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
- 1944
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
June 15, 2021: Biden agenda threatened by Democratic infighting
President Joe Biden's entire agenda appears to be in jeopardy amid Democratic infighting over how to proceed on infrastructure.
That’s a sweeping statement, and it’s possible this all gets sorted out…
00:06:26 |
Tue 15 Jun 2021
June 14, 2021: Manchin and Sinema still might get their way
Senior Democrats were telling us Sunday night they think the White House is actually considering the trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure deal floated by 10 centrist senators Friday.
First, howe…
00:05:18 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
June 11, 2021: How Europe can help Biden snuff out Trump(ism)
When we talk to European diplomats and officials, they all say the same thing — the Biden presidency is a “sigh of relief” after the “near-death experience” of Trump. This week we checked in with the…
00:06:52 |
Fri 11 Jun 2021
June 10, 2021: Former Harris aides say trip exposed her political weakness
VP Kamala Harris' trip to Guatemala and Mexico — like just about every foreign trip by a president or VP — was a mix of policy and politics. On the policy, her aides, her allies and those in the immi…
00:05:37 |
Thu 10 Jun 2021
June 9, 2021: Cassidy is the new Capito
In Washington, relationships come and go. In a quick succession of phone calls on Tuesday, Joe Biden exited negotiations with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and started them with Sen. Bill Cassi…
00:04:45 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
June 8, 2021: Manchin comes face to face with his critics, but what's next?
A host of Black and civil rights leaders will visit Sen. Joe Manchin to discuss voting rights this morning — two days after the West Virginia moderate announced his opposition to Democrats’ top legis…
00:05:59 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
June 7, 2021: Biden’s trip abroad
We interrupt infrastructure summer to bring you two weeks of foreign policy-focused events — a show of force, then a showdown with Putin.
Raghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Amen…
00:05:54 |
Mon 07 Jun 2021
June 4, 2021: Capito not biting on Biden's tax compromise
If you thought President Joe Biden’s offer to keep the corporate tax rate at 21% might yield a breakthrough on infrastructure…not so much.
Raghu Manavalan is the new host of POLITICO's Playbook
Olivi…
00:11:05 |
Fri 04 Jun 2021
June 3, 2021: What Biden told Capito in their Oval Office meeting
Here's what Playbook was able to learn about Shelley Moore Capito's one-on-one meeting with President Joe Biden over a possible infrastructure deal.
Olivia Reingold is an editor-producer for POLITIC…
00:07:24 |
Thu 03 Jun 2021
June 1, 2021: The sympathizer-in-chief heads to Tulsa
A century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, President Joe Biden will head to Tulsa today to offer words of healing, once again donning his hat as sympathizer-in-chief.
Olivia Reingold is an editor-produ…
00:08:08 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
May 28, 2021: Overnight chaos on the Senate floor
Senate Republicans are gearing up to initiate their first filibuster of the Biden administration.
Olivia Reingold is an editor-producer for POLITICO Audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POL…
00:07:05 |
Fri 28 May 2021
May 27, 2021: GOP dreads the return of Trump rallies
They’ll never say it publicly. But Republicans in Washington are dreading Donald Trump’s return to the stump, predicting his rallies will cause a major headache for the party as it mounts a bid to ta…
00:07:21 |
Thu 27 May 2021
May 26, 2021: ‘Cloud of nerves’ hovers over Trump land after grand jury report
After news broke last night that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has convened a special grand jury to decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump or execs at his company, Playbook che…
00:09:26 |
Wed 26 May 2021
May 25, 2021: How Washington will mark George Floyd’s death
George Floyd was murdered one year ago today.
President Joe Biden wanted to use that grim marker as a deadline for Congress to pass a police reform bill. But with no bill in sight Biden has instead i…
00:07:33 |
Tue 25 May 2021
May 24, 2021: Biden’s deadlines come due
The clock is ticking on two self-imposed deadlines set by President Joe Biden: passing a police reform act and reaching a bipartisan deal on infrastructure.
Olivia Reingold is an editor-producer for…
00:07:59 |
Mon 24 May 2021
May 21, 2021: W.H. gives Whoopi the VIP treatment — but snubs Meghan McCain
With a vast number of Republicans still not vaccinated, you’d think the White House would accept all the help it can get from celebrities and influencers who speak to that demographic. But when Megan…
00:08:06 |
Fri 21 May 2021
May 20, 2021: Biden’s big Bibi test
On Wednesday night, it seemed like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might be heeding President Joe Biden's call for a cease-fire. Now it's not so clear.
Olivia Reingold is an editor-produce…
00:07:58 |
Thu 20 May 2021
May 19, 2021: An insider’s guide to Biden and Israel
On most issues, the younger rising progressive wing of the Democratic Party has found President Joe Biden, despite his age, to be an ally — someone who ran as a centrist but has been willing to move …
00:08:45 |
Wed 19 May 2021
May 18, 2021: The curious case of Stephen Miller and Andrew Yang
Playbook has counted 10 recent tweets from Stephen Miller — a figure reviled by the left for creating Donald Trump's Muslim ban and his child separation policy — in support of Andrew Yang's bid to b…
00:07:23 |
Tue 18 May 2021
May 14, 2021: It’s not a civil war; it’s a purge
We’ve frequently used the term “civil war” to describe what’s going on in the Republican Party. But what if that’s the wrong way to think about it?
Olivia Reingold is an editor-producer for POLITICO…
00:07:50 |
Fri 14 May 2021
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