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Hacks On Tap — 388 episodes

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Goat Rodeo (with Addisu Demissie)

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The Midwest Strikes Back

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The Cannibal King (with Jonathan Martin)

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Iran Out of Patience (with Maggie Haberman)

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Lust but Verify (with Jonathan Freedland)

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PAC to the Future (with Elie Honig)

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250 and Counting (with Jonathan Martin)

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From the Garden to the Polls (with Lis Smith)

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West Wing, Right Hook (with Jen Psaki)

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Too Big To Deny (with Adam Kinzinger)

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The Golden State of Play (with Ron Brownstein)

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Fool’s Cubic Zirconia (with Sarah Longwell)

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Strait to the Point (with Jonathan Martin)

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Race to the Bottom (with Addisu Demissie)

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The Cost of Not Listening (with Dave Wasserman)

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Tired of Being Tired (with John King)

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The Liquor Cabinet (with Jonathan Martin)

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It’s the Theology, Stupid (with Doug Sosnik)

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Gravity of the Situation (with Rahm Emanuel)

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TACO Tuesday (with Morris Katz)

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Mad King Politics (with David Plouffe)

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The Luck of the Midterms (with Amy Walter)

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On the Road (with Jonathan Martin)

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Midterm Crossfire (with Mark McKinnon and Billy Begala)

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SOTU Special

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Map-a-Lago (with Dave Wasserman)

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A Bigger Bowl (with Lis Smith)

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Reading the Map (with Jonathan Martin)

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Intentional Mayhem (with John Avlon)

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The Ugliest American

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Flood the Zone, Lose the Plot (with Mark McKinnon)

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Iraqozuela (with Ron Brownstein)

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New Year's Special: On with Kara Swisher
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End of Year Show

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The Canary in the Keystone Mine (with Bob Shrum)

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Wag the Dog

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Irrational exuberance (with Steve Israel)

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Trumplated Age (with Astead Herndon)

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Post-Election Hack-a-Thon (with Jonathan Martin)

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The Wreckening (with Paul Begala)

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No Sleep Till City Hall (with Howard Wolfson)

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Ceasefire Abroad, Crossfire at Home (with Rahm Emanuel)

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Orbánized Crime

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From Watergate to Water-Weight (with Charlie Sykes)

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Unindefinetly (with Kasie Hunt)

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I’m right, you’re wrong (with Jonathan Martin)

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Uninviting Mr. Rogers (with Jen Psaki)

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Soldiers Field (with Rahm Emanuel)

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Strongmen, Weak Deals (with Ron Brownstein)

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Monumental Power Grab (with Paul Begala)

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Drawn Out Democracy (with Adam Kinzinger)

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From Glasgow With Grift (with Lis Smith)

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Red Hats and Red Flags (with Robert Costa)

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List and Found (with Frank Lavin)

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A Big, Beautiful Mess (with Josh Dawsey)

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Burgers, Bills & Billionaires

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Diplomacy & Dem Primaries (with Senator Elissa Slotkin and Fmr. Amb. Patrick Gaspard)

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Chain Reactionaries (with Maggie Haberman)

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Executive Disorder (with Marc Short)

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X Marks the Feud (with Jonathan Martin)

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Musk, Mayors, and Moore (with Lis Smith)

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Vladdy Issues

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Bivalves & Bipartisanship (with JMart)

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Planes, Popes & PR (with Rahm Emanuel)

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Dolls, Tariffs & Polls

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The 100th Day Special

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Maximum Don (with Alex Isenstadt & Doug Heye)

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Veritas v. Vendetta (with Jonathan Martin and Robert Costa)

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Polls, Trolls, and Dinner Rolls (with John Anzalone)

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Calling a Wolf a Wolf (with Jeff Greenfield)

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End to End Incompetence (with Mallory McMorrow)

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Groundwork & Gruntwork (with Steve Israel)

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The Recession Will Be Televised (with Doug Sosnik)

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Blitzkrieg of Bullsh*t

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Russian Roulette (with Sarah Longwell & Patrick Gaspard)

