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
Congress looks at prescription drug prices (for real this time)
President Biden on Monday nudged members of his party in Congress push through his signature Build Back Better plan, which includes health provisions to change prescription drug pricing. Democrats’ a…
00:12:10 |
Thu 09 Dec 2021
The new memo shaking up Capitol Hill
In a 36-page memo to the Jan. 6 committee, Col. Earl Matthews slams the Pentagon's inspector general for what he calls an error-ridden report. Plus, Marc Short, former chief of staff to Mike Pence, i…
00:10:10 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
How the pandemic ends
What will it take to declare victory over Covid? POLITICO's Sarah Owermohle reports.
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00:11:41 |
Tue 07 Dec 2021
The future of the Democratic South
In North Carolina, the race for the Senate reveals the party’s internal conflict over race and the best strategy to win a crucial seat. POLITICO's Michael Kruse reports.
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00:10:16 |
Mon 06 Dec 2021
Presenting Playbook Deep Dive: The Biden family's secrets
After seven Senate terms and three runs for president, Joe Biden has mastered his folksy image. But behind "the Delaware way" are secrets in Joe's family tree and son Hunter's foreign deals. National…
00:30:53 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
How Operation Warp Speed left the world waiting for a vaccine
U.S. officials bet on Novavax to provide a shot that could easily be shipped overseas. But its manufacturing problems have left global distributors without enough shots for poor and middle-income cou…
00:12:25 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
Presenting Global Insider: Belarus’ opposition leader on fighting the Lukashenko regime from exile
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was a former teacher and self-described housewife catapulted to run for president of Belarus when her candidate husband was arrested in 2020. Even in exile after the disputed…
00:23:09 |
Wed 01 Dec 2021
The edge of legalization, part two: Ripe for corruption
By making local officials the gatekeepers for million-dollar businesses, states have unintentionally created a breeding ground for bribery and favoritism. POLITICO's Mona Zhang reports. This episode …
00:11:17 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
The edge of legalization, part one: Border weed
Welcome to Ontario, Oregon, home of the tater tot — and now, a massive marijuana market for customers crossing the Idaho border. POLITICO's Natalie Fertig explains how the tiny town border town of 11…
00:14:59 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Presenting Playbook Deep Dive: Kiss your swing districts goodbye
Gerrymandering: Depending on where you stand, it’s either the cause of, or solution to, many of America’s political problems. Here’s what that fight looks like — from the outside looking in, and from…
00:34:14 |
Fri 26 Nov 2021
A dreadful December of deadlines
Funding the federal government. Preventing a default on the national debt. Voting on Build Back Better. Congress has a lot to do in one month. POLITICO’s Nicholas Wu reports. Plus, the Biden administ…
00:10:13 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
Covid’s comeback
Covid cases are once again rising, and holidays are just around the corner. POLITICO’s Dan Goldberg reports. Plus, the White House says about 95 percent of federal workers have complied with their va…
00:11:16 |
Tue 23 Nov 2021
The decision Biden can’t make
President Joe Biden has been wrestling for weeks with whether to reappoint the current chair of the Federal Reserve or pick someone new. But he just can’t seem to pull the trigger. POLITICO’s Jonatha…
00:12:14 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
Presenting Playbook Deep Dive: Cat and Mouse
It’s one of the most demanding jobs in Washington journalism: tracking down a lawmaker who’s in the news but doesn’t necessarily want to talk. For the Congress press corps, scoring that story-making …
00:22:17 |
Fri 19 Nov 2021
You get a booster! You get a booster!
Federal officials are preparing to expand access to extra shots. And some states are already moving ahead. POLITICO’s Adam Cancryn reports. Plus, Republicans overtake Democrats in voter registration …
00:11:59 |
Thu 18 Nov 2021
Why gas prices are up
Republicans are pinning the price at the pump on Biden. But as POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre reports, it’s a bit more complicated. Plus, Pfizer asks the FDA for emergency use authorization of its Covid pil…
00:11:10 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
From BIF to BIL
The bipartisan infrastructure framework is now the bipartisan infrastructure law. POLITICO’s Tanya Snyder breaks down what the new funding will and won’t do. Plus, the CBO plans to score Biden’s soci…
00:11:16 |
Tue 16 Nov 2021
The fallout from COP26
Nearly 200 countries are endorsing a new agreement to lower emissions. But a last-minute push by China and India weakened the deal and could hurt poorer nations. POLITICO's Lorraine Woellert reports.…
00:11:53 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Presenting Playbook Deep Dive: The strategists who made the “Youngkin Republican”
For the first time in 12 years, a Republican won the governorship in Virginia. And it wasn’t just any victory — to claim the seat, Glenn Youngkin had to beat Terry McAuliffe, former governor and Demo…
00:28:33 |
Fri 12 Nov 2021
Vaccine mandates? Meet reality.
From legal challenges to murky data on vaccination rates, federal mandates are facing turbulence. POLITICO’s Natasha Korecki reports. Plus, a virtual summit between President Joe Biden and Chinese le…
00:12:05 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
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