White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday debuted a special event for podcasters, as she continues expanding access to President Donald Trump‘s administration.
Leavitt taunted the establishment media as she debuted the new event where members of the White House communications team and cabinet members made the rounds with various podcast stars.
‘I bet you, the people in that room have much more viewers than CNN and the legacy media, just saying,’ she said in a video posted to social media. ‘We’re proud to welcome them to the White House.’
Staffers set up a room in the executive office building on the White House grounds for podcast and camera crews who participated in the event.
Podcasters Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire, Jack Posobiec of Human Events, Dr. Drew Piskey, Sage Steele, War Room’s Natalie Winters, NewsNation correspondent Libbey Dean and David Freiheit were among the list of podcasters and new media figures at the event.
‘Our inaugural Podcast Row at the White House was a rousing success,’ White House Deputy Communications Director Kaelan Dorr said to DailyMail.com.
Dorr explained that President Joe Biden‘s administration had effectively frozen out some of the new media voices, including prominent podcast platforms.
‘We’ve made it clear from the beginning that we will attempt to communicate the President’s agenda to as many Americans as possible by providing unprecedented access to administration officials for outlets that have been overlooked by prior administrations,’ he said.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt debuted a Podcast row for new media figures
Administration officials such as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared for the event to share their message with the podcast community
White House and cabinet officials who made the rounds included Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought.
‘The last time you and I were together, we spent about 20 hours on a train together to go and see President Zelensky over in Ukraine, although I trust your commute today was a little better than that,’ Posobiec joked with Bessent, recalling their travel together for high-level negotiations in Ukraine.
Posobiec’s trip to Ukraine demonstrated a strong commitment from the administration to an ongoing relationship with podcast and new media figures by opening up access.
Leavitt has opened up a ‘new media’ seat in the White House press room and also routinely adds podcasters and influencers to the press lineup at the White House and on Air Force One.
Leavitt herself joined the interview circuit on Podcast row as well as Dorr and Principal Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields.
Podcaster Jack Posobiec of Human Events Daily
Deputy White House Communications Director Kaelan Dorr
Dr. Drew Piskey and David Freiheit
‘We’re adjusting to the times, like we’re really doing throughout the entire administration … we’re just trying to bring our country to 2025,’ Fields told Posobiec.
‘We’re trying to make sure that everybody has access,’ Deputy White House Communications Director Kaelan Dorr said during his interview.
Dorr, who helps run the White House digital shop, said he and his team were laser focused on delivering the president’s message across all digital platforms and social media.
Podcaster Sage Steele and Natalie Winters
‘We’re pushing the limits on everything but we’re not hyper fixated on trends if that makes sense,’ he said.
Alina Habba, who was preparing to return to New Jersey as President Trump’s interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba, indicated she would miss the White House but was ready to bring Trump’s sense of justice to her home state.
‘I’m not going to be weak, as anybody could imagine,’ Habba told Posobiec. ‘I’ll be really hard on crime. I don’t think New Jersey has had that for some time.’
