Podcasts by Left, Right

Why is the House focusing on antizionism while addressing antisemitism? from 2023-12-08T08:00

A rise in antisemitism in the wake of Israel’s war with Hamas caught the attention of the House of Representatives this past week. Members of the House held a hearing with college presidents add...

Will Biden’s leadership hold under pressure? from 2023-12-01T08:00

A temporary pause on fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas was agreed upon with the help of President Biden and the Qatari government. It’s a volatile situation, relying on the continued tra...

Reading the tea leaves of early polling from 2023-11-24T08:00

With the primary season just around the corner, voters can expect an influx of polling data. Sorting through it all can be tricky. David Wasserman of the non-partisan Cook Political Report discu...

Congress avoids a shutdown — and doesn’t seem thrilled about it from 2023-11-17T08:00

Congress agreed to a new spending bill this week to avoid a government shutdown. The bill relies on the same type of structured deadlines that cost former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy his party’...

Will Dems’ success this week boost Biden in 2024? from 2023-11-10T10:30:06

It was Election Day in several states this week. Voters hit the polls to decide on abortion as a constitutional right in Ohio. Kentucky and Mississippi made their choice for governor. And every ...

Regulating AI: What’s the government’s power? from 2023-11-03T07:00

President Biden signed a sweeping order focused on reinforcing safety, security, and trust in artificial intelligence. It creates federal guardrails for the continuously evolving technology, whi...

Democracy is back in session from 2023-10-27T07:01:44

After an embarrassing three weeks of nominees and almost-elections, the House of Representatives finally chose a new speaker — Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, who tried to help Donald Trump overt...

What does a just response from Israel look like? from 2023-10-20T10:30:14

President Biden traveled to Israel this week to offer support, but warned against letting rage consume the response against Hamas. Plus, there’s been a lot of dehumanizing rhetoric around the co...

What will Israel’s war with Hamas mean for Gaza? from 2023-10-13T07:00

After Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis in an attack at the Gaza border over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to respond with unprecedented force. That meant a wave of a...

How the House was lost and what could come next from 2023-10-06T07:28

For the first time ever, the House of Representatives voted to oust its speaker. This week, House Democrats joined forces with the small contingent of Republicans who wanted Kevin McCarthy gone....

Can the party of Reagan right its course? from 2023-09-29T08:19:45

Republican presidential candidates faced off in another primary debate this week. As they stated their case to voters, they aligned themselves with Ronald Reagan’s vision for the Republican Part...

Biden v. Trump: Who will win over more auto workers amid strike? from 2023-09-22T07:07:29

The United Auto Workers union initiated a partial strike after failing to reach a new contract with automakers General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. Thirteen thousand workers hit the picket lines...

Dems at odds over support for asylum seekers from 2023-09-15T07:00

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city is struggling to support 110,000 migrants who have arrived there in the last year. He’s called for support from the federal government. Republicans h...

Biden’s race for re-election approaches new hurdle from 2023-09-08T11:33:47

The choice between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is a toss-up nationally. Will a possible rematch turn emerging polling trends into a new political reality?

The effects of climate change we...

Will ‘Trump Lite’ leave voters wanting more? from 2023-09-01T08:12:36

Vivek Ramaswamy had a strong performance in the first Republican primary debate. It’s too early to tell how it will translate in the polls. Can he connect the party’s base with the next generati...

GOP candidates fight to fill Trump’s absence from 2023-08-25T07:43:26

The first primary debate of the 2024 presidential election took place in Milwaukee this week. Eight Republicans took the stage. Who left their mark?

Donald Trump was invited but chose no...

Georgia On My Mind from 2023-08-18T07:00

A fourth indictment was filed against Donald Trump this week — in the state of Georgia. Fulton County D.A. Fani T. Willis presented a sprawling document charging Trump and 18 others for conspir...

Buckeye State bucks ballot initiative from 2023-08-11T08:16:10

Ohio voters turned out in droves to reject a ballot measure that would change the state’s amendment process. An upcoming vote on abortion rights lingered in the background of the special electio...

