Crooked Media Expands Its Political Podcast Sales Network, Adding Adam Mockler, The Argument and More
Today, Crooked Media announced the expansion of its political podcast and digital sales network, adding Adam Mockler, The Argument, and Weekly Skews to its growing roster of shows available for host-read advertising. The shows join an expanding slate that includes No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen and The Joy Reid Show.
Crooked holds exclusive rights to sell host-read advertising across the shows’ RSS feeds and YouTube channels, bringing its host-read advertising model to a broader slate of political audio and video programming. The expanded network gives advertisers the opportunity to reach highly engaged political audiences through trusted hosts across both podcast feeds and YouTube.
The expanded sales network is available to advertisers now, with advertising opportunities across participating shows’ RSS feeds and YouTube channels.
This setup brings together a growing group of influential political voices, giving advertisers a way to reach engaged audiences through host-read advertising and deepen the connection between trusted hosts and their listeners and viewers across audio and video. The expansion reflects Crooked’s continued growth beyond its owned-and-operated programming, building a broader network of political shows and creators while extending its expertise in host-read advertising to a wider slate of voices.
Crooked Media has a track record of success in political podcasting, with the network’s current lineup generating more than 30 million monthly downloads and consistently topping competitive charts. In addition to flagship Pod Save America, the network includes Pod Save the World hosted by Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes, Lovett or Leave It hosted by Jon Lovett, Offline with Jon Favreau, Still Counting with Nate Silver, Galen Druke and Clare Malone (which premiered in the top 20 shows on Apple Podcasts), Runaway Country with Alex Wagner, Keep It hosted by Louis Virtel and Nina Parker, Strict Scrutiny, Hysteria, Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams, What A Day and more.
This announcement of Crooked’s expanded sales network follows the recent announcement of Crooked on MS NOW and Crooked’s foray into streaming with the launch of its FAST Channel, SANE tv, earlier this year.
Crooked’s subscription Friends of the Pod shares exclusive content and access with fans across Substack, YouTube, Supercast, and Apple Podcasts. In addition, Crooked has a robust touring and live events business, with the second annual Crooked Con coming to Washington, D.C. in November 2026, plus a merch and ecommerce business, a growing portfolio of newsletters, and expansions across audio, digital, film, and television. Crooked has earned more than 80 awards and nominations, from the Webbys and Tribeca Honors to a prestigious Peabody Award nomination, underscoring its impact and influence across the media landscape.
About Crooked Media
Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us -- one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have honest conversations and tell stories that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, they’ve continued to add new shows, voices, and opportunities for activism through our Vote Save America platform, because it’s up to each of us to do our part to engage in our democracy and build a better world.
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