Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKiss your swing districts goodbye
Episode 336
Gerrymandering: Depending on where you stand, it’s either the cause of, or solution to, many of America’s political problems. Here’s what that fight …
4 years, 4 months ago
CNN's Manu Raju vs. Jeff Flake: Cat and mouse
Episode 335
It’s one of the most demanding jobs in Washington journalism: tracking down a lawmaker who’s in the news but doesn’t necessarily want to talk. For t…
4 years, 5 months ago
The strategists who made the “Youngkin Republican”
Episode 334
For the first time in 12 years, a Republican won the governorship in Virginia. And it wasn’t just any victory — to claim the seat, Glenn Youngkin had…
4 years, 5 months ago
The activists outside Joe Manchin's houseboat
Episode 333
All summer long, activists have pressured Democratic leaders for a reconciliation package that delivers on all of President Biden’s promises. That me…
4 years, 5 months ago
Meet D.C.'s 'Lobbyist Hunter'
Episode 332
“Somebody’s gotta do it. It might as well be me.” So says Ivan Adler, the “lobbyist hunter” who plucks D.C.’s most idealistic Hill staffers and turns…
4 years, 5 months ago
Push it to the (debt) limit
Episode 331
What actually happens if the nation defaults on its debt? Planes fall out of the sky, the streets run red with blood — OK, not literally. But the rea…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Biden family's secrets
Episode 330
After seven Senate terms and three runs for president, Joe Biden has mastered his folksy image. But behind "the Delaware way" are secrets in Joe's fa…
4 years, 6 months ago
Regulating crypto: The $2 trillion Rubik's Cube
Episode 329
Crypto trading! Bitcoin! Dogecoin! Stablecoin! Even if lawmakers don't understand blockchain, Capitol Hill is finally waking up to digital currency —…
4 years, 6 months ago
Pelosi vs. everybody: Dems’ high-wire health care act
Episode 328
As Democrats' massive reconciliation bill makes its way through the machine, one item is getting all the attention right now: health care. It’s a fig…
4 years, 6 months ago
Biden’s abortion clash with the Catholic Church
Episode 327
What does it mean to be the nation’s second Catholic president? Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza talks with senior staff writer Ruby Cramer about how Jo…
4 years, 7 months ago