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The Chuck ToddCast
The Chuck ToddCast is back! If you're looking for smart, no-nonsense political conversation, you've come to the right place. The Chuck ToddCast goes beyond the headlines, featuring conversations with top reporters, insiders, and newsmakers from D.C. to the heartland. No scripts, no spin—just real discussions about what’s shaping our politics and why it matters.
Episodes
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Trump’s Corruption Knows No Bounds + Decades of Anti-Tobacco Wins Are Being Reversed Under Trump
Chuck Todd opens with the Iran war's arrival on American soil: hackers have hit water systems across multiple states in one of the most serious cyberattacks on…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Dr. Brian King - Decades of Anti-Tobacco Wins Are Being Reversed Under Trump
Dr. Brian King — the former director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, who was placed on administrative leave in April 2025 as part of the mass…
The Chuck ToddCastThe Truth About Wimbledon | Patrick McEnroe & Chris McKendry Interview
Chuck Todd and J.A. Adande sit down with longtime ESPN broadcasters Patrick McEnroe and Chris McKendry to go behind the scenes of Wimbledon. From Patrick's…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - The Iran War Risks Going Global + The Politics Of AI Hasn’t Been Invented Yet
Chuck Todd argues Republicans and the White House are frantically trying to manufacture headlines about the past precisely because the actual news of the…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - The Iran War Risks Going Global + Mitch McConnell’s Disappearing Act & How Democrats Can Win In Trump Country
Chuck Todd argues Republicans and the White House are frantically trying to manufacture headlines about the past precisely because the actual news of the…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Andy Beshear - Mitch McConnell’s Disappearing Act & How Democrats Can Win In Trump Country
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear — the popular two-term Democrat in a deep-red state and a name increasingly floated for 2028 — joins the Chuck…
The Chuck ToddCastSuper Tuesdays - The Democrats’ 2028 Primary Map Is a Nightmare for Progressives
Chuck Todd and Chris Cillizza dig into the biggest structural story of the 2028 race: the DNC's proposed new Democratic nominating calendar, which would open…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - The Democrats’ Primary Calendar Is Built To Stymie The Progressive Left In ‘28 + Ken Martin’s Leadership At The DNC Has Been A Disaster
Chuck Todd delivers a masterclass on the single most underappreciated force in presidential politics: the primary calendar, which he argues reveals exactly…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - The Democrats’ Primary Calendar Is Built To Stymie The Progressive Left In ‘28 + How Money Has Reshaped Professional & College Sports
Chuck Todd delivers a masterclass on the single most underappreciated force in presidential politics: the primary calendar, which he argues reveals exactly…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ John Ourand - How Money Has Reshaped Professional & College Sports
Sports business reporter John Ourand — who shares an origin story with Chuck Todd at Sports Business Daily — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a deep…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Trump Is The Biggest Wildcard Of The 2026 Midterms + RFK Jr. Is Making Measles Great Again
With almost 100 days until the midterms, Chuck Todd delivers a data-driven check-in on a midterm race that's barely moved in months — except in one…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Trump Is The Biggest Wildcard Of The 2026 Midterms + The Democratic Party's Credibility Problem — And How to Fix It
With almost 100 days until the midterms, Chuck Todd delivers a data-driven check-in on a midterm race that's barely moved in months — except in one…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Neera Tanden - The Democratic Party's Credibility Problem — And How to Fix It
Neera Tanden — president and CEO of the Center for American Progress and a longtime Democratic policy hand — joins the Chuck Toddcast for an…
The Chuck ToddCastSuper Tuesdays - Why The 2026 Fundamentals Spell Disaster For Trump's GOP
With just 105 days until the 2026 midterms, Chuck Todd and Chris Cillizza use their last Super Tuesday before the sub-100-day mark to take stock of what they…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Trump’s Destruction Of America’s Military Culture + Why Chuck Isn’t Worried About Trump’s Election Denialism
Chuck Todd opens with a story that seems small and turns out to be a perfect miniature of everything wrong with this Pentagon: a Blue Angels flyover at…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Trump’s Destruction Of America’s Military Culture + A Spy Novelist's Threat Assessment of the Real World
Chuck Todd opens with a story that seems small and turns out to be a perfect miniature of everything wrong with this Pentagon: a Blue Angels flyover at…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Daniel Silva - A Spy Novelist's Threat Assessment of the Real World
Bestselling novelist Daniel Silva — creator of the Gabriel Allon series — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a conversation that starts with the craft of…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Trump Doubles Down On Election Conspiracies + ICE Prepared Itself For War… And We’re Seeing The Consequences
Chuck Todd opens with the news that Trump is planning a primetime address to push election denialism, and uses it as a lens to examine how thoroughly fealty to…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Trump Doubles Down On Election Conspiracies + Why Closed Partisan Primaries Are Terrible For Democracy
Chuck Todd opens with the news that Trump is planning a primetime address to push election denialism, and uses it as a lens to examine how thoroughly fealty to…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ John Opdycke - Why Closed Partisan Primaries Are Terrible For Democrac
John Opdycke — founder and president of Open Primaries, one of the leading organizations pushing to end closed partisan primaries — joins the Chuck…
The Chuck ToddCastSuper Tuesdays - The Death of Lindsey Graham and the Senate's Vanishing Center
Chris Cillizza and Chuck Todd open on a jolting weekend in politics: the sudden death of Lindsey Graham and the frantic — and faintly unseemly &mdash…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - How Lindsey Graham Should Be Remembered + When Moderates Fail…The Radicals Ascend
Chuck Todd devotes much of this episode to a rich, personal reflection on the death of Senator Lindsey Graham at 71 — a figure who can only be understood…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - How Lindsey Graham Should Be Remembered + Can The Law Succeed Where Politics Fails?
