The Fly
Your weekly window into how the most impactful moments in politics unfold. From the Oval Office to the Clinton campaign war room to the hallowed halls of Congress to Maryland's Governor's Mansion, we bring you inside the rooms where the biggest decisions are made. Hosted by a couple of college kids still trying to learn how things get done in this complicated yet beautiful world of American politics.
2024 Election Special Pt 3 ft. Rick Wiley, Sarah Mucha, Reed Howard, and Liam Richichi
Ashley Gunn: “We are more alike than we are different”
2024 Election Special Pt 2 ft. Symone Sanders-Townsend
2024 Election Special (Part 1) - ft. Sarah Mucha and Reed Howard
Mary Beth Tinker: "History will look back and wonder, what did you do?"
Rick Wiley: "With time, you just keep moving"
Dr. Anthony Fauci: "We could see the tsunami in the distance"
Allegra Kirkland and Waleed Shahid: “Don’t count out the youth vote”
Laura Barrón-López: “Reporting the truth is not always going to make people happy”
Dan Lamothe, Pentagon Correspondent: “There is always a deeper story worth telling”
Val Demings, Former US Representative: "Out of the ashes, I do believe good things can evolve"
Machalagh Carr, Speaker McCarthy's Chief of Staff: "It was the ride of a lifetime"
Deanne Millison, Former Chief Economic Advisor: “It’s a Patience Game”
Brad Raffensperger, GA Secretary of State: "There's Something True about Southern Hospitality"
Brenda Gianiny, President of Axis Research Inc.: "Voters Want Another Choice"
Emily Horne, Fmr. Spokesperson, National Security Council: "The Changing World Order"
Craig Minassian, Consultant of The Daily Show: “Comedy is the conscience of the people”
Joe Hack, Former Senate Chief Of Staff: “I’m a radical incrementalist”
Gabe Fleisher, Founder of Wake Up to Politics: “Listen to your audience”
Nia-Malika Henderson - CNN Senior Political Reporter: "We need to do better"
Ron Klain, Former White House Chief of Staff: “Look for places where you can bring people together”
Former MD Governor Larry Hogan: "Successful Politics Is About Addition"
Host of Left, Right, & Center David Greene: "Always be ready to take a detour"
President of AEI Robert Doar: "We provide a platform"
Former US Representative (VA-02) Elaine Luria: “Members of Congress have a large microphone”
CNN Washington Bureau Chief Sam Feist: "It's more important to be right than first"
Former Georgia Senate Runoff Director Jonae Wartel: "Demographics Aren't Destiny"
Snapchat's Good Luck America Host Peter Hamby: "Appealing to a generational audience"
Political Analyst Chris Stirewalt: "Many people don't ask the right questions"
Larry Hogan's Comms Director Michael Ricci: "You have to be constantly changing and adapting"
CNN Senior White House Correspondent MJ Lee: "I am not your sort of typical journalist."
Special Announcement!
Ro Khanna: "We Have a Strong Platform on Sticking Up for Democracy"
Mark Leibovich: "I am not objective or unbiased when it comes to threats to democracy"
Terry McAuliffe: "We Got to Produce"
Alex Lundry: 2022 Midterm Debrief
Pat McCrory: "We Can All Do Better"
Alex Lundry: "Being the Voice of Data"
Xochitl Hinojosa: "You Can Do a Lot of Good in Federal Government"
Katie Harbath: "The Facebook Election"
Karoun Demirjian: "There are People Underneath Every Story"
Mary Elizabeth Taylor: "Differences are Jet Fuel"
Jamie Raskin: "It's When Things Look the Worst that You Need to be Out There"
Lindsay Hayes: "The Beginnings of Erosion in Deliberative Democracy"
Ellen Keast: "America Issues Are Nebraska Issues"
Kristen Soltis Anderson: "There Will Always Be Skepticism"
Elliot Williams: "Lack of Faith in the Media"
Ofirah Yheskel: "Figure Out the Local Angle"
Wesley Lowery: "People Want to Be Heard"
[Special Report] Ukraine: "Develop an Intolerance for Evil"
Alyssa Farah Griffin: "The Existential Threats to Our Democracy"
Dafna Linzer: "Hold on to Your Integrity"
Rebecca Pearcey: "Don't Overthink It, Just Keep Moving"
Tony Fabrizio, Jocelyn Kiley, and John Anzalone
David Bergstein: "Senate Democrats Have Kept Our Promises"
Amna Nawaz: "I Never Want to Cover Just One Thing"
Virginia Election Night Special
Brian Stelter: "Find the Right Medium for the Message"
Charlotte Clymer: "Individual liberty for all people"
Rory Cooper: "'Pinch Yourself' Moments Every Day"
The Flies: Back to the Future
Mike Madrid: "A Time for Choosing"
Tom Perez: "Civil rights is the unfinished business of America"
Guy Benson: "There's a lot of potential for realignment"
Doug Jones: "It's about people, not the political party"
Jenny Durkan: "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it"
Ricky Hurtado: "We've shattered a barrier"
Julie Pace: "Play an essential role"
Charles Djou: "Character counts"
Sara Sendek: "Overcommunication is better than 'no comment'"
Adi Sathi: "Speak to people and their values"
Anatole Jenkins: "Make a difference on the ground"
Special Episode: Hoyas On Campaigns
Lis Smith: "New ways to communicate"
Jessica Taylor: "It comes down to Georgia"
Sarah Rogers: "Elections have consequences"
Mary Katharine Ham: "Have Messy Conversations"
