Podcast Episodes featuring Jon Favreau

News Comedy TV & Film Society & Culture Politics interview health comedy business culture


Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist artwork

Jon Favreau

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist - June 26, 2022 12:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratings
The 1996 movie Swingers set Jon Favreau on a path to becoming one of the most successful and sought-after filmmakers in Hollywood. His directing resume now includes massive hits like Elf, Iron Man, The Jungle Book and the 2019 version of The Lion King, which made more than $1.6 billion at the bo...

Hacks On Tap artwork

The State of the Union Is… (with Jon Favreau)

Hacks On Tap - February 23, 2022 04:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
Jon Favreau, co-host of Pod Save America, host of Offline, and former speechwriter for Barack Obama, joins Gibbs and Murphy to discuss Biden’s condemnation of Putin’s aggression toward Ukraine, the political implications of US sanctions against Russia, what Biden needs to accomplish in his upcom...

Blocked Party artwork

Episode 69: Jaya Sundaresh v. Jon Favreau

Blocked Party - March 16, 2020 07:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 516 ratings
It's episode 69 (nice), so you know what that means: it's one life cycle of the podcast, as Jaya Sundaresh (journalist, Jaya Time) brings it all back to where we started, by getting blocked by Pod Save America dweeb Jon Favreau. Like many before her, Jaya gained a following by dunking on him repe...

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast artwork

The Gettable Voter with Jon Favreau

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast - February 11, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 7.6K ratings
Democrats can beat Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Another four years of a Trump White House is not a foregone conclusion. With nine months to go before the general election, there’s a tremendous amount of fear and uncertainty hanging over many of us about the future of the American republic....

Slate Daily Feed artwork

Gist: Jon Favreau’s The Wilderness

Slate Daily Feed - February 01, 2020 02:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 1K ratings
On the Gist, Bloomberg will join the debate stage. In the interview, Crooked Media’s Jon Favreau is here to talk about the new season of his series The Wilderness, where he goes to different parts of the country and explores politic tastes with focus groups. He and Mike discuss the four types of ...

Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter artwork

January 19, 2020: Jon Favreau on 'the biggest challenge for Democrats;' Trump's Fox News defense team; Capitol Hill reporters protest restrictions on impeachment trial access

Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter - January 19, 2020 21:41 - 38 minutes ★★★ - 775 ratings
Plus... What happens when a president can't handle the truth? Brian Stelter says the result is an impeachment trial. Also: Meet the man who tracks the Fox-Trump feedback loop. Jon Favreau, Dahlia Lithwick, Margaret Sullivan, Meridith McGraw, Sarah Wire, Joe Lockhart, Matt Gertz, and Peter Hamby j...

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air artwork

What the Democrats Need to Do to Win in 2020 With Jon Favreau | Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air - January 16, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratings
Larry Wilmore sits down with a cofounder of Crooked Media and the host of the podcast ‘The Wilderness,’ Jon Favreau, to talk about his time working as Obama’s head speechwriter (10:52), why the Democratic nominee needs to be a “happy warrior” (34:06), and what he learned from doing focus groups w...

Still Watching artwork

Still Watching: The Mandalorian — "Chapter One" with Jon Favreau and Carl Weathers

Still Watching - November 12, 2019 17:52 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 864 ratings
Joanna Robinson and Anthony Breznican of Vanity Fair return to a galaxy far far away for "Chapter One" the series premiere of The Mandalorian on Disney+. The show introduces a Mandalorian bounty hunter who tracks a target for a well-paying client while the podcast hosts check in with Gr...

Fangirls Going Rogue: Star Wars Conversation from a Female POV artwork

The Mandalorian: Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni Interview

Fangirls Going Rogue: Star Wars Conversation from a Female POV - October 29, 2019 15:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 116 ratings
Fangirls Going Rogue attended the exclusive launch press conference for The Mandalorian, set to debut on Disney+ on November 12. In the first of a three part Priority Transmission extravaganza, we join the roundtable interviews with showrunners Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni. Check out the new tr...

Collider Movie Talk artwork

Star Wars 9 Runtime + Jon Favreau Joins the MCU Debate - Movie Talk

Collider Movie Talk - October 23, 2019 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 579 ratings
On today's Movie Talk, the panelists share their thoughts on the reported runtime for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and also discuss Jon Favreau's comments regarding the auteur director vs. MCU debate.Collider Movie Talk host Perri Nemiroff welcomes John Rocha and Vinnie Mancuso to discuss the...

