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Who Will Be the First Woman President?

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Jennifer Palmieri, former Hillary Clinton communications director and author of Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World, joins Chris Riback for a great discussion of what the first woman president needs to know.

Rather than dwell on the results of the 2016 election, Palmieri turns the experience into something very empowering for future female leaders.

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How Antonin Scalia Was the Trump of the Supreme Court

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Rick Hasen, author of The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption, joins Chris Riback for a discussion of Scalia’s complex legacy as a conservative legal thinker and disruptor of the nation’s highest court.

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The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America

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Michael Isikoff and David Corn, authors of Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump, sit down to discuss with Chris Riback how the so-called “Russia story” actually started.

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‘The Most Dysfunctional White House In History’

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Chris Whipple, author of The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, talks to Chris Riback about how Donald Trump’s White House compares to others.

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How Democracies Die

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New on Political Wire Conversations: Chris Riback talks to Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt about their New York Times bestseller, How Democracies Die.

It’s a discussion that could change the way you look at the last 40 years, daily events, our country, and even democracy itself. Their book is also a must-read.

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Where Polls Live Forever

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Cornell University political scientist Peter Enns, who also heads up the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, joins Chris Riback for a discussion on how American views have evolved — in big ways and really nuanced ways — over time on some of our biggest issues: immigration, criminal justice, religion, politics, and more.

Enns is also author of Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World.

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A Democratic Wave Is Forming for 2018

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Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report joins us on the podcast for his 2018 midterm election outlook.

Here’s what Cook wrote this week: “The prevailing winds could significantly change over the next year, but with the current dynamics in place, it would require a big event to cause a change in the political weather.”

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Preet Bharara on How to Flip a Witness

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Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by President Trump earlier this year, joins Chris Riback to discuss the unfolding Russia investigation and how special counsel Robert Muller might try to flip a witness.

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Those Hopey, Changey White House Years

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New on the podcast: Obama speechwriter David Litt joins us for a conversation about his new book, Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years, A Speechwriter’s Memoir.

As President Obama’s go-to comedy writer, Litt took the lead on drafting the president’s speech for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It’s a great conversation.

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About Political Wire

goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Wonk Wire, Political Job Hunt and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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