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.
A True Crime Thriller: Who was Deep Throat?
21 mins; June 23, 2022
Watergate 50th Anniversary: G. Gordon Liddy As a Radio Talk Show Host
16 mins; June 16, 2022
Watergate 50th Anniversary: G. Gordon Liddy As a Radio Talk Show Host
52 mins; June 16, 2022
Roe v. Wade: Justice Harry Blackmun's Legacy
18 mins; June 09, 2022
Congress Prayers After School Shootings
15 mins; June 02, 2022
Memorial Day 1993: President Clinton is booed at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
10 mins; May 25, 2022
P.J. O'Rourke: Reporter? Satirist? Remembering Him As Both
13 mins; May 19, 2022
The "Odd Couple": The Unlikely Friendship of Senators Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy
17 mins; May 12, 2022
30 Years of asking the abortion question at Supreme Court confirmation hearings
15 mins; May 03, 2022
Special comedy episode: Joe Biden Dinner Jokes
15 mins; April 26, 2022
Biden and McConnell: Longtime Opponents, Longtime Friends
10 mins; April 21, 2022
We Lost Don Young, But We Still Have Earmarks
19 mins; April 14, 2022
Baseball is back! Let's revisit the 2005 House hearing on steroids!
18 mins; April 07, 2022
Those times Joe Biden called Milošević "a damn war criminal"
18 mins; March 31, 2022
Greatest Hits From Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.N. Sergiy Kyslytsya
16 mins; March 24, 2022
TV cameras in the Supreme Court? Here's what every Justice Nominee Said
20 mins; March 17, 2022
Ukraine and Congress: Personal and Family Connections
17 mins; March 10, 2022
Oliver Stone's "JFK" Conspiracy Theory Movie -- 30 Years Later & An Update
14 mins; March 03, 2022
Killing Terrorist Leaders Right Before State of Union Address
9 mins; February 24, 2022
"The Comeback Kid": 30 Years Ago, Bill Clinton Won the New Hampshire Primary By Coming in 2nd
19 mins; February 17, 2022
Miracle On Ice: How Politicians Still Celebrate The 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Gold
18 mins; February 10, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Retirements: In Their Own Words
9 mins; February 03, 2022
Washington Football Team Name Change: What Congress Said About The Old One
13 mins; January 27, 2022
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA): Bipartisan Friendship, Bipartisan Hugs
18 mins; January 20, 2022
Remembering Harry Reid and his role in the 2012 presidential campaign against Mitt Romney
12 mins; January 13, 2022
Jan. 6 Riot: The Opening Prayers That Guided Congress
12 mins; January 06, 2022
Christopher Hitchens: Remembering The Writer Ten Years After His Death
17 mins; December 30, 2021
When The Senate Met on Christmas Eve
10 mins; December 23, 2021
Bob Dole, Master Comedian of the Senate
13 mins; December 16, 2021
COVID Vaccine approval one year later
14 mins; December 09, 2021
30 Years of asking the abortion question at Supreme Court confirmation hearings
15 mins; December 02, 2021
Thanksgiving and Christmas: Presidents Visit Troops
12 mins; November 25, 2021
Popes, Presidents & Politics
18 mins; November 18, 2021
Veterans Day: Politicians Speaking At War Memorials
12 mins; November 11, 2021
What Bipartisanship -- and Laughter -- Sounds Like
14 mins; November 04, 2021
Where are they now: The Progressive Caucus
13 mins; October 28, 2021
Colin Powell: Not a Presidential Candidate
12 mins; October 21, 2021
When Mark Zuckerberg apologized to Congress
17 mins; October 14, 2021
Debt Limit Politics: 2021 – And 2011
17 mins; October 07, 2021
Military Leaders Before Congress
12 mins; September 30, 2021
German chancellor Angela Merkel with America's leaders
14 mins; September 23, 2021
Matt Drudge and the Clinton Impeachment
14 mins; September 16, 2021
The Language of 9/11
16 mins; September 09, 2021
Prophets and Politics
7 mins; September 02, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Jim McGovern and Susan Wild
53 mins; August 22, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Jamie Raskin, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Dean Phillips
55 mins; August 15, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, Ronny Jackson, and Colin Allred
52 mins; August 08, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Rodney Davis, and Madeleine Dean
48 mins; August 01, 2021
January 6th: Views from the House Reps. Markwayne Mullin, Jason Crow and Tom Malinowski
64 hours 19 mins; July 25, 2021
C-SPAN's 2021 Presidential Historians Survey
43 mins; July 01, 2021
What's Next for the AUMF?
