Podcast



Congress Two Beers In: Back to School Edition

GAI | September 9, 2024

On our latest podcast’s episode, Senior Fellow Mark Harkins talks with two college seniors to get the Gen Z perspective on our current state of politics. Mentioned material can be found at https://johnhaskell.substack.com/


Congress, Two Beers In | Special Guests Matt Grossmann and Dave Hopkins

Josh Huder | July 25, 2024

Josh and Matt talk with special guests Matt Grossmann, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University, and Dave Hopkins, Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College, to discuss all the weird things happening with today’s political parties.


New GAI podcast episode

GAI | May 1, 2024

Tune in for our latest podcast episode “Unprecedented” with Mark, Josh, and Matt.


New Podcast Episode: 2023 Year in Review & What’s to Come in 2024

GAI | January 3, 2024

Congress and appropriations reporter Jenn Shutt joins Laura to wrap up the year: appropriations, international supplemental funding, NDAA and what’s unprecedented, unusual -and usual- about this year. Shutt notes that the House has been “building the rollercoaster as they’re riding it”.


Speaker Johnson and the CR dilemma

Josh Huder | November 10, 2023

Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss the Speaker’s election, the CR dilemma, and a few other odds and ends.


“I don’t know what’s going on but I object”

Josh Huder | October 13, 2023

To quote Steny Hoyer, “I don’t know what’s going on but I object.” Matt and Josh discuss the House of Representatives in October 2023, the GOP speakership vote, Speakers Pro Tempore, and more.


Speakers and Special Rules with Tony Madonna

Josh Huder | September 21, 2023

Mark and Josh talk with Professor Tony Madonna about Kevin McCarthy’s unusual speakership, among other things. Tony is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia and author of numerous studies of House and Senate procedure.  


Post-Dobbs Politics in Congress with Michele Swers

Josh Huder | August 4, 2023

Laura and Josh talk with Georgetown Professor Michele Swers about abortion politics after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and a bit of Nancy Pelosi’s speakership.


New podcast episode: Why Congress with Philip Wallach

GAI | June 13, 2023

Matt and Josh are joined by special guest Philip Wallach from the American Enterprise Institute to discuss his new book, Why Congress.


Debt Limit with Michael Thorning

GAI | May 26, 2023

Matt and Laura are joined by special guest Michael Thorning from the Bipartisan Policy Center, to discuss the debt limit negotiations, modernization of Congress, and the FY24 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill.


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