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
September 15, 2023: The UAW is on strike. Here’s why it matters.
At midnight, the UAW’s roughly 150,000 members went on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis — the first time ever that the union has targeted all three companies simultaneously in a lab…
00:08:43 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
September 14, 2023: What Musk, Gates and Zuck told senators behind closed doors
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerburg and other of heavy hitters from the tech world joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last night for a closed-door meeting about the future of artificial intelligence …
00:08:00 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
September 13, 2023: Inside McCarthy's impeachment inquiry
Mere hours into the first day members of the House convened after August recess, Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced he would be opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. At the center of…
00:07:02 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
September 12, 2023: What’s at stake amid House Republican infighting
House Republicans are supposed to be taking up (and are expected to pass) a right-wing defense funding bill this week. But, head butting within the party over spending may throw a wrench in that plan…
00:06:38 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
September 11, 2023: McCarthy faces tumult as the House returns
When the House reconvenes after August recess tomorrow, Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be greeted in the Capitol by unhappy people, many of whom are members of his own party. McCarthy must navigate cons…
00:09:01 |
Mon 11 Sep 2023
September 8, 2023: The McConnell-McCarthy relationship faces a key test
As the House returns next week, the relationship between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell could face its greatest test yet. Playbook co-author Rachael Bade joins depu…
00:07:38 |
Fri 08 Sep 2023
September 7, 2023: Biden’s big sales pitch to edge out China
Today, President Joe Biden heads to New Delhi for the G-20 summit. The subtext of the trip? Convince countries that the U.S. is a better bet than China. That’s a complicates sales pitch, but could be…
00:06:28 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
September 6, 2023: As Senate returns, McConnell tries to silence doubt
Mitch McConnell is moving as fast as he can to get beyond questions about whether his health will hurt his ability to lead Senate Republicans. Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels talks with Senate repo…
00:07:29 |
Wed 06 Sep 2023
September 5, 2023: What we learned from a new book on Biden
A new book dropping today offers a rare inside look at Biden’s first two years in office. Franklin Foer’s “The Last Politician” offers in-depth insights into topics such as the president’s approaches…
00:03:40 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
August 25, 2023: Trump? Booked. Debate? Over. Has anything changed?
Playbook deputy editor Zack Stanton talks with senior columnist and politics bureau chief Jonathan Martin about this week in politics and his new column on why you should be paying attention to Virgi…
00:08:20 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
August 24, 2023: Inside Playbook’s post-debate group chat
One story looms above all others today: the first Republican debate. (Although a close second is Donald Trump, who is expected to surrender to law enforcement in Georgia later today, after giving a b…
00:21:30 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
August 23, 2023: What Ronna McDaniel told us about tonight’s debate
We’re just a few hours away from the start of the first presidential debate of the 2024 cycle, and the event is already mired in controversy. Playbook co-author Rachael Bade walks through everything …
00:07:53 |
Wed 23 Aug 2023
August 22, 2023: The debate stage is set. The mayhem is just beginning.
The debate stage is set. Late last night, the RNC announced that eight candidates will be participating in the first presidential debate of the 2024 cycle on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, the debate’s …
00:07:47 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
August 21, 2023: What Kamala Harris told us
Vice President Kamala Harris’ political future — and quite possibly the success of the Democratic ticket in 2024 — hinges on a simple question: In modern-day D.C., is it possible to make a second imp…
00:06:08 |
Mon 21 Aug 2023
August 18, 2023: 2024 hopefuls prep for GOP debate, Newsom wades into debates in S.F.
As Republicans gear up for the big debate in Milwaukee, further west, California Gov. Gavin Newsom injects himself into the debates raging in San Francisco. The city’s myriad challenges — from cultur…
00:07:27 |
Fri 18 Aug 2023
August 17, 2023: Can Nikki Haley engineer a breakout moment?
Six months into her presidential campaign, Nikki Haley is mired in the single digits and needs a breakout moment. Could next week’s presidential debate offer it? Playbook co-author Rachael Bade joine…
00:05:55 |
Thu 17 Aug 2023
August 16, 2023: Why Biden's bully pulpit isn't targeting Trump
Thus far, President Joe Biden’s administration has not used Donald Trump’s multiple indictments as fodder for insult. Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels and White House Bureau Chief Jonathan Lemire ex…
00:07:26 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
August 15, 2023: Late-night indictments for Trump and allies
On Monday night, a Georgia grand jury delivered a 98-page indictment against Donald Trump and many of his close allies on charges of interfering with the 2020 election. Legal Affairs reporter Kyle Ch…
00:10:20 |
Tue 15 Aug 2023
August 14, 2023: Mitch McConnell’s political endgame
Republican Minority Leader McConnell says he is working to preserve the United States’ identity as a strong, visible presence internationally and within NATO. But with Donald Trump now the de facto p…
00:08:19 |
Mon 14 Aug 2023
August 11, 2023: What we saw and heard at the Iowa State Fair
Nearly every Republican presidential hopeful will be in Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair this weekend. And so will our own Rachael Bade. She joins Ryan to discuss the scene at Ron DeSantis, Mike Pe…
00:08:29 |
Fri 11 Aug 2023
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