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Playing Politics — 151 episodes

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1

Tight race for attorney general

2

OPEC and the U.S. electorate

3

Political fallout from the Feeding Our Future scandal

4

The Feeding Our Future scandal

5

Takeaways from Omar's narrow victory

6

Birk's comments roil race

7

What matters most from Jan. 6 hearing

8

GOP witnesses center stage at Jan. 6 hearings

9

Governor's race already heating up

10

Gearing up for the Jan. 6 hearings

11

Federal money on the table, but Legislature stalled

12

Jensen's post-endorsement challenges

13

Rising prices may mean sinking fortunes for Democrats

14

Report on MPD will reverberate

15

Mask ruling causes confusion, then controversy

16

A budget surplus but a deficit of agreement

17

Biden's popularity soars - abroad

18

Biden heads to Europe

19

Zelenskyy's address to Congress

20

Report roasts Mpls. riot response

21

The invasion - and sanctions - begin

22

Mixed signals on Ukraine

23

Locke shooting roils Minneapolis

24

Breyer retirement

25

The president meets the press

26

Showdown on voting rights

27

Jan. 6 shadows 2022 politics

28

A turbulent 2021

29

Will surplus break the legislative logjam?

30

Roe v. Wade case tests the court, and maybe soon the country

31

COVID's hold grimly endures

32

U.S. House debates fate of Paul Gosar

33

Judge rejects Trump's executive-privilege claim

34

A good night for Frey

35

City elections down to final days

36

Dems' narrow majority slims down bill

37

Election (and endorsement) season

38

Biden administration besieged

39

Woodward's bombshell book on Trump

40

Gazelka enters the race for governor

41

Biden's deadline dilemma

42

Bipartisan heat on John Thompson

43

Special session sprints to finish

44

Uptown upheaval latest test for Minneapolis

45

Reopening George Floyd Square vexes Mayor Frey

46

State budget brinkmanship

47

The Cheney purge

48

The Chauvin verdict

49

Infrastructure Week (era, actually)

50

Will Washington finally act on guns?

51

Walz sidelined by COVID exposure

52

Biden's big bill

53

Getting answers on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol

54

Biden's 'quiet' beginning

55

Walz rings the school bell

56

An impeachment trial - at the crime scene

57

New budget, same gridlock

58

President Joe Biden

59

Impeachment, take two

60

MAGA mobs storm the Capitol

61

Listen: Election contention continues

62

Listen: Barr contradicts Trump

63

Listen: Walz acts on virus crisis

64

Listen: The endless election

65

Listen: Election Day(s)

66

Listen: Finally, the final stretch

67

Listen: Will the last debate matter?

68

Listen: The COVID campaign

69

Listen: Court fight convulses Congress, campaign

70

Listen: Trump's night with undecided voters

71

Listen: Woodward book's bombshells

72

Listen: The Republican National Convention

73

Listen: The real consequences of a virtual conventions

74

Listen: The Harris effect

75

Listen: Walz, Frey spar over National Guard deployment

76

Listen: Hearings, but is anyone listening?

77

Listen: Minnesota's mask mandate

78

Listen: Schools loom as next big decision

79

Listen: Pandemic, police and politics

80

Listen: Bolton bombshells emerge

81

Listen: Protests roil locally, and nationally

82

Listen: Ellison ups charges in George Floyd case

83

Listen: Frey, his city and nation call for justice

84

Listen: As Walz turns the dial, critics turn up the heat

85

Listen: Walz faces most consequential call yet

86

Listen: Rising deficit, COVID-19 deaths shake state

87

Listen: Mike Pence, unmasked at Mayo

88

Listen: Pandemic protest and process

89

Listen: Growing partisan divisions on pandemic response

90

Listen: Bernie Sanders leaves the race — and a legacy

91

Listen: The press, the president, and the pandemic

92

Listen: Mixed signals on pandemic

93

Listen: Pandemic response

94

Listen: Biden's big breakthrough

95

Listen: Democrats debate (and shout)

96

Listen: The Bloomberg factor

97

Listen: The 'Playing Politics' podcast on the New Hampshire results

98

Listen: Impeachment, Iowa and the State of the Union

99

Listen: Impeachment questions

100

Listen: Impeachment strategies emerge

101

Listen: Impeachment (and Iowa)

102

Listen: Iran crisis cools – for now

103

Listen: Impeachment

104

Listen: Impeachment strategies

105

Listen: Impeachment polarization

106

Listen: The Sondland and the fury

107

Listen: Lights, camera, impeachment

108

Listen: Impeachment hearings set: What will Americans listen for?

109

Listen: Attacks on impeachment process — and witnesses

110

Listen: Taylor’s damning testimony

111

Listen: Trump talk from Minneapolis to the Mideast

112

Listen: Impeachment issue intensifies

113

Listen: Trump focuses on the Mideast — and Rep. Omar

114

Listen: Dissent disinvited

115

Listen: After new round of shootings, will anything change?

116

Listen: How much will Mueller matter?

117

Listen: The politics of the Jeffrey Epstein case

118

Listen: Border crisis resonates

119

Listen: Trump kicks off 2020 (or is it 2016?) campaign

120

Listen: Omar controversies continue

121

Listen: Mueller memo at center of Barr hearings

122

Listen: Can Klobuchar break through?

123

Listen: White House wrestles with border issue

124

Listen: A slow-going legislative session

125

Listen: The politics of grounding planes

126

Listen: Cohen questioning reflects nation’s partisan split

127

Listen: Walz budget, Mueller investigation

128

Listen: Shutdown impact intensifies

129

Listen: Washington stalemate

130

Listen: Shutdown showdown

131

Listen: Pipe bombs reflect overheated political environment

132

Listen: Khashoggi case becomes foreign policy crisis

133

Listen: Supreme Court rulings boost Trump, GOP

134

Listen: Firestorm forces Trump reversal on detained children

135

Listen: Legislature stalls as state races heat up

136

Listen: Shutdown showdown

137

Listen: North Korea crisis escalates

138

Listen: In St. Paul, attacks scramble mayoral race

139

Listen: Trump-Corker feud fuels more White House turmoil

140

Listen: Minnesota’s political impasse intensifies

141

Listen: Rising crime in downtown Minneapolis

142

Listen: The global, local impact of the Justine Damond case

143

Listen: Minnesota National Guard members train in Lithuania

144

Listen: Capitol Hill hearings amplify Russia issue

145

Listen: Hard work ahead after Trump speech, state budget forecast

146

Listen: A low point for debates and democracy

147

Listen: Nondisclosure dogs both campaigns

148

Listen: Full-speed ahead for Trump, Clinton

149

Playing Politics podcast: Building a community, countering extremism in Minnesota

150

Trump’s momentum continues, and Sanders shows new life

151

Big primary victories for outsider candidates