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Today: #65 in News on our combined chart.
Today: #116 in News, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Castbox |
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| Oct 27 | #65 | #53 | #47 | #46 |
| Oct 26 | #58 | #45 | #44 | #45 |
| Oct 25 | #66 | #49 | — | #51 |
| Oct 24 | #188 | #182 | — | — |
| Oct 23 | #154 | #147 | — | — |
| Oct 22 | #123 | #123 | — | #90 |
| Oct 21 | #74 | #63 | — | #58 |
| Oct 20 | #55 | #38 | #41 | #37 |
| Oct 19 | #53 | #37 | #36 | #37 |
| Oct 18 | #66 | #50 | — | #61 |
| Oct 17 | #112 | #107 | — | #84 |
| Oct 16 | #75 | #61 | — | #59 |
| Oct 15 | #106 | #100 | — | #100 |
| Oct 14 | #73 | #65 | #47 | #50 |
Latest episodes
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Gina Hinojosa Aims to Make Texas Blue Again
October 26, 2026 · 31 minThe Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton dominates the news out of Texas, but, in the race for governor, a Democratic state legislator is also running neck and neck with the longtime Republican incumbent, Greg Abbott. Gina…
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Rahm Emanuel is “Cautiously Optimistic” About the Democrats’ Midterm Prospects
October 24, 2026 · 45 minThe Washington Roundtable is joined by Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff under Barack Obama, for a discussion about the Democratic Party’s odds heading into the midterm elections. In 2006, as chair of the Democratic…
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Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump?
October 19, 2026 · 34 minA growing portion of the electorate appears to recognize the mayhem President Donald Trump has instigated since returning to the Oval Office. That segment includes some of the people who put him back into office, including Rich Baris, who…
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Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy the Midterms, and He Doesn’t Care Who Knows It
October 17, 2026 · 44 minThe Washington Roundtable is joined by Alex Gibney, the Oscar-winning filmmaker, to discuss his new documentary, “Musk.” Since July, Elon Musk has poured more than a quarter of a billion dollars into Republican campaigns, more than any…
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What’s at Stake in the 2026 Midterms
October 14, 2026 · 36 minThe New Yorker staff writers Isaac Chotiner and Benjamin Wallace-Wells join Tyler Foggatt to discuss what Democrats might do after the midterms if they win a majority in the House or the Senate, and how Donald Trump might respond to…
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Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump
October 12, 2026 · 34 minThe economic punishment and threats of aggression that Donald Trump has launched against Canada are so severe that its government has looked at how to prepare for U.S. military action. David Remnick sits down with a former senior Canadian…
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Will Donald Trump’s Corruption Matter in November?
October 10, 2026 · 50 minThe Washington Roundtable weighs in on how Donald Trump’s rampant corruption will play out at the polls. Although conventional wisdom in Washington suggests that graft doesn’t move voters, Democrats have nonetheless spent more than three…
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Why Trump Is Pausing His Crackdown on Salvadoran Immigrants
October 8, 2026 · 52 minThe New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer joins Tyler Foggatt to talk about Donald Trump’s decision to delay the cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for Salvadoran immigrants. They discuss why the Administration, which has…
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An American Journalist Imprisoned as a Spy in Russia
October 6, 2026 · 24 minIn 2023, Evan Gershkovich was working as a young reporter in Moscow for the Wall Street Journal, when he was arrested by Russian authorities. He was eventually convicted on blatantly false charges of espionage and spent nearly five hundred…
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Can Europe Still Trust America?
October 3, 2026 · 36 minThe Washington Roundtable is joined by the Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, to discuss the war in Ukraine and Russia’s brazen tests of the NATO alliance, including drone incursions in Poland and a campaign of gray-zone tactics…
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Why Susan Collins Has Lasted So Long
October 1, 2026 · 47 minThe New Yorker staff writer Emma Green joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the Senate race in Maine, where the Republican Susan Collins, who has served in the Senate for nearly thirty years, is facing off against the former state senator Troy…
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Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics
September 28, 2026 · 34 minAri Emanuel is the executive chairman of W.M.E., one of the biggest talent agencies in Hollywood. He has overseen the careers of Oprah Winfrey, Taylor Swift, Meghan Markle, Martin Scorsese, Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson, and Donald Trump. His…
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Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, presents conversations and feature stories about current events. On Wednesdays, the senior editor Tyler Foggatt goes deep on a consequential political story via far-reaching interviews with staff writers and outside experts. And, on Fridays, the staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the latest developments in Washington and beyond, offering an encompassing understanding of this moment in American politics.