CQ Budget: Military budget set to swell
Two major congressional committees have now spoken on the fiscal 2023 Pentagon budget. Peter Cohn and John M. Donnelly discuss how the Armed Services panels will keep the pressure on appropriators to ...
24 Jun 202227min
CQ Budget: Defense spending battle lines
A bipartisan Senate defense authorization bill upped the ante on defense spending for the coming fiscal year. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Peter Cohn explain the new battle lines over defense spend...
17 Jun 202225min
Fintech Beat: Market Swings, Software-Based Investing--and Community Banking
Amias Gerety interviews M1 CEO Brian Barnes on relationship investing and automation in the fintech economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 Jun 202225min
Political Theater: "The Martha Mitchell Effect" gives voice to one of Watergate's great characters
This week marks the 50th Anniversary of the Watergate break-in, a scandal that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. This is one of history's great dramas, and we're still tell...
16 Jun 202219min
CQ Budget: Appropriations kickoff
House appropriators are about to begin their markups on fiscal 2023 spending bills after taking a shortcut on a budget blueprint. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak outline what lies ahea...
10 Jun 202222min
Politcal Theater: How ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ reflects a stranger, more vulnerable political time
"Top Gun: Maverick," the legacy sequel to the 1986 movie "Top Gun," has soared at the box office since its Memorial Day weekend opening, making more than 550 million dollars and counting. People might...
9 Jun 202220min
Fintech Beat: There’s nothing Micro about a Billion Women: Mary Iskenderian on Microfinance
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, the CEO of Women's World Banking, talks about her new book and the opportunities and challenges facing women entrepreneurs in developing countries. Learn more about your ad cho...
7 Jun 202233min
Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: For Asian Americans, celebration, challenges and action
May, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, has special significance in 2022, as both acknowledgment of contributions and reminder of a resurgence of xenophobic rhetoric and violence. Civ...
24 Mai 202248min
