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Jordan Klepper: Is what we're living through fu...
Comedy Central host Jordan Klepper discusses satire, conspiracy theorists (including Donald Trump), and working on a fake news show in the "fake news" era.
31 min
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John Dean: Trump's inner circle has no idea wha...
John Dean, Nixon's White House counsel, has a warning for Trump's team: they're repeating the mistakes of Watergate, this isn't going to end any time soon, and nobody should assume they're prepared.
44 min
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Bill de Blasio says he isn’t running for presid...
In Des Moines, de Blasio talks about the New Yorkers who could run in 2020, and the direction progressives should head.
40 min
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Joe Manchin: How Trump is losing red-state Demo...
Manchin talks about moonshine, the ‘chickenshit’ attacks on him, and what he sees as the 'atrocious’ treatment of Al Franken.
54 min
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PREVIEW: Why Sen. Joe Manchin thinks Al Franken...
“What they did to Al, the Democrats, was the most hypocritical thing I've ever seen done to a human being,” says Manchin.
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Petraeus: ‘Life is not full of high-five moments’
The retired general and former CIA director explains why he thinks Trump’s foreign policy is more continuation than change, what he knows about Mike Flynn, and
65 min
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Trump’s threat to take down the GOP still stands
Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie don’t know if Donald Trump will remain a Republican, but they believe Republicans owe him their loyalty.
47 min
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Capitol Hill braces for a wave of sexual harass...
Isaac talks with Politico congressional reporters Rachael Bade and Elana Schor about Al Franken, John Conyers, Roy Moore, why Hill staffers fear what leadership will do if they speak out and what it will take for the ‘dam to break.’
36 min
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Garry Kasparov on whether Trump could beat Puti...
The Russian pro-democracy activists on strategy, transparency, and how chess made him interested in politics.
34 min
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Perry: The Cabinet won’t stop Trump from launch...
Former Secretary of Defense Bill Perry is America’s nuclear conscience — and he’s worried.
40 min
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What Jed Bartlet and Jack Donaghy would say to ...
Interviews with Alec Baldwin and Bradley Whitford
31 min
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Eric Holder is done holding his tongue
The former Attorney General talks impeachment, redistricting, and why Jeff Sessions is “racially unaware.”
37 min
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Nancy Pelosi isn’t going anywhere
Nancy Pelosi is hated; she’s a hero. She’s the Democrats’ secret weapon; she’s the Republicans’ favorite target. She’s been around politics her entire life...
58 min
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Preet Bharara: Trump, indictments and the Godfa...
For years, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was one of the most feared prosecutors in America. Then President Trump asked him to resign...
50 min
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Thom Tillis: ‘If they don’t like the process, ...
North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis discusses his dream of going to Burning Man and how he sees Breitbart and the Huffington Post as the same...
54 min
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Puerto Rico's Jenniffer Gonzalez to Trump: ‘We...
Puerto Rico's delegate in Congress discusses what she made of President Trump’s promise to wipe away the territory’s debt...
40 min
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Mark Kelly to lawmakers opposing gun laws: ‘You...
Captain Mark Kelly sits down to discuss gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting...
41 min
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Rob Reiner tries to find the truth about Trump ...
Actor and activist Rob Reiner sits down with Isaac Dovere in New York to discuss Russia, Trump, cultural fights sweeping and country and celebrities' role in all of it.
38 min
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Jeff Merkley: Meet the leader of the vast left-...
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley discusses what became of the wind turbine he built in his backyard, how an offhand slight in the math-science center in high school got him started in his first race...
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Will Hurd: Everybody needs to stand up
Texas Congressman Will Hurd has a message for Republicans who don’t like the funding deal President Donald Trump made with Democrats: Get yourself together, or quit complaining.
36 min
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Dolores Huerta: I think the '60s are back
Dolores Huerta, the famed labor leader who marched with Cesar Chavez and coined his rallying cry, is still mad as hell—and she was spitting fire when I asked her about..
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How Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan became unbeatable
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan discusses his unexpected write-in victory, turning around the city's urban decline and turning the street lights back on.
40 min
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Al Sharpton & Jerry Nadler on hate in America
Rev. Al Sharpton and Rep. Jerry Nadler, who battled Donald Trump for years in New York, consider the lasting consequences of his Charlottesville comments and their own experiences with racism and anti-Semitism.
57 min
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Cecile Richards and the future of choice politics
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards discusses women senators' role in the health care repeal vote, the resilience of volunteers and clinics, and what the future holds for the abortion fight.
32 min
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Alaska Gov. Bill Walker on the future of indepe...
Bill Walker sits down with Isaac Dovere to discuss the last time he saw Sarah Palin, standing in the middle of a river at age 12 when an earthquake destroyed his hometown and what his meetings during Energy Week at the White House were like.
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