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This week on Here's What We Know, we have a groundbreaking conversation with two esteemed guests, Hunter Walker, an investigative journalist and former White House correspondent, and Luppe B. Luppen, a lawyer and a prominent social media presence and writer. Together they discuss their book, The Truce: Progressive, Centrist, and the Future of the Democratic Party, offering listeners an insider's account of political dynamics within the Democratic Party.In This Episode:Access to Insider StoriesThe Relationship Between Barrack Obama and Joe BidenObama's Role in the 2020 ElectionThe Standard Bearer of the Democratic PartyKamala Harris & MisstepsLikability and Sexism in PoliticsAttacks and Double Standards in PoliticsTension Over US Support for Israel's Campaign in GazaFractures with the Progressive and Centrist CoalitionThe Importance of Key Voters Groups of BidenThe High School Drama of PoliticsWriting a Book TogetherUnvarnished Understanding of Political PlayersElection InsightsThe Goal for Biden and Trump: Just Win, BabyThis episode is sponsored by:Bison Junk RemovalSterling Oak CabinetryBio:Luppe B. Luppen is a lawyer and a writer in New York City. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he graduated from Stanford University (2005) and Washington & Lee School of Law (2008).Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nycsouthpaw/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nycsouthpawX: https://x.com/nycsouthpawHunter Walker is an investigative reporter and author based in Brooklyn, New York. He has written for notable publications such as Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and The Atlantic. Walker spent five years as a White House Correspondent for Yahoo! News during the Trump administration and has covered politics for outlets like Business Insider and the New York Observer. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrhunterwalker/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterwalker/Connect with Gary: Gary's Website Follow Gary on Instagram Gary's Tiktok Gary's Facebook Watch the episodes on YouTube Advertise on the Podcast Thank you for listening. Let us know what you think about this episode. Leave us a review!

Hunter Walker, investigative reporter at Talking Points Memo, discusses his new book, "The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party." The book examines the ongoing struggle within the Democratic Party over its direction, particularly as progressives like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gain momentum. Walker argues that the party is a diverse coalition that relies on young people, union members, and people of color, in contrast to the increasingly extreme right-wing Republican Party. He also explores the challenges facing the Democratic Party in the 2024 elections and the influence of figures like Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi. Walker highlights the need for Democrats to unite and engage young voters and people of color in order to overcome Republican structural advantages and win elections. You can purchase the book here.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The Laborers' International Union of North America. More information at LIUNA.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tara is joined by Hunter Walker, author of the book ‘The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party,' to discuss the political impact of Joe Biden's recent performances in the Michigan and South Carolina primaries. They survey his shaky standing with the Dems' progressive wing on the subject of the Israel-Hamas war and debate whether Biden can heal those rifts by November. For more of Tara's reporting, please sign up for her newsletter, ‘The Best and the Brightest,' at puck.news/tarapalmeri and use the discount code TARA20 Host: Tara Palmeri Guest: Hunter Walker Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reporters Hunter Walker and Luppe B. Luppen join Tavis to talk about their new book, The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party.

Hunter Walker and Luppe B. Luppen, aka “nycsouthpaw,” join Jordan to talk about their new book “The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party.” We talk about the ways progressives and Biden's camp sought to find unity and build a coalition to defeat Trump and fight for legislation, but how over time and with key White House departures the arrangement became strained. You can grab a copy of their book here. We also talk about Tim Burke's absurd indictment at the top. His legal fund is here: https://timburkelegalfund.org/ Our most recent premium episode for paid subscribers (Paid Interns!) with Ricky Hayberg of Internet Today is available here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-253-we-will-win-the-discourse This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe

Episode 80: Challenging Segregation & The Future Of The Democratic PartyRichard & Leah Rothstein are the Father and Daughter duo here to Tell Us The Truth about their new book Just Action: How To Challenge Segregation Enacted Under The Color Of Law. This incredible conversation dives deep intoSounding the Alarm on Housing Segregation Empowering Community Groups to hold Banks accountable for investing more in underserved areasReforming the credit scoring systemProviding down payment assistance to Black homebuyersBuilding housing affordable to a range of income levelsMuch moreRichard and his Daughter Leah have both spent their careers advocating for equality for all by dismantling systems that maintain racism; especially when it comes to housing. In the spirit of Black History Month, this is an incredible conversation with two incredible allies in the fight against systemic racism! Hunter Walker and Luppe B. Luppen provide an in-depth take on the modern & future history of the Blue Party entitled The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party. Listen as Hunter and Luppe detailThe strong influence of Jim Clyburn on the entire Democrat Party including Joe Biden's rise to POTUS. Softening the public image of Bernie Sanders The meteoric rise and cooling off of AOCThe significance of person to person relationships and how they play a hand in who becomes top Elected Officials and Party Leaders Much MoreHunter and Luppe have written an informative, easy to read and modern telling of the Democratic Party. This conversation further illustrates why The Truce is a top pick on Duke's reading list!*You can Subscribe to Tell Us The Truth on all leading podcast apps including the iHeart Radio App, Spreaker and iTunes/Apple Podcasts. Join us on Facebook and Twitter for daily discussion about top news.*

Roifield Brown delves deep into the heart of American politics with seasoned political journalists Luppe Luppen and Hunter Walker. The duo, famous for their book "The Truce: Progressive, Centrist, and the Future of the Democratic Party," unpacks the complex narrative of the Democratic Party from the 2016 election to the present. Get ready for an insightful exploration of the party's internal struggles, the rise of pivotal political figures, and the events shaping its trajectory. This episode promises a thorough discussion on the party's future and its leadership, comparing its dynamics to British politics and exploring the underlying themes influencing both nations' political landscapes.Show Notes:Introduction to Luppe Luppen and Hunter Walker, authors of "The Truce."A deep dive into the Democratic Party's journey and internal conflicts.Comparison of the Democratic Party's dynamics with the Labour Party in the UK.The impact of the 2016 election on the Democratic Party's future.Analysis of Joe Biden's role in unifying the party and the challenges ahead.The generational divide and the youth vote's influence on American politics.Interactive Q&A session with the audience, featuring discussions on progressive policies, youth engagement, and the 2024 elections.Quotes:Luppe Luppen: "We didn't really understand early on in the process how the Democratic Party was doing, what it was doing. How does Joe Biden end up consolidating the party in this sort of rapid fire weekend after the South Carolina primary and sweeping Bernie Sanders aside and taking the nomination and then going on to defeat Donald Trump?"Hunter Walker: "Biden both, I think, governed more progressively than those on the left might've expected, but also he worked behind the scenes and these calls with Obama that Lupe is talking about."Hunter Walker: "As we were talking earlier with RM about that sort of paradox where Democrats have the majority, but they don't always get the victory. A big part of that is youth engagement and the fact that young people are not engaged."Luppe Luppen: "America does change more gradually than anyone would like, but we are in a far more progressive place now, even with the threat of Trump, which I don't discount at all." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new book "The Truce: Progressives, Centrists and the Future of the Democratic Party," by Hunter Walker and Luppe B. Luppen, is a definitive history of a half-decade of upheaval in the Democratic party. In which a new generation aggressively pursued their progressive ideals while the powerful centrist establishment adapted to remain in command.

John runs down the news of the day including another big win for writer E. Jean Carroll. A Manhattan jury has found that Trump must pay her an additional $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her. Then, he interviews Hunter Walker who is an investigative reporter at Talking Points Memo, a former White House correspondent, and the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller "The Breach"; where he works with former congressman Denver Riggleman to examine the January 6th Capitol attack and the ensuing investigation. They talk about his new book "The Truce", which is a definitive history of upheaval in the Democratic Party with new revelations about pivotal moments drawn from exclusive interviews with activists, operatives, and members of Congress. Next, John welcomes back TV's Frank Conniff. They chat about democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips; - also Nikki Haley, and Trump. They take calls from Sean in California and Richie in Los Angeles on Trump's stupidity. They also mention the Oscar nominations. Winding it up - Dave in Washington calls to discuss Trump and the Middle East plus they honor Paul Newman movies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guests: Harry Litman, Shan Wu, Katie Phang, Rep. Katie Porter, Hunter Walker, Luppe LuppenThe Republican frontrunner takes the stand as we await an immunity decision. Tonight: are the slow wheels of justice endangering democracy? Then, is Donald Trump derailing the border deal to get himself elected? And a check in on the state of the Democratic Party amid fresh new evidence of the Biden Boom.

Hunter Walker and Luppe Lupin, authors of The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party, join us to talk about infighting between progressive and centrist congressional candidates in the Democratic Party and how unity gets people further together as a party; We also take a message from Fred from Chicago about Democrats working together against Republicans instead of each other.Facepalm America: facepalmamerica.comTwitter: @FacepalmUSAFind Beowulf: @BeowulfRochlenBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/facepalm-america--5189985/support.

Co-Author along with Luppe Luppen of the book "Truce: Progressive's, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party" a look into some of the strife and discourse of the Democratic Party with TJ on News Radio KKOBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kate chats with TPM's Josh Marshall and Hunter Walker, along with journalist and lawyer Luppe Luppen, to discuss Walker and Luppen's upcoming book about the future of the Democratic party.Podcast Art by Christine Frapech Credit: W. W. Norton & CompanySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Listening to Radio Luxembourg on his family's transistor as a teen in the British countryside, Simon Kirke  heard the siren song of The Beatles and was instantly hooked. Determined to make music his career, he spent two years in London before a fateful meeting with guitarist Paul Kossoff put him on a course to make his rock 'n' roll fantasy a reality. Along with Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers, they formed the band Free which led to the mega hit/classic song All Right Now and Free becoming one of England's hottest bands. Then, in 1973, Simon, along with Free-mate Paul Rodgers, co-founded legendary hard rock supergroup Bad Company, a monster band that sold out record bins and stadiums worldwide. Their anthemic hits, Shooting Star, Feel Like Making Love, Can't Get Enough and Rock and Roll Fantasy remain among the most played songs in radio history.Simon joins us to share (mostly PG!) rock n' roll stories featuring his iconic bandmates and management and the music venues, record companies and recording studios where so much of his classic rock history played out. Simon tells us the story of Free and how All Right Now was written in desperation, to get the crowd dancing. Simon also details their legendary performance at the Isle of Wight Festival, and how Free stood up to the label that wanted to rebrand them the Heavy Metal Kids.He shares the backstage/pre-show moment when Bad Company's manager gifted them with platinum albums and we discuss the personality types drawn to each instrument. And, a quarter century sober, Simon considers whether productivity and creation may be the greatest high off all.Simon has written a possibly too spicy memoir. He is now scoring films and his pathway to sobriety has inspired an upcoming musical called Rock Bottom.Plus, Fritz and Weezy are recommending the Max doc series, Smartless: On The Road and The Untold Story of the Investigation Into January 6th by Denver Riggleman and Hunter Walker.Path Points of Interest:Simon KirkeSimon Kirke on WikipediaBad Company on WikipediaSimon Kirke FacebookBad Company InstagramRoad RecoveryThe Breach - The Untold Story of the Investigation Into January 6th by Denver Riggleman and Hunter WalkerSmartless On The RoadSmartless Podcast

Guests: Jamelle Bouie, Hunter Walker, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Ryan Nobles, Sen. Ed Markey, Brandon Wolf, Mona CharenThe president makes the case against white supremacy again—and the backlash roars. Tonight: new reporting on a potential new connection between white nationalists and the office of a sitting congressman. Then, what we know after two were hospitalized during a violent attack at the office of Congressman Gerry Connolly. Plus, the DeSantis campaign overhaul that includes shaking hands and looking at people in the eyes. And Senator Ed Markey on his renewed plan to fix a broken Supreme Court by adding four new justices.  