Adding indictments to injury from 2023-08-04T10:22:24

Donald Trump was indicted this week for several charges related to the events of January 6. U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith presented a strong legal case against the former president. Will litig...

McCarthy’s on the Hunt(er) from 2023-07-28T07:00

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy thinks it may be time to open an impeachment inquiry to get more information on President Biden’s involvement in his son Hunter’s questionable business dealings. Con...

Who’s afraid of the big bad Trump? from 2023-07-21T07:00

Conservative groups and the Donald Trump campaign are collaborating to expand executive powers if Trump secures a second White House term. At the heart of the plan is a legitimate debate about t...

Tuberville blocks nominees — will US military lose its might? from 2023-07-14T09:50:53

Both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Institutes of Health need a chief. Some senators are blocking confirmation of those nominees — so what will it take to win them over?

Mea...

Voters believe in Biden’s policy. Do they believe in the man? from 2023-07-07T07:00

President Biden is putting the spin on “Bidenomics.” The administration is hoping they can capture voters with improved messaging on popular policies, but will it work?

We’re a week remo...

What’s next for diversity efforts as SCOTUS strikes down affirmative action? from 2023-06-30T09:04:13

The Supreme Court ruled against long-standing affirmative action practices for public and private universities. Is there any chance this could improve how colleges try to increase diversity on c...

Biden’s uphill battle, and a year post-Roe from 2023-06-23T07:17

President Biden is hitting the campaign trail to tout his first-term accomplishments, gain support, and refill his war chest. But in the face of sagging poll numbers, can he convince voters to g...

Trump’s been indicted — again from 2023-06-16T09:19:02

Donald Trump has broken another record. Already the first former president ever indicted on criminal charges, he’s now the first ever indicted twice. He faces 37 felony counts stemming from his ...

‘He’s boring as hell’: Mike Pence jumps into presidential race from 2023-06-09T11:23:01

Mike Pence is officially running for president — against the former president who made him vice president. He’s trying to evoke Reagan conservatism, but does the Trump-dominated GOP actually wan...

A $44 billion edit button from 2022-04-29T07:00

Is it doom or salvation for the Twitterverse now that Elon Musk is poised to take over? He seems to want “ Listen

Mask on, mask off from 2022-04-22T07:00

The CDC sent the DOJ an SOS over masks this week. If that sounds like incomprehensible alphabet soup, just know that wearing a mask is up to you.

Is the federal government doing enough...

Evil? Confirmed. Genius? Not so much from 2022-04-15T07:00

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is now a “genocide,” at least according to President Biden. That’s one of the strongest accusations against Putin we’ve heard from Biden, who’s been (mostly) careful...

A historic confirmation from 2022-04-08T07:00

Ketanji Brown Jackson can officially put “Supreme Court Justice” on her resume this week, as three Republicans joined Senate Democrats to confirm the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Jack...

The Supreme Question from 2022-04-01T07:00

How long is seven hours? It’s not long if you’re binging our show, but that’s a long time to not have records of telephone calls made by former President Trump on January 6, 2021.

There...

Ketanji Brown Jackson and confirmation bingo from 2022-03-25T07:00

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation hearings are now underway. She seems to be on pace to become the next associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, but not without some fricti...

War criminal from 2022-03-18T07:00

It’s the third week of Russia’s war on Ukraine. But this week was the first time President Biden called President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal.”

There are courts that could theoretical...

Our big oil problem from 2022-03-11T08:00

President Biden announced this week that the United States will ban imports of Russian oil and gas. The move was met with bipartisan approval despite promises of inflation and more pain at the p...

The state of our union from 2022-03-04T09:57:45

President Biden gave his first State of the Union address this week, and it was certainly a doozy amid the invasion of Ukraine, COVID, and rising inflation. So how’d it go?

The answer: ...

From false flag to full-scale from 2022-02-25T08:00

Russia has invaded Ukraine in full force. This week, missiles, tanks and troops poured over the borders as explosions rocked the country, causing thousands of civilians to flee their homes and s...

