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The Focus Group Podcast — 159 episodes

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S6 Ep46: Patrick Svitek: Texas & Maine Swing Voters Sound Off

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S6 Ep45: Rachel Janfaza: You Kids, Get Off My Lawn!

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S6 Ep44: Amy Walter: Everyone Is on the Take

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S6 Ep43: Peter Hamby: California Is The Progressive Id

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S6 Ep42: Adam Jentleson: More Heterodoxy, Please

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S6 Ep41: Greg Bluestein: Georgia's Root Canal Primary

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S6 Ep40: Tim Miller: Good Riddance, Bill Cassidy?

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S6 Ep39: Chuck Schumer’s Candidate Got Humiliated in Maine

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S6 Ep38: America's 'House of Cards' Mentality (with David Frum)

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S6 Ep37: Trump Promised Lower Prices. Everything Got Worse! (w/ Rotimi Adeoye)

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S6 Ep36: America's Divisions: Getting on Our Nerves (with Jessica Tarlov)

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S6 Ep35: Trump Voters Say 'Nope' to the Pope (with Jonathan V. Last)

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S6 Ep34: Why Women Don’t Need Men Anymore—In Their Own Words (w/ Sami Sage)

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S6 Ep33: The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)

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S6 Ep32: It's "Messing With Me Mentally" (with Ashley Parker)

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S6 Ep31: PSA: AI is NOT Your Boyfriend!! (with Megan McArdle)

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S6 Ep30: ‘All of You Could Be Democrats’ (with Anderson Clayton)

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S6 Ep29: Illinois Senate Race: Daaaa Dems (with David Axelrod)

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S6 Ep28: BONUS POD: Iran Fears &...Focus Groups Love The Bulwark?

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S6 Ep27: What's a "Rug Pull"? (with Ed Elson)

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S6 Ep26: Twitter vs. Texans (with Elaine Godfrey)

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S6 Ep25: Texas-Sized Scandal (with Eric Benson)

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S6 Ep24: Two Qual Researchers Walk Into a Bar (with Margie Omero)

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S6 Ep23: Young Trump Voters Have Feelings (with Rachel Janfaza)

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S6 Ep22: Put Excuses on ICE (with Adrian Carrasquillo)

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S6 Ep21: The Heebie Jeebie GOP (with Will Sommer)

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S6 Ep20: Playing Stupid Games, Winning Stupid Prizes (with Bill Kristol)

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S6 Ep19: What a Difference a Year Makes (with Jonathan Chait)

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S6 Ep18: Sarah’s First Focus Groups

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S6 Ep17: America on Tape: A Brutal (and Hopeful) Year

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S6 Ep16: MAGA's 'Crunchy' Surprise (with Jonathan Cohn)

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S6 Ep15: The Civilian-Military Relationship (with Mark Hertling)

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S6 Ep14: (Focus) Group Therapy (with Astead Herndon)

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S6 Ep13: Just Press The Deflation Button! (with Catherine Rampell)

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S6 Ep12: Epstein Files & Illegal Orders (w/ Will Sommer and Sen. Elissa Slotkin)

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S6 Ep11: The GOP's Life After Trump (with Robert Draper)

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S6 Ep10: Gen Z: They're Zooming Apart (with Rachel Janfaza)

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S6 Ep9: Virginia: National Politics is Local (with Jeff Schapiro)

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S6 Ep8: New Jersey: The 'No Narc' State (with Jonathan V. Last)

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S6 Ep7: New Yorkers Brace for Mamdani (with Harry Siegel)

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S6 Ep6: They're 'Opening the Door' (with Andrew Egger)

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S6 Ep5: I'd Do Anything To Win (But I Won't Do That) (with Dan Pfeiffer)

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S6 Ep4: The Right's 'Turning Point'? (with Will Sommer)

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S6 Ep3: 'Secure Borders...At What Cost?' (with Adrian Carrasquillo)

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S6 Ep2: You Can Ramp It Up or Ramp It Down (with Rachel Kleinfeld)

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S6 Ep1: Swing Voters Say Trump is "Meh" (with Ashley Parker)

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S5 Ep26: What Are Focus Groups For Anyway?

