Nate Silver, 2 Former FiveThirtyEight Hosts Launch 2026 Politics Podcast
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2
Nate Silver, 2 Former FiveThirtyEight Hosts Launch 2026 Politics Podcast
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2
Summary
Nate Silver, Clare Malone and Galen Druke have reunited to launch “Still Counting,” a new podcast aimed at covering the 2026 midterm elections.
The show is pitched as a revival of FiveThirtyEight’s nonpartisan, data-driven style after the politics site and its flagship podcast were shut down last year following layoffs and strategy shifts.
Crooked Media — a progressive company founded by 3 Obama administration veterans — will distribute the podcast, even as the hosts say they want to avoid a partisan filter.
The launch also tests whether audiences built around individual journalists can move with them after FiveThirtyEight’s brand passed through larger institutions including The New York Times, ESPN and ABC News.