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Episode 380
Last Sunday, Italians voted for the most right-wing government since Benito Mussolini. The controversial politician leading the winning coalition, Gi…
3 years, 6 months ago
The untold story of Trump's botched impeachments
Episode 379
It’s hard to imagine a political event that was covered more intensively in real time than Trump’s two impeachments. But only now, 18 months after th…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Bitter End to democracy? Hindsight is 20/20.
Episode 378
UCLA political scientists Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch and Vanderbilt’s John Sides argue that political party identity has become increasingly…
3 years, 6 months ago
Kara Swisher knows when to fold ‘em
Episode 377
Kara Swisher has hosted the annual Code Conference for the last twenty years. Recently she announced that this was her final year organizing and runn…
3 years, 7 months ago
When Senator Leahy laughed with Raul Castro
Episode 376
On Tuesday, Leahy, who is retiring this year after representing Vermont in the Senate since 1975, released “The Road Taken,” an engrossing memoir tha…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ron Klain says ‘season of substance’ could save Dems
Episode 375
The White House suddenly has a lot to brag about. And the president’s aides, led by chief of staff Ron Klain, are reaching deep into the 20th century…
3 years, 7 months ago
Byrd nerds: Why the byzantine process of budget reconciliation exists and how it actually works
Episode 374
This week the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 using the process known as budget reconciliation. The upside? No filibuster is allowe…
3 years, 7 months ago
Biden’s big bill: Two GOP strategists on how to kill it
Episode 373
The biggest remaining obstacle for the Democrats is now Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who will continue to host Democratic and Republi…
3 years, 8 months ago
Legalizing the trip: One ‘shroom advocate’s playbook
Episode 372
Here’s something about Washington, D.C. that even a lot of people who live here don’t know: Psychedelic mushrooms are basically legal. In 2020 voters…
3 years, 8 months ago
He was right about inflation. Biden wasn’t. Larry Summers on what’s coming next
Episode 371
Ryan caught up with the former treasury secretary — and thorn in the side of Biden White House economists — Larry Summers on the sidelines of the Asp…
3 years, 8 months ago