Will the fusion breakthrough ignite a Congressional chain reaction?
Department of Energy announced a breakthrough in the decades-long quest to recreate on Earth the process that powers the Sun: nuclear fusion. To simplify slightly, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore...
16 Dec 202223min
Gov. Chris Sununu surveys the field
Gov. Chris Sununu was recently re-elected to his fourth term in office. The Republican governor has been positioning himself for the 2024 presidential primaries for a while now. Before Election Day, ...
9 Dec 20221h 12min
True or false: Colorado is a swing state
Michael Bennet is the senior Democratic senator from Colorado, a famously purple state. In the weeks leading up to the 2022 midterms, Colorado seemed to be a place where Republicans might flip a few s...
2 Dec 202234min
Sen. Markey vs. Musk’s Twitter: The freed bird might get its wings clipped
There are some members of Congress who have famously struggled to understand the online world. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) prides himself on not only understanding the internet, but also for passing some...
18 Nov 202231min
How to flip a GOP stronghold: be a normal politician
Why were Democrats seemingly able to by and large defy history and avoid a catastrophic result in the midterms? Across the country, Democrats successfully defended seats that Republicans had confident...
11 Nov 202231min
Democrats' 'optimistic apostle' offers hope for the midterms
Simon Rosenberg is the head of the progressive think tank NDN, and he has a message for jittery Democrats on the eve of the midterms: cheer up! This week on the Playbook Deep Dive podcast we sit down ...
4 Nov 202255min
The quarter-billion dollar PAC driving a red wave
Dan Conston is the president of the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Rep. Kevin McCarthy with the singular mission of making the California Republican Speaker of the House. Mo...
28 Okt 202258min
Weaponized (un)truths: Has the GOP ‘lost its mind’?
Robert Draper's "Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind" focuses exclusively on the GOP during the crucial 18-month period after January 6 and vastly adds to our understandi...
21 Okt 202247min