Chuck Todd devotes much of this episode to a rich, personal reflection on the death of Senator Lindsey Graham at 71 — a figure who can only be understood…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ John Morgan - Can The Law Succeed Where Politics Fails?
John Morgan — founder of Morgan & Morgan, one of the largest personal injury firms in the country & author of "Life is Luck: Lessons From a Paperboy and…
The Chuck ToddCastBREAKING: Senator Lindsey Graham Dead At 71
Chuck Todd reflects on the death of Senator Lindsey Graham at 71, offering a candid assessment of one of the most complex and consequential figures in modern…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Promise Broken… The War In Iran Is Back On + The Democrats’ Platner Debacle
Chuck Todd opens with the Iran war back on and the rug pulled out from under the world economy once again — but his central argument is that this is now…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Promise Broken… The War In Iran Is Back On + Did The Democrats Screw Bernie Sanders?
Chuck Todd opens with the Iran war back on and the rug pulled out from under the world economy once again — but his central argument is that this is now…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Tad Devine - Did The Democrats Screw Bernie Sanders?
Legendary Democratic strategist Tad Devine — a senior adviser to Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign and a veteran of multiple presidential campaigns &mdash…
The Chuck ToddCastDynastic - The INCREDIBLE history behind Wimbledon
Chuck Todd and J.A. Adande tell you the INCREDIBLE story behind Wimbledon. It didn't just become the most prestigious tournament in tennis—it helped…
The Chuck ToddCastSuper Tuesdays - Trump’s Admission Of Corruption + Will Trump Break NATO? + Platner Mired In Scandal
Chris Cillizza and Chuck Todd launch Super Tuesdays — the now-on-every-feed version of the show they've been doing together — with a wide-ranging…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Trump’s Corrupt Act Is Finally Wearing Itself Out + Trump Doesn’t “Own The Libs”... He Grifts His Base
Chuck Todd delivers a sweeping, big-picture meditation on the Trump era and where it's ultimately headed, arguing that despite the widespread conviction that…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Trump’s Corrupt Act Is Finally Wearing Itself Out + The New York Times & The Fight For Journalism In The Trump Era
Chuck Todd delivers a sweeping, big-picture meditation on the Trump era and where it's ultimately headed, arguing that despite the widespread conviction that…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Carolyn Ryan - The New York Times & The Fight For Independent Journalism
Carolyn Ryan — deputy managing editor of The New York Times — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a candid conversation about the state of American…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Donald Trump Ruined America 250 By Making It About Donald Trump + SCOTUS Proved It’s Not A “Trump Court”
Chuck Todd delivers a genuinely heartfelt lament that America's 250th anniversary — a moment that should have been enormous — has been shrunk…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Donald Trump Ruined America 250 By Making It About Donald Trump + Effective Governance Is The Winning Path for Democrats
Chuck Todd delivers a genuinely heartfelt lament that America's 250th anniversary — a moment that should have been enormous — has been shrunk…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Debbie Cox Bultan - Effective Governance Is The Winning Path for Democrats
Debbie Cox Bultan — CEO of the NewDEAL, a network of center-left state and local elected officials focused on delivering results rather than fighting…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - The Military Reveals Trump Has Been Lying About The Iran War + Why “Tax The Billionaires” Isn’t That Simple
Chuck Todd opens with the Iran ceasefire collapsing as the U.S. and Iran trade strikes again — but the real story, he argues, is that the U.S. military…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - The Military Reveals Trump Has Been Lying About The Iran War + The Fired FTC Commissioner Sounding the Alarm on Corporate Power
Chuck Todd opens with the Iran ceasefire collapsing as the U.S. and Iran trade strikes again — but the real story, he argues, is that the U.S. military…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Alvaro Bedoya - The Fired FTC Commissioner Sounding the Alarm on Corporate Power
Alvaro Bedoya — the former FTC Commissioner whom Trump fired in an unprecedented break with a century of agency-independence norms — joins the…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Hegseth’s Purges At The Pentagon Are A Five-Alarm Fire + Trump Is Making Governing Impossible For Republicans
Chuck Todd opens with a programming note—the ToddCast moves to a Monday/Thursday schedule for July and August—before digging into the fallout from…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Hegseth’s Purges At The Pentagon Are A Five-Alarm Fire + Will The Progressives Or The Center-Left Define The Democrats?
