# America, Actually with Astead Herndon

A podcast by Vox Media. Donald Trump has defined American political discourse for more than a decade. In 2028, Americans will have a different choice. On America, Actually, host Astead Herndon is joined by people in politics, people in the news, and voters to chart the journey toward the next presidential election. Every week, they dig into the most pressing questions people across the country are asking: How will AI change the way we work? What does affordability mean for different communities? And what is America’s place in the world? America, Actually is your weekly deep dive into the people and ideas that will shape what the future looks like — beyond Trump. New episodes drop every Saturday. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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## Latest episodes

- [Sports in midterm America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/9228f9f30eac) (2026-10-27, 39 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP4661280843.mp3
- [Can Trump steal the midterms?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/6e5ed08a0c6b) (2026-10-24, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6229172055.mp3
- [Who gets to lead Democrats next?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/9226bfdf55f4) (2026-10-20, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7857933474.mp3
- [Can you buy the midterms?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/21fa89f91d03) (2026-10-17, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5618145425.mp3
- [Can Dems flip state legislatures?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/fd80da7edc5c) (2026-10-10, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2061677336.mp3
- [Democrats’ abortion blind spot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/65805c523f2f) (2026-10-06, 42 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6030077680.mp3
- [The GOP strategy: Ignore Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/0e1b96e30c41) (2026-10-03, 23 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1356514524.mp3
- [What Democrats don’t get](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/eb862d9f6e21) (2026-09-29, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9516707770.mp3
- [The AI election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/c6ef6cb0c28e) (2026-09-26, 30 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2634523268.mp3
- [Israel, Trump, and the media](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/6335d79c369a) (2026-09-22, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP4637722410.mp3
- [Latino voters swing back](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/ad7535ee4150) (2026-09-19, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3819064070.mp3
- [Your midterms study guide](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/32075d11182a) (2026-09-12, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP4581279433.mp3
- [Florida’s progressive test](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/dc1eec139ffa) (2026-09-01, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7879526622.mp3
- [The politics of Gen Z](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/3ce2cc1d7855) (2026-08-29, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3144205945.mp3
- [Is MAGA still electable?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/39db732e59f9) (2026-08-22, 29 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3685211160.mp3
- [Hasan Piker’s challenge to the center](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/b80a615210fd) (2026-08-15, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3655149288.mp3
- [The Democratic divide](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/c8fcd25ec35d) (2026-08-11, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8903949138.mp3
- [The gas price vote](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/54ad370196cb) (2026-08-08, 28 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7214527643.mp3
- [Fantasy draft: 2028 presidential race](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/eb4911690fd0) (2026-08-01, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7795256276.mp3
- [The Boomer politicians who won't retire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/35c25bb0c23a) (2026-07-25, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5002943025.mp3
- [Progressives take on the Rust Belt](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/b207c47895c7) (2026-07-18, 32 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1424525439.mp3
- [Kamala, 2028](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/f890ff8f1424) (2026-07-11, 29 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP4060870810.mp3
- [The lessons from Graham Platner’s implosion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/a64f7104c0e8) (2026-07-08, 25 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3066291282.mp3
- [America’s 250-year checkup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/cfe398babdce) (2026-07-04, 26 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6716403496.mp3
- [How Trump lost the bro vote](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/4b0aa0daf229) (2026-06-27, 30 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8219101496.mp3
- [The young candidates shaking up the Dem Party](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/5adf06d42027) (2026-06-20, 34 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6448041130.mp3
- [Hasan Piker vs. The Establishment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/775a13919511) (2026-06-13, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8071514003.mp3
- [Can corruption drive voter turnout?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/1e4492c69a13) (2026-06-06, 28 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3267083466.mp3?updated=1780692051
- [You voted. Does it matter?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/194ee1fea62d) (2026-05-30, 28 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9012360573.mp3?updated=1780093343
- [Working in the age of AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/868ab58a5144) (2026-05-23, 25 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP4948536695.mp3?updated=1779401224
- [The data center war](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/91b7844452a4) (2026-05-16, 25 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6112633264.mp3?updated=1778875070
- ["Affordability" is the new progressive](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/3688c45c4412) (2026-05-09, 25 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP4319366346.mp3?updated=1778277044
- [Grading America's first 250 years](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/13e51fc9e674) (2026-05-02, 27 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2816936193.mp3?updated=1777671850
- [This Senator has an Eric Swalwell problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/b72b4d711d7f) (2026-04-25, 30 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3653518434.mp3?updated=1777067827
- [Why both sides fail on immigration](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/896c5bf88751) (2026-04-18, 31 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7853263956.mp3?updated=1776464152
- [America Post-Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/a23b5fe8f1a0) (2026-04-11, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6248180098.mp3?updated=1776114314
- [Introducing: America, Actually with Astead Herndon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890552134/70da632a09a9) (2026-04-05, 2 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP4123753421.mp3

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