Ken Rudin's Political Junkie Podcast
1) Episode #428: Walz Came Tumbling Down
Kathryn Pearson of the University of Minnesota explains the scandal that may have ended Gov. Tim Walz’s political career, and the expected decision by Sen. Amy Klobuchar that she would seek to s...Show More
2) Episode #427: Jasmine Crockett, Arriving; Jim Hunt, Departed.
Matthew Wilson, political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, sets up the fierce primaries, Democratic and Republican, for the Senate in Texas. Incumbent Republican John Cor...Show More
3) Episode #426: Marjorie Tinker Taylor Q’Anon Traitor Patriot
Congressional analyst Jack Pitney assesses the meaning of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s upcoming resignation from Congress, and weighs whether the Georgia Republican still has a future in politics, g...Show More
4) Episode #425: Day Of The Woman? Election 2025
Maine Public Radio’s Steve Mistler focuses on what may be the Democrats’ best chance at a Senate pickup in 2026, the seat of five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins. Establishment De...Show More
5) Episode #424: The Tragedy Of Joe Biden
Journalist and historian Chris Whipple, author of the new book “Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History,” talks about how the Democratic Pa...Show More
6) Episode #423: Dick Durbin’s 44 Years Of Service
Chicago Tribune political correspondent Rick Pearson sums up the career of Dick Durbin, the Illinois Democrat who is retiring after five terms in the Senate. PLUS: George Santos can continue to lie, ...Show More
7) Episode #422: How Mitch McConnell Enabled The Party Takeover By Donald
Joe Gerth, columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, takes us through the long Senate career of Mitch McConnell, the Republican from Kentucky, who announced he will not seek an eighth term. PLUS: ...Show More
8) Episode #421: The Consoler In Chief
Jeff Greenfield remembers how Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush consoled the nation during crisis and trauma, and compares their actions to those of Donald Trump, whose respons...Show More
9) Episode #420: Decency And Civility, Then And Now
Donald Trump’s election opened up two Senate seats — in Ohio, where JD Vance was elected vice president, and in Florida, where Marco Rubio joined the Trump Cabinet as Secretary of State. ...Show More
10) Episode #419: Trump Won, And His Cabinet Choices Prove It
Republican strategist Terry Holt explains what happened on November 5th and dissects some of Donald Trump’s more controversial Cabinet picks. Aubrey Jewett of the University of Central Florida h...Show More