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
February 3, 2021: The Biden-McCarthy split screen
The president is embracing the left in his Covid-19 relief negotiations, while the House GOP leader may purge a member on the right. Here's what's driving Washington today.
00:06:50 |
Wed 03 Feb 2021
February 2, 2021: A tale of two Republicans
Over the next 48 hours, the fates of two Republican women will be decided for diametrically opposite reasons. Plus: About that Biden-GOP huddle ... and more in today's Playbook Audio Briefing.
00:06:59 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
February 1, 2021: The reconciliation situation
Just how serious is Joe Biden about bipartisanship? We're about to find out.
00:06:43 |
Mon 01 Feb 2021
January 27, 2021: The Democratic conundrum
Democrats may technically control the House, the Senate and the White House. But there’s a new sheriff in town in Joe Biden — and centrist Democrats calling for some good old-fashioned bipartisanship…
00:05:39 |
Wed 27 Jan 2021
January 26, 2021: The White House power map
Today, we're taking you on a little field trip to the West Wing, giving you an inside look at who's occupying the most important real estate in Biden's White House. But first: Here’s what’s driving t…
00:06:42 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
January 25, 2021: Republicans feel the squeeze on impeachment
With a trial start date finally on the horizon, the pressure is on for Senate Republicans to acquit former President Trump. And that’s regardless of whether they think he actually committed an impeac…
00:06:36 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
January 22, 2021: What Biden did on Day One vs. what he promised
President Joe Biden followed through on several first-day promises, but there are a few big ones he hasn't hit yet. Plus: impeachment timeline news and GOP fractures.
00:06:50 |
Fri 22 Jan 2021
January 20, 2021: No. 46 is here
Joe Biden officially becomes president today. He'll issue a flurry of executive orders. But he's also inheriting a mess: including a Schumer-McConnell standoff.
00:07:41 |
Wed 20 Jan 2021
January 19, 2021: The final countdown
New administration, new Playbook! We reveal our four new Playbook authors, and the insider drama in the White House and on Capitol Hill as Trump exits the building.
00:08:12 |
Tue 19 Jan 2021
January 15, 2021: Senate's power to impeach
Trump's impeachment trial could start an hour after Biden is sworn into office. But can the Senate try him? And can the Supreme Court intervene?
00:05:55 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
January 14, 2021: The real reason most Republicans opposed impeachment
For the second time in just over a year, it's the morning after impeachment day. Here's what's next, and Playbook guest author Ben Shapiro's take on why most Republicans opposed impeachment despite t…
00:06:53 |
Thu 14 Jan 2021
January 13, 2021: Chris Hayes' guide to impeachment day
MSNBC's Chris Hayes joins today's POLITICO Playbook audio briefing as we prep for the first-ever second impeachment day in American history.
00:07:28 |
Wed 13 Jan 2021
January 12, 2021: Ken Burns on an American crisis
Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joins this special edition of the POLITICO Playbook Audio Briefing, as Congress prepares for another impeachment push and fallout continues from last week's …
00:11:35 |
Tue 12 Jan 2021
January 11, 2021: Breaking down Trump’s final full week in office
President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States in nine days. Since the assault on the U.S. Capitol, everyone is trying to figure out the answer to a question we…
00:07:22 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
BONUS: PBS NewsHour's Yamiche Alcindor on the Capitol chaos
Yamiche Alcindor, Playbook guest author and PBS NewsHour's White House correspondent, tells us in her own words her reflections on a chaotic week, in which a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol.
Yamich…
00:04:48 |
Sat 09 Jan 2021
January 8, 2021: 'Conspiracy theories have consequences'
In this special Playbook, PBS' Yamiche Alcindor explains why Wednesday's Capitol siege is a "fitting end" to Trump's presidency.
00:07:45 |
Fri 08 Jan 2021
January 7, 2021: Chaos at the Capitol
Congress affirmed Joe Biden's victory after a day of pro-Trump riots turned deadly, fueled by the president urging his followers to march on the Capitol to pressure Congress otherwise.
00:07:31 |
Thu 07 Jan 2021
January 6, 2021: Big Democrat win in Georgia
Glued to the almighty Needle all night? Us, too. In today's audio briefing: A historic win, Georgia Senate runoff projections, getting ready for a Democrat-controlled Washington, Biden's election cer…
00:04:01 |
Wed 06 Jan 2021
January 5, 2021: Georgia on everyone's minds
Perdue vs. Ossoff, Warnock vs. Loeffler, MAGA rallies and more in today's audio briefing.
00:05:23 |
Tue 05 Jan 2021
January 4, 2021: The back story of that Georgia call
Trump's leaked Georgia call, Republican splinters, Pelosi's win and more in today's Audio Briefing.
00:05:13 |
Mon 04 Jan 2021
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