Weekly Podcast #63: Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal Reached
What a difference a few weeks makes. The last time the gang got together, a strike against Syria was days away, and now the country has agreed to turn...
Recess Appointment
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The Recess Appointment Podcast is the companion to recessappointment.com, a blog focused on the way politicians speak and frame arguments. A rotating panel of guests records weekly, recapping the week's events and providing insights from outside the confines of the conventional media
Weekly Podcast #62: Miley Cyrus, the Media, and Syria
There’s an unusual title. Nick, Allison, and Joe discuss Miley Cyrus’s performance at the VMAs and what the attendant fallout says about the American ...
Weekly Podcast #61: Law Talk
Nick and Joe take advantage of the legislative recess to discuss some legal issues, including the decision to strike down New York’s stop-and-frisk la...
Weekly Podcast #60: Sitcoms and Johnny Football
It’s a slow news week so the conversation devolves from the congressional recess into old sitcoms and sports. If you wanted to be a fly on the wall fo...
Weekly Podcast #59: Danger. Carlos Danger.
Nick and Joe discuss the NYC mayoral race and its most famous entrant, Fmr. Rep. Anthony “Carlos Danger” Weiner. What’s next for a political race afte...
Weekly Podcast #58: Royal Babies and Sharknadoes
Joe, Nick and Allison discuss the royal birth and the value of monarchies. Then, before a technical difficulty cuts off the podcast, Allison describes...
Weekly Podcast #57: The Zimmerman Verdict & More Senate Follies
Joe and Nick sit down for a special, late week talk about the fallout of the non-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman case. Guns, race, and bad lawy...
Weekly Podcast #56: Ugh Are We Really Talking About 2016?
Joe, Nick, and Allison gather to discuss the most recent BLS jobs report and what it means for the economy. Spoiler alert: Ben Bernanke is not doing h...
Weekly Podcast #55: Supreme Court — It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
The full panel finally returns! Allison, Nick, and Joe discuss the end of the Supreme Court term from the highs regarding marriage equality and the lo...
Weekly Podcast #54: Come On, SCOTUS
Nick and Joe discuss the Supreme Court’s latest round of decisions including a big opinion striking down Arizona’s voter ID provisions, but it may not...