Biden Announces. Trump Inevitable? Can DeSantis Recover? Pence Testifies. Trump "Rape" Trial. Tucker Firing Fallout. With Allan Smith, Political Reporter for NBC News, Alex Roarty, White House Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers and Hunter Walker, Investigative Reporter for Talking Points Memo.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The International Brotherhood of Teamsters. More information at Teamster.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump was arraigned yesterday on 34 felony counts in a New York state court. The crime was falsifying business records as part of scheme to potentially avoid taxes and to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. We caught up with New York-based reporter Hunter Walker, a longtime contributor to the Bill Press Pod. Walker literally wrote the book on the January 6th investigation along with Denver Riggleman and has followed the Trump story from the beginning. Hunter is currently an Investigative Reporter for Talking Points Memo. He was most recently a White House Correspondent for Yahoo News. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. More information at Teamster.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What is truth? With George Santos, who knows. This week we're talking about the most prolific liar in the US Congress, Long Island's recent house member elect: George Santos.In this episode we're talking about who George Santos is and how he got here... here being both the United States and the House of Representatives. If you like our content, please become a patron if you'd like to support us directly. You'll get all of our episodes ad-free. The only thing we know for sure about George is that he is in fact a child of Brazilian immigrants, the rest is a very moving target. We only know that because he has a pending criminal charge in Brazil, apparently he stole the checkbook of a deceased man his mother was caring for and went shopping on the dead man's account. 1 More interestingly, George is apparently quite friendly with Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, via Viktor's cousin in the United States Andrew Intrater. Santos is the largest recipient of funds from Intrater / Vekselberg linked companies in the past election cycle and the only one to get individual donations from both Intrater and his wife. 2 Santos is also linked to an investment firm in Florida called Harbor City Capital which was shut down by the SEC for operating as a ponzi scheme, and directors of that company including Jayson Benoit and Devaughn Dames are now involved in other Republican fundraising and political organizations, such as WinRed and Red Strategies USA. WinRed in particular has some explaining to do, as Santos and another campaign affiliated with his former Harbor City buddies (Tina Forte who ran against AOC in 2022 and lost by 44 points) are accused of fraudulently over-billing donor credit cards via the WinRed payment processing service. 3 WinRed's treasurer is a man named Benjamin Ottenhoff who came up in the Senate campaigns of Rick Scott, the senator from Florida who, unsurprisingly, was the CEO of a company which at the time pled guilty to the largest Medicare fraud in US history. Funny how Republicans pretend to care about how things cost too much but are either throwing money at scams or perpetrating them all the time, isn't it? Predictably, an Ottenhoff firm was also paid quite a bit to "consult" on Kanye West's political campaign, too. 4 1. Grace Ashford and André Spigariol. Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos. The New York Times. January 2023. ⇤2. Isaac Stanley-Becker and Rosalind S. Helderman . New details link George Santos to cousin of sanctioned Russian oligarch. The Washington Post. January 2023. ⇤3. Hunter Walker and Josh Kovensky. Campaigns Linked To Santos Left Donors Feeling Ripped Off After Questionable Credit Card Charges. Talking Points Memo. January 2023. ⇤4. Roger Sollenberger and William Bredderman. Kanye West's ‘Independent' Campaign Was Secretly Run by GOP Elites. The Daily Beast. ⇤

We've got a MAGA alert agenda this week: Michigan Republicans have a battle of election deniers for chair of their party.  Some top Michigan Republicans want to draft charisma-challenged Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to lead the 2024 ticket.  In Ottawa County, the MAGA takeover of the Republican Party is on full display with a purge of county officials who aren't radical enough for the new county commission.  And the MAGA wing is looking at a takeover of some mid-Michigan school boards.  The MAGA-craziness is on display in DC as well, with reality-adjacent people like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jim Jordan now into power positions in the U.S. House…which also features a couple of committee assignments for the Congressman currently known as George Santos. Joining the conversation this week is former Republican Denver Riggleman of Virginia. A former Air Force officer and National Security Agency contractor, Riggleman was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2018. He was defeated in his bid for reelection in 2020, losing to Republican primary challenger Bob Good in a drive-through party convention.  Riggleman co-authored a book with Hunter Walker titled, The Breach, which was published in October of 2022. The book detailed his work on the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack. He is the only member of the Republican party to speak on the House of Representatives floor against QAnon. He is a co-sponsor of 2020 US House resolution "Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes". He is also one of the co-authors of the Network Contagion Research Institute report called "THE QANON CONSPIRACY: Destroying Families, Dividing Communities, Undermining Democracy" which he wrote before the January 6 storming of the US Capitol. This week in Michigan politics:  Michigan Democrats: Let's move up presidential primary. GOP: Not so fast | Bridge Michigan New Hampshire Democrats to Biden: Changing primary calendar will ‘wreak havoc' on us   | The Hill Biden risks backlash with 2024 presidential election primary calendar Inside the Early Elbowing for Michigan's Open Senate Seat Pressure coming for Stabenow to step down early | WLNS 6 News Perry Johnson, mulling presidential or U.S. Senate run in Michigan, plans Super Bowl ad Basically broke, Michigan GOP to charge delegates to attend convention | Bridge Michigan New Ottawa County board ends racial diversity office, hires John Gibbs Ottawa County's newly named health officer spread baseless COVID-19 info Michigan GOP chair candidates stick with unproven election claims Conservative group names 5 Greater Lansing school districts to watchlist Top Michigan Republicans move to draft DeSantis for 2024 Michigan Biden electors sue false Trump slate House GOP votes: Marjorie Taylor Greene is not ‘fringe' Insider: Some ... relegated to subcommittees after speaker vote =========================== This week's podcast is underwritten in part by EPIC-MRAEPIC ▪ MRA is a full service survey research firm with expertise in: • Public Opinion Surveys • Market Research Studies • Live Telephone Surveys • On-Line and Automated Surveys • Focus Group Research • Bond Proposals - Millage Campaigns • Political Campaigns & Consulting • Ballot Proposals - Issue Advocacy Research • Community - Media Relations • Issue - Image Management • Database Development & List Management

Tonight on The Last Word: George Santos faces local and federal investigations. Also, Speaker McCarthy looks to oust three Democrats from top committees. Plus, newly reported subpoenas reveal new details about the special prosecutor's Trump investigation. And Democrats prepare for a debt ceiling fight after McCarthy concedes to the GOP minority. Hunter Walker, Rep. Ritchie Torres, Rep. Adam Schiff, Andrew Weissmann and Rep. Brendan Boyle join Lawrence O'Donnell.

Hunter Walker is an investigative reporter for Talking Points Memo. He covered the Trump White House for Yahoo news. He was at the Capitol, under attack, on January 6th 2021. And he coauthored a book with former GOP Congressman and January 6th Committee staffer, Denver Riggleman, The Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation into January 6th. He's a regular on the Bill Press Pod Reporters' Roundtable and today he and Bill hit these topics: Those Meadows texts. What the J6 Committee did not do. J6 Security failures look even worse now. The Lying GOP Congressman: George(?) Santos(?). Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the Laborers International Union of North America or LIUNA. Their over 500,000 members are rebuilding America's infrastructure, solar and wind energy projects, as well as holding down important jobs in the health care field. For more information check out their website at LIUNA.Org See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On Monday, the January 6th committee referred former president Donald Trump to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution on four charges including: inciting an insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the United States and the obstruction of an act of Congress. We speak with Hunter Walker, investigative reporter with Talking Points Memo and co-author of "The Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation into January 6th," about the referrals and the likelihood of actual charges.

On Monday, the January 6th committee referred former president Donald Trump to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution on four charges including: inciting an insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the United States and the obstruction of an act of Congress. We speak with Hunter Walker, investigative reporter with Talking Points Memo and co-author of "The Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation into January 6th," about the referrals and the likelihood of actual charges.

The investigative reporter sifting through the unbelievable treasure trove of texts that the January 6th committee obtained from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadow's phone has detailed what he found inside the 2,319 messages. “There's just a ton of different people in there,” Hunter Walker, reporter for Talking Points Memo, told host Andy Levy on this week's episode of political podcast, The New Abnormal. Next up on the podcast, Layshia Clarendon, who is the first openly non-binary player in the WNBA, describes what was going through her mind when she heard that Brittney Griner (BG) was arrested in Russia and taken into custody. “It was like the ground underneath me just fell,” Clarendon tells podcast co-host Danielle Moodie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Representative Ruben Gallego tells us all about how Senator Sinema has failed Arizona. Representative Gallego throws the maximum amount of shade allowed by congressional regulations. And Representative Maxwell Frost talks to us about his unlikely road to being the first Gen Z congressman. TPM's Hunter Walker has pored over 2,000 of Mark Meadows's texts and he offers some new revelations about just how nefarious the plotting of 1/6 was. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hunter Walker, reporter and author of the new book “The Breach” on the January 6 investigation, joins us to break down his findings. The book, which he wrote with former member of Congress Denver Riggleman, is available here.You can follow Hunter on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/hunterwYou can become a paid subscriber (paid intern!) of the show and gain access to our full back catalog of premium episodes here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theinsurgents.substack.com/subscribe

The Devastation and Politics of Hurricane Ian. January 6th: Ginni Thomas and Roger Stone. The GOP “Plan.” Biden vs. Midterms. No Government Shutdown. With John Bennett, Editor-at-Large and Columnist, CQ Roll Call and reporter, writer of the CQ Afternoon Briefing newsletter and Linda Feldmann, Washington bureau chief, White House/politics correspondent at Christian Science Monitor. Host of the Monitor Breakfast and Hunter Walker, author of The Uprising Newsletter and co-author with Denver Riggleman of The Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation into January 6th. Today's Bill features the work of Chef Jose Andres and the World Central Kitchen. On the ground feeding people in the path of Ian in Puerto Rico and Florida. You can support their work at WCK.org .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on America Changed Forever, the new book The Breach talks about the January 6th investigation and how Mark Meadows, the former chief of staff for President Trump, was allegedly the conduit for the lies that fomented the insurrection at the Capitol. We talk with co-author Hunter Walker. Also, we're gonna break down the Seditious Conspiracy trial involving the Oathkeepers with CBS News Congressional Correspondent Scott MacFarlane.And, we are just about six weeks out from the midterm elections. Who's got the upper hand heading into November? Political analyst and Professor of History, Larry Sabato breaks it down for us.Last, we remember Bill Plante, the legendary CBS Newsman who passed away this week.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can Biden Fix Inflation? Are the Democrats doomed in November? Is the January 6th Committee Stalling Out? Will the Department of Justice Move on Meadows/Trump? Will Putin Help Trump Smear the Bidens? With Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital, David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA TODAY, Hunter Walker, Reporting on Jan 6 at TheUprising.info and Kirk Bado, Managing Editor at National Journal Hotline. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The International Brotherhood of Teamsters. More information at Teamster.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Isis Raid. Biden-Policing. January 6th Committee Talking to Top Pence Aides. Trump vs. Lyndsey Graham and Democracy. Jeff Zucker Out at CNN. Neil Young vs. Joe Rogan. With Jennifer Haberkorn, Congressional Reporter for The Los Angeles Times, Hunter Walker, reporting on January 6 at TheUprising.info and Rolling Stone and Linda Feldmann, Washington Bureau Chief, White House/politics correspondent at the Christian Science Monitor, Host of the Monitor Breakfast. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. More information at Teamster.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hour 2: White House Correspondent, Hunter Walker, details his experience at the Capital riot. Could the Jan. 6 anniversary make Biden look good? His approval ratings keep dropping. Domestic terrorists don't include Antifa, smash and grabbers, or anyone who buys into the democrats' agenda.

Today, Dom led off the Dom Giordano Program by offering his thoughts on the weekend and the New Year, jumping into a discussion about what this week means, being the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol. Giordano plays back comments made by Grace Segers and Hunter Walker on CNN, two reporters who covered the incident, who claim they have PTSD after covering the incident. Then, Giordano discusses takeaways from this years' Mummers Parade, a longtime Philadelphia tradition that usually creates controversies due to their brash satirical comedic routines. Giordano, supportive of the Mummers, asks why PHL17 cut away from a critique on the Kenney and Krasner administration and the rampant crime in Philadelphia. Then, Giordano takes a caller and debates when and why the popularity of the Mummers has fallen by the wayside, and offers his opinion on the news of another round of school closures in the face of the Omicron variant.  (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two reporters open up about lingering trauma from covering the Jan. 6 attack. Plus, David Frum analyzes the rise in political violence and addresses America's "new normal." Later, Kara Swisher shares where Big Tech is taking us in 2022. Guests: Grace Segers, Hunter Walker, Nicole Hemmer, Ryan Reilly, David Frum, and Kara Swisher. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

NEW YEAR'S EVE / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM OCTOBER 25, 2021 --On the Show: --An explosive story in Rolling Stone by Hunter Walker reveals that the organizers of the January 6 Trump riots met with Republicans in Congress as well as Trump staffers in advance of the riots --Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for the expulsion from Congress of the Republicans involved in the planning the January 6 Trump riots --Actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shoots and kills cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injures director Joel Souza after being handed a loaded gun on the set of the film Rust --An overview of legitimate reasons to criticize China's ruling Communist Party, a topic that surged after a viewer phone call last week --Former President Barack Obama has been rallying for Democratic Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, and his speeches remind us how bad political discourse has sunk in the United States --Activist and student Jack Cocchiarella confronts Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn at Dartmouth College and reduces Cawthorn to a stammering mess over his 2020 election lies --Fox News hosts lie about their own vaccine mandate, claiming it is merely a protocol, a meaningless distinction without a practical difference --MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell now has a new deadline in his bogus attempts to restore Donald Trump to power, and it's the Tuesday before Thanksgiving of this year, November 23 --Voicemail caller congratulates David for an absolutely perfect ice cream recommendation --On the Bonus Show: Fed will ban policymakers from owning individual stocks, Ron DeSantis planning $5,000 bonus for unvaccinated police to relocate to Florida, TX Lt Gov pays out $25,000 to Democrat for reporting Republican voter fraud, much more... --Become a Supporter: http://www.davidpakman.com/membership --Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidpakmanshow --Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/thedavidpakmanshow --Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow --Leave us a message at The David Pakman Show Voicemail Line (219)-2DAVIDP  

Omicron Surge. Jan 6 Anniversary. Midterm Maps and Harry Reid. With Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor, NBC News Digital, Niall Stanage, White House Columnist, The Hill, Kirk Bado, Managing Editor, National Journal Hotline and Hunter Walker, Founder and Reporter, The Uprising Newsletter on Substack. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. Once again, on the frontlines of our grocery stores, pharmacies, meat and poultry processing plants. More information at UFCW.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Reporter and author of the politics newsletter 'The Uprising' Hunter Walker joins Jess on the show to discuss his new piece for Rolling Stone Magazine about how Jan. 6 organizers used anonymous burner phones to communicate with the White House & Trump Family!

