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
The rise and fall of Michael Caputo
The Health Department's top spokesman, Michael Caputo, says he's taking a leave of absence for health reasons. The move comes just days after he accused government scientists of “sedition” — and less…
00:12:17 |
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Still no stimulus
Remember when Congress came to a bipartisan agreement on coronavirus relief … like a million years ago? Well, it doesn’t look like that’s gonna happen again anytime soon — despite the tens of million…
00:12:34 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
Biden’s plan to save the economy
Joe Biden is putting together a plan for getting the economy out of a pandemic-sized ditch ahead of the November election — and it’s shaping up to include whole lotta spending. POLITICO’s Ben White e…
00:13:42 |
Tue 15 Sep 2020
The 'apocalyptic' inferno in the West
President Trump is visiting California today as deadly and destructive wildfires burn up and down the West Coast. POLITICO's Carla Marinucci explains why the trip is likely to become a political show…
00:13:03 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
The Biden bubble
Joe Biden might be back on the campaign trail after months of quarantining in the basement of his Delaware home, but his team is still trying to keep him inside an impenetrable coronavirus bubble. PO…
00:12:57 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
The politicization of the vaccine
Public health is supposed to be separate from politics. But this pandemic — and this election — have turned that idea on its head. POLITICO's Dan Diamond and Sarah Owermohle discuss how politics is s…
00:14:34 |
Thu 10 Sep 2020
A coronavirus disaster for farmworkers
Crammed living quarters. No time off. A lack of protective gear. Advocates warned at the start of the pandemic that farms were ripe for outbreaks. POLITICO’s Ximena Bustillo explains how decades of w…
00:12:03 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
An historic vote on marijuana
The House of Representatives is set to vote on marijuana legalization later this month — the first time in history either body of Congress will consider removing the drug from the Controlled Substanc…
00:09:20 |
Tue 08 Sep 2020
Can big tech handle the election?
Facebook says it will ban political ads the week before the November election. POLITICO's Steven Overly breaks down how the effort aims to prevent the spread of misinformation — and looks at whether …
00:13:55 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Can Trump prevent another resurgence?
Earlier this summer, Covid cases were dipping and states started reopening. Weeks later, there was a resurgence. POLITICO's Dan Goldberg and Dan Diamond explain how the Trump administration is lookin…
00:13:37 |
Thu 03 Sep 2020
On the ground in Kenosha
Clashes between racial justice advocates and Trump supporters. Cries of "Black lives matter" met with chants of "all lives matter." POLITICO's Natasha Korecki gives an on-the-ground look at the city …
00:10:06 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
A warning sign in Hawaii
Earlier this summer, Hawaii was a Covid success story. Now it’s one of the worst-performing states in the nation. POLITICO’s Alice Miranda Ollstein explains why the state’s swift unravelling is a cau…
00:10:01 |
Tue 01 Sep 2020
A tale of two conventions
Are we a country that's failed disastrously to respond to a global pandemic, or a country that's overrun by protests and violence on the streets? Democrats and Republicans painted wildly different pi…
00:11:53 |
Mon 31 Aug 2020
What's next for Black Lives Matter?
Protests are ongoing in several cities after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. Pro athletes in multiple leagues are striking to draw attention to racial injustice. And Black Lives Matt…
00:13:51 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
The man behind our Covid response
With all eyes on Vice President Mike Pence after his speech at the RNC last night, POLITICO’s Adam Cancryn and Dan Diamond explore the past 6 months of Pence’s tenure as the leader of the White House…
00:14:43 |
Thu 27 Aug 2020
In the shadow of the pandemic
Nursing homes across the country have closed their doors to visitors amid the pandemic. POLITICO’s Alexandra Levine explains how that lack of human connection — combined with communication problems —…
00:12:16 |
Wed 26 Aug 2020
The problem with a rushed Covid vaccine
It might sound weird, but there actually is such a thing as “too soon” when it comes to a coronavirus vaccine. POLITICO’s Sarah Owermohle explains why — and how the FDA’s decision to authorize emerge…
00:13:54 |
Tue 25 Aug 2020
Another Trump RNC
In 2016, Donald Trump officially became the Republican presidential nominee in an unusual party convention marked by divisiveness, threats and demands of loyalty. POLITICO’s Michael Kruse explains ho…
00:12:07 |
Mon 24 Aug 2020
Class dismissed
It wasn’t the week that schools — or the Trump administration — had hoped for: Just days after reopening their doors to students, several saw significant spikes in coronavirus cases and some cancelle…
00:11:40 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
The Pentagon’s $2.2 billion health care controversy
Earlier this week, POLITICO reported that the Pentagon was considering slashing military health care by more than $2 billion in the middle of a pandemic. Then, President Trump jumped in and tweeted t…
00:12:44 |
Thu 20 Aug 2020
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