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Bold ideas. Honest journalism. Smart analysis. Since 1969, the Washington Monthly has brought a sharp eye to politics, policy and the business of government. Our mission: Champion democracy, support good governance, and promote American opportunity for all. Join co-hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epps each week for expert analysis on both the biggest issues driving Washington - and the issues you may not know about but should.

Episode Date
How Elon Musk's DOGE Has Made You Less Safe | Elaine Kamarck
Aug 26, 2026
Why Autocracy Is Bad Business | Daniella Ballou-Aares
Jul 29, 2026
How DOGE Broke the IRS | Danny Werfel
Jul 15, 2026
Boot Camps and Marriage Payments? The Heritage Foundation's Troubling "Pro-Natalist" Agenda | Varina Winder
Jul 01, 2026
The Myth of the "Independent Creator" | Matt Robison
Jun 17, 2026
Real Men Teach - We Need More of Them | Curtis Valentine
Jun 03, 2026
Can capitalism be saved? | Nick Hanauer and Eric Beinhocker
May 20, 2026
Get ready for the AI crash | Asad Ramzanali
May 06, 2026
Trump’s Not-So-Great Health Care Plan | Edwin Park
Mar 24, 2026
The Republicans Who Could Save Democracy | Andrew Seligsohn and Sarah Bryner
Mar 11, 2026
How New Orleans Fixed Its Schools | David Osborne
Feb 25, 2026
Gen Z's Problem with "Fake" News | Chuck Salter
Feb 11, 2026
Why Democrats need to win back rural voters | Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown
Jan 28, 2026
A promising new strategy to end super PACs and dark money in politics | Lawrence Lessig
Jan 14, 2026
The case against billionaires | Chuck Collins
Jan 07, 2026
Government is, in fact, broken | Hannah Garden-Monheit
Dec 17, 2025
Tough Medicine for Democrats: “Too liberal” and “out of touch” | Simon Bazelon
Dec 10, 2025
How Democrats Won Virginia and New Jersey | Angela Kuefler
Dec 03, 2025
US-Canada relations have hit rock bottom | Hon. James Blanchard
Nov 26, 2025
Federal data are disappearing | Denice Ross
Nov 26, 2025
How the Supreme Court could further turbo-charge gerrymandering | Josh Douglas
Nov 19, 2025
Congress has bankrupted America's future | Eugene Steuerle
Nov 12, 2025
A One-Woman Stand Against Conspiracists | Natalie Wynn
Nov 05, 2025
How extreme geographic inequality could explain our polarized politics | Kenan Fikri
Oct 29, 2025
China through the eyes of its most famous dissident | Ian Johnson
Oct 22, 2025
The New Deal Treasures Potentially Slated for Demolition | Tim Noah
Oct 14, 2025
In defense of book reviews | Christoph Irmscher
Oct 08, 2025
Virginia Election Preview: Culture Wars Versus Kitchen Table | Pete Brodnitz
Oct 01, 2025
The Supreme Court greenlights racial profiling – for now | Peter Shane
Sep 24, 2025
SPONSORED: Montclair State - An engine of opportunity for first-generation students
Sep 17, 2025
Trump’s undemocratic effort to end vote by mail | Phil Keisling
Sep 10, 2025
BONUS: Fear and Loathing in Occupied DC | James Fallows
Sep 04, 2025
Borrowing for college is about to get really confusing | Sandy Baum
Sep 03, 2025
Berea: The Little College That Could | Cheryl Nixon
Aug 27, 2025
A century on the airwaves, but a precarious future ahead | Steven Bass
Aug 20, 2025
How Texas Became a Right-Wing California
Aug 13, 2025
Why Harvard might be forced to cave to Trump
Aug 06, 2025
The Future of Global Trade - Without America | William Reinsch
Jul 30, 2025
Why a recession is inevitable | Robert Shapiro
Jul 24, 2025
Weekly Politics Roundtable - The End (?) of the Trump-Putin Bromance - Special Guest: Tamar Jacoby
Jul 21, 2025
Supreme Court or Supreme Enablers? | Garrett Epps
Jul 16, 2025
Feeding the world but killing the planet | Michael Grunwald
Jul 09, 2025
Politics Livestream: We're Living in Trump's America Now
Jul 07, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM: One Big Betrayal of Trump's Base
Jun 30, 2025
10 Years After Obergefell - The Precarious Future of Equality and LGBTQ Rights | Alison Gash
Jun 25, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM: Trump Wages War | Special Guest - Jacob Heilbrunn
Jun 23, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM: People versus the parade - No Kings protests upstage Trump's birthday party
Jun 16, 2025
Trump's war on international students | Robert Kelchen
Jun 11, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM - Showdown in L.A.
