Political Theater Podcast
1) Immigration, race and ‘One Battle After Another'
Jason Dick and Chris Johnson talk about how immigration and racial issues frame the action and plot in the Paul Thomas Anderson movie "One Battle After Another," the salience of those issues in Americ...Show More
2) An Orwell movie for Orwellian times
Jason Dick talks with filmmaker Raoul Peck about his documentary "Orwell: 2+2=5," the importance of stepping back from the news cycle to keep things in context and how degrading language leads to degr...Show More
3) The great 'meh': Scenes from a shutdown
Jason Dick and Mary Ellen McIntire talk about how the government shutdown hasn't created much urgency on Capitol Hill, even though the effects could be significant, why each party thinks they have the...Show More
4) Let’s get existential
Jason Dick and Molly Reynolds talk about the most significant things Congress has done this year and what kind of ripple effects could follow, as well as how lawmakers disenfranchise themselves when i...Show More
5) They seem fine: Life After Congress
Poetry readings, brewing beer, helping out kids: Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman talk about Roll Call’s revived Life After Congress feature and what former members do with their time, then they round ...Show More
6) Discharge petition: congressional procedure or great band name?
Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales talk about the promise and perils of re-redistricting, what it's like to be in Washington right now, why people quit, and why they want to come here, and string it all t...Show More
7) How Democrats hope to flip the script on energy as a campaign issue
Jessica Wehrman talks with David Jordan of CQ Roll Call about how energy affordability could become a sleeper issue in next year's midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....Show More
8) Off to the redistricting races
Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari discuss how a potential new congressional map in Texas could set off a race among other states to redraw their own maps, and how that might affect the 2026 mid...Show More
9) Six months in, a gut check on Trump 2.0
Talking Epstein, congressional chaos and the Senate races to watch with Nathan Gonzales of Inside Elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10) Rush job: Life in Congress
Jason Dick and Mary Ellen McIntire talk about what happens when Congress tries to do too much in too short a period of time, how Republicans and Democrats do agree on one big thing and what life is li...Show More