Close encounters of a truckish kind from 2022-02-18T18:30

Canada’s having some close encounters of a truckish kind. For three weeks now, a convoy of truck drivers have occupied major cities north of the border and blocked trade in protest of vaccine ma...

Dictators gonna dictate from 2022-02-11T08:00

We’re several weeks into world leaders trying to quell tensions over the Ukraine - Russia border. And if you thought things weren’t complicated enough, Russian and Chinese leaders also issued a ...

RIP American democracy? from 2022-02-04T08:00

The crisis in Ukraine is edging toward what its president warns will be a “full-scale war” if Russian troops move in on the country — but this might also be a proxy war for democracy as we know ...

Farewell, Justice Breyer. What now? from 2022-01-28T08:00

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after 27 years on the nation’s highest court, giving President Biden his first chance to nominate a justice to the bench. He’s expected to announ...

Biden presidency turns 1 year old from 2022-01-21T08:00

President Biden took questions from reporters on Wednesday for nearly two hours — ranging widely from voting rights to Ukraine and more — as senators from his own party threatened his top legisl...

The ‘I’ word: How we got here from 2022-01-14T08:00

If your grocery or gas bill weren’t enough of an indicator, inflation is here at historic levels. The consumer price index, which tracks how prices change over time, showed a 7% increase at the...

January 6 Anniversary from 2022-01-07T08:00

We kick off a new year of Left Right & Center as the country reflects on the one-year anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Guest host Jeremy Hobson talks with Jamelle B...

Josh Barro says farewell to Left, Right&Center from 2021-12-30T08:01

Welcome to Josh Barro’s final episode as host of Left, Right & Center. It’s a special episode with some of our most frequent panelists to close out 2021 and Josh’s seven-year run as host. Listen

A special Left, Right&Center for the end of 2021 from 2021-12-23T08:00

Well, it’s been a year: 2021 has been better than 2020 all told, but not as normal as hoped. It’s seemingly not as normal as the voters hoped it would be either, with President Biden’s approval ...

A wave is building from 2021-12-17T08:00

The holidays are coming and so is the omicron wave. Well, that’s not great timing. Booster shots will help, and so many people have some immunity already from two doses of vaccine and/or prior i...

Small, better things from 2021-12-10T08:00

We’re in this for the long haul. As the omicron variant spreads throughout the country, one of the best tools we have in our arsenal are at-home rapid tests. But right now, they’re way too expen...

Delta, Omicron, beyond from 2021-12-03T08:00

A new Greek letter is on the mind this week: Omicron. New cases of the variant have been popping up all over the world, prompting travel restrictions and renewed calls for eligible adults to get...

Symptoms from 2021-11-23T08:00

Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all counts in a Kenosha courtroom this week, successfully asserting self-defense against two counts of murder. Whether Rittenhouse committed a crime and whether...

Concrete infrastructure from 2021-11-19T08:00

New infrastructure law just dropped. President Biden got to celebrate one of the biggest infrastructure spending bills of the past decade, while Republicans vented at each other about giving Dem...

Inflation! from 2021-11-12T08:01

Inflation is at its highest in nearly three decades and that has big potential costs, but how much is it really under his control? Josh Barro, Elizabeth Bruenig and Ross Douthat kick around some...

It wasn’t just critical race theory from 2021-11-05T07:01

It’s been a rough week for Democrats. They lost a governor’s race in Virginia and just barely held on in New Jersey – and even in New York City, Democrats lost city council seats to Republicans....

BIDEN SPENDING PROPOSAL final final FINAL dot docx from 2021-10-29T07:28:55

President Biden returned to Capitol Hill one more time...with a framework of what’s supposed to be in the big spending package, for real this time.

What’s in: child care, universal pre-k...

Bad news can be good news from 2021-10-22T07:00

For Democrats negotiating the Build Back Better plan, bad news is good news: because every disagreement means they’re a step closer to passage. But to get there, they’ll have to combine changes ...

Biden has 99 problems and the ports back logs are just one from 2021-10-15T07:00

The Port of Los Angeles will now be running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, under a new plan announced by President Biden. Right now his administration is juggling a lot of problems that are weig...

