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Political Theater

Have you ever asked, “WTF?,” about politics? Or, “who are these people making decisions about my life?” Political Theater pulls back the curtain on the stunts, antics and motivations that drive Washington. Host Jason Dick and the Roll Call team spotlight the spectacle, the players and what’s going on behind the curtain in Washington’s long-running drama: Congress.

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39:56

Appointed senators: The winners, seat-warmers, losers...

Political Theater ·

2025/01/15

Appointed senators: They're a thing. Of the 206 individuals appointed to the Senate since 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment codified direct election of senators and how to fill vacant seats, 11 of them are currently serving. Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales go through the highlights, lowlights and weirdlights of this category of senators.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:17

So you say you want to cut $2 trillion from the...

Political Theater ·

2025/01/08

It's the most wonderful time of the year: When Washington says it will cut the federal deficit. Easier said than done! Just ask the 2011 super committee, which had a mandate and bipartisan support, and failed spectacularly. For this podcast, we combine the powers of the Political Theater podcast with sister podcast CQ Budget and its illustrious host, the Budget Tracker, as well as his long-suffering editor.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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41:47

Looking ahead to 2025's biggest political stories

Political Theater ·

2024/12/18

What's an "off year" in politics? There is no such thing, according to Nathan Gonzales, Roll Call's campaigns analyst and the publisher of Inside Elections. We run through the top developing political stories of 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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50:08

Revenge of the Senate

Political Theater ·

2024/12/11

Is the United States Senate The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body, or is it the world's most inefficient waiting room, where senators kill time before a flurry of inefficient activity? Part 2 of our discussion with Brookings' Molly Reynolds about ways Congress could function better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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44:52

Home improvements for the House

Political Theater ·

2024/12/04

It happens every December: We ask ourselves, is this the best Congress can do? And the answer is no. They can do better. And there are a number of ways the legislative branch can function better by implementing some very simple, common-sense proposals. Molly Reynolds of the Brookings Institution joins the podcast for the first part of a two-part series on Congress and how it works.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:28

A very judgy lame duck

Political Theater ·

2024/11/21

If you're paying attention to the Senate, you know they're voting on a lot of judges, as happens during lame duck congresses. There are also a lot of partisan broadsides being fired about it all. How did we get to this point and why?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:47

Who are these guys? The Congress-to-Cabinet revue

Political Theater ·

2024/11/14

President-elect Donald Trump has picked several current and former members of Congress for his Cabinet and senior staff. Here’s a quick and dirty on the roster, which includes former Democrats, former critics and one avowed dog killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:48

5 big questions about this election with Nathan Gonzales

Political Theater ·

2024/11/07

So, we have questions in the aftermath of this election. Who is the leader of the Democratic Party? What lessons do Republicans take from their victories? Do we have to keep calling it a "Blue Wall." And more!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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33:11

The last Most Vulnerable Incumbents lists of the 2024...

Political Theater ·

2024/10/31

Roll Call looked under every nook, cranny and poll to round off the Most Vulnerable Incumbents lists for the 2024 cycle. Find out how and why who got where!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22:32

But is it art? Unpacking ‘The Apprentice’

Political Theater ·

2024/10/23

For many film buffs, October is Scary Movie Month, when we go to the vault to watch "Last House on the Left" or head to the theater to catch "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice." It is also election season. So does "The Apprentice" fit in here? It’s a biopic about the relationship between Roy Cohn and a young Donald Trump and how Cohn helped shape the future president’s no-holds-barred approach to business, politics and life.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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27:14

What it means for an electoral race to be unstable

Political Theater ·

2024/10/18

The 2024 campaign is in the home stretch, and there are several races that are defined by a high degree of instability. How do we mean? It starts with the campaigns themselves not even agreeing on the basic contours of the race. From there things can get weird. Nathan Gonzales walks us through a few races that fit the bill — and that are incredibly significant in determining which party will be in the majority in the Senate and House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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33:57

‘War Game’: Rehearsing the uncomfortably plausible

Political Theater ·

2024/10/09

What happens when a veterans organization conducting an unscripted role-playing simulation with real political figures about an attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2025 joins forces with filmmakers who have “Dr. Strangelove” and Nathan Fielder on the brain? The experimental but highly relevant documentary “War Game.” Co-director Jesse Moss and Vet Voice’s Janessa Goldbeck talk about their project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25:32

"Sleepy" but consequential term awaits Supreme Court

Political Theater ·

2024/10/02

The Supreme Court starts its new term this coming Monday, October 7th, and while the docket does not include such high-profile cases as the last two years, when the justices overturned Roe v. Wade and granted presidents wide immunity over official acts, the high court will still consider matters of constitutional rights that could reverberate for years — and also might be called upon to referee any lingering fights over the current election season.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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22:18

Tales of the three-headed incumbent: Biden/Harris/Trump

Political Theater ·

2024/09/25

The 2024 presidential race feels a bit "incumbenty." A former president, Donald Trump is running against first the current president, Joe Biden, and now the current vice president, Kamala Harris. There aren't a lot of parallels.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:44

One last journey down Roll Call's Jersey Turnpike

Political Theater ·

2024/09/19

All good things come to end, even the tenure of Roll Call Politics Editor Herb Jackson, who wraps up his time here talking congressional granularity, leadership PAC names, FEC data and various whangdoodles and fartleks.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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40:23

The surprises, lessons and exhaustion of the...

Political Theater ·

2024/09/12

Back in March, Alabama, Arkansas, California, North Carolina and Texas held their congressional primaries, kicking off a mini-epoch of intra-party contests (mostly, with some exceptions), that has just now concluded with Tuesday’s primaries in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Delaware (sort of; thanks Louisiana). So what’s it all about? What can we learn from this past six months?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:55

When political realignment happens before your eyes;...

Political Theater ·

2024/09/05

Amanda Becker's new book, “You Must Stand Up” is a story about the political fallout of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision that overturned the federal right to an abortion. Becker, national correspondent for The 19th, figured this would be the biggest political event of her career; it might turn out to be the most significant political event in generations. She discusses her book and more on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:13

Members of Congress get ready to kick out the jams

Political Theater ·

2024/08/30

Here at Roll Call, we like to step back every so often and just groove. And what better way to do that than by being part of the Sept. 17 Congressional Record musical program on Capitol Hill. We’ll be the media sponsors, along with The Kennedy Center, Library of Congress and the Recording Academy, when members of Congress from both sides of the aisle will showcase their musical talents at the Capitol Visitor Center. So let's start the shameless plugging with two of the guys who put the event

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24:32

Sweet (temporary) home Chicago

Political Theater ·

2024/08/22

Hello from Chicago and the Democratic National Convention. Roll Call and the Political Theater team are on the ground here for all the fuss. We are at the point when folks here are in a groove, slightly fatigued and firmly ensconced in this pop-up political purgatory.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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41:44

DNC-adjacent: Stories in the convention’s orbit

Political Theater ·

2024/08/15

Kamala-palooza is almost here. The Democratic National Convention starts soon in Chicago, with the party looking to capitalize on the bounce it has gotten since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz quickly wrapped up the nomination. There might be a lack of drama about the outcome of this quadrennial confab, but there is a lot of drama surrounding it: Congressional primaries galore, ballot referenda that could

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