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Lie, Block, Betray: Trump After the Blue Wave
November 14th, 2018
The midterms aren't over: votes are being counted and recounted in key battleground states. This week, we take you directly to Broward County, Florida, where reporter Pema Levy is staking out the local elections …
Breaking News Edition: Trump Goes Full Mob Boss
November 7th, 2018
It happened: The Attorney General of the United States has been fired. This news came with a giant Trumpian thump Wednesday morning—while votes are still being counted in an election that handed the House back to …
Trump Wakes Up Shaking
November 7th, 2018
On this late-breaking episode: How to understand this historic night as the political makeup of the country is being written in real-time—like, as we …
Trump Ate the GOP. Now He’s Digesting It.
October 31st, 2018
On today's show, our Washington D.C. bureau chief David Corn offers his assessment of how the president and his party are mining the worst of America's ancient grievances—on race, religion, and nationalism—for new …
It’s Finally Time to Talk About the Polls
October 24th, 2018
On this week’s show: After 2016, can we really trust the polls? With just two weeks until the midterm elections on November 6, we gather some of the …
Road Trip Through the Battleground States
October 17th, 2018
On this week's show: Buckle up for a Mother Jones road trip to three of the most contentious battleground states in the upcoming November elections—and they’re all in the Southwest. First, Senior Reporter Tim Murphy …
The Argument for Rage
October 10th, 2018
This week: We’re in the home stretch—only 27 days to go until the midterms. As Brett Kavanaugh gets to work, rockstar feminist writer Rebecca …
The Conservative Case for Destroying the GOP
October 3rd, 2018
On this week's episode, Mother Jones DC Bureau Chief David Corn chats with Max Boot, the lauded conservative stalwart who now believes the GOP must be destroyed—for good. Boot says that the Trumpian poison cannot be …
Breaking News Edition: Ford’s Bravery, Kavanaugh's Fury
September 28th, 2018
A special episode of the Mother Jones Podcast: All the breaking news from the Kavanaugh hearings, explained. First, the gut-wrenching testimony from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor who accused …
A Constitutional Crisis Is Just a Tweet Away
September 26th, 2018
On this week's episode, inside the fight for Medicaid expansion at the polls in November. The fate of Obamacare is on the ballot—and now up to voters …
Coming Soon: The Mother Jones Podcast
May 17th, 2018
Follow the thread. Untangle the news. The Mother Jones Podcast is coming soon, featuring original and independent journalism from our award-winning …
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