Episodes

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin travels back and forth in time, with new book
    May 22 2024

    Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian and author of "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s" joins Chuck to talk about what she learned working on a biography of someone unusually close to her life — her husband, Dick.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers targets Big Tech for her closing act in Congress
    May 17 2024

    Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joins Chuck for an exit interview on what she’s learned during her decades in Congress, and her ongoing fight to regulate Big Tech.

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    33 mins
  • Why Spring will make or break Biden’s campaign, plus AI’s do’s and dont’s in politics
    May 15 2024

    As regulators and election workers try to catch up to a technology evolving at a break-neck speed, one group is trying to give campaigns a list of do’s and don’ts when it comes to the responsible use of AI. Chuck talks with Ben Resnik and Matt Hodges of Zinc Labs, a Democratic group at the intersection of tech and politics.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Brain Worms and Normal People in Plato’s Cave: Jonah Goldberg
    May 10 2024

    Jonah Goldberg, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, joins Chuck to talk about an extremely weird week in politics and news.

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    52 mins
  • This legendary Democratic pollster says Biden is only on message once per week
    May 8 2024

    Stan Greenberg, a Democratic pollster and strategist who’s advised candidates from former President Bill Clinton, to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, joins Chuck to talk about his firm’s latest report, which he says shows a path for a Biden victory in November.

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    59 mins
  • ‘The Wolves of K Street’: Inside the D.C. lobbying industry
    May 3 2024

    How did lobbying evolve from influence peddling to a power center where “corporate lobbyists are the only ones with their thumb on the scale”? Brody and Luke Mullins join Chuck to talk about their new book, “The Wolves of K Street.”

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    51 mins
  • How Trump trials stretch the court system: Laura Jarrett & Lawrence Hurley
    May 1 2024
    With former President Trump's ongoing trial in Manhattan, last week's hearing in front of the Supreme Court on presidential immunity, plus federal cases in Florida and Washington, DC, we're getting a glimpse at the edges of how the justice system works. NBC News Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett and NBC News Supreme Court reporter Lawrence Hurley join Chuck to discuss.
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    57 mins
  • Biden's narrow path as seen through 11 maps, with Doug Sosnik
    Apr 26 2024

    Doug Sosnik, former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, joins Chuck to explore how President Biden may have a narrower path to the presidency than former President Trump (edited)

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    1 hr and 15 mins