Feb. 18, 2025
Pod Save America Trivia
Mark Ellison explores the evolution from "Keepin' it 1600" to political podcast powerhouse. From Obama's guest appearance to Lovett's game show spin-off, this episode reveals how former speechwriters built a media empire. Learn why they chose the name...
Mark Ellison explores the evolution from "Keepin' it 1600" to political podcast powerhouse. From Obama's guest appearance to Lovett's game show spin-off, this episode reveals how former speechwriters built a media empire. Learn why they chose the name "Crooked Media" and discover which Jon Favreau is which.
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Callarogashark Media Greeting's podcast fans. I'm Mark Ellison and welcome
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today two of our podcast week Today, we're exploring fascinating
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facts about Pod Save America. Question one, what was the
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name and network of the twenty sixteen podcast that led
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to Pod Save America and why did its hosts say
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they needed to start something new? Question two? When Barack
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Obama appeared, what inside joke from their White House days
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did he reference? Question three? What game show format does
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John Lovett host on Love It or Leave It? And
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which segment has been running since episode one? Question four?
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True or false? Jon Favreau is the same John Favreau
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who directed Ironman and The Mandalorian. Question five? Why did
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the founders choose the name Crooked Media and what famous
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quote were they responding to. We'll be right back with
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the answers after this break. Welcome back Trivia fans. Let's
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reveal today's answers. Question one asked what was the name
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and network of the twenty sixteen podcast that led to
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Pod Save America and why did its hosts say they
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needed to start something new? Answer Keeping It sixteen hundred
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ran on Bill Simmons' The Ringer Network. After the twenty
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sixteen election, the hosts said they needed to move beyond
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just analyzing politics to actively engaging in it. They launched
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Crooked Media and Podsave America in January twenty seventeen. Question
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two asked when Barack Obama appeared, what inside joke from
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their White House days did he reference. Answer? He joked
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about John Favreau's nickname Faves, saying I still can't believe
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we let you write speeches, referencing Favreau's time as his
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chief speech writer. It was Obama's first podcast appearance after
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leaving office. Question three asked what game show format does
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John Lovett host on Love It or Leave It? And
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which segment has been running since episode one. Answer? The
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show features a panel game show format, with rant Wheel
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being its signature segment since the first episode. Guests spin
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a wheel and must rant about whatever topic it lands on.
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Question four asked true or false Jon Favreau is the
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same John Favreau who directed Ironman and The Mandalorian. Answer false.
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The director John Favreau is a different person. They're frequently
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confused for each other in the media. Question five asked
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why did the founders choose the name crooked Media and
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what famous quote were they responding to answer. They named
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it in response to Donald Trump's frequent use of crooked
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media to describe the press, deciding to reclaim the term.
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The name was chosen to lean into the criticism of
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mainstream media. That concludes today's five daily trivia Questions. I'm
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Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help
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of AI technology. If you'd like to enjoy five daily
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trivia questions without ads, check the link in our show notes.
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See you tomorrow for more podcast trivia
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