Podcast Episodes

The Epstein Files Are Coming. How Politics is Adjusting to the AI Age (with Tom Merritt)

I came back from the UK expecting to ease into the week, and instead I walked straight into one of the wildest legislative twists I have seen in years. The Epstein files bill (HR 4405) cleared the Ho…

Published on 9 hours ago

The Winners and Losers of This Shutdown Fight (with Kirk Bado)

We’ve got ourselves a good old-fashioned legislative brawl over hemp. The Senate just shut down Rand Paul’s amendment that tried to strip out restrictions on intoxicating hemp products from the new g…

Published on 1 week ago

Is This Shutdown Over?! Trump's Economy Makes Noise. Gavin's Victory Lap.

It looks like the longest shutdown in American history is on the verge of finally reaching its conclusion — and let’s be honest, it’s ending exactly how these things always end. The Democrats didn’t …

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Do The Republicans Have a Problem? STOCK Act Violations and Dark Money (with Dave Levinthal)

It’s been building for weeks, but after this week’s election results, Republican infighting has officially hit a fever pitch.

It’s like any anxious period in life, the kind where you don’t even realiz…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Blue Wave! Thoughts on Virginia, New Jersey, NYC, and More

Well, what a night that was.

The 2025 off-year election came and went, and I don’t think anybody on the Republican side was quite ready for how hard it hit. I expected Virginia to go blue — I didn’t e…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

A First-Hand Look at the Shutdown That Won't End (with Andrew Heaton)

I’ve seen my fair share of shutdowns over the years. Loud ones, quiet ones, dumb ones, strategic ones. But this one? This is just sad.

I spent the day on Capitol Hill talking to anyone who would meet …

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Is Trump's China Trade Deal a Disappointment? Digging Into the Shutdown Stalemate (with Gabe Fleisher)

Trump and Xi finally sat down for the first in-person meeting of this new administration, and I won’t lie — there was a lot of hype going into this one. There were whispers about a grand bargain, eve…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

FINAL 2025 Election Predictions! Understanding Argentina's Libertarian Revolution (with Austin Padgett)

We’re just about a week out from Election Day, and I have to say, this is what I live for. These are the kind of stories that really scratch the itch for anybody who loves the game of politics as muc…

Published on 3 weeks ago

MORE Graham Platner Oppo! What's George Santos Up To After Prison? (with Juliegrace Brufke)

This Graham Platner saga just keeps delivering. Every time I think we’ve hit the ceiling on oppo drops, the elevator dings and we’re in a whole new suite of controversy. It’s not that the content was…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Is Graham Platner Already Done in Maine? Shame and the Internet (with Josh Jennings and Andrew Heaton

It’s not every day that the most interesting story in American politics is a Senate primary in Maine, but here we are. This race, at least for now, has everything: a populist outsider, a messy intern…

Published on 4 weeks ago