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Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes

Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes

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Politics has never been more chaotic, and most podcasts just add to the noise. Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes cuts through it.


Grant is an AP Award-winning journalist with over a decade of on-the-ground reporting on the biggest political stories, scandals, and elections in America. Twice a week, he takes the stories dominating the headlines and breaks them down in plain English — no jargon, no spin, no shouting.


If you care about what’s happening in this country but you’re exhausted by how it’s being covered, this is the show for you. Real reporting. Clear explanations. Actual context.


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  • Harvard Psychiatrist to Congress: Trump Is Too Dangerous to Have the Nuclear Codes

    Harvard Psychiatrist to Congress: Trump Is Too Dangerous to Have the Nuclear Codes
    May 15 2026

    36 doctors, psychiatrists, and Nobel laureates just signed an open letter, now part of the official Congressional Record, saying Donald Trump's mental and physical decline makes him too dangerous to hold the nuclear codes.

    Grant sits down with Dr. Henry Abraham, one of the letter's lead authors and a former Harvard Medical School psychiatrist, to break down exactly what they're seeing, why they're speaking out now, and what it could mean for millions of lives.

    • Why these doctors broke the "Goldwater Rule," and why they say they had no choice
    • The specific symptoms they're tracking: tangential speech, rage, grandiose delusions, impaired impulse control, and manic late-night posting
    • How Trump's case compares to Biden's, and why the doctor says the Democrats "fooled us until they couldn't."
    • The nuclear football problem: what happens when an impulsive president has unilateral launch authority
    • Why the White House's cognitive test results are being hidden, and what that might mean
    • Rep. Jamie Raskin's bill to create an independent medical panel for 25th Amendment proceedings
    • What it would actually take to remove Trump from office

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 - Trump's Health Is a Clear and Present Danger
    2:27 - Intro: Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes
    3:06 - Meet Dr. Henry Abraham
    3:30 - How the Congressional Letter Came Together
    8:51 - "Where Were You With Biden?" — The Doctor Answers
    10:37 - Why Trump's Decline Looks Different Now
    12:27 - Breaking Down the Symptoms: The Full List
    14:16 - The Goldwater Rule — and Why They Broke It
    17:44 - The Most Alarming Symptom
    21:20 - Why Isn't This Movement Bigger?
    27:03 - Authoritarianism and Denying What You're Seeing
    29:15 - Three Physicals in One Year — What the White House Isn't Saying
    31:08 - The Cognitive Tests and What They're Hiding
    33:43 - Does the White House Doctor Have a Duty to Come Forward?
    34:48 - Impeachment, the 25th Amendment, and What Comes Next
    37:03 - The Raskin Bill: An Independent Medical Panel for Presidents
    39:06 - Closing Thoughts

    LINKS:

    Doctors' Open Letter

    Make It Make Sense Substack: The President Is Unwell

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    40 min
  • Your Money Is Worth Less Today Than It Was Last Month

    Your Money Is Worth Less Today Than It Was Last Month
    May 12 2026

    Inflation just hit 3.8%, the highest in three years, and wages can't keep up. Gas is nearly $4.50 a gallon, groceries cost more than ever, and the war in Iran is in its 11th week with no end in sight.

    Today, Grant breaks down what the numbers actually mean for your wallet, why last week's "good" jobs report is more complicated than the headline, and what Trump is trying to do about it before summer.

    CHAPTERS
    1:45 — Gas prices & the real cost at the pump
    3:10 — Why wages aren't keeping up
    4:30 — The jobs report explained (it's not as good as it looked)
    6:00 — Trump's poll numbers on the economy
    7:20 — The war in Iran: week 11, Hegseth testifies
    9:15 — The Supreme Court vs. Trump's tariffs
    11:00 — The gas tax holiday: a flip-flop breakdown
    12:45 — Trump's trip to China and what it could change

    PROMO CODES:

    The news is chaotic enough — you shouldn’t also have to wonder if you’re only getting half the story. Ground News shows you how every outlet, left, right, and center, is covering the same event, so you can see the full picture instead of just one side’s version of it. Their Blindspot feed even surfaces stories that are being ignored by one side of the political spectrum entirely. Less echo chamber. More clarity.

    Go to https://bit.ly/4dvTblK for 40% off their best plan, the Vantage subscription.

    Support the show

    Follow along on social media

    X: @mimsnewspod
    Instagram: @mimsnewspod
    TikTok: @mimsnewspod
    Substack: mimsnewspod.substack.com
    YouTube: youtube.com/@MIMSnewspod
    Bluesky: Granthermes.bsky.social

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    16 min
  • The Democratic Party Is Lost. A Former Presidential Campaign Manager Explains Why

    The Democratic Party Is Lost. A Former Presidential Campaign Manager Explains Why
    May 8 2026

    Why is the Democratic Party so lost right now, and is there actually a path forward?

    Former presidential campaign manager and Democratic strategist Maya Rupert joins Grant Hermes to break down the real state of the Democratic Party six months out from the 2026 midterms. We get into the DNC's 208-page playbook that says almost nothing about voters, why Chuck Schumer's days as leader are numbered, the devastating Louisiana v. Callais Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, and why Maya believes the answer to all of it starts with one word: authenticity.

    Maya's new book, The Real Ones, digs into why authenticity in politics is a concept weaponized against candidates of color and women — and what it actually should mean for voters, candidates, and the media covering them.

    LINKS:

    Make It Make Sense Substack

    The Real Ones

    PROMO CODE:

    The news is chaotic enough, you shouldn't also have to wonder if you're only getting half the story. Ground News shows you how every outlet, left, right, and center, is covering the same event, so you can see the full picture instead of just one side's version of it. Their Blindspot feed even surfaces stories that are being ignored by one side of the political spectrum entirely. Less echo chamber. More clarity.

    Go to https://bit.ly/4dvTblK for 40% off their best plan, the Vantage subscription.

    Support the show

    Follow along on social media

    X: @mimsnewspod
    Instagram: @mimsnewspod
    TikTok: @mimsnewspod
    Substack: mimsnewspod.substack.com
    YouTube: youtube.com/@MIMSnewspod
    Bluesky: Granthermes.bsky.social

    Follow Grant:
    X: @GrantHermes

    Insta: @Grant__Hermes

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    46 min
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