Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWill the fusion breakthrough ignite a Congressional chain reaction?
Episode 392
Department of Energy announced a breakthrough in the decades-long quest to recreate on Earth the process that powers the Sun: nuclear fusion. To simp…
3 years, 3 months ago
Gov. Chris Sununu surveys the field
Episode 391
Gov. Chris Sununu was recently re-elected to his fourth term in office. The Republican governor has been positioning himself for the 2024 presidentia…
3 years, 4 months ago
True or false: Colorado is a swing state
Episode 390
Michael Bennet is the senior Democratic senator from Colorado, a famously purple state. In the weeks leading up to the 2022 midterms, Colorado seemed…
3 years, 4 months ago
Sen. Markey vs. Musk’s Twitter: The freed bird might get its wings clipped
Episode 388
There are some members of Congress who have famously struggled to understand the online world. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) prides himself on not only un…
3 years, 4 months ago
How to flip a GOP stronghold: be a normal politician
Episode 387
Why were Democrats seemingly able to by and large defy history and avoid a catastrophic result in the midterms? Across the country, Democrats success…
3 years, 5 months ago
Democrats' 'optimistic apostle' offers hope for the midterms
Episode 386
Simon Rosenberg is the head of the progressive think tank NDN, and he has a message for jittery Democrats on the eve of the midterms: cheer up! This …
3 years, 5 months ago
The quarter-billion dollar PAC driving a red wave
Episode 384
Dan Conston is the president of the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Rep. Kevin McCarthy with the singular mission of making…
3 years, 5 months ago
Weaponized (un)truths: Has the GOP ‘lost its mind’?
Episode 383
Robert Draper's "Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind" focuses exclusively on the GOP during the crucial 18-month period…
3 years, 5 months ago
How we predict elections
Episode 382
Scott Bland is POLITICO’s national politics editor and leading all of POLITICO’s 2022 midterm coverage. To do it, he has a team of about 15 reporters…
3 years, 5 months ago
Dream job disappointment: Testifying against Trump
Episode 381
Sarah Matthews has a political resume similar to a lot of conservatives her age. At Kent State, she joined the College Republicans and made her first…
3 years, 6 months ago