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Original political stories inspired by current events. A weekly fix for political junkies combining compelling clips from the C-SPAN archives (iconic and obscure), history, trivia – and often a healthy helping of comedy.

Episode Date
An Oral History of Senate TV: 40 Years of Memorable Moments on C-SPAN2, with Carl Hulse, Paul Kane, Chad Pergram – Part I
May 28, 2026
Governors Celebrate America 250: Great American History from State of State Speeches, Part 2
May 21, 2026
Governors Celebrate America 250: Great American History from State of State Speeches, Part 1
May 14, 2026
When DC Laughed at Itself: Dan Glickman and the Golden Age of Political Comedy
May 07, 2026
Governors Who Might Run for President Drop Big Hints in State of State Addresses
Apr 30, 2026
Funniest Jokes Presidents Told at WHCA Dinners — With Special Guest Tamara Keith
Apr 23, 2026
1996 SHOCKER: Clinton Press Secretary Confesses to Smoking Joint When Young
Apr 16, 2026
The British Are Coming – To Congress! Charles, Churchill, And Memorable Moments from British Leaders Addressing Congress
Apr 09, 2026
 Before Trump and Maduro and Venezuela: Bush and Noriega and Panama 
Apr 02, 2026
Washington Post Sports Writers
Mar 26, 2026
For C-SPAN's 47th Anniversary, Something Rare: Top Moments from the House Ethics Committee
Mar 19, 2026
The First-Ever ExMo Prize for Best Movie Reference by a Politician — Awarded by Bob Cusack!
Mar 12, 2026
Ben Sasse picks his favorite speaking moments as a U.S. Senator
Mar 05, 2026
The death of Jesse Jackson - and the birth of a Sister Souljah moment
Feb 26, 2026
Why State of the Union Addresses Matter: Foreign Policy
Feb 19, 2026
Lou Cannon — Reagan biographer - Remembered by Carl Cannon
Feb 12, 2026
When Super Bowl Sunday Collided with Senate Session Sunday
Feb 05, 2026
What Is a Discharge Petition? What Does It have To Do with Jeffrey Epstein, Stocks, and Healthcare? Scott Wong Has Answers
Jan 29, 2026
PART 2 - 8 political sex scandals…w/ Washington Post's Roxanne Roberts
Jan 22, 2026
PART 1 - 8 political sex scandals…w/ Washington Post's Roxanne Roberts
Jan 15, 2026
Congress Cites – and Attends -- the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
Jan 08, 2026
Favorite! Best! Top! Funniest! Political Moments seen on C-SPAN in 2025: A Cate Martel Playlist!
Jan 01, 2026
Extreme Mortman Explained: Howard Mortman’s Podcast on Politics, History, and the C-SPAN Archives
Dec 25, 2025
Presidents Get Winter Vacations – We Get Kirk Bado and Ledge King
Dec 18, 2025
What's It Like for Robert Redford to Play You in a Movie? Bob Woodward Has Answers
Dec 11, 2025
Dana Carvey and George Bush: A Comedian and a President Make Each Other Laugh
Dec 04, 2025
Thanksgiving Presidential Turkey Pardon Contest – With Justin Robert Young
Nov 25, 2025
Extreme Mortman: The New Almanac of American Politics Is Here! With Author Lou Jacobson
Nov 20, 2025
Presidential rhetoric after shootings and domestic attacks -- with historian Tevi Troy
Nov 13, 2025
Dick Cheney: What Did They Say About Him At CPAC?
Nov 06, 2025
Halloween: 11 Scary Moments in Politics – with Ledge King
Oct 30, 2025
Fawn Hall and Oliver North Get Married! Remembering the 1987 Iran-Contra Hearings
Oct 23, 2025
You've Got Podcast: A Political Farewell to AOL Dial-Up Internet Service
Oct 16, 2025
The House Freedom Caucus and Speaker Boehner's resignation: Ten Years Later
Oct 09, 2025
The 1973 Yom Kippur War: How Richard Nixon Is Remembered
Oct 02, 2025
Post-Season Baseball and Presidents – 8 Memorable Moments - with Carl Cannon
Sep 25, 2025
The Losers: Losing Presidential Candidates Explain their Losses
Sep 18, 2025
Congress and 9/11: "We are not Democrats or Republicans. We are Americans"
Sep 11, 2025
Remembering Mark Knoller — His Decades at the White House, and on C-SPAN
Sep 04, 2025
Presidents and Summer Vacations – Behind-the-scenes history with Kirk Bado
Aug 28, 2025
Warren Buffett's Father: The Rep. Howard Buffett Story
Aug 21, 2025
 Political Parties Like It's Fiscal Year 1999 
Aug 14, 2025
Tom Wickham's Five Most Memorable Moments as House Parliamentarian
Aug 07, 2025
It's the 50th anniversary of "Jaws" – So Let's Hear from Joe Scarborough and Hunter Scott
Jul 31, 2025
"We're all going to die" – Joni Ernst? Nope. Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Jul 24, 2025
"Peace Through Strength": The U.S.S. Ronald Reagan
Jul 17, 2025
Our Annual Supreme Court Justice Comedy Festival - With Special Guest Jon Macks
Jul 10, 2025
Fourth of July! Time for Fireworks – and Time to Think About Ex-Rep. Felix Grucci!
