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How to Get Under a Strongman’s Skin, with George Conway
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Roundtable is joined by George Conway, co-founder of the Lincoln Project and creator of the Anti-Psychopath Political Action Committee,...
Will Kamala Harris’s Debate Win Be Enough to Move the Needle?
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala Harris successfully prosecuted a case against Donald Trump on issues ranging from abortion to the January 6th insurrection at last night’s de...
Preparing For Trump’s Next “Big Lie,” with the Election Lawyer Marc Elias
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Of the sixty-five lawsuits that Donald Trump’s team filed in the 2020 election, Democrats won sixty-four—with the attorney Marc Elias spearheading...
Will Harris Get Trump to Self-Destruct at the Debate?
07 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Roundtable revisits Vice-President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s past debate performances and considers how the candidates might a...
What Does “Election Interference” Even Mean Anymore?
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How has a phrase that just a decade ago had a narrow, technical definition come to essentially represent anything political that we don’t like? Jon ...
The Writer Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris and the Complexity of Biracial Identity in America
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In fiction and nonfiction, the author Danzy Senna focusses on the experience of being biracial in a nation long obsessed with color lines. Now that Ka...
How Much is “Being Cool” Actually Worth in Politics?
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker staff writer Naomi Fry joins Tyler Foggatt to unpack Kamala Harris’s cultural blitzkrieg and how a litany of A-list celebrities and o...
Kamala Harris’s “Different Kind of ‘Hope’ Campaign”
24 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Roundtable discusses the highs and lows of the Democratic National Convention and Vice-President Kamala Harris’s rousing acceptance s...
Unity, Millennial Cringe, And Overwhelming Relief Abound at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the sights, sounds, and broader implications of the Democratic National Conv...
Why Are More Latino Voters Supporting Trump?
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite a surge of enthusiasm for Vice-President Kamala Harris’s campaign, the 2024 race remains extremely competitive. And one factor very much in ...
What the Harris Campaign Needs to Win, with James Carville and Paul Begala
17 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Roundtable discusses the surge of enthusiasm for the Harris-Walz campaign among Democrats in relation to Bill Clinton’s bid for the W...
Elon Musk’s Pivot from Online Troll to Political Machinator
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how Elon Musk has once again found himself at the center of a geopolitical...
Nancy Pelosi, the Power Broker
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Pelosi, who represents California’s Eleventh Congressional District, led the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives for so long, and...
The Harris-Walz Reboot
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the addition of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to the Democratic ticket a...
Israel’s Other Intractable Conflict
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel has occupied the West Bank of the Jordan River since 1967, after the third Arab-Israeli war, and ever since Israelis have settled on more and m...
Decoding the “Compelling” Attack Ads of the 2024 Campaign
03 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the fiery advertising war between Vice-President Kamala Harris and for...
J. D. Vance’s Rough Rollout and Kamala Harris’s Veepstakes
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As J. D. Vance faces a bumpy public reception on the Trump ticket and Kamala Harris considers her options for a running mate, the New Yorker staff wri...
From In the Dark: Season 3, Episode 1
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're bringing you a special preview of the new season of the New Yorker investigative podcast In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran. The seri...
What Kamala Harris Needs to Win the Presidency
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala Harris will face barriers as a woman running for the Presidency. “Women constantly have to credential themselves,” Jennifer Palmieri, a vet...
Could Kamala Harris Be a Trump-Level Cultural Phenomenon?
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the start of Kamala Harris’s Presidential campaign and the surge of ...
The “Strange Charisma” of Kamala Harris
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker staff writers and cultural critics Doreen St. Félix and Vinson Cunningham join Tyler Foggatt to discuss Kamala Harris’s sudden ascen...
Special Episode: Biden Passes the Torch
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss President Biden’s stunning exit from the 2024 Presidential election ...
Trump’s Triumphant R.N.C. and Biden’s Dilemma
20 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss takeaways from the Republican National Convention, which Glasser repor...
A Dispatch from the Republican National Convention
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker contributing writer Antonia Hitchens calls Tyler Foggatt from Milwaukee to offer some details and observations from the first night of ...