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  • They seem fine: Life After Congress

    They seem fine: Life After Congress
    Sep 9 2025
    Poetry readings, brewing beer, helping out kids: Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman talk about Roll Call’s revived Life After Congress feature and what former members do with their time, then they round it out with a little wisdom from Henry Cabot Lodge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 min
  • Discharge petition: congressional procedure or great band name?

    Discharge petition: congressional procedure or great band name?
    Sep 3 2025
    Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales talk about the promise and perils of re-redistricting, what it's like to be in Washington right now, why people quit, and why they want to come here, and string it all together with musings about Exogol and good hard-core band names. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 min
  • How Democrats hope to flip the script on energy as a campaign issue

    How Democrats hope to flip the script on energy as a campaign issue
    Aug 7 2025
    Jessica Wehrman talks with David Jordan of CQ Roll Call about how energy affordability could become a sleeper issue in next year's midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 min
  • Off to the redistricting races

    Off to the redistricting races
    Jul 29 2025
    Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari discuss how a potential new congressional map in Texas could set off a race among other states to redraw their own maps, and how that might affect the 2026 midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 min
  • Six months in, a gut check on Trump 2.0

    Six months in, a gut check on Trump 2.0
    Jul 22 2025
    Talking Epstein, congressional chaos and the Senate races to watch with Nathan Gonzales of Inside Elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 min
  • Rush job: Life in Congress

    Rush job: Life in Congress
    Jul 16 2025
    Jason Dick and Mary Ellen McIntire talk about what happens when Congress tries to do too much in too short a period of time, how Republicans and Democrats do agree on one big thing and what life is like in the basement of the Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 min
  • 'We had time back then'

    'We had time back then'
    Jul 8 2025
    Jason Dick and Chris Cillizza talk about the time needed to produce quality sourcing, good work and journalism, how the news business continues to change, for better and worse, and Damon Chappie's sighs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 min
  • The ‘rock and roll poetry’ of Joe Iconis’ Hunter S. Thompson musical

    The ‘rock and roll poetry’ of Joe Iconis’ Hunter S. Thompson musical
    Jul 3 2025
    Jason Dick talks with Joe Iconis about what led him to write "The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical," how much the world changed during that time, playing Thompson's piano at Owl Farm and taking some comfort in how things get better and worse, better and worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 min