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• Reaction Podcast: Trump Goes Long

  March 5, 2025 · 32 min

  Galen speaks with Nathaniel Rakich and Mary Radcliffe in this late night reaction to President Trump's address to Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Is The Era Of ‘Macho Man’ Politics Here?

  March 3, 2025 · 42 min

  Congress has kept relatively quiet during the first month of President Donald Trump's second term, but in the coming weeks it will be thrust into the spotlight. Amidst intraparty Republican debate over tax and spending cuts, Trump will…

• No, It's Not Getting More Dangerous To Fly

  February 27, 2025 · 38 min

  It has been a difficult month for Americans afraid of flying. On Jan. 29, an American Airlines jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River, killing 67 people. It was the first major U.S. commercial airline crash in…

• Democrats Aren't Popular. What Should They Do About It?

  February 24, 2025 · 43 min

  The Democratic Party has reached at least a 15-year low in the public’s view, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll. Fifty-seven percent of registered voters have an unfavorable view of the party, while that’s just 45 percent for the…

• Trump's Theory Of Presidential Power

  February 19, 2025 · 37 min

  In honor of Presidents’ Day, in this installment of the 538 Politics podcast Galen speaks with constitutional law professor Peter Shane about presidential power and its limits during President Trump's second term. Learn more about your ad…

• A Valentine? In This Romantic Recession?

  February 14, 2025 · 38 min

  On this Valentine’s Day installment of the 538 Politics podcast, Galen is joined by Daniel Cox and Kelsey Eyre Hammond of the Survey Center on American Life. They discuss the troubled state of American dating life and how the country fell…

• How Data Became A Political Football

  February 10, 2025 · 40 min

  In this post-Super Bowl edition of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew kicks things off with some prop bets and a look at the rapid rise of sports gambling. Then they dig into the offlining of key government datasets under President Donald…

• The View From Europe

  February 6, 2025 · 39 min

  In the post-war world order, the United States and Europe have been among the closest of allies. What happens if President Donald Trump upends that equation? Jeanna Smialek, Brussels bureau chief for The New York Times, joins the show to…