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Vladdy Knows Best (with Rahm Emanuel)

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Make America Gulf Again (with Jonathan Martin)

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Elon and Order (with Kaitlan Collins)

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The Death of Norms (with Robert Costa)

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A Tale of Two Speeches

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Trending Right (with Jonathan Martin)

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Hackzpah (with Jonathan Alter)

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End of Year Hack Fest

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The Ol' Razzle Dazzle (with John Anzalone)

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Pardon Politics (with Chris Christie)

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Hacksgiving Minnesode (Dontcha Know)

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The New Non-Normal (with Jonathan Martin)

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Picking Through the Rubble

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Election Post-Mortem

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Landing the Plane

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Girls v. Boys

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Crazier & Crazier

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The Sprint

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Margin of Effort (with Ron Brownstein)

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Murder Genes & Media Gymnastics (with Mike Bender)

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VP Debate

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Poller Coaster (with Alyssa Farah Griffin)

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It’s the Economy, Stupid (with James Carville)

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Debate Post Mortem

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Debate Preview

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Fuster Cluck

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Mainstream v. Extreme

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Overtime Oration

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The Rule of Three

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Ope There It Is (with John Anzalone)

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The Veepstakes (with Jonathan Martin and Bob Costa)

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Kamalat (with John Heilemann)

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The Fight (with Tim Alberta)

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Press Panic (with Bill Kristol)

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Tick Tock, Tick Tock (with Jonathan Martin)

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The Political Fairway (with David Plouffe)

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The Trap (with David Plouffe)

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Naked On A Rock (with Jonathan Freedland)

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Double Haters (with Sarah Longwell)

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The Guilties (with Mark McKinnon & Steve Israel)

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The Angry Trump (with Chris Christie)

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Wetting the Bed (with Howard Wolfson)

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W.T.F., Man? (With John Heilemann)

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Floors & Ceilings (with Doug Sosnik)

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Tired, Sleepy & Gassy (with Paul Begala)

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Bubbling Over (with Scott Jennings)

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Bad Options (with Whit Ayers and Jonathan Martin)

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Mixed Messages (with Sasha Issenberg)

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Gas & Eggs (with John Heilemann)

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Bizarroland (with Bakari Sellers)

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Nostalgia for Normalcy (with Maggie Haberman)

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Dingbats with Chainsaws (with Amy Walter)

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Sore Bruiser (with Jen Psaki and Scott Jennings)
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Politicianing (with Sarah Longwell)

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Main Character Energy (with Steve Israel)

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Riding the Dragon (with Kasie Hunt)

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Cynicism on Steroids (with Jonathan Martin)

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Under His Skin

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It’s Not Over…?

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The Shiniest Silver Medal

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Post Debate Hacknalysis (Another One!)

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The Trumpire Strikes Back (with Kristen Soltis Anderson)

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Dictator for a Day

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Post Debate Hacknalysis

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Eyes on Iowa (with Adam Nagourney)

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Hacksgiving
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The Circus Show (with Mark McKinnon and John Heilemann)

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Ship Show

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Chaos, Vendettas & Drama (with Jonathan Martin)

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Congressional Clown Show (with Scott Jennings)

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Riding Indictments (with John Harwood)

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A Loser’s Lament (with Amy Walter)

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The Fight Within The Fight (with Jonathan Martin)

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Post Debate Hacknalysis

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The Dancing Bear Theory (with Sarah Longwell)

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Pony Faced Cowboys (with Bill Kristol)

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Talk A Little Louder (with Jeff Zeleny)
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The MAGA Hymn Book (with Scott Jennings)

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Haley’s Comet

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May The Fourth Indictment Be With You
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Costa La Vista (with Robert Costa)

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Indict-Me-Not (with Dana Bash)

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Show Me Your Strategy (with Heidi Heitkamp)

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Mailbag Spectacular K Mart Special

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To Be Determined (with James Carville & Mark McKinnon)

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Golf Shirts, Pants, and Top Secret Documents (with Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin)
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The Typhoon from Trenton (with Doug Heye)

