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
How to save the coronavirus economy
President Biden wants $1.9 trillion. Republicans want a lot less. POLITICO’s Victoria Guida breaks down what would really save the Covid economy — and why we shouldn’t care too much about the price …
00:12:51 |
Mon 01 Feb 2021
Biden’s plan to be boring
Every day has a theme. Every day has a briefing. Every day has some executive orders. The first full week of the Biden administration has certainly followed a pattern. POLITICO’s Sam Stein breaks dow…
00:11:55 |
Fri 29 Jan 2021
Your health data is for sale
There’s an app for everything. There’s also data on everyone. POLITICO’s Mohana Ravindranath breaks down how companies are slyly buying and selling the information we share with health apps — and exp…
00:14:29 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
The variants and the vaccines
We’re in a race against the clock. New variants are popping up around the world, and slowing the spread is essential. POLITICO’s Sarah Owermohle breaks down what sort of progress the U.S. is making i…
00:15:49 |
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Biden’s immigration challenge
President Biden made some big immigration promises. And he’s already delivered on some of them, signing executive orders to repeal the so-called “Muslim travel ban” and halt construction of the borde…
00:12:02 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
A Republican push to restrict voting
If you can’t win, change the rules of the game. That appears to be the rule state Republicans are following across the country in the aftermath of Trump’s loss, as they push for new voting restrictio…
00:13:40 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Presenting ... Global Translations: Where does labor go from here?
The global economy is still fighting the pandemic and digging itself out of a recession, while jobs and training will surely change going forward. What other actions need to be taken by government, b…
00:27:48 |
Sun 24 Jan 2021
The most important duo in Washington
Democrats have control of the House, the Senate and the White House. But if they want to get anything done, like a massive Covid bill, they're gonna have to work across the aisle. POLITICO's Alex Tho…
00:12:40 |
Fri 22 Jan 2021
And the pandemic rages on
President Joe Biden is promising a complete reversal of the problems that plagued the Trump administration. But one is sure to stick around: the coronavirus pandemic. POLITICO’s Alice Miranda Ollstei…
00:13:21 |
Thu 21 Jan 2021
A new President. A new Washington.
Streets are deserted. Stores are boarded up. Troops line the perimeter of the Capitol. This is the backdrop of President-elect Biden’s inauguration — and as POLITICO Playbook's Tara Palmeri reports, …
00:09:50 |
Wed 20 Jan 2021
America’s next vice president
When POLITICO’s Eugene Daniels thinks about how he'll cover Kamala Harris as one of the new authors of the Playbook newsletter, he remembers his grandma, who didn’t think her grandson would see a Bla…
00:12:54 |
Tue 19 Jan 2021
Presenting ... Global Translations: Getting Jobs in a Post-Pandemic World
The idea of a traditional career path is changing — and for the better. Technological advances and changing labor markets are spurring nontraditional job training methods like reskilling and upskilli…
00:30:08 |
Mon 18 Jan 2021
A Trumpless internet
It’s been seven days since Trump’s last tweet, after Twitter and several other tech giants banned the President amid the fallout from last week’s insurrection. POLITICO’s Nancy Scola takes us inside …
00:14:03 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
An impeached president. A worsening pandemic.
As the nation reels from a violent insurrection and a devastating pandemic, President Trump has become the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice. So how did we get here? Dan Diamond —…
00:15:43 |
Thu 14 Jan 2021
Can Capitol security handle this week?
Impeachment. Inauguration. The transfer of power. The next seven days will be critical, and intelligence officials are already warning of possible "armed protests" across the country. Garrett Graff e…
00:14:12 |
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Biden’s vaccine problem
100 million vaccinations in 100 days. It’s one of the main promises President-elect Biden has made for when he takes office. But with the Trump administration’s vaccination efforts hitting roadblocks…
00:11:50 |
Tue 12 Jan 2021
What a second impeachment could look like
Following last week’s deadly siege at the Capitol, Democratic leaders are once again faced with the question of whether or not to impeach President Trump. POLITICO’s Heather Caygle breaks down the ar…
00:11:32 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
Presenting ... Global Translations: Cures for an Ailing Labor Market
The pandemic sent shockwaves through a global labor market already upended by digitization and the green energy transition. It left tens of millions jobless and amplified skills gaps. Even as we spen…
00:27:39 |
Sun 10 Jan 2021
The next 12 days of Trump
As lawmakers call for President Trump's removal from office after Wednesday's violent attempted coup, Trump is surrounding himself with an increasingly small circle of advisors. POLITICO's Anita Kuma…
00:11:18 |
Fri 08 Jan 2021
Chaos at the Capitol
It's a day that will live in infamy. Rioters incited by President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in an attempt to overturn the results of the November election. POLITICO's Ryan Lizza exp…
00:15:08 |
Thu 07 Jan 2021
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