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S5 Ep25: 2024 Trump Voters on the "Epstein Files"

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S5 Ep24: Do the Next Right Thing, Change the World (with Heather Cox Richardson)

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S5 Ep23: Cuomo vs. Mamdani (with Harry Siegel)

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S5 Ep22: 'This Country is Effed' (with Jonathan Cohn)

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S5 Ep21: New Jersey's (Very) Odd Year (with Amy Walter)

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S5 Ep20: Democrats on Biden's Decline

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S5 Ep19: Congress: Trump's Super-Staffers (with Annie Karni)

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S5 Ep18: Liberal Order Elegy? (with Ian Ward)

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S5 Ep17: Trump Had ONE JOB (with Dave Weigel)

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S5 Ep16: Can You Say 'Oligarchy'? (with Faiz Shakir)

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S5 Ep15: Nothing is True, Everything is Possible (with Anne Applebaum)

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S5 Ep14: Trump's Luxury Beliefs (with Scott Lincicome)

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S5 Ep13: America's Moral Moment (with Lauren Egan)

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S5 Ep12: Telling MAGA It's Raining (with Will Sommer)

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S5 Ep11: The Kyrgyzstan PhD Problem (with Jen Psaki)

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S5 Ep10: It's Really Good and Really Bad (with Mark Leibovich)

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S5 Ep9: Unresolved COVID Trauma (with Dr. Leana Wen)

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S5 Ep8: Free World 'Family Meeting' (with Tommy Vietor)

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S5 Ep7: Raw Audio: Guys Being Dudes

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S5 Ep6: Will the Real POTUS Please Stand Up? (with Kara Swisher)

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S5 Ep5: 'I'm All For Deportations, But...' (with Adrian Carrasquillo)

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S5 Ep4: Winners Make Policy, Losers Go Home (with Adam Jentleson)

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S5 Ep3: At Least He's Doing Something (with Sam Stein)

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S5 Ep2: Getting Out of Our Corners (with Amanda Carpenter)

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S5 Ep1: The Caretaker Presidency (with Evan Osnos)

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S4 Ep62: It's Not Like a Newscast (with Tim Miller)

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S4 Ep61: Hate Was Up, Prices Were Down (with Marc Caputo)

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S4 Ep60: An 'Unserious' Show (with Jonathan V. Last)

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S4 Ep59: "Beyoncé Ain't Paying My Bills, B*tch." (with Astead Herndon)

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S4 Ep58: How [He/She] Wins (with Ron Brownstein)

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S4 Ep57: Keystone State of the Race (with Holly Otterbein)

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S4 Ep56: Senate GOP Vote Desert (with Jon Ralston and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez)

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S4 Ep55: Great Lakes, "Meh" Candidates (with Craig Gilbert and Craig Mauger)

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S4 Ep54: The Grandpa vs. the Slimy Lawyer (with John Heilemann)

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S4 Ep53: Trump Is All They Know (with Peter Hamby)

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S4 Ep52: Bonus Episode/Crosspost: Sarah Longwell on 'Possible'

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S4 Ep51: Splittin' Tickets? (with Jessica Taylor)

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S4 Ep50: She Was Built for This (with Dana Bash)

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S4 Ep49: Can Kamala Be Unburdened? (with Benjy Sarlin)

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S4 Ep48: DNC Part 2: The Dems' Defibrillator (with John Anzalone)

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S4 Ep47: DNC-Palooza, Part 1 (with Joe Perticone)

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S4 Ep46: MAGA According to JD Vance (with Ian Ward)

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S4 Ep45: Quick Reaction: Tim Walz Edition

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S4 Ep44: Does Kamala Need A Straight White Guy? (with Sam Stein)

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S4 Ep43: Kamala Gets The Start (with David Axelrod)

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S4 Ep42: The 'Jekyll and Hyde' Running Mate (with Marc Caputo)

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S4 Ep41: Gambling Our Rights? (with Audie Cornish)

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S4 Ep40: Derangement vs. Impairment (with Tim Miller)

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S4 Ep39: Former Hillary Voters for Trump (with Amy Walter)

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S4 Ep38: Utah: The Least MAGA Red State (with McKay Coppins)

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S4 Ep37: Is The GOP 'Happy With Losing'? (with Isaac Arnsdorf)

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S4 Ep36: Former Trump Voters Say 'Lock Him Up' (with Laura Barrón-López)

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S4 Ep35: It's Just About Feelings, Man (with Jonathan V. Last)

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S4 Ep34: The Holocaust Denier from North Carolina (with Zach Montellaro)

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S4 Ep33: Unlearning Their Hermit-ness (with Tim Miller)

