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Reaction Podcast: Trump Goes Long
Galen speaks with Nathaniel Rakich and Mary Radcliffe in this late night reaction to President Trump's...
ListenIs The Era Of ‘Macho Man’ Politics Here?
Congress has kept relatively quiet during the first month of President Donald Trump's second term, but...
ListenNo, It's Not Getting More Dangerous To Fly
It has been a difficult month for Americans afraid of flying. On Jan. 29, an American Airlines jet collided...
ListenDemocrats Aren't Popular. What Should They Do About It?
The Democratic Party has reached at least a 15-year low in the public’s view, according to a recent...
ListenTrump's Theory Of Presidential Power
In honor of Presidents’ Day, in this installment of the 538 Politics podcast Galen speaks with constitutional...
ListenA Valentine? In This Romantic Recession?
On this Valentine’s Day installment of the 538 Politics podcast, Galen is joined by Daniel Cox and...
ListenHow Data Became A Political Football
In this post-Super Bowl edition of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew kicks things off with some prop...
ListenThe View From Europe
In the post-war world order, the United States and Europe have been among the closest of allies. What...
ListenWill Tariffs End Trump’s Honeymoon?
After months of promising to impose tariffs on U.S. trading partners, President Donald Trump has made...
ListenTrump’s Federal Funding Fiasco
This week, the Trump administration oversaw a federal funding fiasco. The Office of Management and Budget...
ListenWhat Americans Think About Trump's Plans
President Donald Trump begins his second term as one of the least popular presidents in modern polling...
ListenWill Trump's Agenda Make It Through Congress?
The first few days of President Donald Trump’s second term have featured an avalanche of executive...
ListenTrump's Second Term Begins
The crew reacts to President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address, as well as Trump’s plans for...
ListenThe Highs and Lows of Biden’s Presidency
With just days remaining in President Joe Biden’s term, the crew reflects on the past four years and...
ListenHow Serious Is Trump About Greenland?
With one week remaining before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, the nation is orienting...
ListenCampaign Throwback: 'The Beer Question'
This is the third installment of the 538 Politics podcast mini-series, “Campaign Throwback.” Across...
ListenWhat Will The Politics of 2025 Look Like?
What’s on the horizon for American politics in 2025? In this episode of the 538 Politics podcast,...
ListenCampaign Throwback: 'Soccer Moms'
This is the second installment of the 538 Politics podcast mini-series, “Campaign Throwback.” Across...
ListenCampaign Throwback: 'The Economy, Stupid'
This is the first installment of the 538 Politics podcast mini-series, “Campaign Throwback.” Across...
ListenWhat We're Putting In Our 2024 Time Capsule
What would you save to remember 2024 in politics? In the second part of our end-of-year series on the...
ListenOur 2024 Superlatives
How do you measure a year? In votes cast? Money spent? Or in “seasons of love”? On this end-of-2024...
ListenWhat Happens To Trump's Legal Cases Now?
Earlier this year, as President-elect Donald Trump mounted his campaign to return to the presidency,...
ListenA Topsy-Turvy Week In Review
What even happened last week?! On this episode of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew catches Galen up...
ListenYour Post-Election Questions, Answered
In this post-election mailbag episode, the crew tackles your burning questions about the 2024 election....
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