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush artwork

Jon Favreau (Crooked Media)

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush - October 01, 2019 08:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.8K ratings
Jon Favreau was Barack Obama’s head speechwriter from 2005–2013, he is one of the co-hosts of Pod Save America and co-founded Crooked Media. Sophia stops by Jon’s office to chat about his upbringing in Massachusetts, his first memory of politics, what it was like to walk into the Oval Office, the...

Hear the Bern artwork

18 - Bridging the Center/Left Divide (w/ Jon Favreau)

Hear the Bern - August 06, 2019 03:45 ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratings
Jon Favreau of Pod Save America/Crooked Media joins Briahna for a conversation about how the left and center-left can join forces to defeat Donald Trump. Crooked Media: https://crooked.com

/Film Daily artwork

We Visit The Set of 'The Lion King' and Talk With Director Jon Favreau

/Film Daily - July 29, 2019 19:43 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 784 ratings
On the July 29, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Ben Pearson, to discuss visiting the set of Disney’s The Lion King, and we will present an interview with director Jon Favreau.   Opening Banter:    In Our Feature Presentation:  ‘Th...

Collider Witching Hour artwork

The Collider.com Podcast, Ep. 210 - Jon Favreau's 'The Lion King'

Collider Witching Hour - July 22, 2019 04:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 215 ratings
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about the new, photoreal version of The Lion King. We talk about why the film is a dark harbinger of things to come, the power Disney exerts over the marketplace, why it fails to capture the magic of the original, if younger generations will pr...

Lovett or Leave It artwork

Send Him Back

Lovett or Leave It - July 20, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23.4K ratings
Trump finds a new low. Republicans find ways to avoid confronting him. And Tom Cruise finds a way BACK INTO OUR HEARTS. Backstage in Salt Lake City, Lovett catches up with Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, Dan Pfeiffer, and Erin Ryan on Trump's fascist rally, the CNN debate draw, and the Cats/Top Gun d...

Collider Live artwork

Jon Favreau Already Writing & Pre-Shooting The Mandalorian Season 2

Collider Live - July 12, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 660 ratings
Cue a little Irish ditty because Kate Mulligan is back, and so is “Dumbest Guest” (Dorina’s words, not mine) Nathan Hamill!!! We’ll be talking Jon Favreau already starting on #TheMandalorian season 2, Hobbs and Shaw, some Comic-Con plans, and more on a beautiful Friday with host Kristian Harloff,...

Hacks On Tap artwork

Warren's huge haul and Steyer's surprise with Jon Favreau

Hacks On Tap - July 09, 2019 22:32 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
This week, the hacks make sense of the newly announced fundraising numbers, talk Biden’s attempt to relaunch, discuss the political impact of Trump’s flip on the census question, and share their thoughts on Mitch McConnell’s new Senate challenger. Guest hack Jon Favreau of Pod Save America joins...

Lovett or Leave It artwork

BBQ, Bombs, and de Blasio (LIVE from Austin)

Lovett or Leave It - May 18, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23.4K ratings
Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor join Lovett for an update on Alabama's heinous new law, Trump's trade war, John Bolton's war war, and the Game of Throne's finale. Then we go to Austin for a fantastic live show with Shea Serrano, Emily Heller, and the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith to cover Texas's turn...

Endless Thread artwork

Bonus: Jon Favreau, Live At CitySpace

Endless Thread - April 26, 2019 17:51 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 2.5K ratings
T-minus one week until Endless Thread returns with new episodes! In the meantime, let's talk politics -- because Ben recently interviewed Jon Favreau, co-host of "Pod Save America" and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, live onstage at WBUR's CitySpace. In this bonus episode, we all...

Lovett or Leave It artwork

Aunt Becky for President

Lovett or Leave It - March 16, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23.4K ratings
Well, a LOT happened this week. Jon Favreau joins Lovett in studio to talk about the insane college admissions scandal, Trump’s first veto over his fake national emergency, the Boeing 737 Max 8, Paul Manafort’s sentencing, Tucker Carlson’s bigoted radio interviews, Beto O’Rourke’s presidential a...

