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Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, presents conversations and feature stories about current events. On Wednesdays, the senior editor Tyler Foggatt goes deep on a consequential political story via far-reaching interviews with staff writers and outsi... more

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Ronan Farrow, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and contributing writer to The New Yorker, joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the impact of rulings made this week by Judge Juan Merchan in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, where he ... more

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Texas has multiple abortion laws, with both criminal and civil penalties for providers. They contain language that may allow for exceptions to save the life or “major bodily function” of a pregnant patient, but many doctors have been reluctant to eve... more

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The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the revival of Arizona’s hundred-and-sixty-year-old abortion ban, what role the issue of reproductive freedom will play in the November election, and how the position of ... more

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Election deniers are mobilizing their supporters and rolling out new tech to disrupt the November election. These groups are already organizing on hyperlocal levels, and learning to monitor polling places, target election officials, and challenge vot... more

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 4.2k ratings
  • Put the blame where it belongs

    I love this podcast. But in discussion about how the Dems have had a failure of imagination about the abortion issue in which Jane mentions Hillary’s speech was 2016 and how the Dem party didn’t make it an important part of the election —- the blame needs to be laid at Bernie’s feet. He said reproductive rights were “a distraction” and even though Hillary got the nomination, Bernie’s toxic influence shaped the election. (And he was the first to talk about election interference in his primary. 🙄... more

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    Mariah MDT
    United States5 days ago
  • Always good

    The three members of the panel are smart, at times funny, and know their politics. They seem to genuinely like one another.

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    ChuvkDallas
    United States8 days ago
  • The Political Scene

    Oddly enough I also am writing from Aotearoa New Zealand. And I also listen to all episodes of The Political Scene. Often I learn things but mainly I enjoy hearing a rational, thoughtful conversation among informed, experienced , yet still caring professionals.

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    No Nicknames Party
    New Zealand11 days ago
  • You missed something

    Your recent discussion of the political change of Democratic Party Senators and Joe Biden toward any d to Israel failed to mention the primary results in Democratic primaries. The uncommitted voters who cast undecided ballots sent a clear message to the campaign that they needed a change in Borden’s approach to Israel. It needs analysis to determine how much this domestic political influence led to Biden changing course.

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    United States12 days ago
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