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The Myriad Misdeeds of Moscow Mitch McConnell

The Myriad Misdeeds of Moscow Mitch McConnell

How did Mitch McConnell become Trump’s enabler-in-chief? Virginia Heffernan talks to Jane Mayer, staff writer at The New... Read more

24 Apr 2020

42mins

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When Trump Trolls Give Up The War

When Trump Trolls Give Up The War

Virginia Heffernan talks to David Weissman, once a hardcore self-described Trump troll, about his story -- how he first ... Read more

18 May 2019

42mins

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The Obama Backlash in Two Parts

The Obama Backlash in Two Parts

Jamelle Bouie talks to Cornell Belcher, president of Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies, about the Obama backla... Read more

14 Oct 2017

33mins

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Pardon Me, Mr. President.

Pardon Me, Mr. President.

Jacob Weisberg talks to Bloomberg columnist and professor of law at Harvard, Noah Feldman, about just who the President ... Read more

24 Jul 2017

29mins

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The Press Conference That Did Him In?

The Press Conference That Did Him In?

Jacob Weisberg is joined by fellow Trumpcast cohosts Virginia Heffernan and Jamelle Bouie to talk about Donald Trump's p... Read more

16 Aug 2017

27mins

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A Separate Narrative

A Separate Narrative

Jamelle Bouie talks to Osita Nwanevu, a writer at Slate covering conservative media, about what is happening over at Fox... Read more

10 Aug 2017

22mins

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The Mueller Report: the Executive Summaries

The Mueller Report: the Executive Summaries

Don’t have time to read the whole Mueller report? Now there’s a podcast for that. Listen to Slate’s Gabriel Roth and Jun... Read more

18 Apr 2019

1hr 1min

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Articles of Impeachment

Articles of Impeachment

Jacob Weisberg and Harvard Law Professor, Noah Feldman, discuss the three most pressing categories from which the articl... Read more

10 Apr 2017

48mins

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Getting Off Easy

Getting Off Easy

Jacob Weisberg is joined by ProPublica's Jesse Eisinger to talk about how Don Jr. & Ivanka Trump avoided felony frau... Read more

12 Oct 2017

33mins

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The Return of the Dossier and The End for Flynn?

The Return of the Dossier and The End for Flynn?

Jacob Weisberg talks to Lawfare's Managing Editor Susan Hennessey about the Trump administration's decision to not immed... Read more

11 Feb 2017

31mins

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A Mueller Report Next-Day Debrief

A Mueller Report Next-Day Debrief

On this first day after the release of the Mueller Report, Virginia Heffernan talks revelations and redactions with Jed ... Read more

19 Apr 2019

51mins

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Ford's Credibility and Kavanaugh's Lies

Ford's Credibility and Kavanaugh's Lies

Virginia Heffernan talks to Michelle Goldberg, columnist at The New York Times, about the latest surrounding Brett Kavan... Read more

20 Sep 2018

30mins

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The Cohen Plea and Manafort Verdict

The Cohen Plea and Manafort Verdict

Virginia Heffernan talks to Mimi Rocah, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, about Coh... Read more

22 Aug 2018

24mins

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The Anti-Fascists AKA The Antifa

The Anti-Fascists AKA The Antifa

Virginia Heffernan chats with Mark Bray, the author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook to figure just who the antifa a... Read more

19 Aug 2017

26mins

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666 5th Ave.

666 5th Ave.

Virginia Heffernan talks to Bloomberg News reporter Caleb Melby about the Kushner family history, the building on 666 5t... Read more

29 Mar 2017

35mins

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Understanding Conspiracy In Trump Times

Understanding Conspiracy In Trump Times

Yascha Mounk talks to Nancy Rosenblum and Russ Muirhead, co-authors of “A Lot Of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism... Read more

25 Apr 2019

32mins

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Former Federal Prosecutors Agree On Trump

Former Federal Prosecutors Agree On Trump

Virginia Heffernan welcomes back Mimi Rocah, former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York and MSNBC l... Read more

29 May 2019

54mins

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The Thing With These Investigations

The Thing With These Investigations

Jacob Weisberg speaks with Jeffrey Toobin of CNN and The New Yorker about what we could expect as Mueller gears up as sp... Read more

19 May 2017

25mins

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The Pence Shake Up and Republican Sentiments

The Pence Shake Up and Republican Sentiments

Virginia Heffernan talks to Ashley Parker, a White House reporter at the Washington Post, about Mike Pence shaking up hi... Read more

3 Jul 2017

26mins

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Why People Fall For Trump’s Political Cult

Why People Fall For Trump’s Political Cult

Virginia Heffernan talks to Steven Hassan, author of The Cult of Trump, about why we fall for cults, Trump’s brainwashin... Read more

9 Jan 2020

53mins

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