All Episodes

S6 Ep56: Why Ed Markey May Survive a Revolt Against Old Candidates (with Adam Reilly)

S6 Ep55: Sarah Had to Double-Check: “These Are All Trump Voters?” (with Amy Walter)

S6 Ep54: MAGA's Future is in Florida (with Will Sommer)

S6 Ep53: South Carolina’s Surprise Election (with Meg Kinnard)

S6 Ep52: Jonathan Cohn: Pure Michigan Chaos

S6 Ep51: Amy Walter: Pennsylvania's Trump-Shapiro Voters

S6 Ep50: David French: Character Counts For Less

S6 Ep49: Tommy Vietor: Democrats’ Way Forward on Israel

S6 Ep48: Heather Cox Richardson: America's 250 Great (and Awful) Years

S6 Ep47: Kyle Clark: Colorado's Mad Libs

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

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

S6 Ep44: Amy Walter: Everyone Is on the Take

S6 Ep43: Peter Hamby: California Is The Progressive Id

S6 Ep42: Adam Jentleson: More Heterodoxy, Please

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S6 Ep18: Sarah’s First Focus Groups

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S5 Ep26: What Are Focus Groups For Anyway?

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

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

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

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

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

S5 Ep20: Democrats on Biden's Decline

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S5 Ep7: Raw Audio: Guys Being Dudes

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

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

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

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

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

S5 Ep1: The Caretaker Presidency (with Evan Osnos)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S4 Ep45: Quick Reaction: Tim Walz Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S4 Ep24: Cleveland Rocks (with Henry Gomez)

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

S4 Ep22: California Schemin' (with Jon Favreau)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S4 Ep10: Our Better Angels (with Judy Woodruff)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our Sizzling Summer of Focus Groups

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

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

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

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

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

S3: DeSanctimonious Deep Dive (with Tara Palmeri)

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

Sleepwalking Toward Catastrophe? (with Whit Ayres)

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

Thankful for Swing Voters (with Amy Walter)

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

What a Week!

Election Eve Weekend Nerd Spectacular

A Little Thuggishness Is Called For (with James Carville)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Make Politics Boring Again, Please

Vibe Check (with Tim Miller)

The Florida Man Thunderdome (with Marc Caputo)