A weekly politics podcast where Erin Flanagan and Jacob Shropshire help you navigate through the noise, so you walk away with all the stuff you need to know and none of the stuff you don’t. Each week, the two of them break down the three biggest stories around the world, and talk about how the different parts of the global machinery fit together. Then, in Have You Heard? they talk through the rest of the headlines and give you just what you need to know to fit in at the watercooler, and they'll even throw in some animal news just for fun.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack (https://substack.com/@swmhpod). We'd love for you to subscribe!
You can follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod) (https://www.instagram.com/staywithmeherepod/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/StayWithMeHerePod), or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social) (https://bsky.app/profile/swmhpod.bsky.social).
Erin Flanagan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekflanagan/) is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-shropshire/) is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Aid is trickling into Gaza, where more than 150 people have died of hunger and international pressure is growing to allow further aid to enter the strip. Ukraine passed a national law that restores power to anti-corruption bodies after mass protests. And Donald Trump just can’t seem to shake the story about the Epstein files - mostly because his efforts to not talk about them only seem to make everyone want to talk about them even more.
Then, in Have You Heard Headlines, Erin & Jake break down the rest of the week’s headlines to keep you in the know about what is happening in the rest of the world.
You can follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod) (https://www.instagram.com/staywithmeherepod/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/StayWithMeHerePod), or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social) (https://bsky.app/profile/swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekflanagan/) is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-shropshire/) is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Léa Kuhns (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-kuhns-7b87091ab/) provided editing assistance for the podcast.
12 Jul 2025
Texas Recovers From Extreme Flash Floods
More than 120 people have died after flash floods in Texas wiped out entire rural towns. The EU reached an agreement with Israel to get aid into Gaza, but the political rhetoric surrounding long term solutions has been troubling. And Trump is starting the tariff machine back up after countries refused to come to the table for new trade deals.
Then, in Have You Heard Headlines, Erin & Jake break down the rest of the week’s headlines to keep you in the know about what is happening in the rest of the world.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack (https://substack.com/@swmhpod). We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod) (https://www.instagram.com/staywithmeherepod/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/StayWithMeHerePod), or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social) (https://bsky.app/profile/swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekflanagan/) is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-shropshire/) is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Léa Kuhns (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-kuhns-7b87091ab/) provided editing assistance for the podcast.
5 Jul 2025
Will the Israel-Iran Ceasefire Hold?
Hosts Erin Flanagan and Jacob Shropshire analyze the recent ceasefire between Israel and Iran, protests in Kenya, and Trump's bill impacting Medicare, providing listeners with a concise overview of global events.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
7 ratings
Spotify
4.9 / 5
16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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91
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
71
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