The Sagnik Show
Welcome to The Sagnik Show — where politics, media, and identity collide. Over the past decade, I’ve worked across legacy and new media, from FOX News to independent platforms alongside people like Tucker Carlson, Saagar Enjeti, and Krystal Ball. I didn’t come to the U.S. to cover politics—I just happened to fall into it. What followed was an unexpected crash course in the American political machine, taught by some of the sharpest (and most polarizing) voices in the business. This show is my attempt to process what I’ve learned—and unlearned. I also speak with creators and entrepreneurs building media on their own terms—people forging new paths outside the traditional gatekeepers. I’m not here to sell you anything. None of this is monetized. I’m just grateful you’re listening.
Episodes
0:00 Intro
0:55 Will Zohran 'Defund The Police'?
5:39 Why the boomers do not 'get' Zohran
9:21 The sympathy for Luigi Mangione
13:18 Establishment Democrats vs Populist Progressives
15:19 Horseshoe Theory
18:20 How the Right and the Left tackle America's populist angst
19:40 Similarity between Zohran, Bernie, and Trump
22:26 How should New York Jews feel about Zohran
2...
Will Zohran Mamdani's anti-cop past derail his rise to run New York City?
0:00 Intro
0:28 Zohran might become NYC's Mayor
6:24 What the boomers do not understand about populism
11:18 Have older Americans rigged the system?
13:05 Economic populism on the Right and Left
15:38 Immigration vs Native-Employment
19:15 The failure of rent control
23:00 Zohran Mamdani's sugarcoated prog...
Remember that viral New York Magazine hit piece on the young MAGA crew partying on Inauguration Night? CJ Pearson was the guy behind it all. The conservative Gen Z power broker has quietly built the influencer machine fueling right-wing TikTok—throwing blowout parties (yes, with Waka Flocka and Soulja Boy) in some of the most liberal cities in America.
CJ joined me to break down how the Right got better at social media, wh...
0:00 Intro
0:35 Meeting AOC
4:06 The populism of AOC and Zohran
5:30 Leaving The LEFT
9:35 Failing Progressive policies of NYC
11:44 Liberal takeover of the media and culture
18:01 The vibe shift of Zohran Mamdani
20:54 The future of the Right and the Left
27:04 DOGE Cuts
28:38 Sane climate change policy
32:34 Why progressives hate progress
37:49 How MAGA built a winning coalition
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0:00 Intro
1:03 Don't blame the kids for socialism
4:33 Zohran is America First?
8:22 How Zohran won over New York City
14:13 How Eric Adams got railroaded?
16:06 Right-wing criticism of Zohran
21:21 Why MTG and Tucker Carlson agree with Zohran
25:00 Conservatives and Israel
30:07 Zohran's anti-semitism hurdle
35:25 Zohran's new media campaign vs Cuomo's boomer campaign <...
0:00 Intro
0:52 Who is Neil Patel
2:21 Daily Caller
4:09 Tucker Carlson fired from Fox News
6:20 Building Tucker Carlson Network
8:53 How Tucker's politics have changed
11:00 The authenticity of Tucker and Trump
14:11 Media's bias against conservatives
20:07 Vibe Shift
21:40 The Patriot Economy
26:03 ALP vs ZYNN
30:38 How the Right took over the media
33:30 Serving in the...
Emily Jashinsky, host of Undercurrents on UnHerd and Counter Points on Breaking Points, joined me to break down the political realignment unfolding after Trump’s 2025 win — and what’s getting lost in the noise around immigration.
0:00 Intro
0:50 End of an era for media stronghold
3:00 How the media botched the Biden cover-up
6:41 Cultural liberalism's stronghold in the media
9:50 How the media lost the trust of...
0:00 Intro
1:23 Did the media know about Biden's decline?
8:29 Should we give Jake Tapper the benefit of the doubt?
12:20 Why did Joe Biden refuse press access?
16:09 Why does the Biden cover-up matter?
17:39 Why does the bias always run in the same direction?
19:50 Elon Musk is out of Washington DC and MAGA
26:56 Was Elon Musk compatible with politics
29:09 Muzzle velocity politics
31:0...
0:00 Intro
1:10 ICE raid protests in LA
3:45 Immigrants are no longer required to assimilate
5:49 Deportations - Kilmar Abrego Garcia
9:06 Deportations - Student Visas
10:30 Jared Isaacman is gone, why?
13:20 Elon Musk vs Trump conflict
17:30 Was DOGE a failure?
18:36 MAGA is only for Trump loyalists
20:36 Karine Jean-Pierre and the Joe Biden coverup
22:10 The future for: Populists vs Abun...