Jul 03, 2025
Fourth of July, America 250, Presidents — And Time Capsules
Jun 26, 2025
William F. Buckley: Republicans — and Democrats — in Congress Quote the Conservative Giant
Jun 19, 2025
President Birthdays: 10 fun facts about wishing and singing Happy Birthday to Presidents
Jun 12, 2025
Presidents and Politics with 6 Celebrity CEOs not named Elon Musk
Jun 05, 2025
Three Top Senate Reporters Share Favorite Senate TV Moments for C-SPAN2 Anniversary
May 29, 2025
Memorial Day: Presidents and the Vietnam War, 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon
May 22, 2025
Governors Say the Loveliest Things About Their Spouses
May 15, 2025
The Best-Of James Traficant Speeches – Annotated by Nick Gillespie of Reason Magazine
May 08, 2025
Ronald Reagan and Brian Mulroney: A U.S.-Canada Friendship
May 01, 2025
The Washington Hilton Is 60 — And Still Hosting the WHCA Dinner
Apr 24, 2025
Four Former WHCA Presidents Tell Us Their Favorite Big Media Dinner Moments and Inside Stories
Apr 17, 2025
How did a 1996 Senate Whitewater Hearing Seen on C-SPAN Inspire the Hit 2025 Netflix Series "The Residence"?
Apr 10, 2025
A Republican President, Canada, and Tariffs: What Ronald Reagan Said and Did
Apr 03, 2025
Annual Baseball Episode: An Oral History of the Washington Nationals, As Told By Congress
Mar 27, 2025
The JFK Assassination, Oliver Stone, and Conspiracy Theories — Now with President Trump
Mar 20, 2025
Three Top Political Podcasters Share Their Favorite Moment From The House on TV
Mar 13, 2025
DEBT FRET: In their First Speeches to Congress, New Presidents Aguish About the National Debt
Mar 06, 2025
SNL’S Chris Farley as Speaker Newt Gingrich: An Oral History
Feb 27, 2025
Congress Revises and Extends "Saturday Night Live"
Feb 20, 2025
Happy Valentine’s Day – Let’s Talk Tommy Gun - And Massacre
Feb 13, 2025
Presidents Talk Democracy Unfiltered
Feb 06, 2025
A Ford Eulogy for Carter, A Carter Eulogy for Ford
Jan 30, 2025
John Tower 1989: Senate Debates Defense Secretary – And Alcohol
Jan 23, 2025
Presidential Inaugurations: 11 Fun Facts About Administering The Oath of Office
Jan 16, 2025
Presidents Say Goodbye: Top Moments in Farewell Speeches from George Washington to Donald Trump
Jan 09, 2025
ELECTORAL VOTE LOSERS: When vice presidents tell Congress they’ve lost
Jan 02, 2025
A Short Take On The Making Of The Weekly Podcast
Dec 26, 2024
George Will: Five Decades at the Washington Post, Four Decades on C-SPAN
Dec 19, 2024
Farewell Charlie Palmer: Farewell To All The Steak, Farewell To All The Money
Dec 12, 2024
Meet the New Senators: Personal Stories From Victory Speeches
Dec 05, 2024
Thanksgiving: No Broccoli at President Bush's Table
Nov 27, 2024
Gaetz vs. Garland: Clues for What House Judiciary Oversight Hearings Sound Like
Nov 21, 2024
“Miracle”: Presidents Celebrate Peaceful Transfer of Power
Nov 14, 2024
Campaign 2024 In One Word, And It's Not a Good One
Nov 07, 2024
Top Moments from Presidential Candidate Victory and Concession Speeches
Oct 31, 2024
Halloween – When Presidential Campaign Language Turns Scary
Oct 24, 2024
"The West Wing" 25th Anniversary: President Jed Bartlet as SHEEN on C-SPAN
Oct 17, 2024
Al Smith Dinner: Funniest Jokes Told by Presidential Candidates
Oct 10, 2024
One Year In Congress Prayers Since Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas Attack on Israel
Oct 02, 2024
James Carville Turns 80 – It's the Podcast, Stupid
Sep 26, 2024
Vice Presidential Debates: Best-of, Legendary, and Funniest Moments, Phrases, and Zingers Since 1976
Sep 19, 2024
Oprah Winfrey … and Trump, Harris, Obamas, Biden, Clinton, Congress, and Politics …since 1991
Sep 12, 2024
Presidential debates – and the national debt
Sep 05, 2024
AI: History for Congress – and A New Voice for Jennifer Wexton
Aug 29, 2024
A Big August for Vice Presidents – Gerald Ford, 1974 – Kamala Harris 2024
Aug 22, 2024
Running Mates and the National Guard: Tim Walz? Nope. Dan Quayle
Aug 15, 2024
Jimmy Carter's Unique Relationship with Democratic Conventions
Aug 08, 2024
The Negro Leagues and Presidents and Politicians
Aug 01, 2024
Ronald Reagan’s Funniest Jokes About His Age
Jul 25, 2024
Presidential Acceptance Speeches: Top Lines and Phrases from Conventions Since 1960
Jul 18, 2024
Olympics Champions and Party Conventions: Pledging Allegiance and Endorsing Candidates
Jul 11, 2024
Fourth of July: Bob Michel Sings Patriotic Songs
Jul 03, 2024
Debate Moderators to Debate Audiences: SILENCE!
