Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes
Politics has never been more chaotic, and most podcasts just add to the noise. Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes cuts through it.
Grant is an AP Award-winning journalist with over a decade of on-the-ground reporting on the biggest political stories, scandals, and elections in America. Twice a week, he takes the stories dominating the headlines and breaks them down in plain English — no jargon, no spin, no shouting.
If you care about what’s happening in this country but you’re exhausted by how it’s being covered, this is the show for you. Real reporting. Clear explanations. Actual context.
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Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes
Latest Episodes
A CIA Veteran Says Trump Is Using "National Security" the Way Dictators Do. He's Seen It Before.
Steve Cash from The Steady State is back on the show this week. He spent his career as a prosecutor, CIA counterterrorism officer, and DHS intelligence official. He also lived and worked in countries run by authoritarian leaders. What he's watc...
Iran Violated The Ceasefire While Making A Deal, Troops Ready To Invade Cuba & Trump's Face On Money
It's a grab bag episode, because everything is happening at once.Iran launched missiles at Kuwait AND drones near the Strait of Hormuz while reportedly agreeing to a 60-day ceasefire extension. Troops are massing in the Caribbean ready ...
Trump said the Iran deal was 'DONE.' Now we're back at war.
Trump spent the weekend claiming an Iran deal was basically done, just some last-minute details to iron out. Except that those "details" were Iran's entire nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz. Then Qatar had to take over the negotiations. ...
The DOJ Is Being Dismantled From the Inside, A Former Insider Explains What We're Losing
The Department of Justice has lost over 10,000 employees. The acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche, appears to be auditioning for the permanent job by doing whatever the President wants. The FBI Director, Kash Patel, has faced serious miscondu...
The DNC's 2024 Autopsy Is a Mess, Here's Everything Wrong With It
The Democratic Party just released its long-awaited autopsy of the 2024 Harris campaign, and it's not what voters were promised.The 192-page report has no executive summary, no conclusion, no sourcing, and is riddled with basic factual ...