An all-star panel discusses how #MeToo changes the way we think about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, why the scandals of 1998 would play out differently in today's media environment, and what Trump learned from Clinton's example. Join Politico editor-in-chief John Harris, New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker, Politico chief international affairs columnist Susan B. Glasser, and Yahoo News chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff for a roundtable discussion of the...
Jan 21, 2018•52 min
DNC chairman Tom Perez is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. He shares his personal reaction to President Trump's comment about 'shithole countries,' and explains why he thinks the "party of Lincoln" is dead — despite the fact the GOP controls the White House, Congress, judicial branch, and most state governments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 16, 2018•41 min•Ep. 119
Jordan Klepper has spent the last three months hosting the Alex Jones-style parody “The Opposition” on Comedy Central, working hard to get into the head of all the conspiracy theorists — including President Donald Trump himself — who’ve latched onto tales of illegal voters and the “deep state” and media witch hunts. And he's scared of what he's seen there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 09, 2018•32 min•Ep. 118
John Dean, the former Nixon White House counsel, has a memo for White House lawyer Ty Cobb and the rest of President Donald Trump’s defenders as they enter 2018: believing the investigation and prosecutions will be over any time soon is “wishful thinking.” And, says the man who famously flipped and became the Watergate prosecution’s star witness in the process that helped take down Richard Nixon, no one in the president’s orbit should assume they’re prepared for everything that cooperating witne...
Jan 02, 2018•45 min•Ep. 117
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes a break during his trip to Iowa to sit down with Isaac and assure him he isn't running for president. Hizzoner talks about why he's a polarizing figure, what it's like being a progressive leader in the Trump era, and what he thinks about all the New Yorkers being mentioned as 2020 candidates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 26, 2017•41 min•Ep. 116
Joe Manchin is a rare breed: a West Virginia Democrat and self-proclaimed “radical moderate.” He's one of 10 Senate Democrats up for reelection in 2018 in states that Trump won. Red-state Democrats like Manchin should have been putty in the president’s hands. Instead, he’s alienated them to the point that he’s neither feared nor loved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 19, 2017•54 min•Ep. 115
An exclusive preview of our upcoming episode with Sen. Joe Manchin, in which he talks about the sexual misconduct allegations against Al Franken, why he hopes Franken doesn't resign, and what he sees as total hypocrisy on the part of his fellow Democratic senators Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 18, 2017•3 min
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 what his own woes have taught him about life not being an endless series of 'high-five moments.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 12, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 113
Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie don’t know if Donald Trump will remain a Republican, but they believe Republicans owe him their loyalty. They join Isaac to discuss their new campaign tell-all, Donald Trump, and why they think Paul Manafort deserves what’s coming to him. Also, Eliana Johnson swings by to discuss Trump’s inner circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 05, 2017•47 min•Ep. 112
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 about sexual harassment and what it will take for the ‘dam to break’ and unleash a wave of scandals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 28, 2017•37 min•Ep. 111
Chess? That’s not what Garry Kasparov sees Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin playing—three-dimensional or any other kind. But if they did sit down for a game, the former grandmaster knows who’d win: “Both of them despise playing by the rules, so it’s who will cheat first.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 21, 2017•35 min•Ep. 110
Former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry is America’s nuclear conscience — and he’s worried. We talk to him about nukes, North Korea, and the two times he’s stared down the apocalypse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 14, 2017•40 min•Ep. 109
Alec Baldwin inhabits Donald Trump on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Bradley Whitford spent years in ‘The West Wing.’ Here’s what their time with fake presidents tells them about the real one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 10, 2017•32 min•Ep. 108
An Election Day special: Heading out on the campaign trail, we talk with former Attorney General Eric Holder, who has taken to the stump himself to rally Democrats in Virginia, and occupies a newly political role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 07, 2017•37 min•Ep. 107
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 — she tells us about a time she ditched her school’s Model UN to sit next to JFK at dinner — and at 77, shows no signs of slowing down. With Democrats out of power and Pelosi under attack from her own members, she has re-emerged as an essential player in Washington. But while the Democratic Party is in a rolling existential crisis, can she ho...
Nov 02, 2017•58 min•Ep. 106
For years, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was one of the most feared prosecutors in America. Then President Trump asked him to resign. Now, as Robert Mueller’s investigation unleashes its opening torrent of indictments, we talk to Bharara about the president who ousted him, what to make the special prosecutor’s investigation into Trump’s orbit, and a similarity between Donald Trump and Vito Corleone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 31, 2017•51 min•Ep. 105
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. The Republican also explains about the need to focus on results in the Senate and his commitment to conservative ideals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 24, 2017•54 min•Ep. 104
Puerto Rico's delegate in Congress discusses what she made of President Trump’s promise to wipe away the territory’s debt, what she thinks will happen now that the White House has backtracked on it, and the new kind of community thinking that’s taken root since Hurricane Maria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 17, 2017•41 min•Ep. 103
Captain Mark Kelly sits down to discuss gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, how Gabby Giffords feels about returning to stand with her old colleagues on the Hill, and his own feelings about President Trump’s space council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2017•41 min•Ep. 102
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 26, 2017•39 min•Ep. 101
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, and the experience of being watched by North Korean troops last month on his trip to the border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 19, 2017•47 min•Ep. 100
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. Hurd discusses how President Trump handled Charlottesville, bipartisanship in Congress and even brags about how many of his bills Barack Obama signed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 11, 2017•36 min•Ep. 99
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 President Trump’s plans to stop protecting undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 05, 2017•26 min•Ep. 98
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan discusses his unexpected write-in victory, turning around the city's urban decline and turning the street lights back on. Plus, the mayor discusses his close relationship with Joe Biden and what John Kelly told him about the city's immigration policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 29, 2017•41 min•Ep. 97
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 22, 2017•57 min•Ep. 96
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 15, 2017•33 min•Ep. 95
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 08, 2017•34 min•Ep. 94
Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick sits down with Isaac Dovere at Bain Capital in Boston to discuss his decision to join the investment firm, his tight-knit relationship with President Obama and what's next for his political career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 01, 2017•44 min•Ep. 93
Comedian Maz Jobrani reflects back on his own immigrant experience as a child and how that has influenced his perception of the world, especially now that the country is charged by policies like President Trump's travel ban. Jobrani discusses white protester privilege, finding the funny in Trump, and the president's appeals to some immigrants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 29, 2017•29 min•Ep. 92
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sits down with Isaac Dovere to discuss gerrymandering, the similarities between politics and show business, and why he gets under President Trump's skin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 25, 2017•46 min•Ep. 91