Jun 26, 2024
Ross Perot’s Greatest Moments in the 1992 Presidential Debates
Jun 20, 2024
Netanyahu's Record-Breaking Four Speeches in Congress
Jun 13, 2024
George Bush Would Have Been 100 – And He Might Have Jumped Out of An Airplane
Jun 06, 2024
D-Day 80th Anniversary Presidents Speak at Normandy
May 30, 2024
When Presidential Candidates Warned About “More of the Same”
May 23, 2024
National Enquirer and Presidential Politics Reporting: Gary Hart 1987
May 16, 2024
What Doug Mills Saw On 9/11
May 09, 2024
The Senate Prays … for O.J. Simpson
May 02, 2024
Mitch McConnell Comedy Festival
Apr 25, 2024
Nixon Death 30 Years Later: Remembering Congress Reaction
Apr 18, 2024
The War Between the States – of the States Addresses
Apr 11, 2024
Joe Lieberman, Rest In Comedy
Apr 04, 2024
In 2012, America Held a Presidential Election. So Did Russia.
Mar 28, 2024
A C-SPAN Playlist: 45 Notable Moments from 45 Notable Years
Mar 19, 2024
What Else Did Congress Say On March 19th, 1979, Day 1 of C-SPAN?
Mar 14, 2024
Did “Oppenheimer” Get That Big Scene Right?
Mar 07, 2024
Sports Illustrated: A Political Tribute and Political Memories
Feb 29, 2024
Immigration and State of the Union Addresses
Feb 22, 2024
The Clinton Impeachment Senate Trial – 25 Years ago This Month
Feb 15, 2024
Clarence Thomas: From Bush v. Gore to Trump v. Anderson
Feb 08, 2024
Sandra Day O’Connor, Part 2: Hear What The Other Justices Said About Her
Feb 01, 2024
14 Things You May Not Have Known About Sandra Day O’Connor
Jan 25, 2024
Lesser-Known Candidates and the New Hampshire Primary
Jan 18, 2024
Iowa Republican Caucus – Does It Matter Who Wins?
Jan 11, 2024
BONUS EPISODE: Behind the Podcast with Howard Mortman
Jan 04, 2024
CONGRESS 2023 YEAR-ENDER PART II: The Year in Mentions of George Orwell
Dec 28, 2023
CONGRESS 2023 YEAR-ENDER PART I: For Christmas, The Year in Mentions of Jesus
Dec 21, 2023
The Most Important Election Ever
Dec 14, 2023
George W. Bush: A Former President. Always A Texas Ranger
Dec 07, 2023
Expelling House Members: Santos Is No Traficant
Nov 28, 2023
Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon Jokes – Best, Worst, and Everything in Between
Nov 22, 2023
Kennedy Assassination 60th Anniversary: The Zapruder Film
Nov 16, 2023
Schwarzenegger -- A Milton Friedman Fan, Not An Economic "Girlie Man"
Nov 09, 2023
Milton Friedman: Worshipped by Some Politicians, Rejected By Others
Nov 02, 2023
The New Almanac of American Politics Is Out!
Oct 26, 2023
NRA Democrat John Dingell
Oct 19, 2023
Presidents and the 1983 Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing
Oct 12, 2023
Sen. Byrd Answers The Old Age issue Head On
Oct 05, 2023
Black Hawk Down: 30 Years Since the Battle of Mogadishu
Sep 28, 2023
Murphy Brown: When An Emmy-Winning TV Show Dominated a Presidential Campaign
Sep 21, 2023
Your Ticket To The Emmys -- Presidential Campaigns
Sep 14, 2023
Skinny kids with funny names who grew up to be politicians
Sep 07, 2023
Summering With The Clintons On Martha's Vineyard
Aug 31, 2023
Steve Martin: His Funniest Moments on BookTV
Aug 24, 2023
Jeff Schogol: His Best Questions From Pentagon Press Briefings
Aug 17, 2023
Booker and Bean: Bipartisan Passion for Presiding
Aug 10, 2023
Eddie Murphy: Nutty Professor of Politics
Aug 03, 2023
Actors Strike Hollywood: Starring Ronald Reagan
Jul 27, 2023
Dr. Barry Black 20 Years As Senate Chaplain: A Pray List
Jul 20, 2023
FAILED RUSSIAN COUP: Summer of 2023? Nope. Summer of 1991.
Jul 13, 2023
Congressional Baseball: Highlights, Hits, and Hugs
Jul 06, 2023
Fourth of July: Let the British Praise the USA
Jun 29, 2023
President Biden: Saving the Queen and Wishing Senior Year Luck
Jun 22, 2023
Elena Kagan, Supreme Comedian
Jun 15, 2023
ROSALYNN CARTER AND BETTY FORD -- A BOND OVER MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY
Jun 08, 2023
KISSINGER AT 100: HE TALKS BIG BIRTHDAYS FOR OTHER BIG PEOPLE
Jun 01, 2023
PEPFAR: An Oral History
May 25, 2023
CHUTZPAH! The Joy Of Congress Yiddish
May 18, 2023
Writers Strike, But Congress Tells Their Late-Night TV Jokes
May 11, 2023
Cinco de Mayo: Politicians Speaking Spanish
May 04, 2023
Top Ten Funniest Jokes Made About C-SPAN by WHCA Dinner comedians: Ranked!
Apr 26, 2023
"The Weekly: The Musical" -- Mark Russell And Other Singing Political Comedians
Apr 20, 2023
GEORGE SANTOS: What's He Been Saying in Congress?