Chuck Todd opens with a programming note—the ToddCast moves to a Monday/Thursday schedule for July and August—before digging into the fallout from…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Matt Bennett - Will The Progressives Or The Center-Left Define The Democrats?
Matt Bennett — co-founder and executive vice president of the center-left think tank Third Way — joins the Chuck Toddcast to offer a pragmatist's…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Mamdani Wins The New York Primaries + RIP Alan Greenspan
Chuck Todd breaks down a seismic primary night in New York, where Mamdani-backed Democratic Socialist candidates swept their races — and argues the DSA…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Mamdani Wins The New York Primaries + Defending Pluralism At A Time Of Polarization
Chuck Todd breaks down a seismic primary night in New York, where Mamdani-backed Democratic Socialist candidates swept their races — and argues the DSA…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Mayor David Holt - Defending Pluralism At A Time Of Polarization
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt — the popular Republican who has won all three of his mayoral elections with at least 60% of the vote — joins the…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Trump Is The Worst Role Model President Ever + The Sharp Contrast Between Trump & Obama
Chuck Todd focuses this episode around a single, almost too-perfect metaphor: the reflecting pool Trump remade, where the paint is now visibly peeling off the…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Trump Is The Worst Role Model President Ever + Did The Boomers Really Ruin Everything?
Chuck Todd focuses this episode around a single, almost too-perfect metaphor: the reflecting pool Trump remade, where the paint is now visibly peeling off the…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Paul Taylor - Did The Boomers Really Ruin Everything?
Paul Taylor — former executive vice president of the Pew Research Center and author of This Is Getting Old — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck's Commentary - The Real Cost of Trump's Iran Gamble
Chuck takes a wide-ranging look at what he sees as the long-term impact of the Trump administration's foreign policy. He argues that the United States has…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - The Real Cost of Trump's Iran Gamble + Ian Bremmer on How the Iran War Reshaped Global Power
Chuck opens the podcast with a wide-ranging look at what he sees as the long-term impact of the Trump administration's foreign policy. He argues that the…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview only w/Ian Bremmer - How the Iran War Reshaped Global Power & Growing Concerns about Putin
Chuck is joined by Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer for an in-depth conversation about the aftermath of the Iran war, the future of the Middle East, and the…
The Chuck ToddCastThe Chris Mullin Interview: Run TMC, The Dream Team and Steph Curry
Chuck Todd and J.A. Adande talk with NBA Hall of Famer Chris Mullin to discuss the evolution of the Golden State Warriors from the Run TMC era to the Steph…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck's Commentary - Reaction to Tuesday's elections + Failure for Trump in Iran
Chuck Todd reacts to Tuesday's elections and what the fallout means for both parties. Then he discusses the latest on the US-Iran deal and why it's already a…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Reaction to Tuesday's elections + Failure for Trump in Iran + Can America Live Up to Its Founding Principles?
Chuck Todd reacts to Tuesday's elections and what the fallout means for both parties. Then he discusses the latest on the US-Iran deal and why it's already a…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/Dominic Erdozain - Can America Live Up to Its Founding Principles?
Historian Dominic Erdozain — author of To Love a Country — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a deeply thoughtful conversation about the difference…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - Trump Gets A “Deal” While Throwing Himself A Party
Chuck Todd opens on the surreal split-screen of a president desperate to manufacture a legacy: in the same stretch of days, Trump announced a "deal" with Iran…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - Trump Gets A “Deal” While Throwing Himself A Party - Why Hispanics Are Now The Swing Vote In America… And How To Reach Them
Chuck Todd opens on the surreal split-screen of a president desperate to manufacture a legacy: in the same stretch of days, Trump announced a "deal" with Iran…
The Chuck ToddCastInterview Only w/ Daniel Alegre - Why Hispanics Are Now The Swing Vote In America… And How To Reach Them
Daniel Alegre — CEO of TelevisaUnivision, the largest Spanish-language media company in the world — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a genuinely…
The Chuck ToddCastChuck’s Commentary - The Iran Ceasefire Has…Ceased + The Voters You Don’t Hear From Actually Decide American Elections
Chuck Todd opens with the grim news that the Iran conflict is hot again as both sides resume exchanging strikes — and his blunt assessment is that…
The Chuck ToddCastFull Episode - The Iran Ceasefire Has…Ceased + How Will America Remember Football in 200 Years?
Chuck Todd opens with the grim news that the Iran conflict is hot again as both sides resume exchanging strikes — and his blunt assessment is that…