Crooked Media has announced the lineup for its upcoming Crooked Con, with guests including elected officials, including Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, California Rep. Ro Khanna, Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride and political strategists from across the spectrum.
The conference will include a live episode of Pod Save America, the podcast that launched the network, at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. on Nov. 6 and a full day of programming on Nov. 7 at The Wharf. Topics include rehabilitating the Democratic brand, next steps for the party and how to organize and mobilize effectively, among other topics. The day will wrap with a live taping of Crooked’s legal podcast Strict Scrutiny.
“2024 was a disaster. We spent 2025 doing some soul searching and finger pointing. Now it’s time to pull together, strategize, and figure out how we get out of this mess and win in the midterms,” said Crooked Media founders Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor. “The vision here is to get the smartest, funniest, most available-that-weekend people we know in the same room to talk honestly about how to win again.”
In addition to Favreau, Lovett and Vietor, other hosts in attendance from the network include Pod Save America’s Dan Pfeiffer, Pod Save the World’s Ben Rhodes, Hysteria’s Alyssa Mastromonaco and Erin Ryan; Strict Scrutiny’s Leah Litman, Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw; What a Day’s Jane Coaston; Keep It’s Louis Virtel; and Crooked’s vp of political strategy and head of Vote Save America Shaniqua McClendon.
Full speaker lineup:
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
Senators Brian Schatz, Chris Murphy and Ruben Gallego
Reps. Janelle Bynum, LaMonica McIver, Sarah McBride, Ro Khanna, Robert Garcia and Yassamin Ansari
Alex Wagner, Senior Political Analyst, MSNBC
Anderson Clayton, Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party
Ben Wikler, former Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party
Brian Tyler Cohen, Progressive YouTuber & Content Creator
Carlos Odio, Co-Founder, Equis
Cisco Aguilar, Nevada Secretary of State
David Shor, Co-Founder, Blue Rose Research
Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible
Faiz Shakir, Founder & Executive Director, More Perfect Union
Hasan Piker, Streamer & Political Commentator
Jessica Tarlov, Co-Host, Fox News’ The Five
Justice Allison Riggs, Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
Kate Barr, Founder, Can’t Win Victory Fund
Ken Martin, Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Lis Smith, Democratic Strategist
Marc Elias, Founder, Democracy Docket
Matthew Yglesias, Author, Slow Boring Newsletter
Maurice Mitchell, National Director, Working Families Party
Norm Eisen, Executive Chair, Democracy Defenders Fund
Philip DeFranco, Anchor, The Philip DeFranco Show
Rebecca Katz, Founder, Fight Agency
Sarah Longwell, CEO & Publisher, The Bulwark
Stephanie Valencia, Co-Founder & CEO, Equis
Tara McGowan, Founder & Publisher, COURIER Newsroom
Terrance Woodbury, President & Founding Partner, HIT Strategies