Our RV Trip from Hell
The full, honest report on the Hollands' two-week RV odyssey plus headlines and who leads the Democratic Party?
Beth is out for one more week of vacation, so I drafted my husband of 23 years as our guest co-host this week. Nicholas and I run a lightening round on the headlines — Trump’s new “low-key” approach to war, the high cost of absolutely everything, and the Flock cameras backlash. Then, we debate the current state of the Democratic Party: the DSA’s rise, AOC, purity tests, and why I think Barack Obama is still the party’s leader. Then, Outside of Politics, we survived our 3,000-mile RV trip from hell and have lived to tell y’all about it. — Sarah
Topics Discussed
Still at War with Iran? Trump Tells Axios He’s “Low-Keying It”
Cost of Living Up, Wages Flat: Beef, Sparkling Water, and a July Jobs Report That Lost 23,000 Jobs
Flock Cameras and the Surveillance Network We All Asked For
The DSA, AOC, and Who Actually Leads the Democratic Party
Outside of Politics: The Great RV Road Trip from Hell — Badlands, Wind Cave, Theodore Roosevelt, and Glacier
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Episode Resources
Iran
The Economy
July jobs report: US economy shed 23,000 jobs, a sudden reversal (NBC News)
The Employment Situation — July 2026 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Surveillance & Flock Cameras
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking (The Washington Post)
Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says (NBC News)
The Democratic Party
Platner’s Top Strategist on What Went Wrong | The Ezra Klein Show (The New York Times)
Outside of Politics: The RV Trip
Medora Musical (Medora, ND)
Pitchfork Steak Fondue (Medora, ND)
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