Guests: Jelani Cobb, Linda Chavez, Hunter Walker, Rep. Adam Schiff, Dr. Rochelle WalenskyTonight: The glorification of violence by way of Kyle Rittenhouse—and what it means for the country. Then, as the January 6th probe considers criminal referrals for the former president, Congressman Adam Schiff on his Republican colleague that has "information directly relevant" to the investigation, according to the committee. Plus, Hunter Walker with new reporting on the Trump campaign's connection to intimidation of a Georgia election poll worker. And an interview with the director of the CDC on the president's new push to deal with omicron. 

Guests: Rep. Elaine Luria, Jennifer Rubin, Eric Boehlert, Hunter Walker, Vann NewkirkTrump's The prospect of criminal charges for Trump is raised as the full House votes on contempt for Meadows. Tonight: new evidence around Donald Trump's attempt to overthrow the government—and the right-wing media organ abetting him. Plus, new reporting on unnamed lawmakers working with the White House. Then, why a judge tossed Trump's lawsuit to keep his taxes away from Congress. And the Atlantic's Vann Newkirk on the ongoing, human victims of the Big Lie.

Jan 6 Burner Phones and Subpoenas. Kyle Rittenhouse a Hero? Fate of Paid Family Leave. Fed Chair Stays On. Gas Prices and Covid Hurt Biden. Trump's New Lies. With Maya King, covering national politics for Politico, Alayna Treene, Congressional Reporter at Axios and Hunter Walker, Reporter TheUprising.info, Contributing Writer at Rolling StoneToday's Bill Press Pod is supported by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. More information at UFCW.org .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Shadow Politics with Senator Michael Brown and Marilia Duffles and guest Hunter Walker The January 6th Insurrection - Was Congress Involved in the Planning?  Some interesting reporting has come out on the planning meetings that lead up to the January 6th Insurrection. Hunter Walker will inform us about the congressional and White House staff who allegedly took part in those meetings. My new co-host, Marília Duffles, and I have many questions about government involvement and ties to this event.

Benj & Bass welcome mutual friend Hunter Walker to discuss identifying the things in life that actually matter as well as finding ministry within a profession. Connect with Hunter on Instagram @hunt_walker and stay tuned for more updates from @benjandbass

Democrat's' Trust Issues. Some GOP House Members in on the Insurrection? Trump Still Here. Virginia Governor's Race. With Gabriel Debenedetti, National Correspondent at New York Magazine, Addy Baird, Politics Reporter at BuzzFeed News and Hunter Walker, Founder, Reporter at TheUprising.infoToday's Bill Press Pod is supported by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. More information at UFCW.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Do yourself a favor: Before listening, give Hunter Walker's bombshell article a read here: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/exclusive-jan-6-organizers-met-congress-white-house-1245289/** Investigative journalist Hunter Walker comes on to discuss the stunning story published in Rolling Stone alleging members of Congress and White House staffers worked together to incite the infamous "protest" on Jan. 6. Walker details a "blanket pardon" allegedly dangled by Rep. Paul Gosar -- and whether Trump himself was aware of what was to come. Plus, the turning point of the whole "protest" on Jan. 6 -- which involved Trump himself. January 6th will be infamous in American history forever, but, as Walker says, the story is far from over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maria and Julio talk about what's happening with President Biden's spending bill and the issues within the Democratic Party. They also discuss the upcoming trial of Kyle Rittenhouse and the ongoing investigation into the January 6 Capitol insurrection. ITT Staff Picks: As negotiations on Biden's Build Back Better plan continue, reporters Amanda Becker and Candice Norwood write about how the fate of paid leave is still unclear, for The 19th News.“Rittenhouse is the very definition of an “outside agitator” who came into somebody else's community armed to do violence, but because he murdered-while-white, he will probably walk free,” writes Elie Mystal in this piece for The Nation.In this exclusive for Rolling Stone, reporter Hunter Walker writes about how congressional members and staffers were involved in the Jan. 6 organizing.Photo credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week: Andrew and Morgan will be covering Manchin, Sinema, and the Biden agenda; Hunter Walker's piece in Rolling Stone about the planning of January 6; plus Comings and Goings. Allison Gill is on vacation Follow your hosts on Twitter: Andrew Torrez https://twitter.com/patorrezlaw Allison Gill https://twitter.com/allisongill The Podcast: https://twitter.com/aisle45pod Morgan Stringer http://twitter.com/mostring Want to support this podcast and get it ad-free and early? Go to: https://www.patreon.com/aisle45pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Gosar has been basically caught red-handed when it comes to Jan. 6 meddling. So what's next? Reporter Hunter Walker, who authored the bombshell report about Gosar promising rioters “pardons,” came on the podcast to talk about how he got his big scoops and the worst thing that could happen to Gosar. Plus, David Pepper, author of “Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake Up Call from Behind the Lines” tells Molly how Republicans in state houses (like his home state of Ohio) are all slowly burning our democracy to the ground. But not if we do this first.If you haven't heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. where Sometimes we interview Senators like Cory Booker or the folks who explain our world in media like Jim Acosta or Soledad O'Brien. Sometimes we just have fun and talk to our favorite comedians and actors like Busy Phillips or Billy Eichner and sometimes it's just discussing the fuckery. You can get all of our episodes in your favorite podcast app of choice by becoming a Beast Inside member where you'll support The Beast's fearless journalism. Plus! You'll also get full access to podcasts and articles. To become a member head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

--On the Show: --An explosive story in Rolling Stone by Hunter Walker reveals that the organizers of the January 6 Trump riots met with Republicans in Congress as well as Trump staffers in advance of the riots --Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for the expulsion from Congress of the Republicans involved in the planning the January 6 Trump riots --Actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shoots and kills cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injures director Joel Souza after being handed a loaded gun on the set of the film Rust --An overview of legitimate reasons to criticize China's ruling Communist Party, a topic that surged after a viewer phone call last week --Former President Barack Obama has been rallying for Democratic Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, and his speeches remind us how bad political discourse has sunk in the United States --Activist and student Jack Cocchiarella confronts Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn at Dartmouth College and reduces Cawthorn to a stammering mess over his 2020 election lies --Fox News hosts lie about their own vaccine mandate, claiming it is merely a protocol, a meaningless distinction without a practical difference --MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell now has a new deadline in his bogus attempts to restore Donald Trump to power, and it's the Tuesday before Thanksgiving of this year, November 23 --Voicemail caller congratulates David for an absolutely perfect ice cream recommendation --On the Bonus Show: Fed will ban policymakers from owning individual stocks, Ron DeSantis planning $5,000 bonus for unvaccinated police to relocate to Florida, TX Lt Gov pays out $25,000 to Democrat for reporting Republican voter fraud, much more...

Hunter Walker wrote an in-depth article for Rolling Stone on the level to which certain members of Congress were involved in the rioting on January 6th See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maria and Julio are joined by Dr. Rashad Richey, political analyst and host of “Indisputable” on The Young Turks Network and Zerlina Maxwell, host of “Zerlina” on Peacock, for a conversation on the latest news. They discuss the media coverage surrounding Gabby Petito's death, and disparities when it comes to the same coverage for people of color. They also talk about the Biden administration's handling of Haitian refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border, and the Republican-led Arizona audit. ITT Staff Picks:For The New York Times, opinion columnist Charles M. Blow writes about the “missing white woman syndrome” and the stark contrast in media coverage for people of color. “These photos from Del Rio haven't cut fresh wounds. They've reopened old ones,” writes Caitlin Dickerson about President Biden having to come to terms with the U.S.' problematic history on immigration policy, for The Atlantic. Hunter Walker reports on the House Select Committee's investigation into the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol and their recent subpoenas of Trump allies for Rolling Stone. Photo credit: AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vaccine Mandate. Garland Sues Texas. Newsom in Good Shape. Rally FOR Jan 6th Defendants. With Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer for The Hill, Hunter Walker, Reporter, TheUprising.info and Amanda Becker, Washington Correspondent for 19thNews.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by America's most diverse union, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters. More information at Teamster.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mask/Jab Mandates. Infrastructure Moving. January 6th Testimony. Pelosi Crushes McCarthy. With Eliza Collins, Politics Reporter on the Hill for The Wall Street Journal, Igor Bobic, Senior Politics Reporter at HuffPost and Hunter Walker, Reporter, TheUprising.info. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The American Federation of Teachers, getting ready to go back to the classroom this fall. More information at AFT.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Uprising's Hunter Walker scooped that the likely next mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, is headed to the White House today to meet with President Joe Biden, Attorney Garland Merrick Garland and other local leaders to discuss what the White House calls its “comprehensive strategy to reduce gun crimes.” And, another story to keep an eye on this week: the ongoing struggle by the administration to break through vaccine hesitancy among the remaining third or so of American adults who've refused the shot. In a story that posted Sunday night, the NYT's Tiffany Hsu called out Fox News — specifically Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson — for feeding into the problem. We know from our own conversations with White House officials that they see the anti-vax rhetoric as a real problem amid the spread of the Delta variant.  Raghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook. Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.  Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio. 

This week on Ring of Fire, Haggai Matar, Executive Director of 972 Magazine, joins me to discuss the ousting of Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel and how the new ruling coalition, dominated by the right wing, may not be better and maybe even worse. And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week. Bonus content you're missing this week on the member show, NYC Reporter, Hunter Walker, will discuss the upcoming democratic primary for mayor of New York City. Become a member today over at rofpodcast.com.

Tonight: Growing fears over the unchecked Republican radicalization against democracy. Then, why President Biden's direct shot at Manchin and Sinema is actually a big deal. Plus, new reporting on January 6th protest organizers making the pilgrimage to Mar-A-Lago. And an exclusive interview with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on President Biden's new vaccination push—and our responsibility to help vaccinate the world.Guests: Ari Berman, Anne Marie Slaughter, Hunter Walker, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Ezra Klein 

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A return to normalcy. Environmental Justice. 50/50 Senate. Vaccine rollout. Trumpism. With Sabrina Siddiqui, White House reporter at The Wall Street Journal, Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent at Yahoo News and Jeff Dufour, Editor in Chief at National JournalToday's Bill Press Pod supported by The Laborers' International Union of North America. More information at LIUNA.org

