Tara Palmeri on ‘Somebody’s Gotta Win’ and ‘The Red Letter’

Larry is joined by political journalist Tara Palmeri, writer of The Red Letter Substack and host of The Ringer podcast Somebody’s Gotta Win, to discuss all of the latest buzz shaking up D.C. They begin their conversation by analyzing the possible political repercussions of Trump’s new tariffs. This leads into a talk about the viability of a third Trump term and a detailing of the apparent unseriousness of the president’s current cabinet officials (13:13). After the break, Larry and Tara turn their eyes left toward new reporting on the covering up of Joe Biden’s mental state during the final stretch of his presidency, and the coordinated efforts to keep Biden from debating and ultimately running for a second term (24:54). They end the pod by shining a light on ways Kamala Harris’s team failed her during the 2024 campaign, and speculating on the length of Elon Musk’s tenure within the White House orbit (31:31).

Host: Larry Wilmore
Guest: Tara Palmeri
Producer: Chris Sutton