We’re doing this again? from 2021-10-08T07:00

It’s been an especially stupid week in Congress. Members of Congress are fighting over the debt limit – an archaic, post-war provision from the 20th century. Both sides of the aisle agree that t...

Uncontrolled spread from 2021-10-01T23:53:40

It’s...past the wire for Democrats and their votes on two big spending packages that are the priorities of President Biden. As we recorded this episode Friday morning, the promised day for a Hou...

Deep dives on Hispanic and Latino voters, and the future of abortion access in the US from 2021-09-25T01:22:28

This week, guest host and Left, Right & Center contributor Keli Goff takes a deep dive into two issues in the news right now. First: she speaks with Geraldo Cadava about what Democrats and R...

Cliffs, drugs and taxes from 2021-09-17T22:27:10

Democrats have spent weeks talking about their big spending plans, and now they’re talking about how to pay for them. Some ideas: tax increases on corporations and wealthy Americans, a capital g...

Required to require from 2021-09-11T00:28:49

This week, President Biden announced a sweeping new mandate for American workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Companies with 100 or more employees are mandated to require employees to be vaccina...

Is this the end of Roe? from 2021-09-03T22:19:35

This week, a new law took effect in Texas prohibiting abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, which is before most women are aware that they’re pregnant. There are many state laws that...

The bombing at Kabul airport from 2021-08-27T22:53:47

A suicide bombing near the Kabul airport killed 13 U.S. service members just days ahead of the withdrawal deadline. The Biden administration still plans to withdraw from Afghanistan by...

The Chaos in Afghanistan from 2021-08-20T22:47:24

Kabul has fallen. While this was expected to happen, the U.S. government has been surprised by how quickly the Taliban took over.

At the start of this week, there were as ma...

Policy and people after plagues from 2021-08-13T22:50:29

The Delta surge continues, and case counts are especially high in the Southeast. There’s now less optimism about herd immunity (for several reasons) and it’s looking like covid is on i...

Mind your own business from 2021-08-06T19:21:39

The vaccine mandates are coming. In New York, you’ll now need to prove you’re vaccinated to go to a restaurant, bar, gym or entertainment venue. Other American cities are considering s...

Vaccines, masks, carrots, sticks from 2021-07-30T22:55:23

Masks are back. The CDC says even vaccinated Americans should resume wearing masks as the Delta variant sends case counts skyrocketing. But why are we still talking about masks when th...

Rush before recess from 2021-07-23T23:39:04

Congress is in that busy mode before it goes on vacation. What’s moving forward? Right now, it’s the negotiations over the bipartisan infrastructure framework and Democrats’ $3.5 trill...

The Democrats’ go-big budget from 2021-07-17T00:39:46

This week on Left, Right & Center: Senate Democrats have their plates full between the bipartisan infrastructure bill they’re already working on and a new $3.5 trillion spending bi...

Leaving Afghanistan from 2021-07-09T23:38:29

On this week’s Left Right & Center, Josh, Liz and Ross talk about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. But what do we have to show for America’s longest war?...

Special presentation of All The Presidents’ Lawyers from 2021-07-02T23:14:16

This week’s episode is a special presentation of All The Presidents’ Lawyers, a KCRW podcast that Josh Barro and Ken White host. It’s all about the legal problems of presidents and the...

It’s Infrastructure Week, again! from 2021-06-26T00:24:13

A bipartisan success story: That’s how President Biden wants us to remember the infrastructure deal he announced this week. It was an opportunity for the president to remind people tha...

Or else from 2021-06-17T23:47:46

After a highly anticipated summit between President Biden and Vladimir Putin, here’s what we’re left with: if Russia’s going to cyberattack the United States, they should not target si...

Secret Congress from 2021-06-12T00:35:50

Joe Biden is in Europe. He’s meeting with the G7, then he’ll see European and NATO leaders and meet one-on-one with Putin. European leaders are relieved Trump is gone, but does that me...

An improved jobs report but still a long road to economic recovery from 2021-06-04T22:49:52

The jobs report for May was better than April but still left a lot of room for improvement. Workers are being more selective, which may not be a bad thing. With a tight labor market an...

