All Episodes
The Horse Race — 410 episodes
Putting The Horse Race Out to Pasture
Polling the void: Chatbots as human substitutes
Donald’s Enmity and Intrusion
Neigh Sayers
Gas-tly Numbers
A Balloting Act
"No Longer Invisible" with Dr. Watanabe [Archive Interview]
The Stats of the Union
McGovernmental Authority, with U.S. Rep Jim McGovern
Ep 383: Material Misstatements, with Mass. Auditor Diana DiZoglio
Ep 382: T.P.S. Reports
Ep 381: AI or A+
Ep 380: Moulton Lava, with U.S. Rep Seth Moulton
Ep 379: Polling ICE-land and Greenland
Ep 378: 2026 Horse Tradin' & Legislatin'
Ep 377: 2025 Blooper Reel
Ep 376: The End is Neigh, an Insider's End-of-Year Panel
Episode 375: Them's Crighton Words
Episode 374: High Stakes Testing: Well Done or Rare?
Episode 373: Rant Control
Episode 372: The Center Folds
Episode 371: The GOP Bites the Ballot
Episode 370: BOO!-nicipal Elections
Episode 369: Poll-dozing the East Wing
Episode 368: Seth rides a pale horse
Episode 367: Permanent Markey
Episode 366: A Shutdown Showdown (ft. Chris Lisinski)
Episode 365: YIMBYtown and Health Care Frowns
Episode 364: #BOSMayor Mind the Enormous Gap
Episode 363: Mass. Dems Resist Federal Pressure on Boston
Episode 362: Are Mass. Dems Really Jumping Ship?
Episode 361: Getting Around the Springfield Region
Episode 360: Could 40+ Questions on Your Ballot Help Legislative Productivity? (ft. Mike Deehan)
Episode 359: Debating Democrat Doomerism
Episode 358: A Potential Big Beautiful Budgetary Disaster
Episode 357: A Nicotine Free Generation
Episode 356: The Ghost of Budgets Passed
Episode 355: Trump Attacks Iran. What do Polls Show? What do Massachusetts Politicians Think?
Episode 354: An Ol' Fashioned Governor Giddy-up
Episode 353: LA to MA, Saddle Up!
Episode 352: Elections, and Polling, and Donuts! Oh My! (ft. Dr Watanabe)
Episode 351: Trump's War on Higher Education
Episode 350: NEIGH-POR
Episode 349: Home is Where the Polls Are
Episode 348: Take Nothing for Grant-ed
Episode 347: Whoa, Canada!
Episode 346: Polling on Thin ICE
Episode 345: Political Erosion
Episode 344: Signals Crossed
Episode 343: How Do You Like Dem Apples?
Episode 342: Polling the Rug Out
Episode 341: Mayor Wu Goes to Washington
Episode 340: Legislative Translucency
Episode 339: ICE Fact vs. Fiction
Episode 338: Deep Cuts
Episode 337: Track to Density
Episode 336: Executive Disorder
Episode 335: Massachusetts pushes back on Trump immigration orders
Episode 334: Brewing Strong T
Episode 333: Milton: Paradise Lost?
Episode 332: The Pollarized Express
Episode 331: Fiscal cliff diving
Episode 330: Mass. ends MCAS
Episode 329: Bloopers: Everybody dunks on Dunkin'
Episode 328: Turkeys and Turnout
Episode 327: A Commonwealth, If You Can Build It
Episode 326: Blue State, Red Shift
Episode 325: Margin of Terror
Episode 324: The Ballot Hymn of the Republic
Episode 323: The Apple of my AI
Episode 322: Don't Shoot the Aquifer
Episode 321: Ballots: Yea or Neigh
Episode 320: I'd Take a Ballot For You
Episode 319: De Bait at the Debate
Episode 318: The once and future AG?
