Podcast Episodes

The Future of the Democratic Party

Episode 83

The Democratic party is in a battle with itself. After devastating losses in 2016, the party was resurgent in 2018, but the lessons from both elections remain unclear: should the Democratic party be …

Published on 6 years, 9 months ago

President Trump's New Legal Nightmare

Episode 82

On Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee, Michael Cohen called the president a racist, a conman, and a cheat. He also brought documents.

Trump’s onetime confidant testified for seven hours. H…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

State of Emergency

Episode 81

Last week, President Trump declared a national emergency to get funding for the wall. The move gave him elevated power to move money around, but it was immediately met with lawsuits from 16 states. W…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Pecker Pics and Tabloid Tricks

Episode 80

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently accused the National Enquirer of “extortion and blackmail” over private photos of him obtained by the tabloid. In a Medium post, Bezos shared emails from the Enquir…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Something Rotten in the State of Virginia

Episode 79

Recently, news broke that Virginia’s Democratic governor and attorney general both wore blackface in the 1980s. The controversy now enveloping the state has seemed all too familiar, as blackface phot…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Kamala Harris, Progressive Prosecutor?

Episode 78

Senator Kamala Harris has drawn criticism for beginning her 2020 campaign by pitching herself as a ‘progressive prosecutor’ despite a more mixed record.

Alex Wagner sits down with two people who have…

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

The Art of the Shutdown Deal

Episode 77

The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history, but President Trump seems no closer to a deal to resolve it. Why does the “master dealmaker” -- as he sold himself on the campaign trail --…

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

Is the President a Russian Asset?

Episode 76

On Friday, the New York Times published a startling story: In 2017, days after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the bureau opened an inquiry into whether the president was secretly working on be…

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

How to Fix Social Media

Episode 75

Social media platforms once promised to connect the world. Today’s digital communities, though, often feel like forces for disunity. Anger and discord in 2018 seemed only amplified by the social medi…

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

What Happened to the GOP?

Episode 74

Observing antidemocratic ‘power grabs’ by state Republicans, Atlantic staff writer George Packer writes that “the corruption of the Republican Party in the Trump era seemed to set in with breathtakin…

Published on 7 years ago