Apr 13, 2023
Best Moments in State of the State Governor Addresses
Apr 06, 2023
Congress Prayers After School Shootings – Part II
Mar 30, 2023
Ted Lasso and Other Celebrity White House Press Briefers
Mar 23, 2023
ST. PATRICK'S DAY: A legendary salute to House Speaker Tip O'Neill in 1986
Mar 16, 2023
TUCKER CARLSON: 20 YEARS OF TAKING CALLS ON C-SPAN
Mar 08, 2023
FEUD! Ed Koch 10 Years After His Death -- With Trump & Giuliani
Mar 02, 2023
What Jimmy Carter said about other Presidents
Feb 23, 2023
Foreign leaders address Congress -- and teach us American history
Feb 16, 2023
SECRECY: What Sen. Moynihan taught us about government secrecy and classified documents
Feb 09, 2023
TOP STATE OF UNION ADDRESS CLIPS: From President Reagan through President Biden
Feb 02, 2023
One Year from South Carolina -- Remembering What Joe Biden Used to Say About Iowa and New Hampshire
Jan 26, 2023
New Faces, New Stories, New Speeches - The New Members of Congress
Jan 19, 2023
POP QUIZ: How closely did you watch the House Speaker contest?
Jan 13, 2023
Yes or No: Do Congressional Hearings Allow For Nuance? ANSWER THE QUESTION!!
Jan 05, 2023
Best-of Congress Farewell Speeches 2022: Owls, Clowns, Volcanoes -- and "Dilly Dilly
Dec 29, 2022
Elon Musk Loves Chocolate Milk
Dec 21, 2022
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Six Other Senate Party Defectors
Dec 15, 2022
Gaslighting. Word of the Year. In Congress.
Dec 08, 2022
Taylor Swift: Ticketmaster Hearings? We've Been There Before
Dec 01, 2022
Thanksgiving: Seven Things You Didn't Know About Dulles Airport
Nov 22, 2022
Two Biggest Surprises in Campaign 2022 -- The Grand Finale
Nov 17, 2022
Veterans Day: 40th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Nov 10, 2022
Campaign 2022 Debate Questions: Trump, Trump, Trump, Biden, Trump
Nov 03, 2022
Halloween: Trick or Treat or Tried and True Talking Point
Oct 27, 2022
Thumping and Shellacking: Presidents React To Mid-Term Elections
Oct 20, 2022
Top Ten Moments Involving Moderators of Senate, House, Governor, and Mayor Debates
Oct 13, 2022
Top Ten Moments from Senate, House, Governor, Mayor Debates -- Part I
Oct 06, 2022
Cheney For President?
Sep 29, 2022
Politicians Know: You don't have to be Jewish to talk about the Jewish High Holidays
Sep 22, 2022
When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Made Congress Laugh
Sep 15, 2022
The Millions Jobs Presidential Promise: From Reagan to Biden
Sep 08, 2022
C-SPAN in the Classroom Trailer: Season 2
Sep 05, 2022
"Reader in Chief" Laura Bush: A History of The National Book Festival
Sep 01, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: Top Ten Favorite Clips from Year One of the New "Weekly"
Sep 01, 2022
At The Movies With Boris Johnson
Aug 25, 2022
MAGA Republicans Not Named Trump
Aug 18, 2022
MAGA Dems Before Trump
Aug 11, 2022
"RECESSION": A Rhetorical Journey with President Bush, 2008
Aug 04, 2022
Katharine Graham: Leadership Secrets of the Most Powerful Woman in Town
Jul 28, 2022
Inflation in Presidential Campaign Ads
Jul 21, 2022
Gas Tax Holiday: 2008, Obama Called It A "GIMMICK"
Jul 14, 2022
Assault Weapons Ban: Huge Part of the Landmark 1994 Crime Bill
Jul 06, 2022
Presidential Recordings Trailer: Season 2 President Richard Nixon
Jul 01, 2022
Fourth of July: Fireworks and Presidents
Jun 30, 2022
A True Crime Thriller: Who was Deep Throat?
Jun 23, 2022
Watergate 50th Anniversary: G. Gordon Liddy As a Radio Talk Show Host
Jun 16, 2022
Roe v. Wade: Justice Harry Blackmun's Legacy
Jun 09, 2022
Congress Prayers After School Shootings
Jun 02, 2022
Memorial Day 1993: President Clinton is booed at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
May 25, 2022
P.J. O'Rourke: Reporter? Satirist? Remembering Him As Both
May 19, 2022
The "Odd Couple": The Unlikely Friendship of Senators Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy
May 12, 2022
30 Years of asking the abortion question at Supreme Court confirmation hearings
May 03, 2022
Special comedy episode: Joe Biden Dinner Jokes
Apr 26, 2022
Biden and McConnell: Longtime Opponents, Longtime Friends
Apr 21, 2022
We Lost Don Young, But We Still Have Earmarks
Apr 14, 2022
Baseball is back! Let's revisit the 2005 House hearing on steroids!
