There's a titanic battle brewing over the future of the Internet, social media, and tech. It's Facebook vs. Apple: two behemoths with very different visions of privacy, who their customers are, what they're selling, and what the rules should be. Business and investing expert Chris Hill walks us through the fight that could define the future of media, commerce, and technology. These discussions normally appear in our Capitol Close Up podcast , so please check that out and subscribe for more fasci...
Mar 03, 2021•22 min
Harvard Associate Robert Paarlberg takes on everything we thought we knew about organic and locally-grown food. Think it's better for health, the climate, the environment, low-income communities, and feeding a hungry world? Not so fast! An unbiased look at the much more nuanced truth about farming, eating, and helping the planet, based on Dr. Paarlberg's new book: “Resetting the Table: Straight Talk about the Food We Grow and Eat.”...
Mar 01, 2021•43 min
It's not as far-fetched as you might think. Also, an epic failure from Ted Cruz's staff, lessons in bad crisis management from Andrew Cuomo, and how to make everyone stop hating the media so much.
Feb 23, 2021•44 min
At least 44 Americans are being held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad today . A few years ago, American freelance conflict journalist Jim Foley was one of them. After his public execution, his mother Diane Foley founded the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation. Diane joins us to discuss the Foundation's critical work to advocate for the safety of Americans held abroad, and especially to promote the safety of journalists. We explore difficult questions, like how do we protect Americans from bein...
Feb 22, 2021•43 min
Matt Robison sits down with Sarah Jones, the Editor-in-Chief of PoliticusUSA.com, to talk about how the Great Ideas show came about, why they both feel it is so important to explore serious, positive ideas for change, how the show and website are planning to collaborate, and why it's so important to hear constructive ideas from across the ideological spectrum -- even the ones you don't agree with. Great Ideas is available on Apple , Spotify , Google , Anchor , Breaker , PocketCasts , RadioPublic...
Feb 19, 2021•44 min
We are so excited to announce a new show, broadcast on WKXL in New Hampshire, and launched as a podcast this week. It's called " Great Ideas ." We all know that America faces challenges. But we’ve also got smart people who spend every day coming up with great ideas for how to meet those challenges. That's what this show is all about. Washington's top policy experts from across the ideological spectrum – the people that our leaders listen to – explaining how an issue or a policy really works, and...
Feb 19, 2021•1 min
The roundtable tackles whether the Lincoln Project was all a con, should we re-open schools now, if the San Francisco school board vote to remove Abraham Lincoln's name from a school is a sign of the woke Left losing its mind, if its time for a change in federal marijuana policy, and whether a "low hanging fruit" approach is right on immigration.
Feb 17, 2021•44 min
With so much focus on our domestic problems, it’s easy to lose sight of the very serious challenges, conflicts, and threats that face us around the world: an Iran that could be within weeks of having the materials to make a nuclear bomb, an aggressive and nuclear-armed Russia, ongoing and tragic warfare in Yemen, and deep tensions in the strait of Taiwan involving nuclear-armed China which also wields the largest military in the world. Our guest John Tierney is the Executive Director at Council ...
Feb 15, 2021•44 min
Senior Congressional Democratic leader and Intelligence Committee member Peter Welch describes efforts to fight extremists in America and the forces -- foreign and domestic -- that support them. He also describes what practical climate legislation could accomplish for the American economy. Then, Paul and Matt break down what it would take to really reform social media and protect American democracy from bots, trolls, foreign manipulations, and misinformation.
Feb 08, 2021•45 min
Former Congressman Paul Hodes, columnist/radio host Alicia Preston, and former congressional staffer/political analyst Matt Robison break down the politics and policy of Covid rescue negotiations, Republican infighting, and Jewish space lasers from the left, right, and center.
Feb 03, 2021•45 min
Chris Hill is the host of Motley Fool Money, the #1 stock investing radio show in America. He joins us to walk through the deeper implications of the Gamestop saga: what does the social media age of investing really mean for the market, investors, the economy, and businesses? Is this democracy in action, or a social media flash mob run amok? Should the government do something? And how should regular investors think about all of this?
Feb 01, 2021•45 min
Congressman John Sarbanes authored the For the People Act, the single most important piece of legislation in Congress. Democrats have made it their very first bill introduced in both the House and Senate for a good reason: it might just save American democracy. What it does and why it's so critical, with Congressman Sarbanes, Paul, and Matt.
Jan 25, 2021•45 min
A one-two punch of investing insight this week. First, Chris Hill, host of Motley Fool Money, breaks down the big stock market runup, a make or beak 6 months for Hollywood, and what Coke& Pepsi marketing strategies tell us. Then, personal financial advisor Mike Morton gives a primer on investing strategy: how to think about a portfolio, and what to put in it.