Jun 09, 2025
What Kristi Noem got wrong on habeas corpus - A primer on the "Great Writ" | Lee Kovarsky
May 28, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM - Trump's very busy weekend
May 27, 2025
Trump versus Maine: The Mouse that Roared | Luisa Deprez and Amy Fried
May 21, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM - The ugly realities of Republicans' "big, beautiful" bill | Bill Scher
May 19, 2025
Trump's First 100 Days: FDR in Reverse | Jonathan Alter
May 14, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM - Promises made; promises broken
May 12, 2025
The Decline and Fall of the U.S. Senate | Ira Shapiro
May 07, 2025
Politics LIVE - The "I" Word | Bill Scher and Matt Cooper
May 05, 2025
Why Big Law shouldn't cave to Trump | Garrett Epps and Anne Kim
Apr 30, 2025
Politics LIVE - Trump is TANKING | Matt Cooper and Bill Scher
Apr 28, 2025
Three things every citizen should know about freedom of the press | Garrett Epps and Anne Kim
Apr 23, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM - Is Trump at a tipping point?
Apr 21, 2025
Why Guam could be the next Pearl Harbor | Christian Caryl
Apr 16, 2025
A citizens' guide to resisting Trump | Timothy Noah
Apr 09, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM: The start of an "American Spring"? | Bill Scher and Matt Cooper
Apr 07, 2025
Can "economic affirmative action" replace DEI?
Apr 02, 2025
Politics LIVESTREAM: SignalGate and tariffs raise questions of Trump's competence | Matt Cooper and Bill Scher
Mar 31, 2025
America's abandonment of Ukraine | Tamar Jacoby and Mike Lofgren
Mar 26, 2025
Politics LIVE - Defiance, Revenge - and the Rise of AOC? | Matt Cooper, Bill Scher and Anne Kim
Mar 24, 2025
Why the hot new theory of "abundance liberalism" won't save progressivism | Paul Glastris and Nate Weisberg
Mar 19, 2025
Can colleges survive Trump? | Robert Kelchen
Mar 12, 2025
Trump's State of the Union: Rage and Revenge | Bill Scher and Paul Glastris
Mar 05, 2025
Trump takes a wrecking ball to the separation of powers | Garrett Epps and Anne Kim
Feb 26, 2025
Ukraine's survival on the brink | Tamar Jacoby
Feb 22, 2025
Protecting voting rights in the era of Trump | Josh Douglas
Feb 19, 2025
Trump's war on federal workers | Don Kettl
Feb 12, 2025
Is a Trump recession coming? | Rob Shapiro
Jan 29, 2025
Winning Working Class Americans - Part II | Paul Glastris
Jan 22, 2025
Winning Working Class Americans - Part I | Paul Glastris
Jan 16, 2025
Pete Hegseth and the Conservative Assault on Veterans' Healthcare | Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early
Dec 23, 2024
Born in America but not a Citizen? The Looming Threat to Birthright Citizenship | Garrett Epps and Anne Kim
Dec 16, 2024
Trump's dangerous plan for recess appointments | Peter Shane
Dec 05, 2024