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And They’re Off (with Jeff Zeleny)

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Deal or No Deal (with Mark McKinnon)

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Rocket Fuel… Or Not (with Paul Begala)

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The Bear Minimum (with Joe Scarborough)

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Aerogenous Events (with Sarah Longwell)

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Fig Leaf or Full Monty (with Amy Walter)

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Tuckered Out (with Jen Psaki)

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Pudding Politics (with Jonathan Martin)

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Out-Trumping Trump (with John Heilemann)

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Stormy Tuesday (with Paul Begala)
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Premature Indictment Excitement? (with Mark McKinnon)
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Trump Trouble in River City: A Deep Dive Into The IA GOP Caucus (With David Kochel)

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The Orange Caligula (with Charlie Sykes)

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The Payback Playbook (with Maggie Haberman)

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Woke Wars (with Amy Walter)

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Three Dimensional Vulcan Chess (with Doug Heye)

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Medicare, Medicare, Medicare (with Steve Israel)

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State Of The SOTU

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I’m Right, You’re Evil (with Mark Mellman)

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No There There (with Bill Kristol)

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Mud On Biden’s Tuxedo

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C-SPAN’s Greatest Hits (with Dave Wasserman)

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The First Annual Hacky Awards!

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Palace Intrigue (with Doug Heye)

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Run Off Run Up (with Mo Elleithee)
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The Dust Has Settled (with Ron Brownstein)

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The Crow Episode

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Prepping for the Apocalypse from Story of the Week
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The Whackadoodle Factor (with Jonathan Martin)

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The Only Poll That Matters
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Dire, Not Catastrophic (with Amy Walter)

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Double Dive (with Jon Ralston & Greg Bluestein)

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The Great Pageantry of Democracy

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Values Vs. Issues (With Molly Murphy)

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Introducing: It Was Said Season 2
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Polls & Pols (with David Hill)

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Culture Vultures (with Mo Elleithee)

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Irrational Exuberance? (with Jon Favreau)

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The Midterm Sprint

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Bully Boy Tactics (with Mark Leibovich)

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The Ferret Vs. The Boa Constrictor (with Maggie Haberman)

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Where to Mar-a-LaGO From Here? (with Whit Ayres)

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The Vengeance Tour

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The Elephant in the Room (with Lis Smith)

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Build Back Biden (with Paul Begala)

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One More Item…

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Precedent-Shattering

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Prosecuting the Case (with Sarah Longwell)
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Atomic Clock of Corruption (with Amanda Carpenter)
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The Barr Tab (with John Heilemann)

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Introducing The Powers That Be: Daily
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California Scheming (with Dave Wasserman)

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Swimming Against the Current (with Doug Sosnik)

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“What Are We Doing?”

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The MAGA Midterms?

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Personality Politics (with Jonathan Martin & Alex Burns)

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SCOTUS Leaks and Ohio Speaks

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Mouse Trap: DeSantis vs. Disney (with Mark McKinnon)

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Ping Pong Politics (with Whit Ayres)
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Some Other Dude Did It (with Paul Begala)

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Introducing Reflections of History with Jon Meacham
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Gas & Groceries (with Steve Israel)

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The Walkback of the Walkback

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Chronicles of the Culture Wars (with Ron Brownstein)

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Bad For Business (with Stephanie Cutter)
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Margin of Error (with Mark Mellman)
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State of the State of the Union
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The State of the Union Is… (with Jon Favreau)

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The RINO Rebellion? (with Amy Walter)
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Legitimate Political Discourse
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Eruption of Mt. Orange

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Reset Report Card (with Jennifer Palmieri)

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The Almighty vs The Alternative (with Jonathan Martin)
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Joltin’ Joe Comes Out Swinging (with Addisu Demissie)
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The Madman Behind The Curtain

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Hacky Holidays, Mailbag Edition!

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GOPuppets (with Steve Bullock)

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20/24 Vision (with Bill Kristol)
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Kitten Swipes and Variant Fights (with John Heilemann)
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Inflation Nation (with Tony Fabrizio)
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Process Over Substance (with Amy Walter)

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Dems In Disarray?

