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August 2026

An August day on the lake
The Brand Brief 8.27.26: Meta, NFL, Lake America, Lindsay Clancy, Meghan Markle, Jamie Raskin, Karoline Leavitt, and the Smithsonian
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
A seat at conservative media’s biggest table
The Brand Brief 8.26.26: Lindsay Clancy, Dolly Parton, Usha Vance, John Ratcliffe, El-Sayed, Michael Whatley, and Hakeem Jeffries
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
If you will live like no one else
The Brand Brief 8.25.26: Dolly Parton, Buc-ees, Meghan Markle, Hasan Piker, Abdul El-Sayed, and Enes Kanter Freedom
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
Watching TV on the internet
The Brand Brief 8.21.26: Meghan Markle, Karmelo Anthony, Costco, Natalie Harp, Eric Swalwell, Matt Calkins, and Abdul El-Sayed
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
Coming off election highs
The Brand Brief 8.20.26: Prince Harry, Angie Nixon, Sophie Cunningham, Abdul El-Sayed, Lindsay Clancy, Jason Kelce, IndyCar, and Groupon
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
Doing it again
The Brand Brief 8.19.26: Angie Nixon, Lindsay Clancy, Jon Ossoff, Rosie O’Donnell, Charlamagne tha God, and Clay Travis
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
Changing the rules
The Brand Brief 8.18.26: Nickelodeon, Lifeguards, Charlie Kirk, JD Vance, Lindsay Clancy, Kyle Kirkwood, and Kim Jong Un
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
Adding another one
The Brand Brief 8.12.26: Josh Howerton, Abdul El-Sayed, Perez Hilton, Phil Wickham, AOC, Rosie O’Donnell, Anthony Fauci, and the Nashville Balls
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
The holiday wars
The Brand Brief 8.11.26: Francesca Hong, Enes Kanter Freedom, Sophie Cunningham, AOC, Don Lemon, Anthony Fauci, and Abdul El-Sayed
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
How to mock lunacy
The Brand Brief 8.7.26: Abdul El-Sayed, Ozempic, Zohran Mamdani, Tucker Carlson, Aryna Sabalenka, James Talarico, and pickleball
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
Why are we talking about burritos?
The Brand Brief 8.6.26: Coco Gauff, Chipotle, Bill Maher, Perez Hilton, Nick Shirley, Cambridge, Wisconsin, and the DSA
 • Nathan Brand and Carly Moran
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