Episodios

  • Political Theater: Rush job: Life in Congress

    Political Theater: Rush job: Life in Congress
    Jul 16 2025
    Jason Dick and Mary Ellen McIntire talk about what happens when Congress tries to do too much in too short a period of time, how Republicans and Democrats do agree on one big thing and what life is like in the basement of the Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 m
  • CQ Budget: Big test on rescissions

    CQ Budget: Big test on rescissions
    Jul 14 2025
    The Senate will take up a bill to claw back $9.4 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funds that Democrats warn would blow up the bipartisan appropriations process. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman assess the political importance of the Trump administration's rescissions package, the outlook in the Senate, and what it could mean for an already shaky appropriations process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 m
  • Equal Time: ‘Accidental activists,’ the local heroes who expose government secrecy

    Equal Time: ‘Accidental activists,’ the local heroes who expose government secrecy
    Jul 14 2025
    In “Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back,” Miranda Spivack tells the stories of ordinary citizens who discovered that local and state governments they thought were there to protect them weren’t doing their jobs. Instead, these “accidental activists” found not only a lack of transparency but also often resistance when searching for information about how to resolve community issues. Does their work provide a roadmap – and hope – for others? Spivack, author and former Washington Post editor and reporter, is this episode’s guest on Equal Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 m
  • Political Theater: 'We had time back then'

    Political Theater: 'We had time back then'
    Jul 8 2025
    Jason Dick and Chris Cillizza talk about the time needed to produce quality sourcing, good work and journalism, how the news business continues to change, for better and worse, and Damon Chappie's sighs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 m
  • CQ Budget: Political fallout of 'big, beautiful bill'

    CQ Budget: Political fallout of 'big, beautiful bill'
    Jul 7 2025
    President Donald Trump's new budget reconciliation law is already starting to define next year's midterm elections. CQ Roll Call's Daniela Altimari and David Lerman assess the political repercussions for both parties of the mammoth legislation and what it took to get the package across the finish line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 m
  • Political Theater: The ‘rock and roll poetry’ of Joe Iconis’ Hunter S. Thompson musical

    Political Theater: The ‘rock and roll poetry’ of Joe Iconis’ Hunter S. Thompson musical
    Jul 3 2025
    Jason Dick talks with Joe Iconis about what led him to write "The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical," how much the world changed during that time, playing Thompson's piano at Owl Farm and taking some comfort in how things get better and worse, better and worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 m
  • Political Theater: A short history of hoping people will change their minds

    Political Theater: A short history of hoping people will change their minds
    Jun 25 2025
    Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman talk about how unpopular the “One Big Beautiful Bill” in Congress is, why Republicans will likely pass it anyway and the short history of how, regardless of how hard politicians try, sometimes the public won’t go along with their public relations efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 m
  • CQ Budget: 'Beautiful' bill picked apart

    CQ Budget: 'Beautiful' bill picked apart
    Jun 23 2025
    The Senate parliamentarian has been busy throwing out key provisions in the GOP's reconciliation bill, ruling against measures affecting food stamps, immigration policy, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and more. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Aidan Quigley assess the latest condition of the reconciliation package and the fiscal 2026 appropriations process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 m