Episodes

  • Zelenskyy’s ‘victory plan’ hinges on the 2024 election: Amb. Kurt Volker
    Sep 27 2024

    Kurt Volker, former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine negotiations and former NATO ambassador, joins Chuck as Presidents Zelenskyy and Biden meet in Washington.

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    57 mins
  • Does a rising tide lift down-ballot votes? Nathan Gonzales on the Kamala Harris effect
    Sep 25 2024

    Nathan Gonzales, the Editor & Publisher of Inside Elections, joins Chuck to talk about the long tail effects of Democrats' candidate swap.

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    55 mins
  • How the DOJ was ‘ill-suited’ to hold Trump accountable, with David Rohde
    Sep 20 2024

    David Rohde, NBC News senior executive editor for national security, joins Chuck to talk about the ways in which the Justice Department has been transformed by Donald Trump’s presidency — and how Merrick Garland dealt with the difficult task of investigating a former president running for re-election.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • The polls we're reading, and what's been overlooked: Dante Chinni
    Sep 18 2024

    Chuck is joined by Dante Chinni, the director of the American Communities Project, which uses data to track how trends in politics, culture and economics for local communities across the country.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • The challenge of getting ‘Trump the contrarian’ on message, from former staffer Marc Short
    Sep 13 2024

    Marc Short, former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, joins Chuck with his takeaways on Donald Trump’s debate performance and previews the campaign ahead.

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    48 mins
  • Trump’s lack of control costs him, plus DOJ’s antitrust enforcement
    Sep 11 2024

    Chuck Todd analyzes the first Harris-Trump debate. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, head of the DOJ's antitrust division, joins Chuck to talk about the administration's push to break up corporate power in the U.S.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 2024 Senate draft revisited: The NBC News Political Unit looks back on a year of changes to the Senate map
    Sep 6 2024

    In February, Mark Murray, Bridget Bowman and Ben Kamisar joined Chuck to pick their top prospects from the 2024 Senate races. Now they’re back to see which picks stand up for the general election, and which races have changed.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • The race to define an incumbent, plus the politics of Gen Z
    Sep 4 2024

    Melissa Deckman, the CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute and author of a new book, “The Politics of Gen Z,” joins Chuck to talk about young voters and their impact on the election.

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    1 hr and 13 mins