Symone Sanders Townsend and Eugene Daniels Turn Politics Into a Group Chat

Some podcast duos meet because a producer paired them up. Symone Sanders Townsend and Eugene Daniels didn't. They've been friends for over a decade, built through years of working the same beat at the intersection of politics, culture, and media, and that friendship is the whole premise of Clock It with Symone & Eugene.

Symone Sanders Townsend. She's a political commentator who's worked inside the room, not just around it. Before her current role as an MSNBC anchor, she served as national press secretary for the Biden campaign, which means she spent years translating a campaign's internal chaos into a public message in real time. That background shows up in how she talks politics on the show: less like a pundit reciting talking points, more like someone who's actually sat in the strategy meetings.

Eugene Daniels. He's a White House correspondent and political journalist, the guy whose job is to stand in the briefing room and ask the follow-up question nobody else will. That kind of beat requires patience and a nose for what's actually being said versus what's being dodged, and he brings both to the podcast. Where Symone comes at politics from campaign strategy, Eugene comes at it from the press pool, and the show benefits from having both angles in the same conversation.

The show they run. Clock It bills itself as an invitation into Symone and Eugene's actual group chat, and the guest list backs that up. They'll go from serious civic conversation, like Governor Wes Moore telling them "we are not gonna sit there and get punched in the face" in Gov. Wes Moore: "We are not gonna sit there and get punched in the face", straight into culture and comedy, like Jenifer Lewis Has No Shame in Her Game. They'll also braid the two together in one episode, mixing behind-the-scenes political mechanics with a guest like La La Anthony talking criminal justice reform, in Using the Press Pool as a Decoy, and La La Anthony on Criminal Justice Reform. New episodes land on Thursdays.

Personality read, grounded in what they've built. A show built on the premise of "you're listening in on our group chat" only works if the hosts are actually loose with each other, and the guest range here (a sitting governor next to a Scandal cast member next to La La Anthony) says these two aren't precious about staying in one lane. It points to two people who trust each other enough to pivot mid-conversation from federal politics to pop culture without it feeling like whiplash.

How you may know them. Symone Sanders Townsend's name has been attached to national campaigns and cable news for years; you've likely seen her before on MSNBC or heard her name in coverage of the Biden campaign's press operations. Eugene Daniels is a familiar byline and face if you follow White House coverage, showing up wherever the press corps gathers for briefings and pool reports.

Together. What comes through on Clock It is a decade of shorthand between two people who talk about this stuff for a living anyway, now doing it without the formality their day jobs usually require. It's less a hosting arrangement and more two friends who happen to be really good at their jobs, deciding to let you sit in on the conversation they'd be having regardless.

Socials. The directory doesn't have social links on file for either host at this time.

Still going strong. No signs of this one slowing down either. Clock It is putting out new episodes weekly, with the most recent landing September 3, 2026, so the group chat is very much still active.