Astead

Host, America, Actually! @voxmedia
Weekly midterms newsletter @Substack
Editorial director @voxdotcom
Political analyst @cnn
Former @nytimes @bostonglobe

[Astead @AsteadWH]

!!!! First day of our new podcast, America Actually (w/ Astead Herndon). It's going to be about the upcoming elections and America's road to a post-Trump future.

But as we got started I wanted to write something about why I landed on that theme and what I saw as the our mission in a landscape of a lot of media choices

[Tottenham Hotspur @SpursOfficial]

A legacy built in the Spurs academy.

Forever one of our own 🤍

[Astead @AsteadWH]

This means something to me !!

[Ballon d'Or @ballondor]

HARRY KANE IS THE NEW BALLON D'OR!

#ballondor

[Astead @AsteadWH]

🚨By far, our most-asked listener question about the midterms wasn't who's going to win. It was whether the election will be fair, and whether every vote will be counted.

So we called @swerenbecker of @BrennanCenter to talk voting rights! All the ways the White House has tried to influence the November elections, and all the ways Trump may still sow doubt about the results.

Subscribe to America, Actually or watch on the @voxdotcom YouTube channel: 

https://t.co/IvuRuQEFqe

[Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth]

a great, detailed @realcpaz dive into Adam Hamilton, and bigger questions about the Democratic Party and religious voters more broadly https://t.co/49us7E2W1A

[Astead @AsteadWH]

On @Substack: https://t.co/LCw0cYojFO

Subscribe to Midterms Actually, our companion newsletter for the podcast

[Astead @AsteadWH]

This week’s newsletter: I wrote about the GOPs strategy of Islamophobia has been aided by Democrats and the press. And I find the lack of pushback not only immoral but shortsighted.

We either all have a place in democracy or we don’t. And the forces seeking to marginalize their place in the American project will likely expand to others

On @voxdotcom: https://t.co/qSVv3zAapu

[Alyssa Farah Griffin @Alyssafarah]

Hand on my heart, my first day at the White House, Trump asked me if I knew what the H stood for. I said no. He said Horatio.

I think about that at least once a week. 😭

[Astead @AsteadWH]

Looks like all those nights at Harp & Sham (RIP 😢) paid off. Thanks for the love, @MarquetteU!

Full article: https://t.co/22omCM5ymd

[Tyler DeLuca @TylerDeLuca]

If you're a basketball fan I simply don't know how you watch the Playoffs that Angel Reese has had without wanting to run through a brick wall

This is ELECTRIC. The type of hoops that makes you FEEL SOMETHING.

[Bulls on CHSN @CHSN_Bulls]

"I know exactly who he was, I know what his gift could do, and I know that we were all just a little happier, a little better off, for getting to hear the song...for as long as we did."

@adamamin gives a touching tribute to his late partner, Stacey King ❤️

[Astead @AsteadWH]

Senator @ElissaSlotkin is facing fierce backlash, including from President Trump, after comments about holding Trump’s enablers accountable and a strategy of “deterrence” made during our live podcast at @UChiPolitics

Ironically, she spoke about the impact of being targeted by Trumpworld in the same discussion.

Here, she details the onslaught of threats she received the last time the president called for her criminal prosecution

Watch:

[Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls]

Stacey King Forever 👑

Tonight, and every night this season, we will wear this jersey patch in honor of Stacey ❤️

[Astead @AsteadWH]

Next week on @PBS: A roundtable you won't want to miss

AI: Who's in Control? The latest #DeadlockPBS, hosted by @ucdavislaw Professor Aaron Tang

Premiering Oct. 27 at 9/8c. Bookmark it

[Vox @voxdotcom]

America, Actually with @AsteadWH has won silver in the Signal Awards in the news & politics category for its episode, “Dems are in the middle of a civil war. He’s at the heart of it.” https://t.co/zVZb6HhBet

[Astead @AsteadWH]

Woo! The @signalawards names America, Actually! its silver prize winner in the Best News & Politics podcast category

Thankful for the team and congrats to all the winners!
https://t.co/XW9gexo1OG

[Astead @AsteadWH]

@ArmandDoma Me when I’m born yesterday

[Astead @AsteadWH]

This is the third event I’ve held with @UChiPolitics

— @ChicagosMayor in 2024
— @hasanthehun in 2025
— @ElissaSlotkin in 2026

Thanks to everyone who came out! And thanks to the institute for providing a venue for the earnest exploration of ideas. We’ll be back

[Astead @AsteadWH]

New: We’ve posted the full conversation between myself and @SenatorSlotkin at @UChicago — which covered everything from health care to housing and the notion of electability

But between the viral audience question about Kamala Harris, and the strong reaction to the Senator’s statement about accountability for corruption and “deterrence,” you owe it to yourself to watch the full thing

Available in America Actually feeds and the @voxdotcom YouTube channel

https://t.co/gMMOr8MnDN

[Astead @AsteadWH]

@jamesetta_w Check the dates and try again