The Shifting Meaning of “Moderate”
The New Yorker contributing writer Jon Allsop joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the shifting meaning of the word “moderate” in the 2026 electio...
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20 of 194 episodesBernie Sanders and Erin Brockovich Take on Data Centers
1. The data centers that power artificial intelligence are being built at a rampant pace, and are spurring resistance all over the country....
Gina Raimondo on Reclaiming the American Dream in the Age of A.I.
The Washington Roundtable’s Evan Osnos interviews the former Commerce Secretary and Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo about a problem she’...
What Is Ibogaine and Why Is Trump Talking About It?
The journalist Michelle Lhooq joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss her reporting on ibogaine, a psychedelic that has recently been embraced by the...
How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains
One of the biggest stories of this election cycle is the emergence, for the first time in a long time, of socialism as a force on the nation...
Andrew Weissmann Thinks Donald Trump Can Be Held to Account
The Washington Roundtable’s Jane Mayer interviews Andrew Weissmann, a former prosecutor for the Department of Justice who served as a lead m...
Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed Is “Not a Burn-It-Down Kind” of Candidate
Michigan’s Senate seat is a must-win for Democrats hoping to take control of the Senate in 2026. The midterms are reflecting a surge of ener...
Obsession-Worthy Stories: A Washington Summer Roundtable
The Washington Roundtable reflects on the stories they’ve been following this summer, touching on the “power mourners” at Lindsey Graham’s f...
The Woman Who Took On the N.R.A. After Two Gun Suicides
The New Yorker contributor Mike Spies joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the story of a woman who lost two partners to suicide by firearm and th...
One Refugee’s Journey Through ICE Detention
In 2025, as ICE was struggling to meet an impossible goal of three thousand immigration arrests per day, the agency took an unprecedented st...
Congress Used to Work. What Happened?
The Washington Roundtable is joined by Carl Hulse, the New York Times’ chief Washington correspondent, to discuss Congress’s dwindling role...
What Biden Officials Wish They Had Done Differently in Gaza
The New Yorker staff writer David D. Kirkpatrick joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the Biden Administration’s failure to restrain Israel during...
Rahm Emanuel Says Israel’s Path Is “Not Sustainable Politically”
Rahm Emanuel is a Democratic Party elder, having served in the Clinton and Obama Administrations and as mayor of his native Chicago for two...
Donald Trump Can’t Quit the 2020 Election
The Washington Roundtable discusses Donald Trump’s latest attempt to relitigate the 2020 election. In a prime-time speech on Thursday, he ar...
Can California Actually Make Billionaires Pay?
Dave Regan, the president of the prominent California union S.E.I.U.-United Healthcare Workers West, joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Proposit...
How an Estimated Seven Hundred Thousand People Have Died from DOGE’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts
The Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE, has officially been terminated. Its July 4th sunset date was part of Donald T...
The Platner Implosion, and What It Means for Democrats
The Washington Roundtable digs into the stunning collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate campaign in Maine, and what it means for the Democratic...
How the Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Is Reshaping Executive Power
The New Yorker contributing writer Ruth Marcus joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the Supreme Court’s now concluded term and what some of the re...
From Critics at Large: An American Playlist
The Washington Roundtable will return next Friday. To commemorate two hundred and fifty years of the American experiment, the hosts of The N...
America at 250: A View from Britain, with “The Rest Is History”
Americans tend to see the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War as milestones in world history that inaugurated the era of m...