Episode 317: The Horse Race and Whale Heads and Bears, Oh My
Episode 316: The 2024 Harris Olympics
Episode 315: For Whom the Train Rolls
Episode 314: Positive Vibe Racin'
Episode 313: The Pommel Horse Race
Episode 312: The Brat Race
Episode 311: It's a Delegate Balance
Episode 310: Tripping Polls
Episode 309: The Bloopers Are Coming
Episode 308: Trotting Up That Hill
Episode 307: Someone Call the Doctorate
Episode 306: Lisa's Last Rodeo
Episode 305: Better Late Than Never
Episode 304: Right on Reschedule
Episode 303: Left on Read
Episode 302: Head over Healey
Episode 301: Stable Coins
Episode 300: Make Way for Dunkin'
Episode 299 1/2: The Poll Vault
Episode 299: Valley Goals
Episode 298: The Hemp Race
Episode 297: The Truths About the Youths
Episode 296: Stupor Tuesday
Episode 295: The Trolley Problem
Episode 294: Is #mapoli Breaking Up? (Live)
Episode 293: Bivalve Partisanship
Episode 292: The Streets of Alfredo
Episode 291: The Sundance Kids
Episode 290: Heads Will Poll
Episode 289: Hit the Road, Mass
Episode 288: On Our High Horse Race
Episode 287: The Campus and the Congress
Episode 286: Long Dark Night of the Polls
Episode 285: The Granite Bachelor
Episode 284: Oopsgiving
Episode 283: (The Parents Think) The Kids Are All Right
Episode 282: One Million Mayors
Episode 281: Light the Beacon
Episode 280: Poll-o-ween
Episode 279: Bond, Housing Bond
Episode 278: Close Encounters of the Senate Kind
Episode 277: Transit-Oriented Depression
Episode 276: Give Me a (Tax) Break!
Episode 275: Ice Spice Baby
Episode 274: Slow Commotion
Episode 273: Prelimania
Episode 272: The Bugle Calls Retreat?
Episode 271: A Day At The Steeplechases
Episode 270: Ranked Choice Reloaded
Episode 268: Now This Is Podracing
Episode 267: Tweetle Beetle Budget Ballot Battles
Episode 266: Drag Us
Episode 265: Smoke Signals
Episode 264: Ballots Fired!!!
Episode 263: Quittin' Time
Episode 262: It Ain't Easy Bankin' Green
Episode 261: The State House Always Wins
Episode 260: Shots Shots Shots
Episode 259: Meet the Parents
Episode 258: The Rollins Reports
Episode 257: Masks Off?
Episode 256: One Horse State
Episode 255: Devils in the T Tales
Episode 254: Make it Make Cents
Episode 253: It's Fun to Work at the M-B-T-A!
Episode 252: Secretariat
Episode 251: Fire in the Poll
Episode 250: Calling an Auditable
Episode 249: YOU Get an Audit and YOU Get an Audit and YOU Get an Audit!
Episode 248: All Elections Are Special
Episode 247: Mass. Exodus
Episode 246: A Galentine's Gallop
Episode 245: Term Limits of Endearment
Episode 244: Reaching the End of the Lyons
Episode 243: Latinos in Massachusetts
Episode 242: Off the Rails
Episode 241: Tea Leaves and Oatmeal Cookies
Episode 240: 2022: 2 Vast, 2 Curious
Episode 239: Breaking the Mass Ceiling
Episode 238: Blockchain Melody
Episode 237: Conditions of Transition
Thanksgiving Bloopers 2022
Episode 236: Turkey, Twitter, and the Wu Train
Episode 235: Midterms and Conditions
Episode 234: The Bird App
Episode 233: The Nightmare Before Redistricting
Episode 232: Q4: Questions and Answers
Episode 231: Q2: Ballot Questions and Answers
Episode 230: Q1 and Q3: Ballot Questions and Answers
Episode 229: Shelter Fallout
Episode 228: All things in moderation
Episode 227: The MBTA’s crash course
Episode 226: Walk the Orange Line
Episode 225: Ups and down ballot
Episode 224: DA to DA
Episode 223: The all-nighter no one wanted
Episode 222: The Unhappiest Hour
Episode 221: Unsafe Harbors
Episode 220: The Horse Race State Song Sing-along
Episode 219: SCOTUS Scaries
Episode 218: E-Bicycle Built for Who?
Episode 217: State of the Unions
Episode 216: State House Roundup: Bills, Bills, Bills
Episode 215: Convention Tension
Episode 214: Survey says...
Episode 213: The Deal on the Bus
Episode 212: SCOTUS shockwaves could shake Mass.
Episode 211: How many people have actually had COVID?
Episode 210: Stop, Drop, and Poll
Episode 209: State House Roundup: Budget Theater
Episode 208: Gateways takeaways for the UK
Episode 207: Anthony Amore on State Auditor Run
Episode 206: Transportation for a whole new world
Episode 205: Saving Daylight, Saving Packies?
Episode 204: Yawu Miller on changing caucuses
Episode 203: Diana DiZoglio on State Auditor race; MassGOP makes moves
The Horse Race Blooper Reel: 2022 Edition
Episode 202: State House Roundup: Back to Beacon Hill
Episode 201: Chris Dempsey on State Auditor Run
Episode 200: Voting reforms & Everybody's running
Episode 199: Mayor Michelle Wu on what's ahead for Boston
Episode 198: Test Stressing
Episode 197: The Longest Intermission
Episode 196: New year, same COVID
Episode 195: The crises at Mass. and Cass
Episode 194: The push to unionize newsrooms
Episode 193: State House Roundup: What's in the ARPA spending bill?