Lovett or Leave It artwork

Impeachment is my Safe Word

Lovett or Leave It - December 15, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23.4K ratings
Cohen faces the music. Trump faces Pelosi. And Favreau and Vietor face Lovett's 2018 quiz. What a week. What a year. Jon is joined by returning champions Alicia Garza, Megan Gailey, Louis Virtel, Jon Favreau, and Tommy Vietor to break down a wild week of culminations and confrontations. Plus: La...

Blocked Party artwork

Episode 1: Jesse Farrar v. Jon Favreau

Blocked Party - November 16, 2018 16:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 516 ratings
In this new podcast from Stefan Heck and John Cullen, the boys invite guests on the program to talk about times they were blocked on social media. Jesse Farrar (Your Kickstarter Sucks, @BronzeHammer) joins the show to discuss the time he was blocked by Jon Favreau (not that one, the Pod Save Amer...

Pod Save the World artwork

John Kerry: Recording for Duty

Pod Save the World - September 19, 2018 07:09 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22.1K ratings
Tommy (with an assist from Jon Favreau) talks with former Secretary of State John Kerry about Iran, Israel, Trump's attacks and what he learned from the 2004 presidential campaign about how to respond to fake news.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard artwork

EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Jon Favreau

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - August 02, 2018 08:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 64.9K ratings
Jon Favreau an American political commentator, creator and co-host of Pod Save America and the former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama. In this chapter of Experts on Expert, Jon discusses his heartbreak on the 2004 Kerry campaign, his devotion to the democratic ideal of persu...

Experts on Expert with Dax Shepard artwork

Jon Favreau

Experts on Expert with Dax Shepard - August 02, 2018 07:30 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
Jon Favreau an American political commentator, creator and co-host of Pod Save America and the former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama. Jon discusses his heartbreak on the 2004 Kerry campaign, his devotion to the democratic ideal of persuasion and he details his farcical expe...

Lovett or Leave It artwork

1812 It's Overture

Lovett or Leave It - July 06, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23.4K ratings
Jon joins Jon Favreau and Dan Pfieffer in-studio to talk through the latest developments on immigration, SCOTUS, and the growing outrage of Democratic voters. Then Jon is joined by Tawny Newsome, Jose Antonio Vargas, and Molly Lambert to commiserate and discuss pre-existing conditions, "farm to ...

Full Of Sith: Star Wars News, Discussions and Interviews artwork

Episode CCLIX: Jon Favreau and the Temple of Listener Mail

Full Of Sith: Star Wars News, Discussions and Interviews - March 12, 2018 16:08 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 705 ratings
Bryan, Holly, and Mike gather to discuss the news that Jon Favreau has been tapped to oversee a brand new, live-action Star Wars television series for the upcoming Disney streaming service. Then, they dive into listener mail and answer YOUR questions. If you haven’t already, join our new Faceb...

Scavenger's Hoard: A Star Wars Podcast artwork

Episode #61 - Jon Favreau-Led TV Series Announced and Further Episode IX Spec

Scavenger's Hoard: A Star Wars Podcast - March 12, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 340 ratings
This episode of Scavenger's Hoard covers: - Jon Favreau to spearhead new live-action TV series - Excerpt from the novel 'Last Shot' and interview with the author - Andy Serkis interview with EW on the mysteries of Snoke - First look at The Last Jedi deleted scenes - Daisy Ridley Facebook Live Q&...

Lovett or Leave It artwork

Lock Him Up

Lovett or Leave It - December 02, 2017 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23.4K ratings
Flynn cops a plea. The tax bill verges on passage. A government shutdown looms. And Trump still manages to find new lows on Twitter. In a special crossover episode, Jon Favreau, Dan Pfeiffer, Ira Madison, and Lovett walk through Mueller’s deal with Flynn. Then Megan Gailey, Jamil Smith, and Maz ...

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air artwork

Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett and Jon Favreau Reflect on Crafting Political Messages With President Obama (Ep. 13)

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air - September 07, 2017 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratings
Larry Wilmore weighs in on immigration, DACA, and pursuing the American Dream (0:01) before sitting down with with Crooked Media founders and 'Pod Save America' hosts Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett to discuss their time as speechwriters for President Obama as well as the 2016 election and DACA (9:15)...