The Rest Is Politics: US

Anthony Scaramucci and Katty Kay make for one of the more unexpected podcast pairings in political media, and it works remarkably well. Scaramucci -- the former White House Communications Director whose tenure lasted a famously brief eleven days -- brings genuine insider knowledge of the Trump orbit and Wall Street finance. Kay, a BBC journalist who spent nearly three decades covering American politics from Washington, provides the kind of outside-looking-in perspective that American-born pundits simply cannot replicate. Each Friday episode runs about 45 to 50 minutes and covers the week's biggest political stories, though the show often veers into economics and international affairs in ways that feel natural rather than forced. The format is conversational, with Scaramucci and Kay genuinely disagreeing on things rather than performing a scripted back-and-forth. He tends to approach issues through a business lens; she pushes back with reporting instincts honed at the BBC. The show launched in early 2024 as a spinoff of the wildly popular UK version hosted by Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, and it has built a solid audience of its own -- 281 episodes and nearly a thousand ratings at 4.4 stars on Apple Podcasts. Goalhanger Podcasts, the production company behind it, clearly knows how to make political conversation feel accessible without dumbing it down. A premium tier offers extra content for dedicated listeners, but the free episodes are more than enough to keep you informed each week.