POLITICO Tech
The POLITICO Tech podcast is your download on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy. New episodes on Thursdays.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 1025
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Tech surveillance in a post-Roe world
Our digital footprints can easily reveal who’s providing abortion care, who’s seeking an abortion and who’s protesting. Sam Sabin reports on digital privacy after Roe.
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00:14:34 |
Tue 05 Jul 2022
SCOTUS handcuffs Biden on climate
The Supreme Court delivered a major setback to President Biden’s ambitious climate change goals in Thursday's West Virginia v. EPA ruling. The 6-3 ruling is an obstacle for Biden’s hopes of dealing w…
00:12:50 |
Fri 01 Jul 2022
We watched 34 primaries so you didn't have to. Here's what we learned.
More than half of the states in the U.S. have held primary elections ahead of the midterms. As Trump looms over the GOP and Democrats attempt to limit losses, politics editor Scott Bland shares five …
00:12:37 |
Thu 30 Jun 2022
States are shaping the future of abortion. Here are the places to watch
For decades, state lawmakers had limited avenues to control abortion. Now, the power to decide when — and whether — abortion should be legal is squarely in their hands. Megan Messerly looks at the st…
00:12:28 |
Wed 29 Jun 2022
Biden's got global problems. The G-7 won't solve them
The coziest club on the global summit circuit is back together, but its inability to solve inflation, Russia's war in Ukraine, and climate change is raising questions about whether G-7 leaders need t…
00:10:42 |
Tue 28 Jun 2022
Republicans brace for the impact of reversing Roe
Everything was going right for Republicans in the midterm campaign. Then the Supreme Court decision came down. David Siders reports.
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00:12:04 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Inside the wild world of D.C.'s matchmakers
D.C.’s single power players are enlisting an expensive, awkward, and sometimes even romantic method to find love: matchmakers. Jessica Goldstein reports.
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Fri 24 Jun 2022
Patients with opioid addiction could soon lose their virtual care
Federal regulations that have allowed practitioners the flexibility to virtually prescribe buprenorphine, an opioid withdrawal treatment drug, are due to expire along with the Covid-19 public health …
00:12:37 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Election administrators go to Washington
Election workers from across the country are flying into the nation’s capital to beg Washington for two things that have vexed officials since the last election: security and funding. Zach Montellaro…
00:12:59 |
Wed 22 Jun 2022
Georgia, Proud Boys and more: Jan. 6 hearings head to the second half
Today, the Jan. 6 committee looks at Trump’s role in the plan to replace electors at the state level to overturn election results. But tensions are growing between members of the committee and the DO…
00:10:49 |
Tue 21 Jun 2022
The cannabis gold rush that wasn't
The nation’s marijuana industry boomed during the pandemic. Weed sales hit $27 billion in 2021, nearly doubling figures from just two years earlier — and revenues are projected to double again over t…
00:10:46 |
Fri 17 Jun 2022
Global abortion-rights advocates worry their countries are next if Roe falls
Activists said they spoke to officials not only about their fears of the international impact if Roe v. Wade were to fall, but also proposed changes to U.S. policy that has long restricted funding fo…
00:08:17 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Saudi Arabia, ‘pariah’ to potential partner
President Joe Biden will travel to the Middle East next month, making stops in Israel, the West Bank and then Saudi Arabia, where he’ll seek to rebuild relations after vowing to make the kingdom a “p…
00:13:10 |
Wed 15 Jun 2022
Recession vibes are swirling
We are in a paradoxical economic moment. The economy is hot by certain metrics — unemployment, job openings, consumer demand — but inflation is way up, and soaring gas and grocery prices are driving …
00:11:42 |
Tue 14 Jun 2022
How Elon Musk’s Starlink changed the war in Ukraine
From artillery strikes to Zoom calls, the tech billionaire’s satellite internet service has become a lifeline in the war with Russia. Christopher Miller reports.
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Mon 13 Jun 2022
Presenting Playbook Deep Dive: He defied Trump and still survived a GOP primary
This week in the GOP primary for South Dakota’s at-large district, Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) defeated a challenger from his right who claimed he wasn’t aligned closely enough with former President …
00:45:14 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
The January 6 hearings are (finally) here
The House committee, after nearly a year investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, introduces its findings tonight to a prime-time TV audience. Kyle Cheney explains the challenges ahead.
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Thu 09 Jun 2022
The newest research into long Covid
There is no test for long Covid, and the CDC and the medical community have no official definition. But health care workers across the country are diagnosing patients who have previously contracted C…
00:11:50 |
Wed 08 Jun 2022
The frustrations inside the West Wing
Soaring global inflation. Rising fuel prices. A deadlocked Congress unable to tackle sweeping gun safety legislation. President Biden and his aides are frustrated by a cascade of challenges — and the…
00:10:30 |
Tue 07 Jun 2022
Can wind save oil country?
The Gulf Coast's long reign as a hub for oil and gas production could help it secure a lead role in generating energy from wind and green hydrogen, but it will face some big obstacles. Kelsey Tamborr…
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Mon 06 Jun 2022
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