33 mins; June 24, 2021
Jesse Eisinger, on ProPublica's Tax Secrets of the Wealthy
31 mins; June 17, 2021
The US/Russian Relationship with Alina Polyakova, of CEPA
31 mins; June 10, 2021
Defending Against Cyber Hacks with Former Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta
31 mins; June 03, 2021
The Price of Earmarks
34 mins; May 27, 2021
Dr. Ashish Jha MD & MPH, with Perspectives on a Pandemic
31 mins; May 20, 2021
Supply Chain Vulnerabilities with Professor Rob Handfield of North Carolina State University
32 mins; May 13, 2021
The China Challenge with Dean Cheung of Heritage and Jennifer Hillman of CFR
36 mins; May 06, 2021
The Census & Implications for Congress with Reid Epstein of NYT & David Wasserman of Cook Political Report
35 mins; April 29, 2021
Race in America After The Trial of Derek Chauvin with April Thames, Professor at USC
35 mins; April 23, 2021
History of the Congressional Black Caucus with Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC)
30 mins; April 15, 2021
The Future of Remote Work with Kim Hart, Technology Correspondent for Axios
30 mins; April 08, 2021
Senate Filibuster Changes with Kimberley Strassel, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
33 mins; April 01, 2021
The Future of China with Dr. Tara O, Heritage Foundation, Adjunct Fellow
34 mins; March 25, 2021
Senator Richard Russell (D-GA) with Senate Historian Betty Koed and LSU Professor Robert Mann
34 mins; March 18, 2021
$1.9T Stimulus Bill w/ Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center
34 mins; March 11, 2021
Theo Padnos, Author, "Blindfold - A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment"
34 mins; March 04, 2021
Gady Epstein, China Affairs Editor, The Economist
39 mins; February 25, 2021
Dr. Michael Osterholm, Variants of the Coronavirus
25 mins; February 18, 2021
Daniel Kochis, Senior Policy Analyst at Heritage on NATO
29 mins; February 11, 2021
Sarah Binder, Brookings Senior Fellow and GW Political Science Professor
33 mins; February 05, 2021
Dan Michaels, Brussels Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal, on The Paris Agreement
31 mins; January 28, 2021
Andy Card, Former White House Chief of Staff
34 mins; January 21, 2021
History of Inaugurations
27 mins; January 14, 2021
U.S. Capitol Attacked
31 mins; January 07, 2021
Interviews with Representatives-Elect
29 mins; December 31, 2020
Reflections from Retiring Members of Congress
24 mins; December 24, 2020
Robert X. Browning, Purdue Professor of Political Science and C-SPAN Archives Director
23 mins; December 17, 2020
Zachary Oren Smith of the Iowa City Press Citizen on Iowa's 2nd District House Race
26 mins; December 10, 2020
Don Ritchie, Senate Historian Emeritus
32 mins; December 03, 2020
Wall Street Journal’s Jillian Kay Melchior on Antifa
29 mins; November 26, 2020
Martha Joynt Kumar, Director, The White House Transition Project
31 mins; November 19, 2020
Kelly Dittmar, Director of Research, Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University
35 mins; November 12, 2020
Wilfred Codrington, Assistant Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, on Electoral College Reforms
34 mins; November 05, 2020
Hans von Spakovsky, Manager of Election Law Reform, The Heritage Foundation
22 mins; October 29, 2020
Sandy K. Johnson, Former Washington Bureau Chief, The Associated Press
25 mins; October 22, 2020
Robert Mann, Louisiana State University, Professor of Mass Communication
19 mins; October 18, 2020
Leonard Downie, JR. Former Executive Editor of The Washington Post and Author of "All About The Story"
33 mins; October 09, 2020
Ronna McDaniel, Chairwoman, Republican National Committee
29 mins; September 24, 2020
Dr. Richard Besser, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
35 mins; September 18, 2020
Newt Minow, Former FCC Chairman & Member of Commission on Presidential Debates
34 mins; September 10, 2020
Alice Johnson, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate
32 mins; September 03, 2020
Republican National Convention Night 4 Speeches
71 hours 6 mins; August 27, 2020
Republican National Convention Night 3 Speeches
83 hours 30 mins; August 26, 2020
Republican National Convention Night 2 Speeches
58 mins; August 25, 2020
Republican National Convention Night 1 Speeches
47 mins; August 24, 2020
Democratic National Convention Night Four Speeches
52 mins; August 20, 2020
Democratic National Convention Night Three Speeches
