
The 538 Podcast Holiday Party
In this holiday installment of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew looks back at some of the most important political events of 2023 as well as some of the weirder political stories of the year. They a...
21 Dec 20231h 7min

Reaction Podcast: Colorado Supreme Court Bars Trump From Ballot
On this special reaction edition of the 538 Politics podcast, Galen speaks with Kimberly Wehle, professor of law at the University of Baltimore, and Geoffrey Skelley, senior elections analyst, about t...
20 Dec 202324min

Trump's Primary Challengers Are Running Out of Time
The U.S. House adjourned for the holidays last week after voting along party lines to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. The Senate is delaying its holiday recess as negotiators tr...
19 Dec 20231h 7min

Have Progressives Won The Economic Debate?
In early 2020, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told New York Magazine that, “In any other country [she and President Joe Biden] would not be in the same party.” Yet, by April of that year, after Bernie Sande...
14 Dec 202336min

What To Make Of Trump's 'Dictator' Comment
Former President Donald Trump attracted attention for his answer in a town hall with Sean Hannity last week suggesting he would not abuse his power as president in a second term, “except for Day One.”...
11 Dec 202351min

Did The Fourth Republican Debate Matter?
Galen unpacks the fourth Republican primary debate from Tuscaloosa, Alabama with senior elections analyst Geoffrey Skelley and White House correspondent MaryAlice Parks. Learn more about your ad choic...
7 Dec 202337min

Is Nikki Haley The New Ron DeSantis?
In the month since the last Republican debate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has been inching up in the national polls, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been slipping. Today, DeSantis leads Ha...
4 Dec 20231h 3min

2024 Is The First ‘AI Election.’ What Does That Mean?
Exactly one year ago today, OpenAI launched ChatGPT. And quickly, the program changed the conversation around what is possible for artificial intelligence. In the past 12 months, we've seen campaign v...
30 Nov 202347min






