Sausage making from 2021-05-28T22:40:23

Congress has been unusually productive lately. The sausage making process is actually getting us some sausage — in this case, a bipartisan plan to boost spending on applied science res...

Look at Congress being normal again from 2021-05-22T00:15:32

There is a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. Joe Biden told Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that he expected a significant and swift de-escalation, which he got. But the B...

Is it time to cut unemployment benefits? from 2021-05-14T23:26:21

Inflation is back! It may not be here to stay — there’s a lot of weirdness in the economy right now — but with wages rising quickly despite surprisingly weak job growth in April, some ...

Where are all the jobs? from 2021-05-08T01:03:56

The April jobs report number was disappointing. We expected a million new jobs and only got 260,000. There are a few factors that could be slowing job growth: a very specific reason wh...

The low-rated, kinda sleepy and quietly radical speech from 2021-05-01T01:38:33

President Biden made his first address to a joint session of Congress. It didn’t get big TV ratings, but the content reflected big changes to what he’d have the government do, with tri...

Accountability from 2021-04-24T02:30:26

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts for the death of George Floyd last summer. The prosecution’s case against him was strong and the jury del...

Pause & Review from 2021-04-17T00:30:31

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is on pause, out of an abundance of caution, federal officials say. Out of more than 7 million J&J doses administered so far, there have been six ...

Carrots over sticks from 2021-04-10T00:24:41

Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan has stretched the definition of infrastructure. One component is over $200 billion for housing. Home prices are rising around the country and affordabil...

Infrastructure Week, maybe for real this time from 2021-04-03T00:12:02

It’s finally Infrastructure Week! Maybe for real this time? Josh Barro and panelists Christine Emba and Lanhee Chen discuss President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure package that in...

Biden meets the press from 2021-03-26T17:32:03

Joe Biden gave the first press conference of his presidency this week. He took a bit of a victory lap, saying we’ll actually get 200 million shots in his first hundred days and noting ...

Tragedy in Georgia from 2021-03-20T00:56:47

Congress is debating how to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. House Democrats passed their version this week, but Republicans in the Senate have concerns about guns and other...

Joe Biden’s BFD from 2021-03-13T01:39:56

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act is now law, and to quote then-Vice President Biden, it’s a “big f***ing deal.” President Biden signed it Thursday and addresssed the national abou...

Not now, but soon? from 2021-03-06T02:33:59

Texas is done with Covid, but is Covid done with Texas? Some states are rushing to lift restrictions while others are being more deliberate, saying they’ll do so in late March or April...

A third vaccine from 2021-02-27T02:18:37

We’re getting a third covid vaccine. Johnson & Johnson is set to deliver 20 million doses by the end of March, and this vaccine only requires one dose per person. Vaccine rollout i...

?Left, Right & Center & Independent from 2021-02-20T00:59:11

Former President Trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial and now we are officially out of the Trump era… for now. Congress can now turn its attention to passing anothe...

On trial from 2021-02-12T23:12:40

Former President Trump is on trial in the senate. Democrats showed dramatic video presentations with previously unseen footage of the Capitol riot showing how close some lawmakers came...

Closer to $2 trillion from 2021-02-05T23:59:51

Democrats are much closer to passing the nearly $2 trillion relief package President Joe Biden has proposed. A Republican pitch for a much smaller package doesn’t look to be going anyw...

Is triggering the libs a policy platform? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

President Trump accepted his party’s renomination to be president on the White House lawn, despite rules about not using government property for political purposes. He says he wants to uni...

One convention done, one to go from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are officially the presidential ticket for the Democratic Party. The virtual convention was a little awkward, but was it any more awkward than conventions usual...

Biden / Harris from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week, Joe Biden announced California Senator Kamala Harris will be his running mate. The Left, Right & Center panel interprets the choice. Dorian Warren says this shows how the pa...

Left in the lurch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It’s August, the enhanced unemployment air ran out in July, and lawmakers in Washington don’t seem much closer to extending that and other aspects of the coronavirus aid. How long will be...