Apr 07, 2022
Those times Joe Biden called Milošević "a damn war criminal"
Mar 31, 2022
Greatest Hits From Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.N. Sergiy Kyslytsya
Mar 24, 2022
TV cameras in the Supreme Court? Here's what every Justice Nominee Said
Mar 17, 2022
Ukraine and Congress: Personal and Family Connections
Mar 10, 2022
Oliver Stone's "JFK" Conspiracy Theory Movie -- 30 Years Later & An Update
Mar 03, 2022
Killing Terrorist Leaders Right Before State of Union Address
Feb 24, 2022
"The Comeback Kid": 30 Years Ago, Bill Clinton Won the New Hampshire Primary By Coming in 2nd
Feb 17, 2022
Miracle On Ice: How Politicians Still Celebrate The 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Gold
Feb 10, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Retirements: In Their Own Words
Feb 03, 2022
Washington Football Team Name Change: What Congress Said About The Old One
Jan 27, 2022
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA): Bipartisan Friendship, Bipartisan Hugs
Jan 20, 2022
Remembering Harry Reid and his role in the 2012 presidential campaign against Mitt Romney
Jan 13, 2022
Jan. 6 Riot: The Opening Prayers That Guided Congress
Jan 06, 2022
Christopher Hitchens: Remembering The Writer Ten Years After His Death
Dec 30, 2021
When The Senate Met on Christmas Eve
Dec 23, 2021
Bob Dole, Master Comedian of the Senate
Dec 16, 2021
COVID Vaccine approval one year later
Dec 09, 2021
30 Years of asking the abortion question at Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Dec 02, 2021
Thanksgiving and Christmas: Presidents Visit Troops
Nov 25, 2021
Popes, Presidents & Politics
Nov 18, 2021
Veterans Day: Politicians Speaking At War Memorials
Nov 11, 2021
What Bipartisanship -- and Laughter -- Sounds Like
Nov 04, 2021
Where are they now: The Progressive Caucus
Oct 28, 2021
Colin Powell: Not a Presidential Candidate
Oct 21, 2021
When Mark Zuckerberg apologized to Congress
Oct 14, 2021
Debt Limit Politics: 2021 – And 2011
Oct 07, 2021
Military Leaders Before Congress
Sep 30, 2021
German chancellor Angela Merkel with America's leaders
Sep 23, 2021
Matt Drudge and the Clinton Impeachment
Sep 16, 2021
The Language of 9/11
Sep 09, 2021
Prophets and Politics
Sep 02, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Jim McGovern and Susan Wild
Aug 23, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Jamie Raskin, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Dean Phillips
Aug 16, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, Ronny Jackson, and Colin Allred
Aug 09, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Rodney Davis, and Madeleine Dean
Aug 02, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Markwayne Mullin, Jason Crow and Tom Malinowski
Jul 26, 2021
C-SPAN's 2021 Presidential Historians Survey
Jul 02, 2021
What's Next for the AUMF?
Jun 25, 2021
Jesse Eisinger, on ProPublica's Tax Secrets of the Wealthy
Jun 18, 2021
The US/Russian Relationship with Alina Polyakova, of CEPA
Jun 11, 2021
Defending Against Cyber Hacks with Former Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta
Jun 04, 2021
The Price of Earmarks
May 28, 2021
Dr. Ashish Jha MD & MPH, with Perspectives on a Pandemic
May 21, 2021
Supply Chain Vulnerabilities with Professor Rob Handfield of North Carolina State University
May 14, 2021
The China Challenge with Dean Cheung of Heritage and Jennifer Hillman of CFR
May 07, 2021
The Census & Implications for Congress with Reid Epstein of NYT & David Wasserman of Cook Political Report
Apr 30, 2021
Race in America After The Trial of Derek Chauvin with April Thames, Professor at USC
Apr 23, 2021
History of the Congressional Black Caucus with Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC)
Apr 16, 2021
The Future of Remote Work with Kim Hart, Technology Correspondent for Axios
Apr 09, 2021
Senate Filibuster Changes with Kimberley Strassel, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Apr 02, 2021
The Future of China with Dr. Tara O, Heritage Foundation, Adjunct Fellow
Mar 26, 2021
Senator Richard Russell (D-GA) with Senate Historian Betty Koed and LSU Professor Robert Mann
Mar 19, 2021
$1.9T Stimulus Bill w/ Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center
Mar 12, 2021
Theo Padnos, Author, "Blindfold - A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment"
Mar 05, 2021
Gady Epstein, China Affairs Editor, The Economist
Feb 26, 2021
Dr. Michael Osterholm, Variants of the Coronavirus
Feb 19, 2021
Daniel Kochis, Senior Policy Analyst at Heritage on NATO
Feb 12, 2021
Sarah Binder, Brookings Senior Fellow and GW Political Science Professor
Feb 05, 2021
Dan Michaels, Brussels Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal, on The Paris Agreement
Jan 29, 2021
Andy Card, Former White House Chief of Staff
Jan 22, 2021
History of Inaugurations
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. Capitol Attacked
Jan 08, 2021
Interviews with Representatives-Elect
Jan 01, 2021
Reflections from Retiring Members of Congress
Dec 25, 2020
Robert X. Browning, Purdue Professor of Political Science and C-SPAN Archives Director
Dec 18, 2020
Zachary Oren Smith of the Iowa City Press Citizen on Iowa's 2nd District House Race
Dec 11, 2020
Don Ritchie, Senate Historian Emeritus
Dec 04, 2020
Wall Street Journal’s Jillian Kay Melchior on Antifa
Nov 27, 2020
Martha Joynt Kumar, Director, The White House Transition Project
Nov 20, 2020
Kelly Dittmar, Director of Research, Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University
Nov 13, 2020
