
Ken Rudin, an expert in American politics and campaign history, joins MPR News host Kerri Miller every week for a conversation about the latest on President Trump, Congress, and the American political scene.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 30 | Founded | 12 years ago |
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Now that the Mueller report has been released to the public, is it changing people's minds?
President Trump comes to Minnesota today for a roundtable discussion on tax cuts and the U.S. economy. MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with the Political Junkie about the tax cuts and why many Americans seem unhappy about them.
President Trump says there is a crisis at the border between the United States and Mexico. How do residents describe what is happening there?
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This is a great little podcast. Short, informative thoughts on the political events of the week. Great chemistry between Karri and Ken, and good interactions with call ins, who are by and large well spoken. Keep it up!
(Side note, not to be confused with “Ken Rudin’s Political Junkie.”). The rating reflects the podcast itself and not the content. The segments are still some of the most informative 15-minute round-ups of the political week. However, I am not clear what the point is of having a separate podcast when MPR fails to regularly update it and sometimes downloads Ms. Miller’s show in its entirety which defeats the purpose of having a separate podcast. It has been a month (November 11, 2018), since th... more
I am so confused as to why Kerri Miller would start her show talking about a button for several minutes but never describe it. Seems like a radio host, especially for MPR, should be able to use descriptive language to paint a picture for her listeners rather than talk about how funny it is and then refer us to her Twitter. Kind of hard to pull up Twitter while I’m driving to work, listening to the show
I really miss Ken on "Talk of the Nation". Glad he is investing the time for this podcast!
Love Ken Rudin but cannot listen to this host.









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