0:00 The Joe Biden Cover-Up
13:37 Lessons for the media
17:50 MSM's stronghold is crumbling
25:04 Elon Musk is done
30:03 Does the GOP care about limited government
32:00 Immigration, deportation, foreign students
34:08 Harvard vs Trump
37:18 Deportation tactics, vettings, Chinese spies in America?
40:30 Democrats' future: Populism vs Abundance
44:00 The comeback of neo-liberalism? <...
0:00 Intro
0:53 Greenwashing
6:07 America is polarized, and it's getting worse
9:04 Companies lied about progressive goals
17:23 Can you be a conservative environmentalist?
28:00 Al Gore, Nixon, and the EPA
33:00 Why no one care about the environment
33:50 Protests won't solve anything, then what will?
41:20 Is Climate Change a generational issue?
44:12 Elon Musk: From Environmental...
0:00 Intro
0:45 The group chats that changed America
1:52 Silicon Valley and Donald Trump
7:57 Tech CEO's at odds with their workers
11:50 Building ELITE consensus via Group Chats
20:21 Steve Bannon and New Media
24:32 The Great Bundling & Unbundling of Media
29:20 Megyn Kelly crushing Legacy Media
33:30 What makes a great broadcaster
35:55 Political commentary in the creator economy
0:00 New media disrupting the White House briefing room
3:05 Why is Legacy News upset at the New Media
5:26 Narrative Violation: Immigration and Deportation
11:48 How new media reporting differs from mainstream media
14:55 Dressing flashy for the White House?
16:43 The hypocrisy of the 'objective' legacy media's
20:56 The Right covering culture wars
27:10 Thin, Fertile and Republican: The...
0:00 Intro
0:17 Immigration crackdown
03:03 Mass Deportations vs First Amendment
07:40 Patriot Act Deja Vu
09:35 Deporting to El Salvador dungeons?
12:01 Deporting college kids writing op-eds?
15:13 Harvard vs Trump
17:40 The corruption in US colleges
21:35 The WOKE Right
25:53 Don't tread on me
28:49 AOC, Bernie, Anti-Oligarchy Tour
31:17 Dems have no brand?
33:10 Elon Musk...
Julian Dorey is a friend and one of the best podcasters out there. We react to pompous Douglas Smith's debate with Dave Smith on JRE, we riffed on how the woke virus is crippling the Right because it has a spine made of glass, and a lot more. Enjoy! Subscribe and also go to Julian's channel and help him cross 1M subs.
0:00 - INTRO
0:51 - Julian Dorey Podcast Growth
2:19 - The Trump Cultural “vibe shift”,...
Chris Barnard is a friend and the President of the American Conservation Coalition (ACC). ACC’s mission is to build the conservative environmental movement. He also serves on the Youth Advisory Council for the Republican Party. We sat down to riff on the state of 'Abundance' and Trump's Tariffs.
0:00 Intro
0:17 Who owns 'Abundance'?
3:28 Why can't Liberal cities build more
5:29 Is...
Mary Margaret Olohan is a friend who I met years ago while working at the Daily Caller. Today, she’s the White House Correspondent at the Daily Wire. We recently caught up for a conversation on the state of conservative culture, why so many women are stepping back from the girlboss era and embracing tradwife aesthetics, and our shared love for Pride and Prejudice.
0:00 Intro
0:27 The Girlboss Era is Over
4:50 The P...
0:00 Intro
0:51 Trump's Libertarian Rebirth
4:47Steve Bannon vs Elon Musk - Immigration
7:51 DOGE Draining The Swamp
12:12 MSM Firings, Populist disconnect
16:42 How Trump Won The Podcast Election
20:33 Growing Rising on YouTube
21:25 Robby's come-up in journalism
25:11 The Corruption Of White House Press
28:35 Corporate influence in journalism
32:33 Debunking the Rolling Sto...
0:00 Intro
0:57 The night in Kenosha
4:30 Richie's testimony
8:22 Kyle Rittenhouse - hero or villain?
15:30 What led to the shooting
21:31 Similarities between Daniel Penny and Rittenhouse
24:35 Richie's politics
27:35 Covering January 6
31:12 End of the liberal world order - BLM, Lockdowns, Biden
38:54 Why Richie voted for Obama
42:56 Winston Churchill's imperfection
44:54...
0:00 Intro
1:08 Resistance Media in Trump 2016 vs 2024
3:51 Joy Reid Is Fired, Will MSM Learn Their Lessons?
6:41 Explaining elite journalists' disconnect from reality
9:21 How Amber got into journalism and conservative media
15:37 How Trump 2016 set the ground for Trump 2024
20:30 How The WHCA cartel gatekeeps media access
25:45 White House's New Media push
27:00 How MAGA became mainstream...
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