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The Beltway & Beyond
If you’re looking for a political podcast that goes beyond the national headlines, tune in to The Beltway & Beyond. Each week, a bipartisan group of former federal, state, and local elected officials, senior administration appointees, legislative staff, campaign strategists, and lobbyists from across the East Coast and Midwest share boots-on-the-ground perspectives on the issues shaping Washington and communities nationwide. We don’t just analyze politics—we live it. The Beltway & Beyond…
Episodes
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Episode 148 : A Chaotic Week in America
For the past eight days, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has so far claimed more than 100,000 U.S. lives and left more than 40 million Americans…
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Episode 147 : The State of the Union is???
The twin health and economic crises have reached a tragic new milestone, as the pandemic death toll has surpassed 100,000 and the American economy has shed…
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Episode 146 : Blue v. Red, the Pandemic
House Democrats on Friday passed a $3 trillion relief package, named HEROES Act in honor of the front-line workers and designed to assuage the health and…
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Episode 145 : The Politics of Leadership
After weeks of stay-at-home orders, millions of lost jobs, and trillions in emergency government spending, President Trump is calling for state and local…
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Episode 144 : Show me the Money???
After more than a month under pandemic-related shutdown, and a resulting economic nosedive, the reopening of America is happening with little consensus on how…
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Episode 143 : Disinfecting America
President Trump last week signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, freeing up almost half-a-trillion dollars in additional…
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Episode 142 : Politics and the Reopening of America
Less than seven months before the November election, the issue of reopening the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is a high-wire act for the…
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Episode 141 : The How and Why of the Public Health and Economic Crises
In a matter of months, the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our society and changed our entire way of life. As hospitals across the country have become…
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Episode 140 : The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Politics and the Presidential Election
The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly evolved from a health crisis to a financial and economic one, shuttering businesses, upending entire industries, and…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 139 : What The CARES Act Means For Your Business
Exactly one week after The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, “phase three” legislative response to the COVID-19 crisis, was passed…
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Episode 138 : Breaking Down the Historic Stimulus Bill
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senate voted on Wednesday to adopt a massive economic-stimulus package. The bipartisan bill would offer some $2 trillion…
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Episode 137 : Breaking Down The Government’s Coronavirus Response
The coronavirus crisis has challenged all levels of government. Understandably, government action has so far centered on the public health crisis and…
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Episode 136 : What Government Can and Should Do to Manage the Coronavirus Crisis
The coronavirus crisis has escalated in the U.S. and all levels of government must respond. But how? And can our elected officials mesh crisis management with…
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Episode 135 : Super Tuesday: What Just Happened?
Super Tuesday is over and, although the Democratic contest is far from over, former vice president Biden is, for today, the front–runner. Can Bernie Sanders…
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Episode 134 : Bernie?
Less than a week before Super Tuesday, the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination remains fluid, yet the 78-year old Senator already looks like the favorite…
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Episode 133 : What are Trump’s Re-election Chances?
Is it “the economy, stupid” again? Consumer confidence is high and the underlying economic data is relatively sound. So if history is any guide, President…
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Episode 132 : Are Democrats in Disarray post-New Hampshire?
The good news for Democrats is that turnout was up in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary over 2016. But the bad news is that Democrats now find themselves in a…
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Episode 131 : What Does Disarray in Iowa Mean for the Future?
The New Hampshire primary - the second party contest of the presidential primary season, is less than a week away, yet delayed results from the first major…
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Episode 130 : Pre-Iowa Prognostication
After months of hearing from the candidates and pundits alike, it is time for voters to finally have their say. But less than a week before the Iowa caucuses…
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Episode 129 : Fact or Fiction: What Will Decide 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination.