What do we do now? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The US economy shrank at a record pace in the second quarter, contracting nearly ten percent. In the real world, that means tens of millions of Americans lost jobs and so many businesses w...

Brinkmanship in a pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Those enhanced unemployment benefits that have kept many American households afloat through the pandemic? They’re about to run out, and Congress is just now getting around to doing somethi...

American made from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The economic recovery appears to be stalling as the coronavirus epidemic intensifies across the south and southwest. How did we get here? What are the policy failures that allow uncontroll...

Lagging behind from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The coronavirus pandemic crisis is stretching on and the United States is in dire straits. Infections are surging in the south and west and there's doubt about whether schools can open saf...

Will it change us? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Halfway through an extremely eventful 2020, what is the outlook for persistent change? In this special midyear episode, Josh Barro speaks with Dorian Warren and Megan McArdle about whethe...

The Center is right again from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How’s this for a civilized yet provocative start to the show? This week, people finally started admitting Josh Barro has been right about Joe Biden. Though, for the record, a lot of people...

A big week at the Supreme Court from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Supreme Court delivered two major opinions this week and conservatives are not very happy with two Republican-appointed justices. Justice Neil Gorsuch — often held up as the example of...

Biden’s lead widens from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Lots of people in Washington seem to want more distance from President Trump as his actions have grown even more erratic and his poll numbers have deteriorated. This week, General Mark Mil...

Will waves of protest bring waves of change? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The killing of George Floyd by a white police officer who now faces murder charges set off a wave of peaceful protests nationwide. It also resulted in incidents of violence, with police of...

George Floyd from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The death of George Floyd — who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer who knelt on his neck for seven minutes in the process of arresting him — has reignited outrage over police treat...

Will President Trump ever wear a mask in public? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

President Trump really doesn’t want to be photographed wearing a mask (even though he has a cool one with the Presidential Seal on it). But 72% of Americans say that they’re wearing masks ...

Obamagate! Wait, what’s Obamagate? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

President Trump is very upset about Obamagate. It seems to have to do with his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn — who the president fired after he lied to Vice President Pen...

Twenty million jobs lost in April from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

More than 20 million jobs were lost in April and it keeps getting worse. Millions of Americans continue to file for new unemployment benefits every week. Is there and end in sight? And wha...

When and what, but what about how? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Joe Biden says it never happened. Biden spoke publicly for the first time in response to an accusation from former Senate staffer Tara Reade, who says Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993....

LIBERATE some states but not others? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Congress agreed this week to replenish money for the Paycheck Protection Program, which makes loans to certain kinds of businesses that are hurt by the pandemic and then forgives those loa...

Total authority? Not really from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Regardless of who has the ‘total authority,’ the Left, Right & Center panel agrees we need a lot more to actually reopen the country: more testing, more hospital capacity, and other th...

It's Biden from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bernie Sanders announced the suspension of his presidential campaign this week, making Joe Biden the official presumptive Democratic nominee. What is the legacy of his campaign? Does it si...

Front row at the Trump show from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

At least ten million Americans filed for unemployment in the last two weeks of March, and that’s not the end of it. Has the federal government done enough to support Americans financially...

What’s our prognosis? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The US now leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases, but it appears we haven’t reached the worst yet.President Trump signed a $2 trillion economic relief package for Americans and bu...

Stay at home from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Californians and New Yorkers and people in many other jurisdictions are being ordered to stay at home, and it’s advised across the whole country. Is this going to work to stop the coronavi...

The coronavirus response gets real from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The public health crisis response to the coronavirus pandemic is finally happening in the United States, but it’s not enough and it’s too late. President Trump has politicized the crisis. ...

The right and wrong responses to the coronavirus outbreak from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The coronavirus outbreak in the US is intensifying with hundreds of known cases and 14 deaths as of Friday afternoon. The stats on cases in China are a little better than a few weeks ago, ...

More vaccines, more executive orders and... GameStop from 2021-01-29T23:06:16

One week later, the Biden administration is getting more aggressive with vaccine distribution. More doses will be sent to states and they will use the Defense Production Act to speed u...

