A former NATO ambassador gets inside Putin’s head
More than 100,000 Russian troops are mobilized along the Ukrainian border. What is Vladimir Putin’s ultimate goal? Today, Playbook author Ryan Lizza talks to former US Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker —...
28 Jan 202234min
Cedric Richmond on Biden's turnaround plan
President Joe Biden’s first year in office has been tumultuous, marked by domestic and international challenges that have overshadowed the administration’s wins. Playbook author Eugene Daniels talks w...
21 Jan 202223min
What Joe Manchin told Steve Clemons at dinner
Steve Clemons is a DC institution — an operator who connects some of the biggest power players in the Capitol. He also happens to be the confidant of the most powerful senator in Washington, Democrat ...
14 Jan 20221h 2min
Jamie Raskin's plan to hold Trump accountable
One year later, the ripples of the Jan. 6th riot continue to reverberate throughout American politics. For Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who led the second impeachment of Donald Trump, bringing the peopl...
7 Jan 202232min
Joe Biden's inflation whisperer
Unemployment is dropping and the economy, by many measures, is humming. But spiraling inflation is creating a serious drag on the economic recovery and hurting President Joe Biden's approval ratings. ...
17 Des 202122min
Has Twitter warped politics?
Can Twitter carry a politician to victory in an election? Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels and deputy editor Zack Stanton talk to Republican digital strategist Eric Wilson, former Andrew Yang preside...
10 Des 202132min
Houses on the Hill aren't for living. They're for lobbying
From their lofty offices along K street, Washington lobbyists have spent decades trying to pull the levers of power. But changing times sometimes call for changing scenery, and these OG influencers ar...
3 Des 202124min
Kiss your swing districts goodbye
Gerrymandering: Depending on where you stand, it’s either the cause of, or solution to, many of America’s political problems. Here’s what that fight looks like — from the outside looking in, and from ...
19 Nov 202134min
