Pod Save the World
Obama-alumni liberal foreign-policy podcast· 245K followers · tracked by RisingPolitics
0.0Credibility Score (0–100) · ranked #227 of the creators we track
Pod Save the World ranks #227 by credibility versus #225 by raw follower count — their raw follower total sits ahead of where their audience quality places them.
Audience authenticity is still warming up — we’re accumulating samples, so this score may shift.
Pod Save the World is a weekly foreign-policy podcast from Crooked Media, hosted by former Obama National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor and former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes. Each episode breaks down international news, national security, and global politics for a general audience. It is a companion to Crooked's flagship show Pod Save America and reflects the network's center-left orientation.
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Is Pod Save the World left or right?
Pod Save the World is Crooked Media's weekly foreign-policy podcast, hosted since 2017 by Tommy Vietor (former Obama National Security Council spokesman) and Ben Rhodes (former Obama Deputy National Security Advisor). Its orientation is Democratic-aligned liberal internationalism filtered through Obama-administration experience: supportive of diplomacy and alliances, critical of Trump-era foreign policy, and pitched as a plain-spoken explainer of global news. The hosts are not reflexively pro-establishment — Rhodes in particular has been openly critical of Democratic foreign-policy orthodoxy, notably on Israel-Gaza — but the show sits squarely within the mainstream liberal foreign-policy conversation. As of 2025-2026 it continues weekly coverage of Iran, Israel, Ukraine, and international elections under the Crooked Media banner.
Positioning as of July 2026 · descriptive, not an endorsement. How we label lean
How credible is Pod Save the World's audience?
Pod Save the World scores 0.0 out of 100 on the RisingPolitics Credibility Score, ranking #227 among the political creators we track. The score starts with audience size, subtracts accounts that look fake, and weighs how strongly the audience actually engages.
How many followers does Pod Save the World have?
Pod Save the World has about 245K followers combined across YouTube and X.
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