspect that Rick himself probably caught it later, but just in case.
  • LGillee
    Quick correction
    Hey, it was Thomas Eagleton, not Ed Muskie who was replaced as McGovern’s VP running mate in 1972. Muskie was Humphrey’s VP pick in 1968 (among other roles in US government).
  • DRMICKEY67
    Well Done!
    A fast past show that has genuine and factual information. Molly does a great job explaining the importance of listening to her guests and she helps the listener decipher the details of the show. Great Job Molly! Mike
  • Sarah on Park
    Project 2025
    Should always be referred to as Project 1925. It would take us backward by 100+ years, a time that predates The Great Depression and WWII, disasters that were arguably the result of anti-regulation and isolationist policies, and civil rights victories for women and minorities which make our society what it is today.
  • boopfree
    Happy Ears
    I was very pleased to hear the conversation between Molly n Stuart Stevens tonight I don’t think I have heard anyone in politics speak so accurately about everything to do with the Biden/Harris ticket from him to her taking over as the top of the ticket to how the best thing for the way she should keep his ground game , his campaign staffers use to eher advantage with the election coming up so soon. I also greatly enjoyed hearing Stuart speak truth of the Obama staffers running there pie holes as if they were equals to Obama/Biden he was spot on about how it looked making it only gave them egg on their own faces. Pity to they had such good mannerisms till now. I always enjoy hearing both Molly n Stuart speak but together they let truths fly. Thanks n Bravo. Vickie , Ohio
  • Windy13007
    JD Vance and $ Billionaire Lido Isle Newport Beach Relative
    Predicting that JD Vance has bought his VP nomination, why is the mass media (that’s you Molly JF) failing to report the fascism happening right before our very eyes? Call it out as it’s happening please. Lastly, our nation doesn’t get to pick who gets technology's brains and we all believe the country needs to win on AI weapon technology, we as a nation can certainly wipe out insider trading and BIGGLY nepotism both of which exist in our Judiciary, SCOTUS, Congress and the Presidency. Great programming- do more better:) thank you.
  • intricately
    Vapid nepo baby
    Just read any news site. The podcast is all regurgitation. Nepotism creates this. Say no to nepotism.
  • Tarzjani
    White womwn
    How do you get to white Republican woman, this is very important in this election
  • RagehammerRejoice
    An apology perhaps?
    I love the podcast, but in all fairness, are you using this vacation time to send a handwritten apology to Ezra Klein after you drug his name through the mud for the audacity of pointing out that an old man is indeed old?
  • Frenchie619-614
    Clarification
    This Monday’s episode (6/3) was awesome!!
  • Cynthia St James
    David Leonhardt
    Love Molly, but not Leonhardt. He’s one of the reasons I cancelled my NYT subscription. Not that I’m resisting to criticism of Biden, but we’re past that now. If I wanted to hear this info, I can simply look on line where Trumpers are bombarding social media. Maybe he should go work at Fox or some other right wing rag.
  • King of a
    Truth about insulin cost, politicians claim untrue
    I’m 40 years type 1 diabetic, insulin dependent. What I’m telling you is a fact. I or anyone can go into Walmart pharmacy (for the last ten years) buy a vial of insulin, no prescription, no doctor, no insurance (please pay attention now) for $24. Anytime during the last 10 years. No insurance, no doctor, no prescription, voila. Thus, the hoopla about reducing insulin costs is ? Please let me know you’ve received and understand my communication, Appreciatively, Marco the tucson cowboy
  • 2nd Setebose
    Fast Politics. 05/06/2024
    I listen and enjoy all the information and ideas I hear. Today, though, Rick went too far in the beginning and I skipped over to the next interview. It was just not necessary to go that far with his language as a“joke”.
  • Sirbunsalot
    Guest
    I sure to miss Charlie Sykes. Thanks for having such quality guests.
  • ImagineAgape
    😂🤣🤣🤣😂
    Thank you ever so much for the wonderful laughs in this most concerning time period in our U.S. history. Since our Justice system doesn’t seem to want to do their job and hold a fake, mentally ill, traitorous billionaire accountable, I suppose we’ll find out soon (Nov?) if the foreign (and domestic) influence campaign toward dictatorship will be successful or not. So much at stake right now, it hardly seems real. But real it most certainly is. Infinite thanks for fighting the good fight for truth, Justice, and the American way. YOU are all the 🇺🇸 REAL 🇺🇸 PATRIOTS!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
  • gybuse
    Frightened
    Thomas Zimmer scared me to death! What do we do to stop this train? B NC
  • None334
    Wishing for 5 Days a Week
    Love this show. Great variety of speakers. Molly has a great style - asks great questions and listens carefully. Follows up to get the information.
  • doc lock
    TDS - too bad — SOY —
    Don’t cross Trump. He’s our best shot. Unfollowed.
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