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The Making of a President

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About the show

Peter Hamby, Puck’s award-winning political correspondent, takes you deep inside the machinery of modern campaigns with the actual strategists, operatives, pollsters, lobbyists, politicians, and shadow power players working to elect the next president. Focused on the road to 2028 but ranging far beyond it, the show explores the media, money, technology, and generational forces transforming how politics is practiced—and how power is won.

Latest episodes

  • Can MAHA Keep Iowa Red?

    October 6, 2026 · 38 min

    Iowa G.O.P. chairman Jeff Kaufmann joins Peter for a candid conversation about what it takes to win Iowa, where Trump still has a chokehold on Republican voters even as his approval ratings plummet. Kaufmann makes the case that any…

  • How to Win New Mexico in ’28, with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

    September 29, 2026 · 44 min

    With New Mexico joining the early Democratic presidential primary calendar, Peter sits down with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for a dissertation on everything candidates need to know about an often misunderstood state: how to talk about the…

  • Can We Actually Trust the Midterm Polls?

    September 22, 2026 · 44 min

    Lakshya Jain, elections analyst and co-founder of Split Ticket, joins Peter to dig into polling reliability, election models, and how voters are responding to economic conditions ahead of the midterms and 2028 primaries. While Lakshya says…

  • How to Break the Internet (and Win Campaigns), With Alex Bruesewitz

    September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Trump social media guru Alex Bruesewitz joins Peter to discuss how Joe Rogan and TikTok memes helped Republicans win the White House, which Democrats actually understand the internet, and who the MAGA base is likely to support in…

  • Are Democrats Out of Ideas? with Rahm Emanuel

    September 8, 2026 · 52 min

    Rahm Emanuel, the longtime Democratic power broker, former White House chief of staff, and perennial subject of campaign intrigue, joins Peter on the debut episode of The Making of a President to discuss the rise of democratic socialism…

  • Coming Soon — The Making of A President, Hosted By Peter Hamby

    August 30, 2026 · 1 min

    Starting on September 8, join Peter Hamby, Puck’s award-winning political correspondent, for a weekly deep dive inside the machinery of modern campaigns — a podcast featuring the actual strategists, operatives, pollsters, lobbyists…