Episodes

  • Equal Time: What is ‘the way forward’ after violence born of hatred?

    Equal Time: What is ‘the way forward’ after violence born of hatred?
    Jun 12 2025
    It’s been 10 years since a 21-year-old gunman murdered nine church members who welcomed him to Bible study. The attack on Charleston, S.C.’s historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015, killed nine good people. They were targeted for that reason and for their race. The brother of one of the nine, Malcolm Graham, reflects on the life and legacy of his sister Cynthia Graham Hurd, on the world that nurtured such hatred in someone so young, and perhaps the hardest part — on how to do the work needed to change that world. His book is “The Way Forward: Keeping the Faith and Doing the Work Amid Hatred and Violence.” Graham, a Charlotte, N.C., city councilman, entrepreneur and civic activist, offers a path that won’t be easy, but may be necessary. And he joins Equal Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Political Theater: It’s déjà tea party all over again

    Political Theater: It’s déjà tea party all over again
    Jun 10 2025
    Jason Dick and Jim Saksa discuss how easy it was to be angry in 2010, tea-party infused town halls, astroturf versus paid protesters, the Koch Brothers and George Soros and the wisdom of politicians reminding constituents that we're all going to die anyway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • CQ Budget: 'Big, beautiful' bill on the line

    CQ Budget: 'Big, beautiful' bill on the line
    Jun 9 2025
    Senate Republicans are struggling to produce text of their reconciliation package this week despite disputes over Medicaid, food stamps, tax policy, Medicare and more. CQ Roll Call's Peter Cohn, Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman outline the big fights that could tie up the bill and look ahead to the fiscal 2026 appropriations process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Political Theater: The 'predicament and necessity' of documentary movies

    Political Theater: The 'predicament and necessity' of documentary movies
    Jun 4 2025
    Jason Dick talks to Sky Sitney, co-founder of DC/DOX, about this year's documentary festival, as well as how grants being canceled and studios pulling back on the genre are playing out as both challenge and opportunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • CQ Budget: Reconciliation headaches in Senate

    CQ Budget: Reconciliation headaches in Senate
    Jun 2 2025
    Republican senators want changes to the "big, beautiful" House reconciliation bill, from Medicaid to tax cuts and more. And House appropriators begin writing their fiscal 2026 spending bills while the Trump administration tries to claw back already approved funding. CQ Roll Call's Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman outline the fissures in the GOP reconciliation debate and the constitutional fight over the power of the purse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Political Theater

    Political Theater
    May 27 2025
    Jason Dick talks with former Roll Callers and current journalism professors Christina Bellantoni and Neda Semnani about the value of just talking to people, how the years change your perspective on Washington and why it's important to bear witness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • CQ Budget: 'Big, beautiful' bill heads to Senate

    CQ Budget: 'Big, beautiful' bill heads to Senate
    May 23 2025
    The House-passed reconciliation bill containing most of President Donald Trump's agenda won't clear the Senate in its current form. CQ Roll Call's Caitlin Reilly, Peter Cohn and David Lerman outline the changes that could be on the table and the competing demands among Senate Republicans that will make final passage a tough slog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • Political Theater: That's a lot of Supreme Court there

    Political Theater: That's a lot of Supreme Court there
    May 20 2025
    Jason Dick and Todd Ruger discuss their (and some public officials') race times at the ACLI Capital Challenge, then delve into the Supreme Court's internal dynamics, how its workload has evolved, what big decisions are expected before the end of the term, a little about David Souter and then cap it off with an ultra-special word of the week segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
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