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If the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election could be summed up in the style of Dustin Hoffman learning about plastics in The Graduate , it would be: Podcasts. (“One word, Benjamin: Manosphere .”)

Donald Trump went on every show he could ; Kamala Harris didn’t . And in the contemporary “ attention economy ,” as lab-grown paid-media sound bites lose their potency , Trump won decisively with the part of the electorate whose last-minute votes are guided by vibes and auras—also known as the most important part of the electorate.

That’s not really the entire story of 2024, but it’s true as far as it goes, and many of the Democrats who appear

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