Lenny Rachitsky sold his company to Airbnb years ago and he spent a bunch of time there as a product manager, working on growth.Now Lenny's full-time job is his simply-titled “Lenny's Newsletter”, where he shares everything he's learned about building products and teams. With over 3,200 paying subscribers, Lenny's Newsletter brings him a larger income than he had at his tech job!In this fun interview, Lenny shares his journey—how he went from wanting to found another startup to being a one-man newsletter business, and the lessons he's learned along the way.You'll learn the “value-add” for a paid newsletter that's been a great success for Lenny, and how he's avoiding the trap of workaholism as he builds his business.Lenny also shares how he never runs out of topics, and how he stays interested and curious so he can enjoy running his newsletter for years to come.Plus, as popular as paid newsletters are, they come with some important downsides! Lenny reports from the trenches on what they are and how to deal with them.Links & Resources Airbnb Coda - A new doc for teams. Why a Paid Newsletter Won't Be Enough Money for Most Writers (And That's Fine): The Multi-SKU Creator - Hunter Walk Lenny Rachitsky's Links Sign up for Lenny's Newsletter Twitter: @LennySan LinkedIn: Lenny Rachitsky Episode TranscriptLenny: [00:00:00] I find there's any time not spent creating high quality content is not time well spent over the long run. It's all about just valuable content. You know, if you provide value to people, they're going to want it and they're going to subscribe and follow and pay.Nathan: [00:00:18] Today's interview is with Lenny Rachitsky. Lenny's company was acquired by Airbnb more than seven years ago. He spent a bunch of time at Airbnb as a product manager, working on growth, where he became fascinated with things like, how do you manage a team? How do you grow a company? What are the product management best practices?All of these things after leaving Airbnb, he started a newsletter just called Lenny's Newsletter, and it now has over 3,200 paying subscribers. he's now earning more from his newsletter than he was at his tech job. Quite a bit more actually. And we get into so many things, but how to keep writing newsletter really fun, how to grow and scale your audience using guest posts to get those first subscribers so much good stuff.Let's dive in. Lenny. Thanks for joining me today. Thanks for having me. So you actually kicked off our call and kind of a fun spot. So I want to start the interview there. And that was, you just said, so did you read the New Yorker article, you know, and, the New Yorker just did another article about newsletters.Why don't you give us a high level? Cause it kind of takes us into the state of newsletters, you know, on the web right now. Lenny: [00:01:28] Oh, so I find, I generally try to avoid pontificating on the state of media and newsletters, because I feel like that's not my depth. There's a lot of newsletter writers that like come from media, I've thought about, you know, this whole space of newsletters for a long time.And it's fun to think about it and talk about, and, and tweet about sometimes. But yeah, I don't have the most thorough opinions of the whole industry, but. What I find is when people do this kind of like overview of what's happening, it's always this interesting combination of like, Oh, here's all the good elements.People can write whatever they want. And they have freedom. They're running their own business and creating their own kind of life. And then there's like, Oh, but all these dangers, what are they, what's going to happen? They need health insurance. And how do we moderate all these folks? And who's going to win.And how do you, how do you not create this? Just like 1% that does well. And so, so the post is kind of essentially going through a bunch of stories of all those things happening. And I think the conclusion as always, as it's complicated and there's good and bad end, we'll see where it all goes. Nathan: [00:02:32] Yeah.It's been fascinating to watch how the landscape has changed over the last, you know, seven or eight years since I've been working in this space. But you know, particularly the last say 18 months as Substack has gained a ton of traction. I think a lot of people, this is kinda what I want to talk about next.Who maybe in the past would look at newsletters and go, that's an interesting business. Like that's a thing. Maybe that's your lifestyle business. I don't know I'm going to go do a startup, you know? that was all the mindset. And now Lenny: [00:03:05] that's exactly what I did. That was my whole plan is start a company.And then I started this newsletter on the side just to like play around with something and magically, it turned around and the newsletter became the main thing that I do. Nathan: [00:03:16] Yeah. So let's talk about that more. Cause you spent what? Seven, eight years at Airbnb working on, on growth and product management. and so I'd love to hear, well, let's see, let's talk about just the transition out of Airbnb and then what was next?Lenny: [00:03:34] Yeah, so I left Airbnb about a year and a half ago. Last March. I was there for seven years, sold my company to them and. My plan a, when I left, first of all, I had no real plan. I was just like, I need to, I need to do something different. I need to move on to some new, and so plan a was, likely start a company again.Plan B was maybe do some advising consulting plan C was maybe join a startup plan. D was maybe join a big company. And now are on those lists of plans that I have make a living off writing a newsletter. But what started happening is I first started collecting my thoughts of what I learned at Airbnb and things I've done in the past, just so that I don't have to relearn them.When I start a company is I put out medi posts and that did shockingly well, and then I put out a few more medi posts and those did well. And then somebody suggested I switched to sub stack to, you know, to the classic reasons to have your newsletter it's own your audience, to not give all the benefits and medi and those kinds of things, which we can talk about.And that just kept going well. And it was always a side project that everyone around me was like, okay, stop this writing thing you're doing. And you really want to do a startup. You should really focus on that. And just spending so much time writing, what are you doing? But I just kept doing it cause it was interesting and fun and people seem to value it.And I had a good conversation with a friend, maybe six months into it. And his advice was okay, this seems to be working well. People seem to value it. You seem to enjoy it. Maybe just try that for a little while longer. And don't put all this pressure on yourself to start a company now. And so I did that and it just kept growing.And eventually, this year actually around COVID beginnings of COVID, it was like a year since I left my job. I had no income. I didn't know what I was going to do. All my stock is down. I didn't know how I was going to make money again. And so I decided, let me try this pate version of the newsletter and.And that kind of took things to the next level. And now we're here where I'm making a lot more than I made it Airbnb. And I don't have any future plans beyond this. Nathan: [00:05:38] Yeah. So did you, figure out what the start-up was going to be, or was it still, you were playing around with ideas and the newsletter was a playground to try out or to like think through some of the things you were considering.Lenny: [00:05:51] Newsletter is more of a playground of collecting things that I've learned that I wanted to crystallize, you know, as they say, I don't know what I think until I've written it down. And I was, it was an excuse to crystallize things that I've learned over the past. but in terms of the startup, I had, I had a spreadsheet of 50 ideas that I was working through one by one prototyping, asking friends, trying to research them.So as, as, as I went through like 10 of them, by the time I stopped. And, none of them, none of them really stuck. That was part of it is I didn't find anything that was, “Oh shit! I really need to stop everything and do this thing.” if I, maybe if I had it, it would have been some different, but startups are hard.It's like a hard life to pursue. And so I'm happy not to do that right now. Nathan: [00:06:33] They are. They're very hard. And especially that, I don't know those first two years or three years, you know, before it gets a team in moment it. It just it's really hard. So, so at that initial traction, that point where you're like, Hey, this is working.What were those signs that you look for? How was it a nber of subscribers or was it just moment a rate of growth? What was it? Lenny: [00:06:58] I'd say early on, it was very qualitative. I just kept getting these really nice messages from people about how valuable some of the stuff I'd written had been. So is that plus continued growth.People just continue to subscribe and come back and not unsubscribe. That was a good sign. and then, yeah, I guess it was those two things, qualitative feedback and just growth continue to happen, even when I wasn't doing anything. And also the feedback was coming from really smart, successful people that I really respected, so that added to it.Nathan: [00:07:33] So those things, I think what's interesting about that is that. It has you focusing on the quality of the content rather than the results.Lenny: [00:07:41] Absolutely. That's what I find over and over again. Anything that I do, that's not just create high quality content does very little for the success of the newsletter.I find there's any time not spent creating high quality content is not time well spent. I just keep finding it over and over. I tried like Twitter ads. I tried a referral program. I tried, cross-promotion across newsletters and none of that really did anything. Although initially there were some things that, that I did that were really impactful to help jpstart it, which we could talk about.But, but over the long run, it's all about just valuable content. And, you know, it's like if you provide value to people, they're going to want it and they're gonna subscribe and follow and pay. So the more you could just provide value, the more successful you'll be. And that's what I keep finding. Nathan: [00:08:28] When I think another thing in that is.The type of people that you're writing to. So you're looking at a lot of that qualitative feedback was from people that you really respected, you know, whether it's industry peers or others. And I find that when I'm writing to someone, who's one of my peers, the quality of my writing is so much better. If I even have this in mind of like, okay, this didn't happen, but let's say this person asked me for advice on how to get your startup to your first 5 million ARR.You know, then if I write to them, it's just better. Right. And then I think like reading a lot of your early stuff and even the way that you write today, I get that feeling from it of like, Oh, this feels like it's written to Lenny's peers and his friends rather than from the place on high, where Lenny that, you know, Yeah, the startup expert is writing to the masses because it just, it comes through in your writing in a different way.Yeah. Lenny: [00:09:26] Yeah. And I think a lot of that comes from, I don't know if insecurity is the right word, but I just, I don't feel like I have the answers and I'm not the smartest, most successful person. And so my lens is how do I just give you on arguably correct advice that either comes from successful, smart people or a bunch of analysis over what's worked or.Or something like that. So, so the lens I use isn't I know a lot of people and I like your framework of just like pick a person and a specific person in my end, right. To them. I use it more like a broad lens of if I'm like a founder reading, this is this like actually useful to me or is this just like a bunch of fluffy stuff?That sounds nice that I can, I'm going to just forget immediately. And so I always come back to you as, as concretely. Actionably valuable immediately to somebody. And if it's not, then I refine it further and cut out stuff. That's not actually useful. Nathan: [00:10:17] Yep. That makes sense. What were some of those things that worked for the early on that you were talking about to get the initial growth?Lenny: [00:10:24] So, so I started, I started at zero is everyone starts with, and what I, the way I first launched the newsletter was actually on Twitter and kind of like, it kind of created this interesting back and forth between medi and Twitter and sub stack. So I wrote that first piece on medi and it got like featured by medi.The, it was about Airbnb. What I learned at Airbnb, the CEO of Airbnb sent it out to the entire company and it got into this collection. So it just got a ton of use. And that led to some Twitter following. Somehow, they kind of found me on Twitter. And then as I was reading, you have much of a Twitter following.Not really. I had, I had like a few thousand followers, something like that, which is not from Nathan: [00:11:06] being on Twitter for Lenny: [00:11:07] years and yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yep. Which is, you know, some people have less than a thousand, so that's a different place to start. And I'll also add, I've never like focused on Twitter followers.I was just like, how do I share valuable things with people? Cause I just want to get it out of my head. And so that was, as I was writing these medi posts, I was also tweeting little nuggets of things that either were in that post or just couldn't make it into a whole post. So I started just kind of doing both things, tweeting and medi posting and that built up the Twitter audience just because some of the stuff was proved to be really valuable.And then when I launched the sub stack, I basically just tweeted out, Hey, I'm launching a sub stack newsletter. You should subscribe. I don't know what it's going to be at, but it don't miss it. And so that got me to my first few hundred subscribers, just like tweeting about it. And I had maybe like 10,000 followers at that point, something like that.And then, and then I did a couple of guest posts, one on Andrew Chen's blog and one on the first round review. And that it's a tweet Twitter. Plus those two got me to the first thousand, essentially. Plus in that time, maybe like 20 actual posts that were valuable enough for people, right? Nathan: [00:12:22] Yeah. Is guest posting something that you would recommend for someone I'd Lenny: [00:12:26] say?Yeah, I'd say initially when it's early, for sure. Because if you think about just marketing anything, you just want to go to where your audience is. And if you can write something that in a place somebody already has that whole audience and. Show how awesome you are. They're going to come follow you wherever you are.So I find it, I found it to be super valuable, but you have to just pick the right blogs and newsletters and do a great job. Nathan: [00:12:54] Yeah. That's I mean, in the early days of my newsletter, maybe after I had it with 2000 subscribers, a thousand, 2000, somewhere in there, I started doing guest posting pretty heavily.And it's exactly what you said. Like some people think about guest posting as like, Oh yeah. Here's this thing that. I wouldn't put it on my blog, but sure. I'll try to see if you want to run it. It's not an effective strategy instead of you're like, here's the best content that I wrote, like, et cetera, writing one, an article versus specialty magazine, which is a web design Lenny: [00:13:24] and development.My wife's been in that. Oh, Nathan: [00:13:26] nice. Yeah, she's a designer. Yup. and I read them a lot and so I wrote a post on product launches. That was 4,000 words, long, all kinds of detail, everything, you know, I tried to put as many real nbers in there as possible. And just try and be like, this is everything I've got, you know, and that post, I think got me, well, had a great call to action for like sign up for a free email course at the end that I had, like, here's a ton of great value.And then if you want even more like in the weeds, nerdy stuff, he, you know, he here's even more. And that picked up like 2000 email subscribers from a single post, which at the time, you know, we're like, 50% ground, you know, it's, it's pretty amazing to thousands of them a lot. Yeah. But even if at that stage, if you're getting a hundred or, or 300, like that's totally worth it.Lenny: [00:14:15] Yeah. Similarly to the one I did with Andrew, I worked on it for like months. It was a 28 ways to grow supply in the marketplace. And I had like all these examples and, and quotes and all these things and I showed it to him cause we got to know each other a little bit on Twitter and he's just like, and I republish this on my blog.I'm like, Well, can I also publish it of mine? It's like, let's do a 24 hour exclusive. And it was a really tough call cause I was really proud of it as the best thing I'd written up to that point. But again, it, I think that's why it worked because it was high quality. Nathan: [00:14:47] Th the exclusive is interesting because it still gets out to your audience, but it leads over there.Lenny: [00:14:53] yeah, they're not, they're not as into that. They don't want you to republish it at any point. Nathan: [00:14:59] Yeah. And the, I mean, they've got quite a content strategy and Lenny: [00:15:02] yeah, they're amazing. I'll give you an editor. It's amazing. Nathan: [00:15:05] Yeah. So it's guest posting something that you've continued to do, or is that more for initial traction and then just focus on your own property?I've done Lenny: [00:15:14] that a couple of times. I did a couple more first round pieces actually, now that I think about it, but it was more just, it felt good. It wasn't. It didn't really do much honestly directly, but you know, all these things add up. But what I find now is that now that I have a meaningful audience, I can promote other people through guest posts, which one people come to me to try to do that, which is really funny.And then on the other hand, it saves me work because I get this amazing content from someone. Great. for a week because with a paid newsletter after right every week forever, and the more amazing pieces of content I can create that I don't have to write myself the better. So, Oh, it was a balance obviously, but what I try to do is collect just like the best people in each field and have them write and definitive answer on a topic that people are asking me about.And so it's kind of flipped now, which is kind of interesting Nathan: [00:16:06] when I think having the. Well, you, you basically set the bar for the content and then you've said, If anyone in the industry who's really experienced can meet that bar or exceed that bar. Then I would love to have you. And then it's, it's not a like, Oh man, this article is not from lending this week.It's from some random person it's instead like, Whoa, I can't believe Lenny got this person to come on and share this level of detail. Lenny: [00:16:31] Yeah. And here's a rule of thb I'll share is if someone reaches out to me to try to do a guest post. That automatically means they're not going to do a guest post. I have to go reach out to them because I find that the people that I want to do the guest poster, often the ones that aren't interested in doing one.Nathan: [00:16:49] Right. Have you ever had, I had someone who reached out to you do a guest post that like met the bar for quality and was really good? Lenny: [00:16:56] Not yet. Okay. I'm sure it'll happen, but I wonder. Nathan: [00:17:01] So I'm just spit balling here. I wonder, like I'm saying, if I were to pitch you on a guest post, like if I was listening to this and heard like Lenny doesn't take outside pitches, if I were to be like, yes, but he hasn't seen my content.What I would do is I would pitch you with the entire article pre-written and I would say, okay, but. You know, what about this? Do you think that Lenny: [00:17:23] would work? Oh, that would definitely work better because I find that once I get started with someone, it's hard to just, if I find that it's not great, it's hard to be like, no, nevermind.So yeah, the more I can see where you're going to land, the more likely it is to work out. And what I find is often with even the most amazing people, there's a bunch of back and forth, right. Push them to make it more concrete and more actionable. And more tactical. So, so I, I love seeing the draft cause then I can see how far it is from something that's going to be amazing.Nathan: [00:17:53] Right. And you can see immediately if, if this is an idea that's been played out and done plenty of times before, or if you're like, it's not good yet, but I bet if you change it. Exactly. Lenny: [00:18:03] Yeah. It could be. Yeah. There you go. There's a, there's a good Nathan: [00:18:06] trick. And so, I mean, we can carry that forward, right. If even someone who, doesn't often take guest, I mean, it's, it's basically.It's similar to what you did with, Andrew of you didn't pitch him, but you said, Hey, I'm working on this. I don't know. I don't know exactly what you said, but I'm working on this. Can you give me feedback? Can you give me ideas? and then he's like, not only that, but can I run it on my, on my site?Lenny: [00:18:32] That's exactly right. And actually the first round, it was the same way I had kind of the outline in a lot of the posts and I showed it to them and that got them excited. Nathan: [00:18:40] Somebody