The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO’s Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns bring their fresh insight, analysis and reporting to the biggest story driving the day in the nation’s capital.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 1942
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
March 18, 2024: Another week, another government funding deadline
Six massive bills that make up roughly 70% of discretionary federal spending — including the military — need to be passed by Friday in order to keep the government open. It is a predicament Congress…
00:09:29 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
March 15, 2024: Another Trump trial delay?
A theme has emerged in the recent developments surrounding former president — and presumptive GOP nominee — Donald Trump’s criminal trials: They keep being delayed. In the New York hush money case, M…
00:09:01 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
March 14, 2024: Biden takes aim at the housing crisis
It’s one of the biggest economic trends shaping American life — and it happens to be something of an obsession of the president’s: The high cost of housing. Sources tell POLITICO that for months, Bid…
00:09:42 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
March 13, 2024: Absent a smoking gun, Republicans consider impeachment offramps
Republicans on the Hill were hoping that Special Counsel Robert Hur’s testimony Tuesday would kickstart their stalled impeachment campaign, but that isn’t how things shook out. Without the smoking gu…
00:09:23 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
March 12, 2024: Robert Hur’s big moment on the Hill
Special Counsel Robert Hur is set to appear before the House Judiciary Committee today to talk about his explosive report on Biden's handling of classified documents. Ankush Khardori, a senior writer…
00:09:06 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
March 11, 2024: What Biden’s budget tells us about his priorities
The budget President Biden is releasing today is through fiscal year 2025, potentially leading into Biden’s second term if he is reelected. As economics reporter Victoria Guida tells Playbook co-auth…
00:09:36 |
Mon 11 Mar 2024
March 8, 2024: Biden’s strident SOTU speech jolts the political world
It was the speech Joe Biden’s supporters were aching to hear: A 66-minute stemwinder that torched Donald Trump and the GOP on issues from abortion rights and IVF to taxes on the wealthy to Ukraine an…
00:11:58 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
March 7, 2024: Why tonight’s SOTU speech is *actually* important
The importance of State of the Union speeches is vastly overrated. Except this year.When President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress this evening, the vast viewing audience won’t simply…
00:09:08 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
March 6, 2024: Super Tuesday shaped the November election — but not how you think
On the campaign trail, Super Tuesday was a romp for Joe Biden and Donald Trump — though both men stopped short of a clean sweep in their parties’ respective contests. Down the ticket, we now have a c…
00:11:07 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
March 5, 2024: The real Super Tuesday action is in these two states
Though it is one of the most significant dates of the U.S. election cycle, this year’s Super Tuesday looks like it won’t come with many surprises. President Joe Biden has won every early Democratic c…
00:09:02 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
March 4, 2024: Pete Buttigieg knows Biden's message isn't translating
Ahead of the State of the Union on Thursday, members of President Joe Biden’s cabinet are scattering about the country to tout Biden's accomplishments to voters. Included in that group is Transportat…
00:08:41 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
March 1, 2024: Trump vs. the courtroom clock
Donald Trump’s week has been a mixed bag.
There was a victory of sorts as the Supreme Court agreed to hear his argument that he is immune from charges related to allegedly subverting the 2020 electio…
00:09:59 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
February 29, 2024: MAGA delights in its ‘Bye, Mitch!’ moment
The MAGA makeover of Senate GOP leadership is coming. At least, that’s what allies of Donald Trump are hoping now that longtime Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he’s stepping d…
00:06:33 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
February 28, 2024: It’s Hunter Biden’s deposition day. Here’s what to watch for.
Hunter Biden will appear for a closed-door Congressional deposition today, where he will answer questions about alleged involvement with his father’s business dealings. Republicans hope any revelatio…
00:09:44 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
February 27, 2024: Biden’s first real reckoning with Michigan's naysayers
In must-win Michigan, Joe Biden is expected to handily win the primary election today. But the numbers — specifically the number of Democrats who vote “undeclared”— could provide some insight into on…
00:11:06 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
February 26, 2024: Hill fighting ahead of the March funding deadline
Once again, Congress has found itself up against a deadline for a partial government shutdown, and once again, things on Capitol Hill appear to be cracking under pressure. Late last week, congression…
00:09:42 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
February 23, 2024: What’s the matter with South Carolina?
South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary has long had a reputation as something like a knife fight in a phone booth. But this year, it feels different. It’s a conventional campaign despite ha…
00:09:48 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
February 22, 2024: GOP faces IVF ruling backlash
Following a ruling in Alabama that grants legal personhood to frozen embryos, Republicans are bracing for another round of backlash — and for more punishing headlines likely to turn off swing voters,…
00:09:16 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
February 21, 2024: What we learned from 2024's first campaign finance filings
The first Federal Election Commission reports for 2024 paint an interesting picture for the three most prominent candidates in the race. The biggest takeaways? President Joe Biden’s campaign is flush…
00:08:18 |
Wed 21 Feb 2024
February 20, 2024: Biden pushes temporary ceasefire
With a week until the Democratic Primary in Michigan, President Joe Biden has his eyes on the state’s Muslim population that helped get him elected in 2020. The Abandon Biden movement, a coalition of…
00:05:51 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
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