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Off To The Races (with Dave Wasserman)
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All Roads Go Through Virginia

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The Shot Clock Ticks

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Here’s The Deal?

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Where the Rubber Meets the Road (with John Anzalone)
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A High-Wire Act (with Jonathan Martin)
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A New Day For Newsom (with Dana Bash)
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Can the Golden State Stay Blue? (with Peter Hamby)

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The Short vs. Long Term (with Bill Kristol)

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The Collapse of Afghanistan

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Pugnacious Pols & Bipartisan Bills (with Paul Begala)
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Mixed Messages (with Mark McKinnon)

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U.S. House of Horrors (with Jackie Calmes)

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Baseball Bats and Ghirardelli (with Steve Israel)

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Texas Hold ‘Em (with Al Franken)
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A Tale of Two Tracks (with Bill Kristol)

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Rocky Road (with Stephanie Cutter)
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Tyranny of the Minority (with Amy Walter)

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Biden Takes the World Stage (with Howard Wolfson)

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Infra-STUCK-ure (with Charlie Sykes)

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Building Bridges (with Jonathan Martin)
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Infrastructure Week? (with Rahm Emanuel)
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Inconvenient Truths (with Barbara Comstock)
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Weather Vanes & Freedom Fights (with Mark Mellman)
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The Davos of Bipartisanship (with Karl Rove)
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Welcome to Fate of Fact
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America on the Move
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Yoda and the Lessons of Power (with Susan Page)
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The Ants Go Marching (with Mark McKinnon)
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Infrastructuring (with Will Hurd)
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Politics of the Possible (with Ron Brownstein)
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Godzilla & The GOP (with Tony Fabrizio)
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Shots In Arms & Checks In Pockets (with Claire McCaskill)
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Voting Rights and Filibuster Fights (with Rahm Emanuel)
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When CPACs Attack (with Scott Jennings)
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Blanchin’ From Manchin (with Brad Woodhouse)
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Impeachment: The Sequel (with Bill Kristol)
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Introducing The Daily Punch
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Greene Achers (with Amanda Carpenter)
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Unity, Not Unanimity (with Heidi Heitkamp)
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50+1 Fun
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President Joe Biden
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Pardon Me? (with Rahm Emanuel)
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2020: Extra Innings (with John Heilemann)
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A Republic, If You Can Keep It
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Hacky Holidays!
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A Most Gracious Loser (with John Heilemann)
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Kook D'Etat (with Jennifer Palmieri)
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Bonjour, Biden Boom
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My Cousin Rudy
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A White House Held Hostage (with Dave Wasserman)
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Trump Outrage Fatigue
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President-Elect Joe Biden
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Election Day Survival Guide
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We're Rounding The Corner... To Election Day (with Mark McKinnon)
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T-Minus One Week (with Rahm Emanuel)
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Welcome to Fiasco Season 1 Bush v. Gore
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The Final Debate: Mr. Mute vs. Sir Scranton
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Polls Traumatic Stress Disorder (with John Heilemann)
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Crazy Uncle POTUS (with Mark Salter)
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Repeat After Me: It's Not 2016 (with Amy Walter)
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Pencesplaining & Insect Baiting
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A Cluster on Steroids (with Claire McCaskill)
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Hacks on Call
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Who Is "They" And Where Is This River? (with Charlie Sykes)
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$h!t Show
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Trump's Peaceful Transfer of Glower (with Rahm Emanuel)
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SCOTUS Scramble (with Bob Shrum)
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Lowering the Barr
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The Mellman College of Polling Knowledge (with Mark Mellman)
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Playing It Down With Bob
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Coward in Chief (with Stephanie Cutter)
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An Election So Nice, You’ll Want to Vote Twice! (With Mark McKinnon)
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Post-Convention Politics & The Dark Force Farce
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Introducing: It Was Said (w Jon Meacham)