Wilfred Codrington, Assistant Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, on Electoral College Reforms
Nov 06, 2020
Hans von Spakovsky, Manager of Election Law Reform, The Heritage Foundation
Oct 30, 2020
Sandy K. Johnson, Former Washington Bureau Chief, The Associated Press
Oct 23, 2020
Robert Mann, Louisiana State University, Professor of Mass Communication
Oct 18, 2020
Leonard Downie, JR. Former Executive Editor of The Washington Post and Author of "All About The Story"
Oct 09, 2020
Ronna McDaniel, Chairwoman, Republican National Committee
Sep 25, 2020
Dr. Richard Besser, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Sep 18, 2020
Newt Minow, Former FCC Chairman & Member of Commission on Presidential Debates
Sep 11, 2020
Alice Johnson, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate
Sep 04, 2020
Republican National Convention Night 4 Speeches
Aug 28, 2020
Republican National Convention Night 3 Speeches
Aug 27, 2020
Republican National Convention Night 2 Speeches
Aug 26, 2020
Republican National Convention Night 1 Speeches
Aug 25, 2020
Democratic National Convention Night Four Speeches
Aug 21, 2020
Democratic National Convention Night Three Speeches
Aug 20, 2020
Democratic National Convention Night Two Speeches
Aug 19, 2020
Democratic National Convention Night One Speeches
Aug 18, 2020
Mercedes Schlapp, Trump 2020 Campaign, Senior Adviser
Aug 14, 2020
Molly Ball, National Political Correspondent, TIME
Aug 07, 2020
Remembering John Lewis
Aug 02, 2020
Michael Balsamo, Lead Justice Dept. & Federal Law Enforcement Reporter, The AP
Jul 24, 2020
Dr. Scott Brabrand, Superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools
Jul 17, 2020
Danielle Pletka, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Jul 10, 2020
David Sanger, National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
Jul 03, 2020
Gerald Seib, Executive Washington Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Jun 26, 2020
Patrick Buchanan, Speech Writer, Nixon Administration
Jun 19, 2020
Margaret Brennan, Moderator, Face the Nation
Jun 12, 2020
Camille Busette, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Jun 05, 2020
Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Congressional Modernization
May 28, 2020
Ed Yong, Staff Writer at The Atlantic
May 21, 2020
Walter Mondale, Former Vice President of the United States
May 14, 2020
Harold Holzer, President Lincoln Author and Historian
May 07, 2020
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Vice President, Heritage Foundation
May 01, 2020
Leonard Downie Jr., Former Executive Editor, The Washington Post
Apr 24, 2020
Jonathan Karl, Chief White House Correspondent, ABC News
Apr 17, 2020
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow of National Security, Heritage Foundation
Apr 10, 2020
Dan Balz, Washington Post National Political Correspondent
Apr 03, 2020
Craig Shirley, Author and Historian
Mar 27, 2020
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Historian
Mar 20, 2020
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Director John Shaw
Mar 13, 2020
Cook Political Report House Editor David Wasserman
Mar 06, 2020
FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub
Feb 28, 2020
GW Professor of Media and Ethics Peter Loge
Feb 21, 2020
Trump 2020 Campaign Principal Deputy Communications Director Erin Perrine
Feb 14, 2020
New Hampshire Radio Talk Show Host Jack Heath
Feb 07, 2020
Lenny Bernstein and Dr. Pat Lord on the Coronavirus
Jan 31, 2020
Joe Fuld, Founder of DC Political Consulting Firm The Campaign Workshop
Jan 24, 2020
Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Climate Change & Campaign 2020
Jan 17, 2020
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and the War Powers Act
Jan 10, 2020
Washington Post's Greg Miller on National Security
Jan 03, 2020
Politico's Cannabis Reporter Natalie Fertig
Dec 29, 2019
A Conversation with Constitutional Scholar Joshua Geltzer
Dec 20, 2019
A Conversation with Amtrak Senior Vice President Stephen Gardner
Dec 13, 2019
A Conversation with John Harris, Founding Editor of Politico
Dec 06, 2019
A Conversation with John Donvan, Moderator of Intelligence Squared U.S.
Nov 27, 2019
A Conversation with former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
Nov 15, 2019
A Conversation with White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway
Nov 08, 2019
A Conversation with Cyber Warfare Expert Jacqueline Schneider
Nov 01, 2019
A Conversation with President Reagan's Former Speechwriter Peter Robinson
Oct 25, 2019
A Conversation with Former Secretary of State George Shultz
Oct 18, 2019
Rural America with Researchers Dante Chinni and Ari Pinkus
Oct 11, 2019
Covering Washington with Syndicated Columnist Mark Shields
Oct 04, 2019
What's going on with impeachment? With Elaine Kamarck of Brookings
Sep 27, 2019
What's up with China? With Ryan Hass Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
Sep 20, 2019
The Heritage Foundation's Amy Swearer on the 2nd Amendment
Sep 13, 2019
Susan Glasser of The New Yorker answers "Who is Mike Pompeo?"
Sep 06, 2019
Hollywood and D.C. with Ted Johnson
Aug 30, 2019
Opioid Epidemic with Washington Post's Steven Rich
Aug 23, 2019
Future of Afghanistan with Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution
Aug 16, 2019
Primary Politics with Elaine Kamarck of the Brookings Institution
Aug 09, 2019
President Donald Trump on his presidency and time in office
Aug 02, 2019
Concord Coaltion executive director Robert Bixby on the national debt and how the nation can begin to its fiscal house in order.
