Original political stories inspired by current events. A weekly fix for political junkies combining compelling clips from the C-SPAN archives (iconic and obscure), history, trivia – and often a healthy helping of comedy.
Before Trump and Maduro and Venezuela: Bush and Noriega and Panama
25 mins; April 02, 2026
Washington Post Sports Writers
28 mins; March 26, 2026
For C-SPAN's 47th Anniversary, Something Rare: Top Moments from the House Ethics Committee
43 mins; March 19, 2026
The First-Ever ExMo Prize for Best Movie Reference by a Politician — Awarded by Bob Cusack!
47 mins; March 12, 2026
Ben Sasse picks his favorite speaking moments as a U.S. Senator
19 mins; March 05, 2026
The death of Jesse Jackson - and the birth of a Sister Souljah moment
24 mins; February 26, 2026
Why State of the Union Addresses Matter: Foreign Policy
23 mins; February 19, 2026
Lou Cannon — Reagan biographer - Remembered by Carl Cannon
52 mins; February 11, 2026
When Super Bowl Sunday Collided with Senate Session Sunday
15 mins; February 05, 2026
What Is a Discharge Petition? What Does It have To Do with Jeffrey Epstein, Stocks, and Healthcare? Scott Wong Has Answers
54 mins; January 29, 2026
PART 2 - 8 political sex scandals…w/ Washington Post's Roxanne Roberts
42 mins; January 22, 2026
PART 1 - 8 political sex scandals…w/ Washington Post's Roxanne Roberts
44 mins; January 15, 2026
Congress Cites – and Attends -- the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
25 mins; January 08, 2026
Favorite! Best! Top! Funniest! Political Moments seen on C-SPAN in 2025: A Cate Martel Playlist!
47 mins; January 01, 2026
Extreme Mortman Explained: Howard Mortman’s Podcast on Politics, History, and the C-SPAN Archives
31 mins; December 25, 2025
Presidents Get Winter Vacations – We Get Kirk Bado and Ledge King
42 mins; December 18, 2025
What's It Like for Robert Redford to Play You in a Movie? Bob Woodward Has Answers
26 mins; December 11, 2025
Dana Carvey and George Bush: A Comedian and a President Make Each Other Laugh
28 mins; December 04, 2025
Thanksgiving Presidential Turkey Pardon Contest – With Justin Robert Young
28 mins; November 25, 2025
Extreme Mortman: The New Almanac of American Politics Is Here! With Author Lou Jacobson
49 mins; November 20, 2025
Presidential rhetoric after shootings and domestic attacks -- with historian Tevi Troy
52 mins; November 13, 2025
Dick Cheney: What Did They Say About Him At CPAC?
17 mins; November 06, 2025
Halloween: 11 Scary Moments in Politics – with Ledge King
48 mins; October 30, 2025
Fawn Hall and Oliver North Get Married! Remembering the 1987 Iran-Contra Hearings
26 mins; October 23, 2025
You've Got Podcast: A Political Farewell to AOL Dial-Up Internet Service
17 mins; October 16, 2025
The House Freedom Caucus and Speaker Boehner's resignation: Ten Years Later
36 mins; October 09, 2025
The 1973 Yom Kippur War: How Richard Nixon Is Remembered
17 mins; October 02, 2025
Post-Season Baseball and Presidents – 8 Memorable Moments - with Carl Cannon
42 mins; September 25, 2025
The Losers: Losing Presidential Candidates Explain their Losses
19 mins; September 18, 2025
Congress and 9/11: "We are not Democrats or Republicans. We are Americans"
16 mins; September 11, 2025
Remembering Mark Knoller — His Decades at the White House, and on C-SPAN
24 mins; September 04, 2025
Presidents and Summer Vacations – Behind-the-scenes history with Kirk Bado
46 mins; August 28, 2025
Warren Buffett's Father: The Rep. Howard Buffett Story
14 mins; August 21, 2025
Political Parties Like It's Fiscal Year 1999
16 mins; August 14, 2025
Tom Wickham's Five Most Memorable Moments as House Parliamentarian
46 mins; August 07, 2025
It's the 50th anniversary of "Jaws" – So Let's Hear from Joe Scarborough and Hunter Scott
24 mins; July 31, 2025
"We're all going to die" – Joni Ernst? Nope. Bill and Hillary Clinton.
16 mins; July 24, 2025
"Peace Through Strength": The U.S.S. Ronald Reagan
15 mins; July 17, 2025
Our Annual Supreme Court Justice Comedy Festival - With Special Guest Jon Macks
40 mins; July 10, 2025
Fourth of July! Time for Fireworks – and Time to Think About Ex-Rep. Felix Grucci!
17 mins; July 03, 2025
Fourth of July, America 250, Presidents — And Time Capsules
23 mins; June 26, 2025
William F. Buckley: Republicans — and Democrats — in Congress Quote the Conservative Giant
27 mins; June 19, 2025
President Birthdays: 10 fun facts about wishing and singing Happy Birthday to Presidents
24 mins; June 12, 2025
Presidents and Politics with 6 Celebrity CEOs not named Elon Musk
61 hours 56 mins; June 05, 2025
Three Top Senate Reporters Share Favorite Senate TV Moments for C-SPAN2 Anniversary
66 hours 44 mins; May 29, 2025
Memorial Day: Presidents and the Vietnam War, 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon
15 mins; May 22, 2025
Governors Say the Loveliest Things About Their Spouses
16 mins; May 15, 2025
The Best-Of James Traficant Speeches – Annotated by Nick Gillespie of Reason Magazine
40 mins; May 08, 2025
Ronald Reagan and Brian Mulroney: A U.S.-Canada Friendship
21 mins; May 01, 2025
The Washington Hilton Is 60 — And Still Hosting the WHCA Dinner
12 mins; April 24, 2025
Four Former WHCA Presidents Tell Us Their Favorite Big Media Dinner Moments and Inside Stories
67 hours 22 mins; April 17, 2025
How did a 1996 Senate Whitewater Hearing Seen on C-SPAN Inspire the Hit 2025 Netflix Series "The Residence"?
