Nathan Fielder doesn’t want you to see everything

In the lull before the midterms, Jerusalem Demsas and Matt Yglesias took a break from political horse races to discuss the recent film You Can See Everything. Matt thinks Elizabeth Holmes might come off more sympathetic if she were willing to admit some fault in her actions. But Jerusalem notes that the unapologetic style of playing the unfairly attacked victim has worked well for certain political candidates in recent years. Check out their full conversation in our newest episode of The Argument.

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Corrections and clarifications:

• Around 26:27, Jerusalem says that she and Elizabeth Holmes incorrectly pronounced Amanda Seyfried’s last name as “sig-freed” and that it should be “say-freed.” She and Matt continue to pronounce it “say-freed” throughout the podcast. Her name is actually pronounced “sigh-fred,” and it was incorrectly pronounced as “see-freed” during the film.

Show notes:

• You Can See Everything, 2026 film that serves as the central source of discussion for this episode: IMDb page

• Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, book by John Carreyrou referenced by Matt: Goodreads page

• The Dropout, 2022 mini-series referenced by Matt: IMDb page

• Nathan for You, 2013-2017 tv show referenced by Matt: IMDb page

• This Hour Has 22 Minutes, tv show started in 1993 referenced by Matt: IMDb page

• Citizen Kane, 1941 film referenced by Matt: IMDb page

• The Social Network, 2010 film referenced by Matt: IMDb page

• War and Peace, book by Leo Tolstoy referenced by Matt: Goodreads page

• The West Wing, 1999-2006 tv show referenced by Matt: IMDb page

• JFK, 1991 film referenced by Matt: IMDb page

• “The Man with the Blue Guitar,” poem by Wallace Stevens referenced by Matt: University of Pennsylvania page

• Primetime, 2026 film referenced by Matt: IMDb page

• To Catch a Predator, 2004-2007 tv show referenced by Matt: IMDb page

• The Rehearsal, tv show started in 2022 referenced by Matt: IMDB page

• Peer Review segment: “Why Do AI Models Tell Left-Wing Voters to Support the Communist Party? AI Voting Advice in Japan’s 2026 General Election,” study by Sho Miyazaki and Andrew B. Hall: Andrew Hall site page

• “Federalism and State Democracy,” study by David Schleicher referenced by Matt: Texas Law Review study

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