The Chuck ToddCast

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Chuck Todd at his best – unscripted, informed and focused on what really matters in politics. Join Chuck as he talks with top reporters from the nation’s capital, plus exclusive sit-down interviews and on-the-ground dispatches from across the campaign trail.

  • 32 minutes 53 seconds
    Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers targets Big Tech for her closing act in Congress

    Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joins Chuck for an exit interview on what she’s learned during her decades in Congress, and her ongoing fight to regulate Big Tech.
     

    17 May 2024, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Why Spring will make or break Biden’s campaign, plus AI’s do’s and dont’s in politics

    As regulators and election workers try to catch up to a technology evolving at a break-neck speed, one group is trying to give campaigns a list of do’s and don’ts when it comes to the responsible use of AI. Chuck talks with Ben Resnik and Matt Hodges of Zinc Labs, a Democratic group at the intersection of tech and politics.

    15 May 2024, 10:00 am
  • 52 minutes 10 seconds
    Brain Worms and Normal People in Plato’s Cave: Jonah Goldberg

    Jonah Goldberg, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, joins Chuck to talk about an extremely weird week in politics and news. 

    10 May 2024, 10:00 am
  • 58 minutes 44 seconds
    This legendary Democratic pollster says Biden is only on message once per week

    Stan Greenberg, a Democratic pollster and strategist who’s advised candidates from former President Bill Clinton, to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, joins Chuck to talk about his firm’s latest report, which he says shows a path for a Biden victory in November. 

    8 May 2024, 10:00 am
  • 50 minutes 58 seconds
    ‘The Wolves of K Street’: Inside the D.C. lobbying industry

    How did lobbying evolve from influence peddling to a power center where “corporate lobbyists are the only ones with their thumb on the scale”? Brody and Luke Mullins join Chuck to talk about their new book, “The Wolves of K Street.”

    3 May 2024, 10:00 am
  • 57 minutes 22 seconds
    How Trump trials stretch the court system: Laura Jarrett & Lawrence Hurley
    With former President Trump's ongoing trial in Manhattan, last week's hearing in front of the Supreme Court on presidential immunity, plus federal cases in Florida and Washington, DC, we're getting a glimpse at the edges of how the justice system works. NBC News Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett and NBC News Supreme Court reporter Lawrence Hurley join Chuck to discuss.
    1 May 2024, 11:52 am
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Biden's narrow path as seen through 11 maps, with Doug Sosnik

    Doug Sosnik, former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, joins Chuck to explore how President Biden may have a narrower path to the presidency than former President Trump (edited) 

    26 April 2024, 10:00 am
  • 58 minutes 31 seconds
    Race between Biden and Trump tightens: Inside the latest NBC News poll

    Senior Political Editor Mark Murray joins Chuck to talk through the findings in the April 2024 NBC News poll, as former President Trump’s hush money trial begins in Manhattan.

    24 April 2024, 10:00 am
  • 35 minutes 3 seconds
    'Manhunt' revisits Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the chase after John Wilkes Booth

    Layne Eskridge, executive producer of "Manhunt," joins Chuck as the Apple TV+ miniseries wraps its seven-episode run on the 12-day search for the killer behind America's first presidential assassination.
     

    19 April 2024, 10:00 am
  • 59 minutes 1 second
    Steve Ballmer: The ex-Microsoft CEO's push for government transparency

    Los Angeles Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer joins Chuck to talk about USAFacts, his civic initiative to make government data more accessible to Americans.

    17 April 2024, 10:00 am
  • 57 minutes 25 seconds
    The Trump campaign hired a voter data expert. He debunked their claims of massive election fraud.

    Ken Block, author of "Disproven," tells Chuck how he was brought on by a lawyer with former President Trump's 2020 campaign to validate claims of widespread voter fraud in the election — and instead found far fewer fraudulent votes than were needed to impact the results in any state.

    12 April 2024, 10:00 am
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