Just 45 days before the Iowa caucuses, in the smallest debate of the year, seven Democratic candidates onstage engaged in some of the most aggressive…
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Episode 128 : Political Punch-out, Podcast Edition
Howard Schweitzer, Public Strategies CEO, and Mark Alderman, the group’s Chairman, are joined by Jim Schultz, former Trump Administration official fresh off of…
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Episode 127 : This Week in Washington
Howard Schweitzer, Public Strategies CEO, and Mark Alderman, the group’s Chairman, are joined by Kaitlyn Martin to discuss the impeachment proceedings, the…
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Episode 126 : Sizing Up The Democratic Field Part 2
With less than 3 months to go before the 2020 Iowa caucuses, we are closely following the top tier of declared Democratic candidates. Any movement in the weeks…
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Episode 125 : Sizing Up The Democratic Field Part 1
With less than 3 months to go before the 2020 Iowa caucuses, we are closely following the top tier of declared Democratic candidates. Any movement in the weeks…
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Episode 124 : Government Spending: Is a Shutdown Looming?
Although the fiscal year technically ended in October, Congress couldn’t come to an agreement on how much to fund the government. Instead, they passed a…
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Episode 123 : The Latest Political Update from Inside the Beltway
Mark Alderman and Howard Schweitzer, respectively Chairman and Managing Partner of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies (CPS) discuss the latest developments in…
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Episode 122 : The Health Policy See-Saw: Where We Stand with the 2020 Election a Year Away - Part 2
Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies’ Director of Health Policy Alexandra Campau and Chairman Mark Alderman join CEO Howard Schweitzer to dissect the policy and…
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Episode 121 : The Health Policy See-Saw: Where We Stand with the 2020 Election a Year Away - Part 1
Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies’ Director of Health Policy Alexandra Campau and Chairman Mark Alderman join CEO Howard Schweitzer to dissect the policy and…
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Episode 120 : Major Cities Shift Leftward: Navigating the Changing Landscape - Part 2
Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies’ John Dunn (Chicago), Pat Carey (Chicago), Katie Schwab (New York), and Rose Christ (New York) join Howard Schweitzer to…
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Episode 119 : Major Cities Shift Leftward: Navigating the Changing Landscape - Part 1
Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies’ John Dunn (Chicago), Pat Carey (Chicago), Katie Schwab (New York), and Rose Christ (New York) join Howard Schweitzer to…
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Episode 118 : Post-Debate Analysis of the Democratic Primary Field (Part 2)
Our co-hosts Howard Schweitzer and Kaitlyn Martin (Washington, DC) are joined by their colleagues Joe Hill (Philadelphia) and Jamie Ansorge (New York City) to…
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Episode 117 : Post-Debate Analysis of the Democratic Primary Field (Part 1)
Our co-hosts Howard Schweitzer and Kaitlyn Martin (Washington, DC) are joined by their colleagues Joe Hill (Philadelphia) and Jamie Ansorge (New York City) to…
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Episode 116 : Deconstructing Trump’s Trade Wars
Howard Schweitzer and Kaitlyn Martin from Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies welcome Steve Myrow, Managing Partner of policy research firm Beacon Policy…
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Episode 115 : The Beltway Briefing — Impeachment Inquiry: What's Next?
Mark Alderman and Howard Schweitzer, respectively Chairman and Managing Partner of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies (CPS) play a game of “true or false” to…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 114 : The Beltway Briefing — Impeachment Showdown: What Lies Ahead
Mark Alderman and Howard Schweitzer, respectively Chairman and Managing Partner of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies (CPS), discuss key events that prompted…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 112 : Latest Trump Administration & Congress News, 2020 Primaries & Predictions
On our second Beltway Briefing of the new year, Howard Schweitzer, Mark Alderman, Blake Rutherford, and Kaitlyn Martin discussed the latest news from the Trump…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 111 : The Beltway Briefing – New Year, New Congress, Same Government Shutdown
On our first Beltway Briefing of the new year, Howard Schweitzer, Blake Rutherford and Kaitlyn Martin discuss where Washington stands on Day 19 of this partial…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 110 : The Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterms - Where Are We Now?