President Biden calls for unity. Will he get it? from 2021-01-23T00:12:09

America has a new president. Joe Biden called for unity in his inaugural address, but he enters office with the country facing huge challenges and with the slimmest of majorities in Co...

Impeached again from 2021-01-16T00:47:47

President Trump is the first president to be impeached twice. What does it mean to hold him accountable? And what should be done about the Republicans who voted to throw out the result...

The pro-Trump mob at the Capitol from 2021-01-08T22:25:08

On Wednesday, supporters of President Trump ransacked the Capitol after he urged them to march there. The mob entered the Capitol as Congress was working to certify Joe Biden’s electio...

Uh, deal or no deal? from 2020-12-19T00:45:38

Joe Biden announced his picks to lead transportation, climate, energy and environmental policy this week and it’s making progressives pretty happy. But what will they be able to get do...

Looking under the hood from 2020-12-11T22:37:16

Joe Biden’s cabinet is taking shape. The names are predictable, but the positions they’re attached to is raising some eyebrows on the Right and Left. Josh Barro discusses the Biden eco...

Caught with their masks down from 2020-12-04T23:40:21

In a dark week for new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, a few high-profile politicians — mostly Democrats — have gotten a lot of attention for disobeying their own pandemic...

Politics of culture from 2020-11-27T21:00

2020 has been a difficult year. Keli Goff hosts this special episode of Left, Right & Center about how art gets us through tough times, and how it can move us politically too. You’...

Still waiting from 2020-11-21T00:15:52

One week later, not much has changed. President Trump has not conceded to Joe Biden and continues to fight the election result and national Republicans are largely not acknowledging Jo...

Denial from 2020-11-14T00:17:56

The election is over but President Trump doesn’t want to admit it. Does that matter? Why are Republicans going along with this? Is it because they really need him to play an important ...

Winning ugly is still winning from 2020-11-06T22:43:55

Remember last week, when Josh Barro, Tim Carney, Christine Emba and special guest Gustavo Arellano made some predictions about the election outcome? With votes still being counted in t...

We'll see what happens from 2020-10-30T23:31:03

There are just days left in the 2020 presidential campaign and Joe Biden and Donald Trump are making their final pitches to voters around the country, but really mostly in Pennsylvania...

Once more, with policy from 2020-10-24T02:32:30

It was the last debate of the campaign, and it was less crazy than the last one. NBC’s Kristen Welker kept it on lockdown with some help from a mute button. There was also a lot more p...

This town hall ain’t big enough for the two of us from 2020-10-17T01:37:31

It was the week of dueling town halls. President Trump did not want to do a virtual debate but he’s trailing in the polls. Did his combative town hall with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie make ...

Total chaos from 2020-10-10T01:59:19

Is the president a super spreader? President Trump’s doctors say he can resume public events soon — certainly what President Trump prefers, as he trails Joe Biden in the polls less tha...

October Surprise from 2020-10-03T00:41:24

President Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus. Just days ago at the presidential debate, he mocked Joe Biden for wearing masks too much. After learning Hope Hicks, a top aide...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the future of the Supreme Court from 2020-09-26T02:20:55

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead at 87. She leaves a legacy as a liberal icon, from her time litigating for equal rights before the court and from her 27 years serving...

One Billion Americans from 2020-09-19T04:37:40

***Hi Left, Right & Center listeners: this week’s episode was recorded Friday morning before news broke that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at 87 of pancreatic canc...

Rage from 2020-09-12T00:52:34

Wildfires are raging in the west. The pandemic is still raging, with nearly 200,000 Americans dead. What is the government doing? Congress still cannot agree on additional aid for Amer...

Left, Right and Center Presents: Diaries of a Divided Nation 2020 from 2020-09-10T21:23:33

Diaries of a Divided Nation: 2020 is a people’s history of the United States recorded in real time.

Over the past year, a team of audio journalists have documented the lives o...

Two trips to Kenosha from 2020-09-05T00:49:47

Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin this week, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake and subsequent protests, riots and looting. President Trump warne...