Jan 19, 2021•45 min
Republican political analyst Alicia Preston, two-term Democratic Congressman Paul Hodes, and center-left political analyst Matt Robison break down Biden's rescue plan, his flurry of executive orders, and how Republicans plan to move strategically away from Donald Trump (and whether they even can).
Jan 19, 2021•45 min
New Hampshire attorney and reproductive rights advocate Monica Ciolfi joins The Wrap with Paul Hodes
Jan 13, 2021•22 min
Veteran journalist Jamie Steihm was there in the House Chamber when the attack took place on January 6. She shares her first-hand account of what really happened.
Jan 13, 2021•22 min
Alicia Preston, Matt Robison, and Paul Hodes debate the 25th amendment, impeachment, and where the parties go from here.
Jan 12, 2021•45 min
Lawrence Douglas, a constitutional scholar and author of "Will He Go" - a comprehensive study of how the 2020 election could melt down - joins us now that the meltdown has happened to explain impeachment, pardons, the 25th amendment, and how to safely usher Donald Trump out of office.
Jan 11, 2021•45 min
Yesterday, we recorded two special episodes about Democrats' Senate wins in Georgia. As we were preparing to release them, the news of the violent intrusion into the Capitol complex broke, and we just released an emergency episode focusing on that horrifying attack. But here are the two earlier, important discussions of the implications of the Democratic takeover of the US Senate with Democratic consultant and podcast host Cliff Schecter, followed by noted author and political analyst Joshua Hol...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Yesterday, we recorded special episodes about the big news of Democrats' Senate wins in Georgia. As we were preparing to release them as podcasts, the news of the violent intrusion into the Capitol complex broke. So today, we recorded this new, emergency episode focusing on that horrifying attack. We will release it back to back with the episodes about Democrats winning the Senate majority to give a full analysis of these historic, unprecedented 24 hours for America.
Jan 07, 2021•45 min
PoliticusUSA Editor In Chief Sarah Jones walks through how media, Democrats, and Republicans will each adapt after Trump leaves office. Can any of them quit their Trump addiction, or will he be the center of American political gravity for everyone in the years ahead?
Jan 05, 2021•45 min
Dartmouth Professor Brendan Nyhan is a leading expert on something that we all take for granted, but is getting trickier and trickier these days: facts. We dive into why such deep misconceptions of basic facts are growing, what they mean for our political system, and whether anything can be done to stop them.
Jan 04, 2021•45 min
Business and investing expert Chris Hill joins for a double episode chock full of insights on a wild year for the economy. Is Dominoes a tech company now? What was the secret that some restaurants realized could help them survive? Did Nike win the year? The answers to these and a lot more of your burning 2020 investment questions inside...
Dec 30, 2020•45 min
2020 has been...a bummer. Paul and Matt end the year on a high note by handing out end of year awards...who was the Democrats' MVP? The Republicans'? The best piece of public opinion research? The most interesting news item you missed? And who won the year?
Dec 28, 2020•45 min
Sarah Ovaska, Associate Editor of Cardinal and Pine, reports on voter access: how did it really go in razor-thin North Carolina which has been mired in voting and redistricting controversy. Then Courier congressional reporter Elle Meyers explains what went down with Betsy DeVos and her call for the Department of Education to "resist" the Biden administration, and details how Ivanka Trump interfered with the CDC.
Dec 24, 2020•45 min
Veteran conservative political analyst Alicia Preston joins the panel to break down Congress' Covid relief plan, what Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's big loss means, and what is up with Donald Trump turning into a political ghost.
Dec 22, 2020•45 min
Congressman Steve Cohen is in charge of the committee in congress that is supposed to stand up for the Constitution. He reacts to President Trump's desperation moves in his final days, explains how to work with Republicans who are still backing Trump, and shares how he plans to keep our country from ending up in this lawless position again.
Dec 21, 2020•45 min
What's up with AirBnB and UberEats IPOs...overheated or the right long-term play? The white hot streaming wars get even hotter. And why is Draft Kings doing so well?
Dec 18, 2020•22 min
Veteran writer and progressive political analyst Joshua Holland explains the potential for lasting damage from the Trump political legacy, talks through how to fix voting in America, and dives deep into the intra-party divide among Democrats.
Dec 16, 2020•22 min
Veteran Senate insider Ryan McConaghy gives a look ahead at what razor-thin Senate and House majorities mean for 2021...will anything get done? And if so, what? Paul shares what it's like behind the scenes among House Democrats under Nancy Pelosi.
Dec 14, 2020•45 min