On our final episode of the 2018 Midterm Elections podcast, Mark Alderman, Howard Schweitzer, and Blake Rutherford analyze Tuesday’s election results with a…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 109 : Cozen Public Strategies New York Post Election Debrief
Stuart Shorenstein, Katie Schwab, Ken Fisher, and Rose Christ from Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies New York held a special conference call to debrief on the…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 108 : Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – 6 Days until the 6th
In the latest edition of the Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections podcast, Mark Alderman, Howard Schweitzer, and Blake Rutherford discuss the…
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Episode 107 : Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections - Special Attorney General Election Edition
On this special edition of the Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections podcast, CPS Managing Partner Howard Schweitzer and Former Virginia Attorney…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 106 : Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – 12 Days Until Ballots are Cast
On this week’s edition of the Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections podcast, Mark Alderman, Blake Rutherford, Kaitlyn Martin, Greg Jarmas, and…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 105 : The Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – 19 Days Left
On this week’s edition of the Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections podcast, Howard Schweitzer, Blake Rutherford, Kaitlyn Martin, and Hope Sheils…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 104 : Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – Kavanaugh is In, What’s Next?
On this week’s edition of the Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterms podcast, Howard Schweitzer, Mark Alderman, and Blake Rutherford discuss fresh polling…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 103 : Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – Kavanaugh, Midterms and Millennials
On this week’s edition of the Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections podcast, Howard Schweitzer, Mark Alderman, and Kaitlyn Martin discuss the…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 102 : Rosenstein Revelations, This Week’s Brett Kavanaugh Hearings, and Midterm Analysis
On this week’s call, Howard Schweitzer, Mark Alderman, Blake Rutherford and Kaitlyn Martin discuss the breaking news surrounding Deputy Attorney General Rod…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 101 : Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – SCOTUS, Tariffs, and November Impacts
On today’s call, GOP Strategist and former COO of TARP Howard Schweitzer, Democratic strategist and former member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 99 : The Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – Is a Blue Wave Coming?
It’s 53 days until the midterms, and with seemingly every day bringing new breaking news about the president, GOP Strategist and former COO of TARP Howard…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 98 : The Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – Two Months to November
With a little over two months to go before the midterm election, GOP Strategist and former COO of TARP Howard Schweitzer and Democratic strategist and former…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 97 : Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – Special Pennsylvania Politics Edition
On this special edition of the Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections podcast, Howard Schweitzer, CPS’s Managing Partner, interviews Jim Davis…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 96 : Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – Special New York Politics Edition
On this special edition of the Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections call, Howard Schweitzer, CPS’s Managing Partner, interviews Katie Schwab…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 95 : 2018 Midterm Elections: Impacts of Trump’s Trade, Immigration & Health Care Policies
On today’s call, GOP Strategist and former COO of TARP Howard Schweitzer and former chief of staff to two attorneys general Blake Rutherford analyzed the…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 94 : 2018 Midterm Elections: Helsinki Fallout, Nomination of Kavanaugh & November Impact
On today’s call, GOP Strategist and former COO of TARP Howard Schweitzer, Democratic strategist and former member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 92 : Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – Outlook Nearly Four Months Out
The midterms may still be four months away, but there’s no doubt that the news over the past two weeks is going to have an impact on how independent voters…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 91 : The Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – A Focus on the Senate Map
On today’s call, GOP Strategist and former COO of TARP Howard Schweitzer, Democratic strategist and former member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 89 : The Beltway Briefing Road to the 2018 Midterm Elections – Super Tuesday
The Super Tuesday of 2018 has arrived and today, voters in eight states go to the polls to cast votes in highly watched primary elections. On today’s call, GOP…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 87 : The Beltway Briefing – Welcome, Senator Evan Bayh
On today’s call, we welcomed a special guest – former two-term U.S. Senator and Governor of Indiana Evan Bayh, who recently joined Cozen O’Connor and Cozen…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 86 : Policy Spotlight Call – Spotlight on the Pennsylvania Primary Elections
Former member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team Mark Alderman and former chief of staff to two attorneys general Blake Rutherford walk through…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 84 : The Beltway Briefing Policy Spotlight Call – The Politics & Policy of Cannabis
On today’s call, Mark Alderman, Howard Schweitzer, Jim Davis, Allison Wils, and Blake Rutherford of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies walked through the current…
The Beltway & BeyondEpisode 83 : Charting the Changing Personnel Dynamics within the Trump White House
On today’s call, GOP Strategist and former COO of TARP Howard Schweitzer, Democratic strategist and former member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition…