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GBH's Talking Politics

Talking Politics, GBH’s new politics podcast, is the spiritual heir to The Scrum and the audio version of a program that’s viewable Fridays at 7 on GBH Channel 2 and online at youtube.com/gbhnews. It’... Read more

Ranked #1

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The Politics of Snowstorms

The Politics of Snowstorms

This week, The Scrum podcast took a closer look at Governor Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's governing durin... Read more

4 Feb 2015

12mins

Ranked #2

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Every Party Has A Pooper

Every Party Has A Pooper

Will the Mass. Democrats who backed Republican Charlie Baker in the recent governor's race pay a price? Also in this epi... Read more

17 Dec 2014

23mins

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Making Sense of Boston's Predictable, Surprising 2017 Elections

Making Sense of Boston's Predictable, Surprising 2017 Elections

We know Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was just re-elected by a big margin. Look closer at the results of Boston's municipal e... Read more

20 Nov 2017

26mins

Ranked #4

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Heather Cox Richardson's Impeachment Marathon

Heather Cox Richardson's Impeachment Marathon

Be honest: how closely are you following President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial? Maybe you’ve tuned out altogether, ... Read more

29 Jan 2020

30mins

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Dan Kennedy on the Future of Newspapers

Dan Kennedy on the Future of Newspapers

Dan Kennedy’s new book, “The Return of the Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking Newspapers for the Twenty-... Read more

28 Mar 2018

26mins

Ranked #6

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Pre-Primary Palaver

Pre-Primary Palaver

With the drama-packed Massachusetts primary just a few days away, Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis size up recent developmen... Read more

30 Aug 2018

24mins

Ranked #7

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Housing: Boston City Hall Versus the Market

Housing: Boston City Hall Versus the Market

Boston’s overheated real-estate market is already changing the its fundamental character, and there’s grave concern that... Read more

17 May 2018

21mins

Ranked #8

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Who's Got The Edge In The Capuano-Pressley Contest?

Who's Got The Edge In The Capuano-Pressley Contest?

Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and Congressman Mike Capuano clashed recently in a debate sponsored by UMass Bosto... Read more

9 Aug 2018

34mins

Ranked #9

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New Kids On The Block: Nika Elugardo and Jon Santiago On Their Wins And What Comes Next

New Kids On The Block: Nika Elugardo and Jon Santiago On Their Wins And What Comes Next

Ayanna Pressley’s win over Mike Capuano was the big national story coming out of Massachusetts’ September 4 primary, but... Read more

12 Sep 2018

36mins

Ranked #10

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Linda Dorcena Forry Talks TPS and Trump

Linda Dorcena Forry Talks TPS and Trump

Right before Thanksgiving, the Trump Administration said it would end Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for about 60,0... Read more

30 Nov 2017

13mins

Ranked #11

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Boston Politics: Pitching Wu, Council Upheaval, And A BPS Reckoning

Boston Politics: Pitching Wu, Council Upheaval, And A BPS Reckoning

Is Michelle Wu Boston’s mayor in waiting? That’s the contention of the Atlantic, which recently published a glowing prof... Read more

30 Apr 2019

33mins

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How Setti Warren Would Run Massachusetts

How Setti Warren Would Run Massachusetts

The Scrum rounds out its conversations with the Democratic candidates for governor with Setti Warren, the former mayor o... Read more

28 Feb 2018

25mins

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Don't Confuse Legislating With Democracy

Don't Confuse Legislating With Democracy

Last month, a blog post by a retired Beacon Hill lobbyist made waves in local political circles because it details one o... Read more

4 Jan 2019

29mins

Ranked #14

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Is The Mass. GOP Charlie Baker's Party — Or Donald Trump's?

Is The Mass. GOP Charlie Baker's Party — Or Donald Trump's?

Governor Charlie Baker, the state’s most powerful Republican, has offered Massachusetts as a model for the way politics ... Read more

16 May 2019

41mins

Ranked #15

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Warren, Moulton, Klobuchar: Buy Or Sell?

Warren, Moulton, Klobuchar: Buy Or Sell?

In the month and a half between Elizabeth Warren’s unofficial and official presidential launches, did she gain momentum ... Read more

15 Feb 2019

27mins

Ranked #16

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The Muzzle Awards, Or, The Year In Free-Speech Failures

The Muzzle Awards, Or, The Year In Free-Speech Failures

Peter Kadzis flies solo in this episode, talking with WGBH News contributors Dan Kennedy and Harvey Silverglate about th... Read more

3 Jul 2018

28mins

Ranked #17

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Three Paths For Gonzalez

Three Paths For Gonzalez

It’s been a rough few days for Jay Gonzalez. A new Suffolk University poll shows him trailing Governor Charlie Baker by ... Read more

20 Sep 2018

26mins

Ranked #18

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Two From Kadzis: Baker And Walsh's T Tiff / Warren Gets The Kiddie Table

Two From Kadzis: Baker And Walsh's T Tiff / Warren Gets The Kiddie Table

We’re doing something different in this episode. Instead of bringing his wisdom incrementally, over the course of a Q an... Read more

20 Jun 2019

31mins

Ranked #19

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Rantgate Reconsidered — Plus, The #FITN Ghosts Of Governors Past

Rantgate Reconsidered — Plus, The #FITN Ghosts Of Governors Past

That thing Governor Charlie Baker said at the MLK Breakfast, right after Congressswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke…. Oof. Ser... Read more

23 Jan 2020

35mins

Ranked #20

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Did Barack Obama's Earliest Policy Decisions Give Us Donald Trump?

Did Barack Obama's Earliest Policy Decisions Give Us Donald Trump?

The election of Donald Trump can seem overdetermined, to use academic parlance: from Russian skulduggery to Hillary Clin... Read more

5 Jun 2019

30mins

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