who did this really well, And I feel bad that I'm spacing on his name right now, but who runs groove, groove, hq.com. they built a really, really popular blog on their journey going to 500 K.now I'm trying to think of 500. I'm trying to think what the nber is anyway. It's a lot of subscribers. no, sorry. It was on the, for their software product. Maybe they're trying to get to 5 million, 5 million ARR or something like that. They had some. It's was probably 500 K of MRR is what, the nber they're turning.Cause I remember looking up to it being like convert your wasn't at that level. And I was like, Oh, that would be cool to get there. You know? and something that he did really well is have a content like a sort of an advisor group. Where he basically reached out to a bunch of smart people and said, Hey, I'm going to write stuff on these topics.Would you mind if I sent you a draft of it from time to time for you to look over it? If I think it's particularly relevant to you? and I think that can work well because, so he looked me in on that and I was like, yeah, you're writing great stuff. I'd love to see it before it's published. And maybe you share some tips or insights.yet he'd been shot plenty of other people. And then what happens is when he would then publish the piece, he would email the same group and it was probably 20 people or something and say, Hey, thanks for your help on this adhere to his life. And then I'd see all those people tweeting about it and sharing about it because they had like a, an emotional, or they had an investment in him and his success.Lenny: [00:20:13] That's actually something I forgot to mention that I found really effective when I launched, when I launched the paid plan is I did exactly that with my launch announcement and ran it by folks like Andrew Chan and, and a bunch of other people with a large Twitter following, like generally to get their feedback on how to frame the announcement.Cause there were supporters along the way and then also led to them, tweeting about it. And that helped a lot. Yeah, that Nathan: [00:20:39] makes sense. Well, let's turn to page. What made you choose a paid newsletter as the business model compared to, you know, many of the other ways that you could earn a living in, in startups or from a newsletter Lenny: [00:20:51] first?I'll say that it there's a lot of downsides to going pay that I didn't think about until I went paid one being you're, like I said, you're stuck writing every week. Some people do it daily. I don't know how they do that. It's blows my mind. but you're basically stuck doing it for I in theory, forever because people are paying you these annual plans and I don't, I stop unless you just shut it all down and just refund everybody their money, which is hard to do psychologically.So that's one is you just kind of have to be ready to do this for a long time. You know, maybe if it's like a few years and you can just move on, that's probably fine, but you can't stop. You know, in a few months. So for me, it took nine months to get from starting the free newsletter to switching, to paid.And a lot of that was building confidence that I could keep this up. And I had a topic every week that I could write about that I was excited about. So that's the reason that it's, it's something to think about the other is before I wrote every week and it was totally free to everyone. And then once I flipped the switch, I'm doing the same amount of work, but almost all of it is not hidden behind a paywall.And it just feels really bad. Like just like man doing all this work and no one's going to see it. Cause initially you have very few paying subscribers and it's just like, feels like it goes into a black hole. And if, kind of get used to that of just like, well, I'm getting paid, people are paying for it.That's the benefit. And that's the, that's the cost of writing this and doing all that work. So, but that like, I dunno, like, like it feels like an obvious thing, but feel the feeling of it. It doesn't feel good, but it all, it all works out. Nathan: [00:22:24] Yeah. Digging in on that. How have you found, like your writing process and like that showing up really consistently and the pressure of needing to publish could feel like a hamster wheel.It could also be turned into a system. And so one of I'd love to hear anything that you've done to establish your process, to bring it from like hamster wheel to a reliable, you know, productive system or if that's even happened. Yeah, Lenny: [00:22:53] totally. And if we want, we can come back to the paid, the launching of paid.so, so in terms of my process very much the way I describe it, as it feels like a, Boulder's always chasing me in, as soon as I'm done with one week, there's just like the next one's coming. And I have to always plan ahead and it's a real thing and it's used to be stressful, but now that I've done it long enough, I, I, it's, again, kind of the confidence where I'm like, okay, I've done this for like a year and a half now.I'm not worried. I'm not going to find something great this week. But what I've done now is, I basically have three months of ideas mapped out. So I have a Coda doc where I have every topic kind of on its own page, kind of mapped out for the next three months, roughly just like the topic is the headline.And then for the more eminent posts, I've I basically go in there and just flush out with bullet points initially, just like the things I want to say and thoughts that I have as I think about it. And then as it, and then for the next like month, I go deeper. So it's kind of this like spectr of depth the next few months, the what's cool about the format that I happened upon is, is it's an advice coln.And so that means people send me questions that they're tackling in real life. And so I have this large backlog of. Really great questions from founders and product managers and growth people. So I'm finding, I'm never going to run out of things to write about at this point. And if I do, I could just go back and do better on things that have already written up.So the topics don't seem to be a problem, but then actually delivering high quality stuff every week for sure is a challenge. What helps one is just thinking a little bit ahead. So. So I'm trying to, I always try to be like a few weeks ahead of like done content, but I never actually get there. So it's usually like the next post is like 80% done a week ahead of time.And then the rest are like 20 to 10% done. And then the rest are just headlines. and otherwise it's just making time to write. I block out my morning site. I have no meetings until 3:00 PM. That's my new rule that helps a lot. And it's hard to do if you have a day job and. That just always comes back to, no, you can't do this.If you have a day job, I don't know how people have a newsletter. That's good with a job. And that's the secret is I have time to do this stuff. And most people don't like, I don't know how you do it. Newsletter having running a company. Nathan: [00:25:13] Well, I mean, I do a lot of what you're talking about of like, yeah, this will totally be done for this week.And then you were like, wait, I said my newsletter every Tuesday and, yeah, I don't know with Tuesdays, but it sounded good. Someone Lenny: [00:25:25] said it, it was the best data send for open rates and Nathan: [00:25:28] now it's stuck. I think it's that I don't want to be in the Monday morning inbox. and so that, but I don't also want to be at Friday end of the week.And so I'm like Tuesday, you Lenny: [00:25:39] guys, you guys must have data on which day of the week is the highest open rates. It's Nathan: [00:25:42] Tuesday.not so much definitive, like it, it's not like wildly, you know? but, but Tuesdays are good and Lenny: [00:25:55] shout every, every percentage Nathan: [00:25:56] we can get. Yes, exactly. And that's, you know, we send a little over a billion emails a month, so we have a good amount of it can amount of data that Lenny: [00:26:04] we, you heard it here first Tuesdays.Yeah, Nathan: [00:26:06] exactly. So on, let's see, Oh, with the content coming out, that's something that I always run into. Like I was actually going to send a year in review posts tomorrow Lenny: [00:26:17] and that's what I'm doing. Nathan: [00:26:19] Yeah. But it's not done, you know? And I was like, Oh, it's end of the day, Monday. And that's not going to happen between now and then.And so I have basically the same process that you do of like, this is what's coming. And then here's the ideas. And, and dripped out from there. something else that you mentioned that I thought is a really good point is the asking. It's not well asking your audience questions and then asking them to submit your questions.So one is the generic, like, Hey, if you have any questions about these three topics, like ask why, or even if you said something like, Hey, I'm going to write about freemi a freemi business models in a couple of weeks, like submit your stories, or like you can solicit that kind of thing. Especially once you get past.Maybe two or 3000 engaged subscribers, then you start to get a good nber of things there. But then the other thing that I love is to ask, Hey, what's your biggest frustration related to life as a product manager, you know, running a freelance business, like whatever the topic is for your newsletter.and that can get a lot of good things where, you know, people will come in and say like, You know, here's my frustration. And you're like, Oh, let me tell you how to solve that. And that's the writing prompt that you were looking for to take an idea actually all the way through? Lenny: [00:27:36] Yeah. I think that I kind of made my newsletter, like I leaned into that even more and it's just like, this is purely an advice coln.Same your questions, anything you're dealing with that, that stresses you out at the office or around product or growth or managing hans. And so at least a lot of really good questions because they're very, they always end up being very real, like stuff they're actually dealing with. And I wish I could answer them all, but it just piles up.And so I have to pick one. And the other thing I have to think about, cause my newsletter has this broad spectr of product management and growth and startup stuff. And people management people join me with different, hopes and dreams for what the newsletter's going to be. So I have to balance out all these different types of content every week.So it's a weekly newsletter, so I kind of have to do. A nice balance. I can't have like three product posts in a row. Cause then all the growth people are going to leave. And so that's something I have to think about. Yeah. Do Nathan: [00:28:28] you see, is that a fear that you have, or is that, does that actually manifest in the nbers as well?Lenny: [00:28:33] It's hard to see the nbers. I definitely find people on subscribe, but they're just like, nah, not what I thought it was going to be I'm out, but I don't know what the root causes and it's all anecdotal, but I do. It just feels like that's probably what's happening is they're just like, I don't care about growth, stop talking about growth, Nathan: [00:28:52] right?Yeah. And you get both sides of it where someone comes in from the greatest article they've ever read on growth. They're like, Oh man, this is all he ever talks about. It's incredible. And then other person comes in from the same side on a product management. Or people management or whatever. And they each think that you talk about something.Lenny: [00:29:09] Yeah. And that reminds me of something I've realized about this whole, newsletter game is that it's really important that you stick to what you enjoy and are curious about yourself and are interested in writing about versus what people want you to focus on and write about, because coming back to your question about how to keep it up, I find that you're just not going to keep it up.Well, if you're writing for. What people want you to write versus like stuff you really actually are curious about and want, wanna write about. So I try to do like a 80%, what do I actually care about this week? And I'm excited to write about with a 20% of like, well, people care about it this week. And is this a topic that's top of mind for anyone?Because otherwise you just, you just like created a job for yourself. You don't like, and why did you even do that? Right? Nathan: [00:29:55] Yep. That's good. And especially because it gives you permission as your interests change over time, right? For me, I started writing about designing iOS apps. Like that's all I cared about.And then it was like, what's the marketing and more general design. And I haven't designed an iOS app in seven, eight years. I don't know if those subscribers Lenny: [00:30:14] are still around Nathan: [00:30:16] there. There are some of them, you know, and, but if it's around what you're interested in, then it's much easier to let go of those subscribers.Whereas if you're like, no, I have to keep everybody on the list. Then you're going to. You're trying to force yourself to be interested in things that you're just Lenny: [00:30:32] not. Yeah. And it's just, you're not going to enjoy it. It's not going to be good if aren't going to be like, Oh, this is, this is what I'm here for.Yeah. And so, so the key is just like just right. Yeah. So I mean, back to your question of process, I have this like list of what I'm going to write about over the next three months, but then I rearrange it constantly based on what I'm drawn to as much as I can. And that, that really helps. Otherwise you just, you just burn out.Yep. That makes sense. Nathan: [00:30:56] Okay. Now let's talk, writing, switching to a paid newsletter. what are some nbers now? As far as how many subscribers you have on the free version and the paid version? Lenny: [00:31:06] So, so I'm going to share this publicly, in parallel. And so you can see the charts. If you're curious, by the time this probably comes out, I have to have about 45,000 free subscribers around now.I have just over 3000 paid subscribers, and then I give a bunch of like comps to various groups. So it's larger than that in reality, and make it about over 600 years, more and more than I made in my. Nancy tech job, which blows my mind. Like my entire goal in the beginning of this whole endeavor was once I make more than I made it, Airbnb I'm done.I don't need anything more. I'm just going to stop thinking about growth. I'm just going to write, but it just keeps going on its own. I'm not doing anything and it's pretty bonkers. Nathan: [00:31:56] Yeah. So what was, first that's incredible. Like once you build that flywheel, it just. It Lenny: [00:32:03] keeps working. It's all, it's all word of mouth.Nathan: [00:32:07] I L I love seeing that. What, when you make the switch to pay, did you have a nber in mind of like, this is what I'm, I'm launching this paid version. We'll say, you know, I don't know how confident you were going into it. I'm always the one, like, this will probably never work, but here it goes anyway. but I always have a nber of like, okay, if I get a hundred people to pay for this, then it's working.Like, what was that first nber for you? Lenny: [00:32:32] I had like getting, getting a thousand subscribers, I'd say paid subscribers. Cause that roughly equated to about a hundred K after all the fees and. And discounts and things like that. So initially it was a thousand, which is, I think it was Kevin Kelly. You talked about and true fans.And it was very real. It was like exactly. When I get to a thousand subscribers, I was making a hundred K a year, which is very livable wage in San Francisco, you know, borderline San Francisco. Right. And so that was, that was the goal. Initially it was like, you know, 500 and then wow. It's thousand. That'd be amazing.Cause if you do the math, that's up pretty quickly with, The subscription newsletter, right? Nathan: [00:33:13] Yeah. So what have you seen on free to paid conversion rates? you know, any in particular driving, more paid subscribers? Lenny: [00:33:22] So, so if you do the math of about 45,000 free and about 3000 pays, so it's less than 10% convert, which is an interesting stat.Initially it was like 2% when I first launched. So I had like 10,000. Three subscribers when I went to pay it. And, and I had about 200 to 300 initially paid subscribers. So it was a very low percentage initially. And then over time it grows, was what was the other question? Nathan: [00:33:52] So, well, I guess, digging in on that, did you put more content behind the paywall?or did it just take take time, but what actually drove that conversion rate up? Cause you're, you know, you're pushing the eight, 9% now. Lenny: [00:34:04] So the way, the way I do it is I, I send an email once a week. If you pay you, get it every week, if you don't pay it, you get it once a month. And so that monthly email basically has to be really, really good because that's your yoursel.And sometimes I do these, like here's a peak at this week's paid post and give them a glimpse of what they're missing. And then in the fridge post I share, here's the three things you missed. So essentially it's that free posts convert it to people, less Twitter. Just kind of sharing what's going on in the pave land, but otherwise it's all hidden behind a paywall.Nathan: [00:34:37] Yeah. So about having more of those more time for those, here's what you missed. Here's the free post to kick it. Lenny: [00:34:45] It just comes back to just providing value to people and they either find out about it or they want to access it and then they end up subscribing and stick around or leaving. How do you think Nathan: [00:34:55] about pricing of what price point you set and then how do you think about that changing over time or not?Lenny: [00:35:01] I definitely spend a lot of time thinking about it. I don't know if my price is the right price at all. I experimented with various price points, but where I landed is advice I got is priced higher than you think you should. Everybody always wants to start at five bucks a month because that's the lowest you can go.And no one ever thinks their stuff is worth it. So they're just like, Oh, five bucks a month. That's that's so much money already. So, so I looked at the leaderboard. And if you think there's like these various categories of newsletters, there's news, there's entertainment. And then there's broadly just like analysis and make me smarter and better at what I do category and those charged like 20 bucks a month.So I just picked the middle and went with it. And initially when I launched, I did it, you had a display, there was a big discount. It was 10 bucks a month for a year. And then I increased or lowered the discount. It's 12 bucks a month or 120 a year. And then I went to the. 15 bucks a month for 150 a year.And I still don't know if it's the right price. There's probably some curve someone could do for me. That's like the ideal place. Although I will say when I ran a deal, it's like interesting learning. I ran a holiday deal and that drove the most subscribers I've ever had. And on one day when I discounted it by 25%, so that's probably the right answers price, a little higher, and then discounted on occasion.Yeah, run Nathan: [00:36:20] a run a black Friday or, Lenny: [00:36:21] yeah, that's what it was. It was, it was a cyber Monday holiday newsletter. Nathan: [00:36:26] Yeah. And I think that's interesting. What are you thinking about bping up to the $20 a month or going off from there? You think it's at the Lenny: [00:36:32] right? It feels so expensive. And I have this interesting.Too much pressure. Yeah. And, and I find that I have this interesting combination of people working at a tech company that it can, can expense it and the price doesn't really matter. And then there's like a lot of product managers in like India that email me and students in India. That's like the most common source of emails that I get of just like, this is a crazy price for someone in my shoes.Is there any like alternative price for folks in India, for example, and I don't know how to deal with that because. I want to devalue it, but it's also a crazy expensive price. So that's a struggle I have. I don't know. It'd be interesting. Nathan: [00:37:12] I'm trying to think who said this or a bunch of people probably have, but of being like full price or free.And they always have that sort of methodology of like, yeah. I, I think it was someone doing agency work, honestly, of like, no, there's no friends and family discount. There's no, there's nothing like that. I like these are my rates. Except for the times where I think it would really benefit you or like I'm going to do this for free.And it's very clear that this is what I'm giving you. And there's none of that. Like you're paying for it. So you feel like you deserve things, but you're paying half of the list price or a quarter of it. And so I feel like you can't be demanding, you know, and there's sort of that weird demographic. And so you could say like, look, I do full price and then I do full scholarships under.These criteria and I give out a hundred scholarships a month or 10 scholarships a month or whatever. Lenny: [00:38:02] I don't, I don't know we'll do that, but that's an interesting strategy. I do discounts of various amounts and I don't know if that's a good idea or not, but yeah, I do. I ended up doing like a 50% discount for students.and, and then I just give occasional steep discounts for folks that just feel like they, they, they would value it highly and they just can't afford Nathan: [00:38:22] it. I do like the, the students