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Connecting today's political discourse with the past 40 years of politics. Using audio taken from C-SPAN's vast Video Library, each episode focuses on a theme tied to current events providing a unique perspective on today's news.© 2021 National Cable Satellite Corporation. All rights reserved. Ciencia Política Política y Gobierno
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  • You've Got Podcast: A Political Farewell to AOL Dial-Up Internet Service

    You've Got Podcast: A Political Farewell to AOL Dial-Up Internet Service
    Oct 16 2025
    There was a time, decades ago, when politicians where astounded every time they went online and discovered – to their glee – they had mail. Like Harry Reid – here's the Democratic Senator from Nevada on October 27th, 1999: "Today, it's hard for me to comprehend what has taken place in the advancement of science. At home at my computer, I go home at night and see if I have received any e-mail on my computer. It is easy to do. I open my computer, and it says, ‘'You’ve got mail.' I open that up and find out who has contacted me by email, and it is like magic. I press a button, and I can reply to that person as quickly as I can type that message out. That message is sent quicker, of course, than the speed of light. It is gone." Senator Reid said getting mail online was like magic -- suggesting powerful forces summoned by the supernatural. But it really was just dial up internet service provided by America Online. Now AOL is shutting down that relic of the 1990s … and with it goes that once ubiquitous phrase -- "You've got mail." … It may be officially gone, but for C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" – "You've got mail" lives on – No mourning here, just celebration…Which we'll do in this week's episode – as we remember a brave new tech world decades ago, when politicians were dazzled every time they dialed up and discovered – They had mail. Who were these politicians – and what did they say? Find out in C-SPAN's "The Weekly." Find C-SPAN's "The Weekly" wherever you get podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 m
  • The House Freedom Caucus and Speaker Boehner's resignation: Ten Years Later

    The House Freedom Caucus and Speaker Boehner's resignation: Ten Years Later
    Oct 9 2025
    Ten years ago this month, in October 2015, John Boehner's tenure as U.S. House Speaker came to an end … and the influence the House Freedom Caucus held over Republicans was at its height …. REPORTER QUESTION: The Freedom Caucus has caused you a lot of problems. Obviously, here in your final act, you're rolling them. Can you describe your thought process there? SPEAKER BOEHNER: I wouldn't quite describe it that way. We have a bipartisan agreement that makes sure that the debt ceiling is increased and we make good on our -- on our debt and our debt service, and it paves the way to fund the government this year and next. And the fact is is that this will make it easier for the entire Congress for the balance of this year and it'll make next year a whole lot smoother for the Congress as well. That was John Boehner's final press conference as House Speaker …October 27th, 2015… • Does the Freedom Caucus today still cause a different Republican House speaker "a lot of problems"? • What happened to the House Freedom Caucus over the last ten years? • And how are Republican House politics different now from when John Boehner resigned as Speaker a decade ago? Find out in this week's episode of C-SPAN's "The Weekly" as we remember the House Freedom Caucus ten years ago – and where it is now -- with two very special podcast guests: • Paul Kane - - senior congressional correspondent and columnist at the Washington Post • and Leigh Ann Caldwell -- Chief Washington Correspondent at Puck. Find C-SPAN's The Weekly wherever you get podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 m
  • The 1973 Yom Kippur War: How Richard Nixon Is Remembered

    The 1973 Yom Kippur War: How Richard Nixon Is Remembered
    Oct 2 2025
    President Richard Nixon — and the 1973 Yom Kippur War.As war continues now in the Middle East, and as an American president is drawn into that conflict, and as Jews mark the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur — this week's episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" revisits what happened in 1973. "In his second term, he would order the strategic air lift that saved Israel in the Yom Kippur war. Israel never had a better friend, said Golda Meir." That was Pat Buchanan, an aide to President Nixon. Pat Buchanan spoke at a January 2013 celebration marking the 100th anniversary of Nixon's birth, hosted by the Nixon Foundation. What did Richard Nixon say about his actions during the 1973 Yom Kippur War? How about the people who were with him at the time? And how do historians remember President Nixon's role in rescuing Israel during that war? Find out in C-SPAN's "The Weekly."Find C-SPAN's "The Weekly" wherever you get podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 m
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