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S4 Ep32: Larry Hogan: The Most Democratic Republican (with Michael Steele)

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S4 Ep31: Trump's 'F*ck You' Strategy (with Marc Caputo)

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S4 Ep30: Arizona: The "Leave Me Alone" State (with Yvonne Wingett Sanchez)

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S4 Ep29: Wanted: Serious, Sober People (with Bill Kristol)

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S4 Ep28: The "Uncommitted" Democrats (with Tommy Vietor)

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S4 Ep27: RFK, Jr.: The Most Insider Outsider (with Astead Herndon)

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S4 Ep26: Hands Off My TikTok (with Andrew Egger)

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S4 Ep25: "I voted for Donald Trump. My bad, fam." (with Tim Miller)

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S4 Ep24: Cleveland Rocks (with Henry Gomez)

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S4 Ep23: Taken for Granted? (with Ashley Allison)

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S4 Ep22: California Schemin' (with Jon Favreau)

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S4 Ep21: Nikki Haley's (New) Time for Choosing (with Tim Alberta)

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S4 Ep20: Life's Too Short for Trump (with Jonathan V. Last)

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S4 Ep19: Congress: The Dumbest It's Ever Been (with Joe Perticone)

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S4 Ep18: Nevada: State of Confusion (with Jon Ralston)

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S4 Ep17: No One's Looking Out for You (with Brian Stelter)

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S4 Ep16: New Hampshire Weirdos for Nikki? (with Tim Miller)

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S4 Ep15: It's Not That Hard to Win Iowa (with J. Ann Selzer)

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S4 Ep14: January 6: If They Had Just Told the Truth (with Rep. Adam Kinzinger)

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S4 Ep13: Nikki's Narrow Path (with Whit Ayres)

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S4 Ep12: Unreliable Narrators (with Jonathan V. Last)

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S4 Ep11: Quarter-Life Crises (with Peter Hamby)

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S4 Ep10: Our Better Angels (with Judy Woodruff)

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S4 Ep9: American Jews Are Nervous (with Bill Kristol)

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S4 Ep8: The Pro-Choice Trump Voter (with Elaine Godfrey)

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S4 Ep7: America Needs Mushrooms (with Rep. Tim Ryan)

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S4 Ep6: 'Orange Man Bad' is Not Enough (with Ruy Teixeira)

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S4 Ep5: They'd Rather Eat a Bowl of Glass (with Amy Walter)

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S4 Ep4: Send This Podcast to Joe Lieberman (with Matt Bennett)

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S4 Ep3: "He's not fighting. He needs to fight." (with Jen Psaki)

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S4 Ep2: "I Prefer Male Presidents" (with Tim Miller)

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S4 Ep1: 91 Problems, But the Base Ain't One (with Jake Tapper)

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Our Sizzling Summer of Focus Groups

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S3 Ep8: The "Everybody Sucks" Foreign Policy (with Tom Nichols)

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How the Culture Wars Weren't Won (with Jane Coaston)

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The Voters Forgot God's Plan (with McKay Coppins)

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S3 Ep5: "They" Sent This Tornado (with David French)

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It's Why They Play the Game (with Robert Gibbs)

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S3: DeSanctimonious Deep Dive (with Tara Palmeri)

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S3: Biden's B12 Shot? (with Peter Baker)

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Sleepwalking Toward Catastrophe? (with Whit Ayres)

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Midnight Train (Back) to Georgia (with Greg Bluestein)

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Thankful for Swing Voters (with Amy Walter)

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Can There Be Another Star in Trump's Cinematic Universe? (with David Drucker)

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What a Week!

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Election Eve Weekend Nerd Spectacular

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A Little Thuggishness Is Called For (with James Carville)

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Arizona: Psychologically Unfun (with Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer)

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Georgia: Ticket-Splitting On Our Mind (with Molly Ball)

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He Scares the Crap Out of Me (with Holly Otterbein)

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George Washington Wouldn't Tolerate Furries(with Charlie Sykes)

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"Lesser of Two Evils" Drinking Game (with Natalie Allison)

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What Happens in Vegas Won't Stay in Vegas (with Jon Ralston)

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The Head vs the Heart in Big Ten Country (with Tim Alberta)

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Make Politics Boring Again, Please

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Vibe Check (with Tim Miller)

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The Florida Man Thunderdome (with Marc Caputo)