angle. Cause then it's just like, Hey, this is what it is. And people are paying for it. Right? The nber of people that are saying like, Oh, this will totally change everything.Can you give it to me for free? And then, you know, they're not invested who knows if they're going to read it or whatever else. Yeah, Lenny: [00:38:39] exactly. The other thing I've been trying to do really hard is to offer the content to folks that are just like, and afforded, or don't even know it exists. I've been giving out a bunch of free subscriptions to like, women in product and like the black product managers group and, Latin X VC and things like that.And that's been really helpful. Right? Nathan: [00:38:58] Yeah. That's great. And it, it spreads the, you know, grows the community and everything else as well. Yeah, exactly. when you're looking to, what are you looking to now for growth as far as is it just continually writing or, do you have specific goals in mind and, specific things as you look to, you know, to pass the 50,000 subscriber Mark or go from there?Lenny: [00:39:20] I, I try really hard not to. I think I mentioned this anytime we do anything, that's not just create high quality content that creates value for people. It doesn't do much. So 90% of my thought is always, how do I write great stuff, ongoing and sustainably. And it's really easy to do more work and find more work for myself like in a podcast and write a book and create a course and all the things.And so I'm trying really hard to avoid as much of this as I can so I can stay and create just a really good newsletter. That's hard enough. But the thing. So a couple of things have happened since I started it. One is, as I was launching the paid plan, I was like, man, 15 bucks a month is so much money to ask.What else can I offer people? And I suggested I was going to have a private community that you have access to as a paid member. And eventually I had to do it because I promised it. And that's proven to be the most amazing thing that I've done maybe this year beyond the newsletter, because it's turned into this amazing place of.peer support and help where people are just helping each other all day. And there's about 2,500 people in there and just asking questions, answering questions. And I turned that into its own newsletter with the best conversations from the community each week. And so that ended up providing a lot of people.That's the reason they subscribe. They don't even hear about the newsletter. They just want to access to the community. And so that's proving to be really interesting and valuable. And I will say I'm working on a product management course next year. That's something I've decided to do to see where that goes.Nathan: [00:40:55] But I could see that there being a lot of demand for that. And one thing that's interesting, there is a lot of people talk about a newsletter or like a paid newsletter as the business model, right. Or you can choose to do courses or books or sponsorships or a paid newsletter. And there. separate things and really, I mean, exactly what you're pointing is like, they can, they can, co-exist just fine.You can do a paid newsletter and then do a course for this Lenny: [00:41:23] direction. Yeah. Yeah. Hunter Walker had this great post about how a lot of creators are. They have this one skew, which initially is the newsletter. And then over time you can add more skews, like of course, and I don't know a book or something like that.And so. That makes sense, but it's, yeah, again, it's really easy to do more work and I'm trying really hard, not to just add more work to my plate, but this course felt like just, it felt like the right thing to do next. And so I'm going to experiment with that. Yeah, that makes sense. Nathan: [00:41:52] and I'm, I'll just say I'm a huge fan of it because who I've seen, I've been doing that kind of thing for a long time of selling multiple products, multiple courses, and just seeing how one section of the audience really gravitates towards.Buying one thing. And another section is like, Oh, but we'll happily pay you in aggregate $50,000 or a hundred thousand dollars for content on this, this specific area. And so being the, the multiple skew creator, really lets your audience choose how they want to support you and what they want to learn from you.Lenny: [00:42:23] I'm happy to hear this. Nathan: [00:42:24] Yeah, I think it's a great direction. so let's talk platforms for a little bit. Obviously sub stack is, are you started on medi moved to sub stack, sub stack is growing like crazy. They're getting all kinds of press in the new Yorker, New York times, et cetera. I'd love your thoughts on just where the market is going, you know, and we're, we're kind of back on this topic, but, so I guess where the market's going and then, what are the decisions for you on, you know, When to start on sub stack versus could consider something like a MailChimp or I'd ghost or convert kit.Lenny: [00:43:01] So what's interesting about setup stack is I never would have been doing this with my life, if not for something like a sub stack existing, because I had no intention of ever one charging for a newsletter to even doing like a regular newsletter. I just started with a few posts and. The kind of the, the, the chemistry, that stuff stuck kind of discovered, I think, and went all in on was, let's just make it, it's really easy to create a newsletter and a blog, and then eventually it could charge for it if you want.And so I just followed the, I feel like I was exactly there, like in-store user journey that they mapped out in their initial pitch of like, I just play around, sign up, create a sub stack. Do if you posts it's going well. Okay. Maybe I shouldn't bet on this. Yeah. Maybe I should charge. And so, so we never would have been doing this if not for a platform like that, but in the end, it's not a complicated set of features.And so there's going to be more and more competition. and as, as you will know, and so I don't know what's going to happen there longterm. I will say the fees at scale are very painful and, and so the bet is that they provide. Enough services and benefits and maybe customers that make it worth it.But, and for now I'm just super loyal to them and just really enjoy that the platform is just because it allowed for me to live this life. so, so I'm happy. Nathan: [00:44:24] Yeah. I think from a, you know, both you and I working in product management and growth, and all of that, it's fascinating to look at it from a case study of this is something that plenty of people have tried many times before.Lenny: [00:44:38] Great. Nathan: [00:44:40] Yeah. And I'm configured. We've been working on it for, in, in various farms and for a different market and for a long time and I study it and I'm like, okay, what, what did they get? Right. And it really is that they just made it effortless to go from, I have this one post, this thing that I want to write about to like, Oh, there's a place for it.Oh yeah, of course you can subscribe. Whereas the industry for so long was, Oh, you want to start a newsletter? Like. Let's glue together. 12 different things. Oh, you paid, Oh God paid. Oh man. Okay. You gotta, you gotta set to have so much stuff, you know, Lenny: [00:45:16] even like that first step of like, you want to start a newsletter.Like I wasn't even in that mindset, I was just like, Oh, this is a better place to do a blog because I can capture email addresses. So yeah. So they just made it like a trick, almost that like, Oh, okay. I see where this could go. Nathan: [00:45:29] And it guided you into a six figure business. So I think that's. I mean, that's something that's so important to have like finding a place to start because none of this matters, like people get so obsessed over platform or, you know, any of this, like what's the fees.Exactly. And like, if you never get past a thousand subscribers, which a thousand subscribers is hard, like that is a meaningful bar, you get to that point, you have moment. but if you never get past that, like the platform that you choose. Does not matter. And so we're exactly, you know, as newsletter creators, we often obsess over the wrong decision to start.Whereas the correct decision is, am I going to do this every day for a year to see if I'm, if I like it? Lenny: [00:46:16] Yeah, yeah, exactly. How do I, how do I figure that out as soon as possible and as easily as possible before I overthink all the different variables that come into play. And I totally agree, like in the end, it just, again, comes to, can I create value for people consistently?And then do I enjoy it? That's, that's a really important piece because. Cause like, you're not gonna, you're not gonna last if you're not enjoying it enough, at least, you know, writing is hard. also, so there's not going to be fully enjoying it. Nathan: [00:46:42] Yes. Yep. That makes sense. Okay. So something that I want to talk about a little bit more, is this idea of keeping the newsletters simple.So being in the online marketing space for a long time, I've seen people scale a newsletter or a content business, and they get to the point where it's a little, you know, maybe they're making 200,000 a year and they're like, I should hire an assistant. I should hire an editor. You know, you get some of that help.and then it starts to go from there, right? Maybe they're 500,000 a year, maybe a million a year, and they're starting to be a team. I'd love your thoughts on that because. That's a path that you could take. You could turn this into the definitive, like the definitive forget newsletter, the definitive news source for product management.You know, this could be something, in that way. What, what are your thinking about your approach and keeping it, keeping it simple? Lenny: [00:47:36] Well, I've worked really hard for many years and I know what that's like. And. I feel like I have this opportunity to create a pretty balanced lifestyle where I don't need to work 80 hours a week.And, and you quickly get there by just doing more and trying to add to it and accelerated and build more. And so I'm trying really hard not to do that. And I feel like there's like, I could just do exactly this for a long time. And when it feels like it will keep growing, even if I do nothing. And I feel like I could make more just keeping it on my own thing.Not hiring anyone. Full-time not trying to, you know, add more business units to it. Maybe it's wrong. But yeah, most of it comes from just like a, I could easily become a workaholic again and do a lot more work. And I'm trying hard to avoid that as much as I can while delivering consistent value. Nathan: [00:48:31] Yeah. I think that's really important that you touched on of.But just a little bit of the actual take home of, you can keep driving that top line revenue nber, but this isn't a, in this right now, a traditional startup. You're not trying to make it that. And so actually the profit is what really matters. And so if we fast forward and we're like, okay, this business is going to be.At $3 million a year, X nber of years from now. And it's going to have in order to hit that revenue nber and provide that value for that many people, it's going to need a team of 10 people. It's going to, you know, it has all of these needs and before you know it, you're managing payroll again and yeah.All this stuff. and that's like, I think a lot of people get to that position, chasing the growth and then look back and say like, Oh man, I liked it when it was simple, when it was recurring revenue, serving a single audience in just showing up in a consistent way. Lenny: [00:49:34] Yeah, that's, that's my current philosophy, but I will say I'm, I have like a designer I'm contracting with, to like kind of level up that feel.I have a, a PM. I work with that, like hourly, where she helps curate this weekly newsletter. So there's a few folks that are helping out and there's a community events friend that's helping out run events and things like that. So I think what I'm trying to do is yeah, just keep it really simple. Maybe that's the philosophy.Just keep it simple. And you ended up making more and being happier. And so far it's working out, we'll see where it all goes. Nathan: [00:50:08] Yeah. I have a good friend, Josh Kaufman, who wrote the book, the personal MBA, and he's done this really well of sticking to a really simple business. He's gotten to the point.He's always looked for channels where someone else is handling customer support. So like he likes to sell on Amazon audible and stuff like that. So he's as the author, he's one step removed. And that's just one example. If he's said, no, I want a simple business. and he, you know, that doesn't mean you can't work with a lot of freelancers, and have a team he loves to employ editors because they make his writing so much better.And that's actually something that I'd recommend for anyone writing a newsletter where you want the content really good. Having someone that you pay to go. Yeah, I see where you're going with this. What is going on in this section, like, you know, rework that yeah. Lenny: [00:50:59] If you have anyone you can recommend, that would be awesome.but I will say there's like, I, maybe I'm just like, I don't, I'm not in the, like the ambitious phase of my life. I feel like it's totally cool to be super ambitious and try to make something huge also. And maybe there's a venture scale return somewhere in this space, as a creator. And I think it's totally fine to try.I just, I think for me personally, I'm just, I'm happy just making a meaningful income and not trying to turn this into like a billion dollar enterprise. Nathan: [00:51:31] One other thing on that is wherever, let's say at some point down the road two years from now, three years from now that in that list of the 50 startup ideas, right.Maybe one of them does start to stand out and then you're like, I think I want to pursue this. then you have this list of. 30 40, a hundred thousand, maybe it's 200,000 people by then who you're like you have your own audience and your own platform to launch to as well as all of these connections.Lenny: [00:52:01] Super true. Yeah. I could always turn in some new and I could just, okay. Newsletter is done moving off. Nathan: [00:52:07] Well, you don't even have to necessarily give up the newsletter. Yeah, Lenny: [00:52:10] that's true. If I can find a more efficient way of doing it every week while running a company, maybe. Right. Nathan: [00:52:15] what are some. Yeah.What are some interesting doors that have opened from writing the newsletter or opportunities that have come up where people that you've met that came about purely because you're Twitter famous now, certain circle, Lenny: [00:52:31] speaking of Twitter, like there's this amazing, super power that gets unlocked. Once you have enough followers, where any question you have, you could just ask it and you get all these amazing answers from people that are just.You know, very curious to see what everyone else says and they share their insight. So I find that whenever I focus on a topic and I want to get a more complete picture of how people are thinking about it, I just ask the question on Twitter and it turns into this really amazing resource. So I try to leverage that more and more because I find it it's like helpful to everybody else.Also. It's not just, Oh, here's a bunch of answers I'm going to, I'm going to take it all from you. It's like now this public thread of all these interesting. answers to a really interesting question. That's one amazing thing that I didn't see coming. And then two, I also angel invest and I find like 80% of founders are subscribed to the newsletter or have heard of it.And. As, as we know in investing, it's it, it's on the investor to get into great deals now because there's so many VCs and angels out there. And so the more you people can see the value you can provide the easier it is for you to get into the deal. And now they can see, Oh, he's smart about these things.We should let them invest. And so it's been really helpful letting me get into it early. Interesting startup deals. Nathan: [00:53:45] Yeah. That makes sense. On the note of Twitter, what are some of the things that have worked as specifically grow your Twitter Lenny: [00:53:51] following. It's exactly the same thing. Just providing value for people.Anytime I think of something either from a post that I've done or just that isn't enough for posts. I just find a way to share it very succinctly on Twitter. Like, you know, how to do performance reviews or, or even just like smarizing a post that's long into a Twitter thread. it's just always that just provide value to people and the vole will retweet it.They'll like it and all those things, and it just kinda builds on itself. Nathan: [00:54:20] That makes sense. And I mean, it just goes back to an everything that you're doing of there aren't, even though we work in growth and startups, There aren't really growth hacks in the same way. It's like, it's show up consistently.That's the hack show consistently and high quality. Lenny: [00:54:36] Yeah. Consistent quality. Exactly. Just provide consistent value to people. I know for like morning brew, a referrals program worked really well and there's like, you know, cases where something like that's not pure content helped significantly, but I find in the end, if your newsletter just isn't growing significantly, I would just think about how do I provide more value to the readers.Again, and again and again, and it's not going to happen overnight. And that seems to work. Nathan: [00:55:01] Yeah. Okay. Last question I realized, I was thinking about on the pricing side, you have this, this split that you talked about between individuals paying for it and companies paying for it. And I think that's relatively new in the newsletter space of a company like a B2B newsletter.Yeah, exactly. And so if someone was starting out and they're trying to hone in on their topic and maybe there's an option for them to write. Something that could be expensed. how would you think about that? Do you think that's happening a lot? Is that important or does it matter? Lenny: [00:55:33] I don't actually know what percentage of my newsletter is expensed.If I had to guess it's like 20% expensive, something like that. And so that's not like a game changer and it's hard to like, if, if you listened to my advice of stick to things you're interested in, it's hard to like Frankenstein on. Oh, I'm also going to have this thing that just happens to be interesting for companies.But, but it's, it's a helpful thing. And I've tried to do a little bit of proactive B2B kind of sales, and it doesn't really do much. I find that it just, I have to wait for people to come to me and ask for like both discounts for their company. And that works well. I also find VCs are offering it as a perk to their portfolio companies occasionally, but all that just comes to me anytime I pitched them on it, doesn't give anywhere.So, but it's an interesting new trend and, I don't know where it's going to go. I don't know if it'll ever be like 50% of, of my readers. but yeah, if obviously, if you can create value for a company, they have more money. Right. And so you'll have some sales there. Yeah. Nathan: [00:56:34] On that note, it just made me think of advice I've given in the past.when people are trying to hone in on a topic and it's like, well, if you're trying to make money yourself through, through teaching, right. Which the newsletter, of course, any of that. W we're teaching in one form or another. If you're trying to make money yourself, then teach a skill that makes money to people who have money.And so we're not talking about, you know, knitting to teenagers, right? We're talking about product management, growth strategies to startup founders, PMs companies who have money. And so it's probably not like canvas be expensed or not that you're thinking about. It's. Okay. Am I delivering value, a level of value that people can, are now living with, you know, and it, and it will level up their career.Lenny: [00:57:22] Yeah. Those are definitely the easiest newsletters to monetize. There's also just like helping make money directly. Like there's like Bitcoin newsletters and, there's one around like a distressed asset investing that does it really well. But then there's also just like, if you look at the subset leader board, like the first two are all just news, like politics analysis, like a really unique perspective on politics.So you can definitely make money just through news and analysis. And also just like entertainment, like the browser is this awesome newsletter. It's just beautiful pieces of writing everyday and people pay for that. So there's a lot of different approaches. Nathan: [00:57:57] Do you have any newsletters beyond what you've just mentioned that you particularly love?Lenny: [00:58:02] I always worried about answering this question cause I have so many newsletter friends in that one. I always worry. They're going to get upset at me. You single somebody out. Exactly. So how about, I'm going to tweet my favorites and then go follow, go. Find me on Twitter. Nathan: [00:58:17] That sounds good. Well, that's a good place to wrap up.So on that note, where should people follow you on Twitter and then subscribe to the newsletter? Lenny: [00:58:23] LennysNewsletter.com, which just redirects to my Substack and then just Lenny-san, S-A-N, @lennysan on Twitter. Nathan: [00:58:32] Perfect. Well, thanks so much for joining me. This is a really funny conversation and, we'll, we'll talk soon.Lenny: [00:58:37] Thanks for having me.

