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GD POLITICS
Making sense of politics and the world with curiosity, rigor, and a sense of humor.
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GD POLITICSThe Cases That Could Rein In Trump
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid…
GD POLITICSHow To Make Elections Competitive In A Gerrymandered America
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers at gdpolitics.com Even before the mid-decade gerrymandering wars began, the 2026 midterms…
GD POLITICSWhat If Every State Gerrymandered To The Max?
We’ve got a podcast full of election updates today. We kick things off with the latest in the gerrymandering wars. Both Texas and California approved new maps…
GD POLITICSDoes Moderation Win Elections? The Nerds Go To WAR
Do moderate candidates do better in elections? It’s a question that has rocked the online world of election data nerds in recent days. There has been hair…
GD POLITICSCalifornia Gerrymandering, AI Polling, And Ukraine
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. The gerrymandering wars are continuing apace. Texas Democratic legislators are…
GD POLITICSIs College Worth It? 1 In 4 Degrees Are Not
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid…
GD POLITICSDo Politicians Need To Go Viral To Win?
Low-key, the whole political scene is such an L right now. Everyone’s either gaslighting, rage farming, or displaying NPC behavior. American politics is just…
GD POLITICSTexas Gerrymandering, Aging Democrats, And The 2026 Senate Fight
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid…
GD POLITICSCan We Still Trust U.S. Economic Data?
On Friday morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its jobs numbers for July. The nation provisionally added 73,000 jobs, shy of the 100,000 jobs…
GD POLITICSGaza, Gen Z, And A Gay President
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode and video are available to paid subscribers. Once you become…
GD POLITICS2025 Could See Lowest Murder Rate On Record
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. The last time I spoke with today’s guest it was late September of 2021 and I started…
GD POLITICSThe Week That Turned 2024 Upside Down
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode and video are available to paid subscribers. Once you become…
GD POLITICSTrump's Slide Probably Isn't About Epstein
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. If you scan some of the latest headlines, it looks like President Trump is finally…
GD POLITICSThe Leader Of Denmark's Socialist Party Makes The Case For Socialism
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode and video are available to paid subscribers. Once you become…
GD POLITICSHow To Make America Healthy Again
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. There’s little doubt that America faces a health conundrum. We spent nearly 18 percent…
GD POLITICSElection Data Trivia From America's 250 Years
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode and video are available to paid subscribers. Once you become…
GD POLITICSThe Parties Craft Their Midterm Messages
First and foremost, I want to say I’m thinking of everyone affected by the flash flooding in Texas. The details are heart wrenching and here’s to hoping that…
GD POLITICSThe Political Consequences Of The Bill Formerly Known As OBBBA
I’ve been doing the podcast rounds this week, chatting with the folks at The Bulwark and Raging Moderates. If you heard me there and are new to this podcast, I…
GD POLITICSWhat Americans Think About SCOTUS, Iran, And The 'Big Beautiful Bill'
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. Even by the standards of Trump-era news cycles, the back half of June has been a…
GD POLITICSHow A Democratic Socialist Put Himself On Track To Run NYC
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com New York State Rep. Zohran Mamdani seriously outperformed expectations in the…
GD POLITICSMurkowski Gets Candid On Prospects Of Leaving GOP And Bombing Iran
The video version of this podcast is available here. Last week I had the chance to speak with Republican Senator from Alaska Lisa Murkowski at length. She was…
GD POLITICSWhy Democrats Need Their Own Trump
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. I’m sure you’ve all seen the news about the United States’ attack on Iran’s nuclear…
GD POLITICSCancelvania Is Becoming A Swing State
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. If you find the title of this episode confusing, the cold open should help clear…
GD POLITICSNate Silver On LA Protests, NYC's Mayoral Race, And Elon Musk
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com Nate Silver and I went live on Substack Thursday afternoon to sort though some…
GD POLITICSThe Five House Districts To Watch In 2026
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. The contours of the 2026 midterms are taking shape in House districts across the…
GD POLITICSCrosstab Diving With Friends!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here…
GD POLITICSOne Big Unpopular Bill
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. What do Americans think about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)? And is the…
GD POLITICSHow Democrats Ended Up On The Losing Side Of The Class Divide
I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day Weekend! If you’ve paid any attention to politics over the past decade you know that one of the most important ways…
GD POLITICSHow To Fix What Ails Polling
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. The…
GD POLITICSWTF Is Up With The Economy?
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. Economic forecasting has often been as much of an art as a science, but since the…
GD POLITICSImportant Updates And Listener Questions
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com Today’s podcast is a little bit different. When I launched GD POLITICS, I said…
GD POLITICSThe Pope And The Senate
America got its first pope! I was sitting next to one of about 30 Indiana University study abroad students on my flight back from Madrid on Saturday and my…
GD POLITICSThe Trump Backlash Goes Global
In the U.S., Trump’s popularity hit a new low of net -10 percentage points right as he clocked 100 days in office. Abroad, the political impact of Trump’s…
GD POLITICSThe Number Of Secular Americans Has Plateaued
There’s rarely more attention paid to religion than when one pope passes and the College of Cardinals gathers to select another. Maybe it’s because the…
GD POLITICSGD POLITICS Live! With Nate Silver, Clare Malone And Harry Enten
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com Only paid subscribers have access to the full-length video and audio of the…
GD POLITICSThe Data Trends That Define This Moment
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. If the data tells a story, there’s one person you can count on to narrate it. Friend…
GD POLITICSPreview: 2028 Democratic Primary Draft
This is an audio preview of the full draft, which is available to paid subscribers here. On Wednesday afternoon, Nate Silver and I went live on Substack to…
GD POLITICSAmericans Sour On Trump's Economy
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. Americans have had a lot to digest politically and economically over the past couple…
GD POLITICSThe Farewell Podcast We Never Recorded
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. Nathaniel Rakich, Mary Radcliffe and I say goodbye to FiveThirtyEight (and talk about…
GD POLITICSThe Problem With Trump's Trade Math
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. We recorded this podcast before markets closed on Monday, but at one point during the…
GD POLITICSDemocrats Had A Good Night In Wisconsin And Florida
In one of the biggest election nights of the year, liberal judge Susan Crawford easily won a state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin and Democrats overperformed…
GD POLITICSThe First Battleground Test Of Trump 2.0
The video version of this podcast is available to paid subscribers here. Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race serves as a test of how voters in the…
GD POLITICSHow Trump Made Canada Liberal Again
At the start of the year it looked like Canada was getting ready to repeat a political story we’ve seen play out across the globe. After decades-high levels of…
GD POLITICSNate Silver Gets Candid On 538 Regrets, Elon Musk, And Democrats' Missteps
Nate Silver joins me for a wide ranging and candid interview on the inaugural episode of the GD POLITICS podcast. We talk about what it was like behind the…
GD POLITICSWelcome To The GD POLITICS Podcast
Welcome to the GD POLITICS podcast! I hope you'll subscribe in your favorite podcast app and at www.gdpolitics.com. This is a public episode. If you'd like to…