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The presidential race Florida is *really* talking about
Episode 255
White House reporter and guest host Nancy Cook chats with Florida bureau chief Matt Dixon about the 2024 - yes, 2024- political aspirations of some…
5 years, 10 months ago
Hello? Hello? The Supreme Court calls in
Episode 254
Congress reporter Kyle Cheney talks with White House reporter Nancy Cook about cases heard at the Supreme Court on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday:…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Biden paradox
Episode 253
POLITICO reporters Eugene Daniels and Holly Otterbein tackle the political ramifications of the Tara Reade sexual assault allegations against Joe Bid…
5 years, 11 months ago
China vs U.S. fight turns into Thunderdome
Episode 252
Chief economic correspondent Ben White sits in the host chair this week to talk to foreign affairs correspondent Nahal Toosi about the increasingly s…
5 years, 11 months ago
Nothing is enough: Governing during coronavirus
Episode 251
What's coming? We haven't seen an economic crisis like this since before WWII or a health crisis like this in a century. And an unsettling reality is…
5 years, 11 months ago
Is this thing on? How Trump wants to restart the economy
Episode 250
President Donald Trump is talking about reopening the economy -- and slinging around old movie references. But mid-pandemic, what does "reopening" th…
5 years, 11 months ago
The primary's over. The veepstakes have begun.
Episode 249
Bernie Sanders bows out — POLITICO reporter Holly Otterbein gives us the inside scoop and whether Joe Biden can entice Bernie's supporters to his cam…
6 years ago
Mute ye, mute ye: What Congress might look like on videoconference
Episode 248
Zoom videoconferencing goes to Washington. Since 9/11, disaster planners have been trying to warn Washington of the risks of a government based on st…
6 years ago
The two trillion dollar question
Episode 247
Ten days and $2 trillion -- that's right, with a "tr." How did the Senate get to 96-0? Reporter Marianne LeVine joins host Scott Bland to talk throug…
6 years ago
The political system vs. COVID-19
Episode 246
COVID-19 has upended daily life in the United States. On this week's Nerdcast, we're talking about how the virus is altering politics: from chaotic o…
6 years ago