Podcast: Skullduggery (LS 61 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Insurrectionist in chiefPub date: 2021-01-07Nancy Mace, newly elected Republican US Rep. from South Carolina, and Yahoo News' Hunter Walker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Mace recounts her experience from inside the Cannon House Office Building when the US Capitol was stormed by riotous Trump supporters. She also discusses where we need to go from here as a country. Then Walker, who was on the ground during the horrific events in DC, gives us an insiders account of what it was like and what exactly motivated these insurrectionists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Michael Isikoff & Daniel Klaidman, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Nancy Mace, newly elected Republican US Rep. from South Carolina, and Yahoo News' Hunter Walker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Mace recounts her experience from inside the Cannon House Office Building when the US Capitol was stormed by riotous Trump supporters. She also discusses where we need to go from here as a country. Then Walker, who was on the ground during the horrific events in DC, gives us an insiders account of what it was like and what exactly motivated these insurrectionists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

100 days of masks? New stimulus bill? Trump losing and losing it. With Sudeep Reddy, Managing editor, Politico, Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter for HuffPost and Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent, Yahoo NewsHoliday time is a great time to get one of the gorgeous individually hand-woven scarves from Bill's wife, Carol Press. For you or someone you love. Each a work of art. And warm, too. Check them out at CarolPressScarves.com

Hunter Walker is the White House Correspondent for Yahoo News, the largest news website in the world. But Hunter has also been in a unique position as a journalist for this moment. For whatever reason, Donald Trump has been calling him up for the last decade to pitch him stories. So for better or worse, he has followed Donald Trump as a journalist more closely than perhaps anyone we can think of. Today, we talked with Hunter to see if he could give us any insight into how Trump's mind might work and how the media will cover today. We're all concerned that Donald Trump won't concede even if he is losing big. We interviewed Professor Lawrence Douglas in a previous episode to get the legal rundown of how that plays out. But we know that a lot of what actually goes down will be determined by the actions of the media and Trump himself. So how WILL the media react today? And what will Trump do?Subscribe to the newsletter at buildingthedream.substack.com.

Will Trump leave? Judicial Coup? 200,000 Dead. With Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at the Wall Street Journal and Political analyst at CNN, Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent at Yahoo News and Pema Levy, Reporter at Mother JonesToday's Bill Press Pod is supported by the Laborers International Union of North America. More information at LIUNA.org

Economy stalling. GOP resisting new big stimulus. Biden empathetic. Trump pathetic. Harris, Rice, Bass in the Veepstakes. With Jason Dick, Deputy Editor, CQ Roll Call, Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent, Yahoo News, Amanda Becker, Washington Correspondent, 19th News and Maya King, Politics Reporter, Politico. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The Teamsters Union. More information at Teamster.org

"I'm all powerful." Not. Trump still behind the curve. Biden rolls out the endorsements. Bill breaks it all down with Jennifer Haberkorn, congressional reporter for the LA Times, Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent, Yahoo News and Pema Levy, political reporter for Mother Jones. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers. More information at AFT.org.

It just keeps getting worse. Both the spread and the incompetence. How long will it go on? Biden looking up. Bernie looking for a way out. Bill makes sense of the week with Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent for Yahoo News and John T. Bennett, Washington Bureau Chief, The Independent.

Former Deputy Attorney General Don Ayer and Yahoo News’ own Hunter Walker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First up, Isikoff & Klaidman talk Roger Stone and his sentencing. Then, Ayer weighs in on all things Bill Barr, the pressure he's facing to resign, and what it's like working in the DOJ. Finally, Walker reports from the scene of the Nevada primary and paints the picture of where things are headed post debate which featured Bloomberg for the first time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Journalist & Historian Jonathan Alter, Yahoo News' own Jon Ward & Hunter Walker, as well as David Corn of Mother Jones join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on this special New Hampshire Primary Edition of "Skullduggery." Isikoff, Klaidman, Alter, Ward, and Walker talk about the results of the voting in New Hampshire including Bernie's narrow victory and Klobuchar's surge into the top 3. Then Corn joins to discuss the breaking news from the Justice Department surrounding the Roger Stone case. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1961, Michael Rockefeller went on an adventure and was never heard from again.  Theories and speculation have been plentiful since then but one man went to check it out for himself and came back with horrifying answers.  What happened to Michael? What Really Happened to Michael Rockefeller. Carl Hoffman. Smithsonian Magazine. March 2014. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/What-Really-Happened-to-Michael-Rockefeller-180949813/ The Story of Michael Rockefeller and the Cannibals Behind his Disappearance. Gabe Paoletti. November 28th, 2017. https://allthatsinteresting.com/michael-rockefeller New Documentary Said to Confirm that one of the Rockefellers Was Eaten By Cannibals. Hunter Walker. December 23rd, 2014. https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-rockefeller-eaten-by-cannibals-2014-12 The Mysterious Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller. Tim Sohn. February 9th, 2015. Outside Online. https://www.outsideonline.com/1929556/mysterious-disappearance-michael-rockefeller How a Young Rockefeller Died at the Hands of Cannibals. Susannah Cahalan. March 15th, 2014. The New York Post. https://nypost.com/2014/03/15/how-a-young-rockefeller-died-at-the-hands-of-cannibals/ Savage Harvest. Carl Hoffman.  

Yahoo News' own Jenna McLaughlin, Hunter Walker, Zach Dorfman, as well as Bernie Sanders' campaign advisor Jeff Weaver join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." McLaughlin and Dorfman discuss the ramifications of the recent killing of Iran's major general Qasem Soleimani. Then Walker and Weaver dive into the recent surge of democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Where we are with impeachment after this week's bombshell testimony, with Jennifer Haberkorn of the LA Times, Hunter Walker of Yahoo News and Niall Stanage of The Hill. Plus, did the Dem Debate shake up the race? And Stephen Miller, Trump's pardons and Bibi's indictment.

Bill reviews Trump's wild week, the 2020 Democratic Primary, GOP primary challengers to Trump plus the Chicken Sandwich Wars, with Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent for Yahoo News, Addy Baird, Capitol Hill reporter for Buzzfeed News and Jason Joseph Dick, Deputy Editor at Roll Call.

Nikki Schwab of The New York Post, Alex Seitz-Wald of NBC News and Hunter Walker of Yahoo News join Bill to break down the big stories.

At a town hall on Tuesday night, Republican Rep Justin Amash from Michigan fielded questions from constituents who gave him a standing ovation at the idea of starting impeachment hearings for Trump. Could this be a tipping point?We talk to The Hill's Jordan Fabian, Yahoo's Hunter Walker and Vox's Ella Nilsen!

While he lost a Senate race to Ted Cruz, Beto O'Rourke thinks he has what it takes to run for President. After months of speculation and consideration, he announced this morning that he is IN the race. Will Democrats get excited about his candidacy? What are his issues? We'll just have to wait to find out. Paul Manafort is going to jail.....again. A judge put more years on his sentence, but the Souther Districy of NY is opening up ANOTHER case against Paul Manafort. And a very important vote is coming up for Senate Republicans over the national emergency declaration. We talk to Daniel Lippman from Politico, Hunter Walker from Yahoo News and Rebekah Entralgo from Thinkprogress.

Zach Everson and Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia join this week's episode of Skullduggery to discuss what really goes on in the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. as well as the what the congressman learned about migration fresh off a trip from South America and if we'll ever get to see the President's taxes. Yahoo's own Hunter Walker fills in as co-host alongside Michael Isikoff. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The new Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, swore in a new class of Congress on Thursday. This means that BIG changes are coming. Donald Trump is about to learn how much harder it will be to cover up his crimes with people actually taking a critical look at him. Not only that, this Congress will be much more representative of the country than the usual white men that have helped cover up for Trump. We talk to Communications Director at the Democratic National Committee, Xochitl Hinojosa, Hunter Walker from Yahoo News and actress/activist Piper Perabo!

In this episode of Skullduggery, co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman react to the Cohen sentencing and bring in Yahoo's own Hunter Walker who recently spent some time on the phone with Trump's now personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, we get to listen in. Then, Neal Katyal, former Solicitor General during the Obama Administration joins the conversation as they dig through the constitutional ramifications of the situation. And finally, a key witness in the Mueller Investigation in regards to Roger Stone, Randy Credico (and his dog Bianca), jump in to talk about his recent time spent with prosecutors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are joined by Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, President Trump's former Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager respectively. They discuss who they believe to be "Trump's Enemies," also the name of their new book, as well as the recent guilty plea by Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen in regards to the Moscow Tower Deal. Then Yahoo's own Hunter Walker reacts to said conversation bringing some revealing insight into the conversation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Donald Trump went to Mississippi to campaign for yet another racist candidate for the Senate. There's a runoff today, which could give the GOP another seat in the Senate or could shock the country by sending another Southern Democrat to serve. Plus, there's a crisis at the southern border and it looks like WE are the bad guys. We talk to Amy Harder from Axios about the climate change report and Yahoo News' Hunter Walker about all things White House!

Donald Trump walked back the walk back to the walk back. He once again said that he doesn't believe that Russia is still meddling in our elections. The White House and Sarah Huckabee Sanders lies for him AGAIN. The press stood up to the White House yesterday and backed her into a corner. How long can they keep this lying up?We talk to Asawin Suebsang from The Daily Beast, Hunter Walker from Yahoo News and Pema Levy from Mother Jones.

There are lots of important news stories to cover today. Between the child separation story and the tariffs and the general chaos of our country, it's hard to shift gears to talk about a slight inconvenience for Sarah Huckabee Sanders. But this weekend, a private business owner asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave her restaurant. Guest host Peter Ogburn discusses why this is news that ACTUALLY matters. Dara Lind from Vox has all the details on the latest train wreck on immigration. Hunter Walker from Yahoo News sits in for the entire second hour and Vann Newkirk II from The Atlantic tells us about the "Death of Civil Rights."

While President Trump is in delicate negotiations with China over trade and security, Ivanka Trump’s company has recently been granted seven trademarks by an arm of the Chinese government. Is there a connection? The president of Ivanka’s company says no. But these trademarks are raising questions from Washington watchdog groups. Co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman talk with Norm Eisen, a senior fellow at Brookings and chair of the government watchdog group CREW, about these developments. They also check in with Yahoo News White House correspondent Hunter Walker about his experience thus far covering the president. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders admitted that the Stormy Daniels scandal is real. She said that Trump dealt with it in arbitration, which means this story is real. So what happens next? We talk to Hunter Walker from Yahoo News about that and the general chaos in the White House. Adam Parkhomenko gives us the latest on the midterms and how much the Mueller investigation will impact them. Plus, The Justice Department is suing the state of California over sanctuary cities. Dara Lind from Vox explains what's happening!

Sarah Huckabee Sanders went to war with journalists over the handling of Rob Porter. She's only making it worse. We talk to Hunter Walker from Yahoo News about the WH turmoil. Plus, former Mayor of New Orleans Marc Morial talks about Black History Month under the Trump administration. And climate change is getting virtually NO coverage in the mainstream media. WHY?? Lisa Hymas from Media Matters explains.

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from January 3rd, 2018. For more go to http://www.tytnetwork.com/join. Hour 1: Cenk & John. Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president’s son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”, according to an explosive new book seen by the Guardian. Bannon, speaking to author Michael Wolff, warned that the investigation into alleged collusion with the Kremlin will focus on money laundering and predicted: “They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.” Trump tweets response to Steve Bannon. *Cenk predicts Jared Kushner flipping on Trump* Hour 2: On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Trump’s time on the links when asked by Yahoo News reporter Hunter Walker what his biggest accomplishment there has been. “I think it would certainly be developing deeper and better relationships with members of Congress in which those relationships have helped push forward the president’s agenda ― specifically when it comes to helping get the tax reform and tax cuts passed,” Sanders said, adding, “He has played golf with a number of senators and used that time certainly to accomplish that.” Researchers from Dartmouth College, Princeton University, and the University of Exeter found that around one in four Americans visited a fake news website in the weeks before and after the 2016 election. The study notes that this consumption of fake news was “heavily concentrated among a small group”—almost six in ten visits to fake news websites came from just 10% of Americans, and that those visitors were deeply pro-Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Press welcomes Bridget Bowman, Laura Durso and Hunter Walker to discuss the RNC's reversal on supporting Roy Moore, John Conyers' resignation, the Masterpiece Cakeshop LGBT case at the Supreme Court and Donald Trump's controversial decision to name Jerusalem the capital of Israel - the full Wednesday edition of the Bill Press Show!

Fresh Horses by Garth Brooks. In what way can horses be “fresh”? Is Garth riding with all his freshest of horses? Do horses have placentas? Nathan and Cameron seek answers for all these questions—and more—on another action-packed episode of Think Outside the Box Set! This week’s album, “Fresh Horses” by Garth Brooks, is sort of a letdown, with few memorable songs. But that’s OK, because at least he induces one emotion in us: ennui. Learnin’ Links: The movie Fresh Horses starring Molly Ringwald The album cover of “Fresh Horses” (It’s a) Departure, off the album Putting the Days to Bed The Oklahoma city bombing “A relationship is like a shark” quote from Annie Hall An article about the origin of the phrases “balls to the wall” and “balls out” Cult of domesticity, AKA cult of true womanhood “I am large—I contain multitudes” (a quote from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”) The hurdy-gurdy, “the 14th century version of the keytar”—which fails to be uilleann pipes Steve Buscemi’s volunteer firefighting after 9/11 We end this episode with a tune called “Hangman’s Reel” from Cameron’s other podcast, Get Up in the Cool. It features Hunter Walker on lap dulcimer, Brian Bell on guitar—and Cameron on banjo. Check it out here! If you want to buy “Fresh Horses,” you can get it here and support us: http://amzn.to/2yflAL6.

Bill Press welcomes Eliza Collins, Hunter Walker and Tierney Sneed to discuss Ivanka Trump's role in selling her father's tax reform bill, Steve Bannon's major conflict of interest, Donald Trump's feuds with Republican senators and Bernie Sanders' decision to run as an independent again - the entire Tuesday edition of the Bill Press Show!

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Hunter Walker from Long Point String Band, with special guest guitarist and also friend Brian Bell! Hunter plays the mountain dulcimer, an instrument I haven’t had much exposure to, so… I’m probably not qualified to say this, but I think he’s probably the best. I heard him play for the first time the night before we recorded this and I had an immediate, physically emotional reaction. The man’s music is breathtaking. And when it’s not breathtaking, it’s super fun and clever. I'm excited for you all to hear it! Tunes we’ll play: Hangman’s Reel Shelvin’ Rock Marlboro County So Sang the Mountain Maysville Bonus track: Piney Woods Long Point String Band's Self-titled album: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/longpointstringband  Like and follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longpointstringband/?ref=brrs Subscribe to their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxauACCXmbtwD9j3c8xq0g  Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool 

Bill Press welcomes Larry Mishel, J. David Cox and Hunter Walker to discuss Donald Trump's showmanship tweets on Hurricane Harvey, the Economic Policy Institute's report on the importance of unions, how Trump's shutdown threat could hurt government employees and Trump's unconstitutional pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio- the full Monday edition of the Bill Press Show!