32 mins; April 10, 2025
A Republican President, Canada, and Tariffs: What Ronald Reagan Said and Did
13 mins; April 03, 2025
Annual Baseball Episode: An Oral History of the Washington Nationals, As Told By Congress
27 mins; March 27, 2025
The JFK Assassination, Oliver Stone, and Conspiracy Theories — Now with President Trump
33 mins; March 20, 2025
Three Top Political Podcasters Share Their Favorite Moment From The House on TV
36 mins; March 13, 2025
DEBT FRET: In their First Speeches to Congress, New Presidents Aguish About the National Debt
12 mins; March 06, 2025
SNL’S Chris Farley as Speaker Newt Gingrich: An Oral History
15 mins; February 27, 2025
Congress Revises and Extends "Saturday Night Live"
25 mins; February 20, 2025
Happy Valentine’s Day – Let’s Talk Tommy Gun - And Massacre
17 mins; February 13, 2025
Presidents Talk Democracy Unfiltered
12 mins; February 06, 2025
A Ford Eulogy for Carter, A Carter Eulogy for Ford
36 mins; January 30, 2025
John Tower 1989: Senate Debates Defense Secretary – And Alcohol
35 mins; January 23, 2025
Presidential Inaugurations: 11 Fun Facts About Administering The Oath of Office
24 mins; January 16, 2025
Presidents Say Goodbye: Top Moments in Farewell Speeches from George Washington to Donald Trump
30 mins; January 09, 2025
ELECTORAL VOTE LOSERS: When vice presidents tell Congress they’ve lost
20 mins; January 02, 2025
A Short Take On The Making Of The Weekly Podcast
24 mins; December 26, 2024
George Will: Five Decades at the Washington Post, Four Decades on C-SPAN
31 mins; December 19, 2024
Farewell Charlie Palmer: Farewell To All The Steak, Farewell To All The Money
15 mins; December 12, 2024
Meet the New Senators: Personal Stories From Victory Speeches
16 mins; December 05, 2024
Thanksgiving: No Broccoli at President Bush's Table
13 mins; November 27, 2024
Gaetz vs. Garland: Clues for What House Judiciary Oversight Hearings Sound Like
27 mins; November 21, 2024
“Miracle”: Presidents Celebrate Peaceful Transfer of Power
14 mins; November 14, 2024
Campaign 2024 In One Word, And It's Not a Good One
19 mins; November 07, 2024
Top Moments from Presidential Candidate Victory and Concession Speeches
27 mins; October 31, 2024
Halloween – When Presidential Campaign Language Turns Scary
10 mins; October 24, 2024
"The West Wing" 25th Anniversary: President Jed Bartlet as SHEEN on C-SPAN
22 mins; October 17, 2024
Al Smith Dinner: Funniest Jokes Told by Presidential Candidates
21 mins; October 10, 2024
One Year In Congress Prayers Since Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas Attack on Israel
20 mins; October 02, 2024
James Carville Turns 80 – It's the Podcast, Stupid
22 mins; September 26, 2024
Vice Presidential Debates: Best-of, Legendary, and Funniest Moments, Phrases, and Zingers Since 1976
27 mins; September 19, 2024
Oprah Winfrey … and Trump, Harris, Obamas, Biden, Clinton, Congress, and Politics …since 1991
21 mins; September 12, 2024
Presidential debates – and the national debt
15 mins; September 05, 2024
AI: History for Congress – and A New Voice for Jennifer Wexton
28 mins; August 29, 2024
A Big August for Vice Presidents – Gerald Ford, 1974 – Kamala Harris 2024
18 mins; August 22, 2024
Running Mates and the National Guard: Tim Walz? Nope. Dan Quayle
26 mins; August 15, 2024
Jimmy Carter's Unique Relationship with Democratic Conventions
22 mins; August 08, 2024
The Negro Leagues and Presidents and Politicians
30 mins; August 01, 2024
Ronald Reagan’s Funniest Jokes About His Age
17 mins; July 25, 2024
Presidential Acceptance Speeches: Top Lines and Phrases from Conventions Since 1960
24 mins; July 18, 2024
Olympics Champions and Party Conventions: Pledging Allegiance and Endorsing Candidates
31 mins; July 11, 2024
Fourth of July: Bob Michel Sings Patriotic Songs
19 mins; July 03, 2024
Debate Moderators to Debate Audiences: SILENCE!
19 mins; June 26, 2024
Ross Perot’s Greatest Moments in the 1992 Presidential Debates
25 mins; June 20, 2024
Netanyahu's Record-Breaking Four Speeches in Congress
29 mins; June 13, 2024
George Bush Would Have Been 100 – And He Might Have Jumped Out of An Airplane
20 mins; June 06, 2024
D-Day 80th Anniversary Presidents Speak at Normandy
37 mins; May 30, 2024
When Presidential Candidates Warned About “More of the Same”
16 mins; May 23, 2024
National Enquirer and Presidential Politics Reporting: Gary Hart 1987
