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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
One vax patient's rare journey
An adverse allergic reaction to a covid vaccine is rare, but just how rare remains to be seen. On Wednesday, the National Institutes of Health announced a new study to try to understand the number of…
00:12:52 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
China’s Russia problem
The Chinese government has made clear it will remain a strategic ally of Russia despite its invasion of Ukraine. But the West wants China's help in cutting off Russia. Phelim Kine reports.
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00:13:07 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Will Biden ban oil from Russia?
The White House is considering a ban on Russian oil imports — even as U.S. gas prices soar and Biden takes hits on inflation. Meanwhile, CERAWeek, the nation's most important oil and gas industry con…
00:11:43 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
Poland and the U.S. weigh fighter jet deal
Last week, when Poland considered sending warplanes to aid Ukraine, Warsaw asked the White House to guarantee it would replace the outgoing planes with U.S.-made fighter jets. On Sunday, Secretary of…
00:12:51 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
Jan. 6 committee alleges "criminal conspiracy"
As the January 6 Committee prepares for its first public hearing — likely next month — some of their evidence is starting to come into shape. In a major release of its findings, filed in federal cour…
00:11:26 |
Fri 04 Mar 2022
Biden admin announces new Covid plan. Will it work?
The White House has been reluctant to declare the end of the pandemic — especially after optimism last summer was made moot by the emergence of the Delta and Omicron variants. But administration offi…
00:13:12 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
New York City's voter experiment
A national movement to give voting rights to legal noncitizens has found its way to New York City. Pending court battles, it will soon give 800,000 people the chance to shape local elections. Erin Du…
00:11:57 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
What will the sanctions on Russia really do?
Sanctions on banking, tech, weapons and more were rolled out against Russia over the weekend — arguably historic in size and scope. But the big question remains, will they have an effect on Putin's …
00:11:38 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
What you should know about Ketanji Brown Jackson
President Joe Biden selected D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on Friday, making history by nominating a Black woman …
00:13:10 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Biden’s red lines in Ukraine
Sanctions are a long-term solution to a short-term problem. They’re the lever that the United States and allies have chosen to use to punish Russia for its brazen invasion of Ukraine. But Biden made …
00:12:09 |
Fri 25 Feb 2022
The FDA's 4-month recall gap
The FDA first received reports of a foodborne illness suspected to be linked to infant formula back in September 2021. Last week, it issued a sweeping recall of three major brands after four babies w…
00:11:30 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
350.org faces next challenge: itself
It was the group that brought down the Keystone XL pipeline — a once-upstart environmental advocacy group that changed the face of America’s climate activism. But 350.org, founded by legendary activi…
00:12:34 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Putin escalates crisis
In a televised address on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine as independent, amounting to a dramatic escalation of a crisis that Western …
00:14:36 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
Josh Mandel and the crowded Ohio primary
In a Ohio Senate GOP primary that holds five candidates, Josh Mandel has broken through as an early front-runner with brazen tweets and campaign trail provocations. But what makes him stand out is th…
00:14:31 |
Fri 18 Feb 2022
A $30 billion price tag for continued Covid funding
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told congressional appropriators in charge of supplemental pandemic funding that at least $30 billion is needed to keep Covid-19 response work going…
00:09:30 |
Thu 17 Feb 2022
On the front lines in Ukraine
Journalist Kenneth Rosen visited front lines across the Donbas region to witness Putin’s digital war with Ukraine, and questions whether the West is prepared for cyberattacks and the future of warfar…
00:12:38 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
The court battles over mail-in voting
A pair of looming state court cases in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin could significantly curtail mail voting ahead of the midterms — one of Republicans’ major goals since former President Donald Trump w…
00:14:17 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
Biden's stalled climate agenda
Joe Biden entered the White House last year with the most ambitious climate agenda in history, but he's struggling to logmajor wins and setbacks keep mounting. Josh Siegel reports.
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00:13:33 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Capitol Hill's instagram revolution
An anonymously run Instagram account known as “Dear White Staffers” has exploded in popularity, spilling tea and dragging longstanding workplace issues on the Hill into the light. It has also acceler…
00:13:27 |
Fri 11 Feb 2022
The next big health crisis?
When the pandemic began, Congress barred states from kicking people off Medicaid in exchange for additional federal funding, Enrollment surged nearly 20 percent over the next 16 months to 76.7 millio…
00:12:34 |
Thu 10 Feb 2022
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