Episode 192: Baker's out, on to 2022
Episode 191: An expensive debate over gig workers' rights
Episode 190: The Senate's revolutionary mental health bill
Episode 189: Election Rodeo
Episode 188: Who benefits from COVID recovery?
Episode 187: Rising Tides: Under the Sea...port
Episode 186: What happens in Mass. if Roe v. Wade falls?
Episode 185: Can the T Ever be Free?
Episode 184: Beacon Hill Breakdown
Episode 183: What happened in Massachusetts' historic preliminaries
Episode 182: Preliminary Report
Mass Reboot 8: Government
Mass Reboot 7: Love
Mass Reboot 6: School
Mass Reboot 5: Work
Mass Reboot 4: Food
Mass Reboot 3: Transportation
Mass Reboot Episode 2: Home
Mass Reboot Episode 1: Art
The Horse Race presents: Mass Reboot
Episode 181: A Trot Down Memory Lane
Episode 180: Thanks for the Mem-Murrays
Episode 179: The GIF That Keeps on Giving
Episode 178: Recounting the Days
Episode 177: Mayorals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.
Episode 176: Born to be Dialed
Episode 175: Clearing the Air
Episode 174: Mayor May Not
Episode 173: Orange You Glad We Didn't Say Red Line?
Episode 172: A Year on the Coronacoaster
Episode 171: COVID 101
Episode 170: Social Distancing Studies
Episode 169: Power of Attorney
Episode 168: Unchartered Territory
Episode 167: Luck of the Draw
Episode 166: Mass'd Connections
Episode 165: Get Out on the Highway
Episode 164: Charter School
Episode 163: A Capitol Offense
Say Goodbye to 2020 in Massachusetts: A Horse Race Blooper Reel
Episode 162: Could DeLeo be DeLeaving?
Episode 161: Feelin' '22
Episode 160: Vax to the Future
Episode 159: T Cut or Not T Cut?
Episode 158: Talking Turkey
Episode 157: The Kids Are Not Alright
BONUS Episode: Young adults weather the worst of COVID-19’s mental health burden
Episode 156: Down for the Count
Episode 155: End Times Insight
Episode 154: Election Daze
Episode 153: Bach in the Saddle
Episode 152: Musical Chairmen
Episode 151: For Better or Worcester
Episode 150: Yes We Campbell
Episode 149: Ready Mayor One
Episode 148: The Horse Race of the Apocalypse
Episode 147: Incumbent Upon Us
Episode 146: Primary School
Episode 145: Run DMC
Episode 144: We're Not Ready For Some Football
Episode 142: The Endorse Race
Episode 141: From Boom Time to Zoom Time
Episode 140: The Midnight Ride of Poll Revere
Episode 139: A Rivera Runs Through It
Episode 138: School's Out For...Ever?
Episode 137: Schoolhouse Rocked
Episode 136: Miranda Rights
Episode 135: RENT
Episode 134: Protests and Paths Forward
Episode 133: Roam Alone
Episode 132: Veepstakes and Hot Takes
Episode 131: H-O-R-S-E
Episode 130: Food for Thought
Episode 129: Mailed It
Episode 128: The Horse Race Happy Hour
Episode 127: The 'Stay at Home' Stretch
Episode 126: Flour Power
Episode 125: Suffolk Clowns
Episode 124: Testing 1, 2, 3
Episode 123: Home Alone
Episode 122: The Women Explain It All
Episode 121: The Horse Race LIVE: Super Tuesday Recap Barn Burner
Episode 119: Debate Night & the Feeling's Right
Episode 118: NEIGHboring States
Episode 117: Net Zero to Hero
Episode 116: Do More with Lesser
Episode 115: If I Had a Billion Dollars
Episode 114: Whatever Floats Your Vote
Episode 113: Deval In Good Time
Episode 112: Foresight is 2020
Episode 111: The Poll-ar Express
Episode 110: The Fourth Awakens
Episode 109: The Horse Race Turkey Trot
Episode 108: Deval's Well That Ends Well
Episode 107: The Times They Aren't A Changin
Episode 106: PAC It Up, PAC It In
Episode 105: The Headless Horse Race
Episode 104: Pollin', Pollin', Pollin' on the River
Episode 103: Wu Train Plan
Episode 102: The Horse Race LIVE - And They're Off!
