Introducing “Stress Test”: The Midterms Will Test Democracy. We'll Help You Through It.

About this episode

It's only a few weeks away. It feels like an eternity. The midterm elections have officially entered their looming phase. Worriers of all stripes (doomscrollers, political junkies, fuel tank fillers), we get it. There's a war, an unpopular president, a MAGA capture of Congress, and a bunch of multibillionaires blithely slop-ifying our jobs. It's a lot. That's where we come in. We know how to tease out what to pay attention to and what to tune out, and we were early to identify the big issues shaping this election. We were on the ground as local groups banded together across party lines to oppose data centers. We profiled the rise of Christian nationalism and its infiltration of the highest ranks of government. And we've never taken our eyes off the threat of election interference and the systematic erosion of voting rights across the country. Enter "Stress Test," a new video podcast from Mother Jones, hosted by Washington, DC, bureau chief David Corn and video correspondent Garrison Hayes. "We're facing perhaps one of the biggest stress tests that American democracy has ever been through with these midterm elections," David explains. "After 2020, I think one of the lessons that