'The View' is cultural (and political) canon

In an era when social media and streaming reign supreme, how has a daytime talk show on network television managed to stay relevant? With help from <a href="https://twitter.com/raminsetoodeh?lang=en">Ramin Setoodeh</a> (author of the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ladies-Who-Punch-Explosive-Inside/dp/1250112095"><em>Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View</em></a>) and writer <a href="https://twitter.com/amandafitzsimo4?lang=en">Amanda FitzSimons</a> (who covered this for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/the-view-politics-tv.html"><em>The New York Times Magazine</em></a>), Sam explores why — and how — ABC's <a href="https://twitter.com/TheView?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"><em>The View</em></a> continues to trend on Twitter, regularly lands presidential candidates in the guest chair, and turns its Hot Topics roundtable into a microcosm of modern-day American politics. Here's looking at you, 2022 midterms!