Jul 26, 2019
Wall Street Journal Executive Washington Editor Jerry Seib on the Democrats and the Road to the White House
Jul 19, 2019
The Mueller Report: What to know before next week's hearings with Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson
Jul 12, 2019
Comedy and the First Amendment with The Newseum's Patty Rhule
Jul 03, 2019
What's happening with Iran? The New York Times Reporter David Sanger Explains
Jun 28, 2019
The 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots
Jun 21, 2019
Are Democracies becoming more polarized, intolerant and dysfunctional?
Jun 14, 2019
The U.S. and the U.K.: How will the next British Prime Minister govern? Will Brexit ever happen? What does it mean for the partnetship between Washington and London?
Jun 07, 2019
25th Anniversary of the 1994 Crime Bill w/ Ed Chung from the Center for American Progress
May 31, 2019
Memorial Day 2019: Remembering the Battle of the Bulge with Harry Miller.
May 24, 2019
The U.S., China, and trade with The Washington Post's David Lynch.
May 17, 2019
What's happening in the Arctic with Blake Hounshell of Politico
May 10, 2019
Congressional Races in 2020 with Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post
May 03, 2019
CEO's Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain on C-SPAN's The Presidents
Apr 26, 2019
Rep. Debbie Dingell on Life/Legacy of Rep. John Dingell
Apr 19, 2019
Gerrymandering with Kathay Feng of Common Cause
Apr 12, 2019
Brexit with Nile Gardiner of The Heritage Foundation
Apr 05, 2019
The Electoral College w/Vann Newkirk II & Alex Keyssar
Mar 29, 2019
Don Stewart, former aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Mar 22, 2019
Foreign Money and Lobbying with Reporter Tom Frank
Mar 15, 2019
Congressional Investigations, Elaine Kamarck, Brookings
Mar 08, 2019
Green New Deal, Lisa Friedman, NYT
Mar 01, 2019
US/N.Korean Summit; Jung Pak, Brookings Institution
Feb 22, 2019
Medicare in 2020; Bill Arnone CEO, Nat'l Academy of Social Insurance
Feb 15, 2019
Episode 92: Inside Syria with Author Gayle Tzemach of the Council on Foreign Relations
Feb 08, 2019
Episode 91: An inside look at Congress with Fox Senior Capitol Hill Producer Chad Pergram
Jan 25, 2019
Episode 90: Drug Lobbyists with The Washington Post's Christopher Rowland
Jan 25, 2019
Episode 89: Immigration and Border Security with Tom Jawetz, Vice President of Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress
Jan 18, 2019
Episode 88: Attorney General Nominee William Barr's Confirmation Hearing with CBS News Justice Correspondent Paula Reid
Jan 11, 2019
Episode 87: The 116th Congress Explained with The Hill's Editor in Chief Bob Cusack
Jan 04, 2019
Episode 86: Exit Interview with Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Dec 28, 2018
Episode 85: Exit Interview with Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Dec 21, 2018
Episode 84: The World in 2019 with The Economist's Executive Editor Daniel Franklin
Dec 14, 2018
Episode 83: The 116th Congress with The Weekly Standard's Executive Editor Fred Barnes
Dec 07, 2018
Episode 82: Amazon's HQ2 with Washington Business Journal Money Reporter Andy Medici
Nov 30, 2018
Episode 81: The Trump Presidency with historians Douglas Brinkley, Richard Norton Smith, and Edna Medford
Nov 23, 2018
Episode 80: The Trump Presidency with historians Douglas Brinkley, Richard Norton Smith, and Edna Medford
Nov 16, 2018
Episode 79: Veterans Day with Executive Director of Army National Military Cemeteries Karen Durham-Aguilera
Nov 09, 2018
Episode 78: Campaign 2018 with Mark Murray, Senior Political Editor for NBC News
Nov 02, 2018
Episode 77: Wilson Center Program Director of Middle East Affairs Aaron David Miller on U.S. and Saudi Arabia Relations
Oct 26, 2018
Episode 76: Author, Columnist, and Professor Steven Pearlstein on the United States Economy
Oct 19, 2018
Episode 75: Former RNC Chairman and Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour on Midterms, the Republican Party, and Politics
Oct 12, 2018
Episode 74: What is going on with Brexit? The Heritage Foundation's Nile Gardiner talks trade, borders, and Brussels
Oct 05, 2018
Episode 73: NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell on her career, covering seven presidents, and the state of journalism in America
Sep 28, 2018
Episode 72: Is the United States in a trade with China? China expert Dr. Michael Pillsbury of the Hudson Insitute joins us to give his perspectives.
