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About Rivera and Reeves | Insider Feed

Forget the media talking points—“Rivera and Reeves” is where the spin stops and the real talk begins. We tackle the news, politics, and cultural battles the mainstream wants you to ignore, all from a perspective that values truth, freedom, and common sense. Delivered with wit, humor, and a whole lot of coffee, this is the podcast for anyone who refuses to be spoon-fed narratives and is ready to think critically about the world around them. Think of it as coffee with two friends who aren’t afraid to say what you’re already thinking. riveraandreeves.substack.com (https://riveraandreeves.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Rivera and Reeves

Category

news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Aug 2024

Latest episode

4 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

68 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2026

   Surprise Live! The Day After Midterms

   Meseidy and Rachel Reeves discuss the political fallout of the midterm elections, what a new congressional majority could realistically do, and why Republicans lost ground. They weigh the importance of voter turnout, governing constraints, and campaign messaging, with particular attention to Texas and Georgia. Co-hosts Meseidy and Rachel Reeves unpack the political fallout from a major election swing, debate what drove voter dissatisfaction, and consider how the parties might position themselves for 2028. Their conversation weighs economic concerns, candidate quality, political messaging, the war, immigration, and institutional checks and balances, while sharply diverging on whether the current administration can change course. Follow & Subscribe Meseidy IG: @ItsMeseidy https://instagram.com/itsmeseidy Substack: https://www.itsmeseidy.com Rachel IG: @HereAreTheHeadlines https://instagram.com/HereAreTheHeadlines Substack: https://rachelreeves.substack.com/ Rivera and Reeves Substack: https://riveraandreeves.substack.com/ Chapters 00:00 Going live and setting up the conversation 04:04 Midterm results and the close Mississippi Senate race 09:12 What the congressional majority can actually change 12:40 Filibuster strategy, cooperation, and impeachment 16:25 The Politico interview and prospects for working together 23:09 Affordability, voter concerns, and the messaging problem 28:31 Progressive wins, moderate candidates, and voter fatigue 34:07 Why Republicans underperformed and what voters signaled 36:25 Texas’s divided government and border-policy stakes 39:36 Georgia’s political shift and the role of voter coalitions 41:11 Youth and Hispanic voters are not locked into one party 42:24 Putting the election swing in historical midterm context 44:04 Trump backlash, affordability, and candidate quality 45:13 Unkept promises, poor optics, and Washington’s bubble 49:23 What JD Vance says Republicans got wrong 53:06 Can Vance separate himself before 2028? 56:10 The Democratic field and the House’s progressive wing 58:16 The hosts’ possible Republican paths to 2028 01:01:10 Why performance and memes cannot replace results 01:02:29 Border enforcement, voter perception, and party strategy 01:05:04 Checks and balances versus fears about the next administration 01:09:15 Which candidates could appeal beyond their party base? 01:13:51 Undermarketed accomplishments and the closing discussion This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com (https://riveraandreeves.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

2. 

   5 May 2026

   R&R Ep 227 | SCOTUS Just Blew Up the Gerrymander Game — And Tucker Can't Answer the Question

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com (https://riveraandreeves.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) This is our last episode until September, and we packed it. The Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais ruling just rewrote how every congressional map in the country gets drawn, the 2026 Senate races are shaping up to be a Democrat strategy disaster, and Tucker Carlson sat down with the New York Times and got caught making things up in real time. Plus — Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles, and we are not joking. Hit play, then hit subscribe so you're locked in for the September comeback. 🚨Heads up — this is our last episode until September. We're taking a summer hiatus and we'll be back the first Monday of September. We sent an email to all subscribers yesterday with the full details — check your inbox. Episode Highlights * Why Rivera & Reeves is taking a summer hiatus and what’s coming back in September * Louisiana v. Callais: the 6-3 SCOTUS ruling on racial gerrymandering and Justice Jackson’s dissent * The redistricting battle map — Texas, California, Virginia, Florida, and what each move actually nets * Senate races to watch: Susan Collins vs. Graham Platner in Maine, the Democrat primary chaos in Michigan * Tucker Carlson’s New York Times interview and the “it’s well known” school of argumentation * The grift cycle: how Tucker, Megyn Kelly, Sean Ryan, and the Young Turks are all running the same script * Spencer Pratt’s mayoral run in LA and why secret Democrat voters might actually flip the city Follow Us On Youtube! Hit play, grab your coffee, and catch up on what’s actually happening. If this episode earns a share, send it to someone who’s been repeating the same three talking points since Saturday. They need this more than they know. Not a paid subscriber yet? Join us LIVE Tuesday & Thursday at 12:30 pm, get ad-free access the moment we publish, plus our monthly live unfiltered stream every last Saturday at 11:30 AM EST. Listen For Free at 6pm Chapters 00:00 Cold Open & Summer Hiatus Announcement 07:14 Louisiana v. Callais & the SCOTUS Ruling 22:08 The Redistricting Battle Map 33:04 Senate Races to Watch in 2026 41:00 Tucker Carlson’s New York Times Interview 53:11 The Podcast Grift & the “Unite With the Left” Pivot 1:11:20 Spencer Pratt for LA Mayor 1:19:40 Outro & September Plans

3. 

   25 Apr 2026

   Unfiltered Live (April Edition) | Nerd Prom, Skin Suits, and Sharon's Deleted Post

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com (https://riveraandreeves.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) Jim Acosta, Joy Reid, Mehdi Hassan, and Wajahat Ali walked into a group chat — and Meseidy listened so you don't have to. This month's Unfiltered Live unpacks the White House Correspondents' Dinner spectacle, the legacy media class that got fired and rebranded as Substack "independents," and the tidy little skin-suit trick where progressive ex-anchors gut a platform and then demand respect for it. Meseidy and Rachel also dig into Sharon McMahon's post-Charlie Kirk meltdown, the New York Times article rehabilitating her cowardice, and why deleting a post and then explaining it on someone else's terms isn't principle — it's marketing. Plus: book recs, prepper sewing classes, a bird that builds its own house, and the great Joanne's Fabrics tragedy of 2025. Subscriber-only. Unedited. Unrehearsed. Exactly the way you wanted it. 🎧 Hit play above. This one's just for paying subscribers — no clips, no cross-posts, no YouTube version coming later. If a friend forwarded you this and you want in on the next one (last Saturday of May, 11:30 AM ET), upgrade below. Tell them we sent you. 🚨One quick note before you hit play: we're off next Tuesday and Thursday. Rachel's at an event in DC, and frankly we both needed a beat to breathe before the next news cycle eats us alive. We'll be back the week after. Thank you Becky Dultmeier (https://substack.com/profile/35795342-becky-dultmeier), Sarah Twilley (https://substack.com/profile/21387472-sarah-twilley), and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. Episode Highlights * Why the White House Correspondents’ Dinner stopped being journalism and became “nerd prom” — and why a roomful of Chrissy Teigens tells you everything * The 250-signature open letter from “defunct journalists” begging attendees to protest Trump, and why nobody who actually fears a gulag tweets jokes about gulags * The Substack skin-suit problem: identify the institution, kill it, gut it, wear the carcass — Meseidy walks through the Stephen Miller piece on how legacy media is colonizing independent publishing * The double standard nobody on the left will name: independent right-leaning media built from zero while ex-MSNBC hosts get welcome workshops and promotional emails * Sharon McMahon’s deleted-post damage control and why The New York Times trying to launder it as a principle didn’t land * A complete tonal pivot into books, dystopian novels, the tailor bird, and why the right is learning to sew while the left wonders why Joanne Fabrics closed.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

13

Social presence

97

YouTube

0

Engagement

0