Episodes

  • Faiz Shakir: What Bernie revealed about our politics
    Nov 22 2024

    Faiz Shakir, chief political adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders, and the founder and executive director of “A More Perfect Union” joins Chuck to talk about the future of the Democratic Party.

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    55 mins
  • Charlie Cook: Trump’s GOP honeymoon is over before it began
    Nov 20 2024

    Chuck talks to Charlie Cook, founder of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Endowed Chair in Political Communication at the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU. In his latest column for National Journal, Charlie writes about President-elect Trump’s power play to force Republican senators into compliance over his cabinet choices.

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    59 mins
  • Howard Dean looks ahead: "The DNC is not a place to have ideological fights"
    Nov 15 2024

    Former Vermont Gov. and DNC Chairman Howard Dean talks with Chuck about how Democrats can make gains in the future, after widespread losses on Election Day.

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    51 mins
  • The first days of the Trump transition (and the final days of the campaign) with Garrett Haake
    Nov 13 2024

    As a Trump campaign reporter, Garrett Haake saw the final days of the Trump campaign up close. As a NBC News Senior Capitol Hill Correspondent, his reporting on the Trump transition shows how far the incoming administration's choices will ripple across Washington.

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    41 mins
  • Did Harris under perform, or over perform? Dante Chinni digs into the numbers
    Nov 8 2024

    Dante Chinni, director of the American Communities Project, joins Chuck to take a closer look at election turnout and explore what the shifts mean for the future of campaigning.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Democrats ask themselves hard questions after Trump win
    Nov 7 2024

    It’s Wednesday November 6th. Kamala Harris has conceded to Donald Trump and we are all in a state of delirium about the election night -- mostly because nobody has slept much in the last 48 hours.

    Chuck is joined by Doug Sosnik, former political director for Bill Clinton and co-author of “Applebee’s America” and Jessica Taylor, the Senate and Governors Editor for The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.

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    54 mins
  • The super-mega-final pre-election podcast, from the NBC News Political Unit
    Nov 4 2024

    Polls, surveys and statistics. The NBC News Political Unit looks at the final numbers before the vote comes in on Election Day. Chuck talks with Mark Murray, senior political editor, and national political reporters Bridget Bowman.

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    1 hr
  • Who wins and when? Steve Kornacki maps out Trump and Harris’ paths to 270
    Nov 1 2024

    NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki joins Chuck to break down former President Trump’s and Vice President Harris’ respective paths to winning the Electoral College.

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    56 mins