Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

Recent Episodes

Episode #373: Can You Recall The Governor Of California?

Posted September 11, 2021 • 00:44:18

John Myers of the Los Angeles Times sets up Tuesday’s recall election aimed at California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Unlike the recall of 2003, where another...

Episode #372: Remembering Neal Conan

Posted August 27, 2021 • 00:23:11

The withdrawal from Afghanistan is not going as well as some hoped. But did anyone ever think that extracting U.S. troops from a 20-year war was going...

Episode #371: No Mo Cuomo

Posted August 11, 2021 • 00:46:52

Chris Churchill of the Albany Times-Union reports on the stunning (though expected) toppling of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose alleged history of...

Episode #370: Texas Hold ‘Em? First You Gotta Catch ‘Em.

Posted July 18, 2021 • 00:40:47

Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune talks about the decision made by Texas House Democrats to flee the state in order to stymie GOP efforts to pass...

Episode #369: Mike Gravel And Acts Of Civil Disobedience

Posted June 30, 2021 • 00:19:29

Mike Gravel, the former Alaska senator who read excerpts of the Pentagon Papers on the Senate floor in 1971, died this week at the age of 91. Back...