Sep 21, 2018
Episode 71: FEMA: What is it and how does it operate with Former FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh
Sep 14, 2018
Episode 70: Key Midterm Senate Elections with Kyle Kondik of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia
Sep 07, 2018
Episode 69: The Steele Dossier with Vox Senior Correspondent Matthew Yglesias
Aug 31, 2018
Episode 68: 1968 Politics with former LBJ Appointments Secretary James Jones
Aug 24, 2018
Episode 67: Solving the Federal Spending Crisis with Former OMB Director Alice Rivlin
Aug 17, 2018
Episode 66: The Press and the Presidency with Former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry
Aug 10, 2018
Episode 65: Dean Ronald Weich of The University of Baltimore Law School
Aug 03, 2018
Episode 64: Ahman Majidyar of The Middle East Institute
Jul 27, 2018
Episode 63: New York University Law Professor Melissa Murray
Jul 20, 2018
Episode 62: Author and Columnist George Will
Jul 13, 2018
Episode 61: Author and Columnist Michael Cohen
Jul 06, 2018
Episode 60: White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders
Jun 29, 2018
Episode 59: Georgetown Univeristy Law Professor Susan Low Bloch
Jun 22, 2018
Episode 58: Martha Kumar of the White House Transition Project
Jun 15, 2018
Episode 57: Jean Lee on the rise of the Kim family
Jun 08, 2018
Episode 56: Maya MacGuineas on the Debt and Deficit
May 25, 2018
Episode 55: Jason Rezaian
May 25, 2018
Episode 54: Cokie Roberts
May 18, 2018
Episode 53: James Acton
May 11, 2018
Episode 52: Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe
May 04, 2018
Episode 51: George Condon
Apr 27, 2018
Episode 50: Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
Apr 20, 2018
Episode 49: Nina Jankowicz
Apr 13, 2018
Episode 48: Sheila Tate
Apr 06, 2018
Episode 46: Dennis Wilder
Mar 23, 2018
Episode 45: John Lawrence
Mar 16, 2018
Episode 44: James Jones
Mar 09, 2018
Episode 43: Christopher Glazek
Mar 02, 2018
Episode 42: Peter Irons
Feb 23, 2018
Episode 41: Matt Schlapp
Feb 16, 2018
Episode 39: Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on Infrastructure
Feb 02, 2018
Episode 40: Former Head of the Justice Department's National Security Division
Feb 02, 2018
Episode 38: Cokie Roberts on Congress
Jan 26, 2018
Episode 37: Michael Beschloss on the LBJ Tapes
Nov 21, 2017
Episode 36: Bruce Riedel on Saudi Arabia
Nov 17, 2017
Episode 35: William Doyle on the History of Guns in the U.S.
Nov 10, 2017
Episode 34: Ambassador Gary Locke on China and the U.S.
Nov 03, 2017
Episode 33: Michael McCann on Sports and the Federal Government
Oct 27, 2017
Episode 32: Blaine Harden on the Korean War
Oct 20, 2017
Episode 31: Steve Liesman on the Stock Market and Your Money
Oct 13, 2017
Episode 30: C-SPAN Executive Chairman Brian Lamb on the Creation of C-SPAN Radio
Oct 06, 2017
Episode 29: David McCabe on Regulating Technology Companies
Sep 29, 2017
Episode 28: Sam Greene on Vladimir Putin
Sep 22, 2017
Episode 27: Dr. Jill Hagenkord on Precision Medicine and Genetic Testing
Sep 15, 2017
Episode 26: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad on the War in Afghanistan
Sep 01, 2017
Episode 25: Jean H. Lee on the Rise and Rule of North Korea's Kim Dynasty
Aug 25, 2017
Episode 24: Francisco Toro on the Crisis in Venezuela
Aug 18, 2017
Episode 23: Robert Kahn on North Korea Sanctions
Aug 11, 2017
Episode 22: Bill Browder on the Magnitsky Act and Putin's Russia
Jul 28, 2017
Episode 21: Joseph Califano Jr. on the 1967 Detroit Riots
Jul 21, 2017
Episode 20: Henry Olsen on Reagan-Era Tax Reform
Jul 14, 2017
Episode 19: Jeffrey Rosen on the Declaration of Independence and American democracy.
Jun 30, 2017
Episode 18: David Daley on Gerrymandering
Jun 23, 2017
Episode 17: John Dean on Watergate
Jun 16, 2017
Episode 16: Ray Smock on Congressional Investigations
Jun 07, 2017
Episode 15: Fabrice Pothier on NATO
Jun 02, 2017
Episode 14: Max Ehrenfreund on Declining Wages and the Shrinking Middle Class
May 26, 2017
Episode 13: Robert Danin on the Middle East Peace Process
May 19, 2017
Episode 12: Tim Wiener on the FBI and James Comey
May 12, 2017
Episode 11: LuAnn Bennett on Running for Congress
May 05, 2017
Episode 10: Richard Norton Smith on President Trump's first 100 Days
Apr 28, 2017
Episode 9: Nile Gardiner on Brexit and the UK Election
Apr 21, 2017
Episode 8: Maya MacGuineas on the Debt and the Deficit
Apr 14, 2017
Episode 7: Bill Richardson on North Korea
Apr 07, 2017
Episode 6: Don Ritchie on the Senate and the Nuclear Option
Mar 31, 2017
Episode 5: Steve Bell on the Federal Budgeting Process
Mar 24, 2017
Episode 4: Jeffrey Rosen on the Supreme Court Confirmation Process
Mar 17, 2017
Episode 3: Sam Donaldson on the White House Press Corps
Mar 10, 2017
Episode 2: Jose Antonio Vargas on Immigration Policy
Mar 03, 2017
C-SPAN Radio Podcast - Dana Milbank on the Trump White House
Feb 17, 2017
C-SPAN Radio Podcast - Trent Lott on Making Congress Work Again
Feb 10, 2017
C-SPAN Radio Podcast - Stephen Wermiel on Supreme Court Confirmations
Feb 03, 2017
C-SPAN Radio Podcast - Leon Panetta on Federal Agencies and Presidential Transitions
Jan 27, 2017
C-SPAN Radio Podcast - Michael Beschloss on Presidential Inaugurations
Jan 19, 2017