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Trump's Never Ending Reality Show (With Amanda Carpenter)
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MAGA Mission: The RNC Begins
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DNC Recap
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The Conventions Commence (with Rahm Emanuel)
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Executive Disorder (with Paul Begala)
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It's Harris!
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Where’s the Manual for Mayhem?
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VP Jeebies (with John Heilemann)
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Fort Bragg-adocious (with Donna Brazile)
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Cognitive Distancing (with Mark McKinnon)
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Chaos Culture and a Special Senate Deep-Dive (with Amy Walter)
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Pandemic Panic: Trump’s COVID Crack-Up (with John Heilemann)
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Tirades in Tulsa (with Robert Gibbs)
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The President of Lawlessness and Disorder (with Alex Wagner)
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Protests, Polling, and Provisions (with Phil Rosenthal)
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A Nation Grieves and the President Seethes (with Robert Gibbs)
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Masks and Gaffes (with John Heilemann)
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POTUS’s Prescription: Hoaxes and Hydroxy (with Rahm Emanuel)
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Prevailin’ or Just Wailin’? (with Robert Gibbs)
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Ain't No Abe Lincoln (with Alex Wagner)
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Trump Derails and Clorox Cocktails (with John Heilemann)
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Open Mic Night and Gov Fights (with Mark McKinnon)
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Trump's Total Authority (with Rahm Emanuel)
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Trump’s Prescription: Mixed Messaging
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Reality vs. A Reality Show
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A Crisis of Confidence
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“I’m dealing with a #$%*ing global crisis” (with John Heilemann)
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A Debate, Uncharted Waters, and the Veepstakes Begin
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The Bern Cools and Politics of a Pandemic
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Super Tuesday Recap: And Then There Were Two
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The Fact of the Matter is… Joe is Back!
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BONUS: How To Vote for the Next President
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Will the Democratic Party Bern?—On to South Carolina
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Sin City Slugfest: Democrats Duke it Out
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Live Free or Die: New Hampshire Votes
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Quality (Out-of) Control: Iowa’s Meltdown and On to New Hampshire
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Burisma is the New Benghazi and the Mad Dash to Iowa
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Impeachy Not-So-Keen and the Iowa Countdown
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Duking it Out in Des Moines and the Non-Handshake from Hell
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Hacky New Year!—Iran, Iowa, & Impeachment
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Merry Debate-mas with a Dash of Joe-mentum
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Jolt’n Joe Biden and Impeachment Day Zero
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26: No Kamalot! Harris Exits and Trump Churns
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The Great Zzzzebate and Will Impeachment Ignite?
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Bloomberg or Iceberg?—New Entrants and The Impeachment Show
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Poltergeisty Polls, LJ Dinner Wrap-Up, and Bye-Bye Beto
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al-Baghdadi Issues and Impressions in Iowa
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The Pierre Affair and Senate Slippage? (with Cory Booker)
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All's Fair in Love and Warren
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Great and Unmatched... Wisdom (with John Heilemann)
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Hacks Live from Austin with Karl Rove
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Hard Rain from Ukraine and Boarding the Bus with Mayor Pete Buttigieg
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More Debates and 10,000 Takes with Sen. Amy Klobuchar
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Houston, We Have a Preview
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Hats, Prattle, and a Primary Battle with Mark McKinnon
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A Hack in Hog Heaven and Trump’s Tempestuous Trip
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Mooch Ado About Something
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Calling All Conspiracies and Let Biden Be Biden
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Words, Guns, El Paso and Dayton with Rep. Steve Israel
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Showdown in Motown
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May the debate stage be ever in your favor, Sen. Michael Bennet joins the show
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Trump's big trap and who ought to wrap
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Warren's huge haul and Steyer's surprise with Jon Favreau
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5: The post debate pollercoaster and the art of Beto-busting with Julián Castro
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4: Recapping the first Democratic debates
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3: Double-whammy in Miami: First Democratic debate preview
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Trump purging pollsters, Dems ducking digital
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1: Biden plays Hyde and go seek, Warren rising in Iowa
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Introduction to Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy