POLITICO's Nerdcast
POLITICO's top reporters dive into the political landscape, the latest numbers that matter, and detail what's really happening behind closed doors. They're people who spend Friday nights poring over poll numbers or the latest Federal Election Commission reports — so if you want to understand how the modern politics game is played, this is the podcast for you. New episodes every Friday, hosted by Scott Bland.
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Unpacking the government shutdown
The government is shutdown…and everyone seems pretty mellow about it. Why aren’t more people freaking out?
17 min
102
Examining Trump's grip on GOP leaders
The president has been able to get once resistant GOP party leaders to fall in line — but how?
28 min
103
Republicans are in a shutdown pickle
Hope for avoiding shutdown is evaporating.
28 min
104
The invisible primary becomes visible
Reading 2020 tea leaves and a look back on the Bloody Eighth
25 min
105
Connecting the dots of the Mueller investigation
POLITICO reporters discuss Nancy Pelosi's steps toward reclaiming the gavel as Speaker of the House, and as the Mueller investigation heats up, we help connect the dots.
26 min
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How pardons hang over the Mueller investigation
Host Scott Bland is joined by presidential historian Jeffrey Engel and Politico senior reporter Darren Samuelsohn in an attempt to understand how the president's pardons hang over the Mueller investigation.
30 min
107
The precarious power of the progressive left
Progressives on the Hill sit in a precarious place: sometimes they pull the left farther left, but other times they falter and fail. How do they fit into the future of the democratic party?
24 min
108
Trump comes to grips with divided government
24 min
109
How to make sense of the midterm results
We explain how Democrats won so much in the House but lost so much in the Senate.
20 min
110
What we're watching for on election night
'Twas the week before midterms and all through the House everyone was stirring and totally freaking out!
29 min
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We watched every campaign ad so you don't have to
POLITICO campaign reporter Zach Montellaro has been watching hundreds of political ads — and lived to tell the tale.
29 min
112
All election edition: Live at Politicon
36 min
113
Inside Donald Trump's safe space
Money talks and The Donald jokes.
36 min
114
Whose Kavanaugh vote is going to hurt them the ...
The future of of Murkowski and Collins and a Race Ratings and midterm check-in
34 min
115
The White House's nickname for President Trump
Inside the White House as Kavanaugh's hearing moves forward and the two sides of vulnerable republicans.
28 min
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What are the political consequences of Kavanaug...
31 min
117
Behind the scenes as Kavanaugh's nomination hit...
Kavanaugh's hearing and midterm elections that will be real nail biters.
34 min
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The politics of hurricanes explained
34 min
119
Is the left building its own Tea Party or somet...
Democrats seem to be after style as much as substance in 2018
32 min
120
Trump's pre-Magna Carta mindset
30 min
121
Inside Trump's split screen reality
A guilty verdict, a guilty plea, and an indictment. What a week in national politics.
33 min
122
BONUS: Did a presidential pardon just become mo...
Did a presidential pardon just become more likely?
13 min
123
High primary turnout creates more centrist Dems
We break down what happened during the primaries on Tuesday night, and what we're expecting to see in the midterms and beyond
27 min
124
Bernie-backed underdogs underperform
Bernie Sanders is endorsing underdog candidates. Winning is a long shot, but there might be a bigger strategy at play.
34 min
125
Trump gets into the midterms. Big league.
How do you win in 2020? By coming out on top in 2018.
32 min