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Episode #157: Against All Odds: Trump in 2016, McCarthy in 1968

Posted December 8, 201600:56:41

Donald Trump has gone to the military, to Congress, to the business world — to even a former rival — in assembling his new Cabinet.  Neal Conan,...

Episode #156: Loss in the Castro Family … and the Castro Neighborhood

Posted December 1, 201600:52:46

Even though it was Donald Trump who said he might not accept the results of the presidential election, it turns out that Jill Stein — the Green Party...

Episode #155: Giving Thanks to Great Political Memories

Posted November 23, 201600:53:53

Because we’re all spending Thanksgiving with friends and families this week, we decided to leave you with three past interviews that are completely...

Episode #154: For Now, the GOP is United, the Dems Aren’t

Posted November 17, 201600:54:57

One week after Donald Trump’s historic upset victory, both parties are preparing for what comes next.  Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor...

Episode #153: A Nine Point Trump on the Richter Scale

Posted November 10, 201601:00:47

The election is over and, in case you missed it, Donald Trump won. Lisa Desjardins of the PBS NewsHour and Greg Giroux of Bloomberg explain what happened,...