The Short vs. Long Term (with Bill Kristol)
Axe and Gibbs are joined by Bill Kristol, editor-at-large of The Bulwark, to discuss the public perception and political ramifications of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the resurgence of COVID and i...
24 Aug 20211h 6min
The Collapse of Afghanistan
It’s all Hacks on deck this week as Axe, Gibbs, and Murphy convene to discuss the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the scenes of panic and chaos in Kabul, Biden’s address to the nation, and the poli...
18 Aug 20211h 9min
Pugnacious Pols & Bipartisan Bills (with Paul Begala)
Paul Begala, CNN contributor and former counselor to President Clinton, joins Axe and Murphy to help make sense of not one but two breaking news alerts in the span of one hour. The Hacks discuss the m...
11 Aug 202157min
Mixed Messages (with Mark McKinnon)
Private first class hackaroo Mark McKinnon, executive producer and co-host of Showtime’s The Circus, joins Axe and Gibbs to talk about the CDC’s messaging mishaps, the New York Attorney General’s find...
4 Aug 20211h 1min
U.S. House of Horrors (with Jackie Calmes)
Jackie Calmes, national columnist for the Los Angeles Times and author of Dissent: The Radicalization of the Republican Party and Its Capture of the Court, joins Axe and Murphy to discuss the powerful...
28 Jul 20211h 3min
Baseball Bats and Ghirardelli (with Steve Israel)
This week Gibbs and Murphy were joined by former Congressman Steve Israel who graciously shared his expertise as a former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair to discuss redistricting, ca...
21 Jul 202157min
Texas Hold ‘Em (with Al Franken)
Former Minnesota Senator Al Franken joins Axe and Murphy to discuss the latest lunacy to come out of CPAC, the escalating fight over voting rights and the possibility of a filibuster carve-out, and wh...
14 Jul 20211h
A Tale of Two Tracks (with Bill Kristol)
Bill Kristol, editor-at-large of The Bulwark and director of Defending Democracy Together, joins Gibbs and Murphy to discuss efforts to increase vaccination rates amid heightened concerns about the De...
6 Jul 20211h 12min
