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The decrease in White House transparency continues
Episode 125
The White House has decreased press briefings and announced that they'll no longer be sharing summaries of Trump's call's with foreign heads of state…
7 years, 8 months ago
Trump's Russia comments: deeply damaging or just bizarre?
Episode 124
As Trump walks back his remarks on Russian meddling, the question of whether he's compromised by a foreign power moves from the fever swamps to the m…
7 years, 8 months ago
The Trump Pence split-screen
Episode 123
While President Trump is ruffling feathers of world leaders in Europe, Mike Pence is on his own press tour a little closer to home: he's in the Midwe…
7 years, 8 months ago
How Supreme Court nominations are like political campaigns
Episode 122
Scott's on vacation, but we're not! Charles Mahtesian, Esq. sits in the host seat this week. Name a better time to go full Supreme Court..... we'll w…
7 years, 9 months ago
Kennedy retirement reunites fractured Republicans
Episode 121
In a news week that seemed like it would never end, there were two big upsets for the Democrats: First, in New York's 14th congressional district, Al…
7 years, 9 months ago
The turmoil at the border is just beginning
Episode 120
This week we're talking about the border from two perspectives: The White House and the Hill. Then, we'll explain why democratic congresspeople and d…
7 years, 9 months ago
For Republicans, Trump holds the cards
Episode 119
The primary outcomes have us wondering: What's the state of the GOP? Politico's Elena Schneider and Alex Isenstadt join us this week to fill us in on…
7 years, 9 months ago
BONUS: Decoding Trump, Post Summit
While we were sleeping, President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore. They signed a "very comprehensive document," but what …
7 years, 9 months ago
A sigh of relief from Democrats
Episode 117
With a giant primary day in the rearview mirror, the Nerdcast team sizes up the race for the House this fall, and we explain what to expect from the …
7 years, 10 months ago
Super Tuesday: primary elections edition
Episode 116
Just when you thought primary election season couldn't get any better, we get 8 primaries on a single Tuesday! We're calling it a Super Tuesday. Hear…
7 years, 10 months ago