Episode 101: Planet of the Vapes
Episode 100: The 100th Lap
Episode 99: Welcome to the Jungle Primary
Episode 98: Is Fare Fair?
Episode 97: #MApoli Breakfast Club
Episode 96: The Morse Race
Episode 95: Half in the Bag Ban
Episode 94: To the Window, to the Walsh
Episode 93: Murray Up
Episode 92: Don't Take Debate
Episode 91: Primary Sources
Episode 90: A Day at the Racism
Episode 89: What About Babka?
4th of July Special: Red, White and Bloopers
Episode 88: Spill the T
Episode 87: Promises, Promises, Act?
Episode 86: The Horse Race LIVE at the Races PART 2: Old Town Rail
Episode 86: The Horse Race LIVE at the Races Part 1: Shannon Fire 💥
Episode 85: Impromptu Pressley Conference
Episode 84: Everybody Runs
Episode 83: Merrily We Poll Along
BONUS Episode: Exploring Suffolk Downs
Episode 82: BRT If You Agree
Episode 81: The Ways of Ways and Means
Episode 80: The Room 348 Where It Happens
Episode 79: Polls, Trains and Automobiles
Episode 78: How Wasted Are We?
Episode 77: Fevered Pitches
Episode 76: The Family Juuls
Episode 75: #PollMAPoli
Episode 74: On Your Markey
Episode 72: Crossing The Atlantic
Episode 71: Poll Position
Episode 70: Census & Sensibility
Episode 69: An Inconvenient Mapoli
Episode 68: We Have Issues
Episode 67: Hammar Nails It
Episode 66: Bet the House
Episode 65: Churchill "Shut" Downs
Episode 64: The Horse Race Live - Starting Gate
Episode 63: 'Tis the Trahan
Episode 62: The House Rules
Episode 61: That's Amore!
Episode 60: Red Island in a Blue Wave
Episode 59: Moulton Fire of the Vanities
Episode 58: The Ayannas Have It
Episode 57: Come Get Your Trophy!
Episode 56: LIVE with the Winner's Circle
Episode 55: The Halloween Boo Wave
Episode 54: The Elephant in the Room
Episode 53: Faded Blue Genes
Episode 52: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Episode 51: Anger Management
Episode 50: They See Me Pollin'
Episode 49: Victory Lap, Or... Dezexit
Episode 48: Tomorrow is Brand New DA
Episode 47: The Horse Race LIVE -- Full Court Pressley
Episode 46: Down to the Wire
Episode 45: Lieutenant Governing
Episode 44: #Debategate
Episode 43: Family Feud
Episode 42: The Bootleg Edition, Part 2 (#MA7 Poll)
Episode 42: The Bootleg Edition, Part 1
Episode 41: Presidential Rumors and Rubinations
Episode 40: The Last Ballots Standing
Episode 39: Deadline Headlines
Bloopers: Polls And Politics Forever
Episode 38 Special Report: Madam President
Episode 37: Beacon Hill Bargain Basement
Episode 36: EMERGENCY POD - SJC strikes down Fair Share Ballot Question
Episode 35: Grand Old Primary Candidates
Episode 34: How Do You Like Dem Candidates?
Episode 33: Masses of MassDems
Episode 32: To The Left, To The Left
Episode 31: Exit Stage Far Right
Episode 30: Grand Bargain Hunters
Episode 29: EMERGENCY POD - Stan Rosenberg steps down
Episode 28: "We'll Do It Lively"
Episode 27: The Ballot Stakes
Episode 26: North of the Wall
Episode 25: Conventional Wisdom
Episode 24: The Senate's Chaos Theory
Episode 23: Ballot Question Questions
Episode 22: The Revolution Will Be Polled
Episode 21: Hindsight is 2017
Episode 20: Wild, Wild West Mass
Episode 19: Suffolk Downing
Episode 18: Frugg Life
Episode 17: The Challenge
Episode 16: Storming the Gates
Episode 15: Chomping At The Bit
Episode 14: The Sport of Governors
Episode 13: Money Riders
Episode 12: Back In The Saddle
Bloopers: We Know Nothing About Horse Racing
Episode 11: Raise the Stakes
Episode 10: TO THE BUNKER! Emergency #mapoli Update
Special Edition: The Horse Race Live! Women in Politics
Episode 9: Finish In the Money
Episode 8: The Winner's Circle
Episode 7: Three to Make Ready
Episode 6: Two for the Show
Episode 5: One For the Money
Episode 4: Derby Day Doldrums
Episode 3: A Day at the Races
Episode 2: Odds on Favorite
Episode 1: Off to the Races
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