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Episode #152: The 2016 Presidential Election Special

Posted November 3, 201600:59:55

We lead off the Political Junkie Presidential Election Special with reports from Mara Liasson, the national political correspondent for NPR, and Aaron...

Episode #151: November 8, Chicago 7

Posted October 27, 201600:57:51

Less than two weeks to go now, and while most surveys show Hillary Clinton with a lead, Donald Trump insists that despite the “rigged” system and...

Episode #150: Three Is Enough

Posted October 21, 201600:51:11

The final Clinton-Trump debate is over, and Aaron Blake of the Washington Post is here with his take on what it means for the campaign. We’ve spent...

Episode #149: Locker Rooms and Lock Her Up

Posted October 13, 201600:59:35

The most surreal and vicious presidential debate is now in the history books, and it came in the wake of some lewd comments Donald Trump made in 2005...

Episode #148: Who Won? Who’s Winning?

Posted October 6, 201601:02:54

With the vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine now history and the second presidential debate just days away, NPR’s Ron Elving...