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
Warning signs cloud tech industry’s SCOTUS victory
The 5-4 decision blocking Texas’ social media law was closer than expected, and Justice Samuel Alito’s dissent suggests conservative judges may be shifting on the free speech rights of tech platforms…
00:11:14 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
Vax injury compensation programs were already stressed. Then came Covid
A pair of federal programs compensating people who suffer injuries from vaccines and pandemic treatments are now facing so many claims that thousands of people may not receive payment for their injur…
00:13:12 |
Thu 02 Jun 2022
Rick Caruso's $pricey$ LA primary
Even by the cash-flush standards of modern politics, Rick Caruso’s run for mayor of Los Angeles has been a shock-and-awe campaign of financial bombardment. Elena Schneider reports.
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00:13:08 |
Wed 01 Jun 2022
Anita Dunn’s return brings Amazon ties under scrutiny
As the White House this month weighed how hard to engage Amazon founder Jeff Bezos over his criticism of its economic policies, it brought back senior advisor Anita Dunn, whose former firm does work …
00:09:00 |
Tue 31 May 2022
Inside FEMA’s biased flood program
A new investigation from Politico’s E&E News has pulled back the curtain on FEMA’s unfair flood grant programs, which for years have favored wealthy and white areas. Tom Frank reports.
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00:12:43 |
Fri 27 May 2022
How big of a threat is monkeypox?
Governments warn against panicking, but they are planning for the worst outcome. Carmen Paun reports.
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00:12:39 |
Thu 26 May 2022
How 'Made in America' worsened the formula crisis
Due to a combination of Food and Drug Administration regulations and trade policy, 98% of the infant formula consumed in the United States is made here. But the current nationwide shortage of infant …
00:09:22 |
Wed 25 May 2022
The big midterm questions answered today
What’s next for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp? Will the national fight over abortion lead to Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-Texas) defeat in the primary? Scott Bland shares his burning questions ahead of tonight'…
00:12:50 |
Tue 24 May 2022
McConnell takes on MAGA over Ukraine aid
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is determined to stamp out an isolationist, pro-Trump wing of his party that has pushed back on $40 billion in aid to Ukraine — and U.S. support more broadly. A…
00:11:20 |
Mon 23 May 2022
Kamala Harris wants to get out of D.C.
The Vice President has cast more tie-breaking votes than all but two predecessors. It’s starting to frustrate some staff. Eugene Daniels reports.
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00:12:01 |
Fri 20 May 2022
How Fetterman could shake up cannabis policy on Capitol Hill
Legalizing weed isn’t the top priority for most voters, but Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman — who clinched the Dem nom for Senate — is betting that it could help draw people to the polls. Natali…
00:13:46 |
Thu 19 May 2022
Ghana finally has enough Covid shots. But many still won't take it
When friends and family got sick last year, people across Ghana scrambled to get shots. But there weren’t enough. Now, many say they don’t want the jab. Local volunteers are struggling to change thei…
00:13:05 |
Wed 18 May 2022
Is this the end for Madison Cawthorn?
Today, primary voters in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District will decide whether their representative has become more trouble than he's worth. Once a rising conservative star, Cawthorn is no…
00:13:07 |
Tue 17 May 2022
The millions of tons of grain stuck in Ukraine
A growing number of U.S. lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to establish a humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea, to help transport millions of tons of grain from Ukraine to the world f…
00:10:41 |
Mon 16 May 2022
Biden pilots new rural resources program
President Joe Biden and Democrats have pushed through billions of dollars in new funding for rural development. But now comes the hard part — working through a federal bureaucracy that makes it almos…
00:11:56 |
Fri 13 May 2022
Post Roe, what's next for birth control?
Blue-state governors and lawmakers from California to New York are vowing to turn their states into sanctuaries for people seeking abortions. Plus, the years-long push for over-the-counter birth cont…
00:13:21 |
Thu 12 May 2022
Bitcoin's drop renews risk concerns
The debate over Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies took on a new dimension last month when Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset managers, announced that it would soon allow particip…
00:11:36 |
Wed 11 May 2022
'RINO' versus 'political prostitute' in West Virginia
A bitter GOP primary in West Virginia has turned into one of the most hard-fought Republican primaries of the midterms, testing everything from Trump’s influence and the potency of ideological purity…
00:11:41 |
Tue 10 May 2022
Leaked Ukraine intelligence complicate US involvement
Last week, speculation spread that the U.S. provided intelligence to Ukraine that helped target Russian generals and Russia’s Moskva warship. Alex Ward explains why these leaks created such a firesto…
00:13:31 |
Mon 09 May 2022
Lifting the curtain on SCOTUS with a POLITICO reporter who broke the Roe story
Presenting Playbook Deep Dive: This week on Playbook Deep Dive, POLITICO’s Peter Canellos talks with our own Josh Gerstein, who broke this week’s massive news that the Supreme Court’s conservative m…
01:06:25 |
Fri 06 May 2022
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