Oct 23, 20261h 11m
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about "Pivot" hosts Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher attacking Elon Musk for his plan to give every child in America...
About this Podcast:
Dave Rubin, Sage Steele, Jillian Michaels, and Dr.Drew Pinsky talk all things personal and political. Every Friday at 1:45 pm ET.
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What is Actual Friends about?
Dave Rubin, Sage Steele, Jillian Michaels, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk all things personal and political. Every Friday at 1:45 pm ET.
What has Actual Friends covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Unexpected Controversy Over Elon Musk's Plan to Help American Kids" (23 October 2026, 71 minutes), "Ilhan Omar Finally Got Scared After Tim Pool Reveals Smoking Gun for Immigration Fraud" (16 October 2026, 54 minutes), and "'The View' Host Shocks Crowd by Saying What No One Will Admit About Cornell 7 Case" (2 October 2026, 58 minutes).
How often does Actual Friends publish?
Actual Friends publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 54 minutes across 73 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Actual Friends?
Booking probability for Actual Friends is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Actual Friends requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Actual Friends's contact route on record: verified email.
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Actual Friends is a news podcast with 73 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Actual Friends
Ilhan Omar Finally Got Scared After Tim Pool Reveals Smoking Gun for Immigration Fraud
Oct 16, 202654 min"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about Tim Pool revealing what may be the smoking gun in the DHS criminal investigation into Ilhan Omar over immigration fraud; Jaime West...
- Oct 2, 202658 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about the scandal in Ithaca, New York, at Cornell University over the "Cornell 7" and the dark sexual assault...
Actual Friends
Sunny Hostin's Dark Secret Disturbs 'The View' Co-Hosts
Sep 25, 20261h 2m"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Sage Steele and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about "The View's" Sunny Hostin shocking her co-hosts by revealing the details of how she was the holdout juror in the trial of "The Butcher of...
- Sep 18, 20261h 1m
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about the "Real Time with Bill Maher" crowd cheering for Bill Maher's brutal takedown of Macklemore after he was kicked...
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How Did NYC End up Here 25 Years After 9/11? Dave Rubin Shares What He Saw in NYC on 9/11
Sep 11, 20261h 6m"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and Dave's personal memories of being in NYC that day and how far the...
- Sep 4, 202644 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about Liberty Hangout's deep dive with the craziest Lindsay Clancy supporters who use TikTok as their main source of information...
- Aug 28, 20261h 1m
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about why Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg may have actually tricked everyone into thinking that Meta is taking responsibility for making...
Actual Friends
What Lindsay Clancy's Doctors Missed Before The Tragedy
Aug 21, 202648 min"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Sage Steele and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about the Lindsay Clancy case, postpartum psychosis, postpartum depression, and the psychiatric treatments and mental health interventions that could...
- Aug 14, 202653 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about Sean Hannity grilling DSA-backed congressional candidate Oliver Larkin on how much of their own money Americans should be...
- Jul 31, 202648 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about two young teenage girls being verbally harassed by Celeste Keaton, the woke co-owner of the WNBA's Seattle Storm...
- Jul 24, 202652 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about "The View's" Alyssa Farah Griffin being surprised by women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe doubling down on supporting...
- Jul 17, 202650 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about CNN's Abby Phillip and Cari Champion laughing at and minimizing the constant brutal attacks on WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark; Rachael...
- Jul 11, 202644 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, and Sage Steele talk about Elon Musk attacking Christopher Nolan for caving to Hollywood's DEI demands in making "The Odyssey"; Christopher Nolan's "The...
- Jul 3, 202654 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about Sheridan Gorman's mother, Jessica Gorman, pleading with Democrats in a congressional hearing to listen to the...
- Jun 26, 202652 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about "The View's" Sara Haines' tense showdown with Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar over the danger of Democrats supporting...
- Jun 19, 202647 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about MLB's attempt to force players to wear hats supporting Pride Month backfiring as San Francisco Giants players...
- Jun 12, 202650 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about if Stever Harvey is right about men and women not being able to be friends with each other and why Sage realized that she was...
- Jun 5, 20261h 1m
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels, Sage Steele, and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk about what really happened when Dave was on an episode of Jubilee's "Surrounded" called "1 MAGA Republican vs 20...
- May 29, 202653 min
"Actual Friends" podcast hosts Dave Rubin, Jillian Michaels and Sage Steele talk about "The View's" Whoopi Goldberg having a shocking defense of Joe Biden after Jill Biden admitted on "CBS Sunday Morning" that she...
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Chris Hayes
Assistant Vice President of Travelers Risk Control for Workers’ Compensation, Victoria Police Service
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Donald Trump
President (former President of the United States), United States government
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Scott Galloway
NYU professor, co-host of the Pivot podcast, bestselling author, New York University's Stern School of Business
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Vivek Ramaswamy
2024 Republican presidential candidate, Strive Asset Management
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