Hilary Franz: "We can't be the limiting factor"
Errin Haines: "Be committed to the solutions"
Kevin Hassett: "Be responsive and authentic"
Mia Love: "Set the bar high"
Faiz Shakir: "Change the landscape"
Sam Cornale: “Ahead of the game at every step”
Alvin Brown: "Create opportunity for all"
Patti Solis Doyle & Karen Finney: Veepstakes 2020
Drew Rodriguez: "The stars were aligning"
Amber Athey: "I love the challenge of journalism"
Michelle Jaconi: "Bring in new voices"
Will Hurd: "Solve real problems"
Joe Crowley: "I wouldn't trade a moment"
Robert Traynham: "The sky is the limit"
Jess Morales Rocketto: "Not for the faint of heart"
Mike Ricci: "Throw out the rule book"
Eric Trump: "Be willing to work hard"
Dan Pfeiffer: "Make it about fairness"
Mark Sanford: "Speak from the heart"
Kate Nocera: "Politics can still surprise"
Tom Davis: "Talk about what binds us together"
John Rogers: "I fell in love with politics"
Lily Adams: "The early bird catches the worm"
Kerry Healey: "Every legislator can improve lives"
Olivia Dalton: "There was no more noble cause"
Samuel Visner: "All problems are political"
David Kensinger: "The foundation of everything is integrity"
Kevin Blackistone: Free Speech and Sports
Gov. Jeff Colyer: "We're here to make a difference in peoples' lives"
Merone Hailemeskel: "Always be your first yes"
Stephanie Valencia: "We're not going to stop fighting"
Alexandra Phillips: "It comes down to bare basic principles"
Karen Travers: "A firehose of information"
Jonathan Burks: "There is no one path"
Jonathan Capehart: "I'm sitting next to the President, raining sweat"
Emily Cain: "The difference makers"
Tom Manatos: "A picture is better than a message"
Tom Steyer: "This is about justice - no one is above the law"
Anne C. Richard: "My career goal was to work in the State Department"
Kevin McLaughlin: "We all wore our black suits to work that day"
Ashley Allison: "Even in tragedy we must celebrate"
Paulette Aniskoff: "We lit the White House rainbow"
Mo Elleithee: "We live in echo chambers"
Dan Sena: "Go save the Republic or we're all moving to Canada"
Antonia Ferrier: "Sometimes you have to fail to succeed"
Jennie Fay: "It's gotta be DC"
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Melanne Verveer
Ed Goeas: "We had him half way off the stage"
Fly on the Trail: 2018 Mexican Elections
Suzanne Kianpour: "I disappeared in the dead of night"
Robert Flock and Colleen Nguyen: "Learn the institutional knowledge"
Climbing The Hill: Jaime Harrison and Amos Snead
Mayor Pete Buttigieg: "There is no age limit on having an impact"
Michael Tyler: “You want to work in politics, so just go do it”
West Wingers: "That all went out the window"
Rep. Ro Khanna: "Just figure out who will be president in 12 years"
Tim Lim: "We're not spending the money correctly"
Erin Conaton: "It Needed to be Done"
Josh Pitcock: "This is going to be a good night"
Katie Walsh Shields: "Trying to Counter"
Nadeam Elshami: "Hail to the Chief (of Staff)"
Lea Berman & Jeremy Bernard: "Default to the best possible behavior"
Kevin Madden: "All eyes will be focused on you"
Eric Holder: "Going to the Supreme Court"
Kyle Lierman: "All you have to do is show up"
Jason Kander: "Man, I gotta do something about this"
Dorothy McAuliffe: "Politics can be very fun"
#BonusPod- Happy International Women's Day!
Clint Smith: "Poems allow for a radical empathy"
Kayleigh McEnany: "I wanted to be in the fight"
Power Couples: The Dillons
Gail Wilson: "Women face the same challenges"
#LivePod— State of the Union
Steven Law: "Removed from the battle"
Eugene Scott: "I grew up running around Rayburn"
David Litt: "Words are a means, not an end"
Marie Harf: "Most of them are secret"
Cathy Koch: "It's Really Complicated Stuff"
Jose Diaz-Balart: "The Good and Bad of Humanity"
Ron Bonjean: "Life in the Village"
#Clinton25- James Carville and John Podesta
Rep. Jason Altmire: "Compromise is a dirty word"
Daniel Lippman: "It doesn't write itself!"
Scott Mulhauser: "Mull it over with Mulhauser"
Sen. Armando Rios Piter: "It starts with campaigns"
Liz Sidoti: "Confident that, when I chose to jump, I could swim"
Mike Dubke: "What is Dubke doing at the White House?"
#BonusPod- Happy International Podcast Day!
Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel: "If you don't like the Republican Party, come join it"
Anson Kaye: "Our business doesn't work if we don't win"
Rep. Patrick Murphy: "Do Something About It"
Charlie Spies: "A Crazy Summer"
#BonusPod- Alumni Episode
Alex Skatell: "Different Ways to Tell Stories"
#FlyOnTheTrail- UK Edition
Governor Martin O'Malley: "Darkness makes a great canvass"
EJ Dionne: "The two things you don't talk about at dinner: religion & politics"
#BonusPod- "Shattered" is taking the political world by storm
Michael Steel: "Not where we thought we would be"
#FlyOnTheWorld- Climate Change with Amb. Peter Wittig
Doug Heye: "Crisis!"
#FlyOnTheWorld- Climate Change with Amb. Selwin Hart
Cornell Belcher: "Polling, like politics, is both an art and a science"
#FlyOnTheTrail- Georgia's Sixth Edition
Marlon Marshall: "At the end of the day, all politics is local"
Grover Norquist: "Piquing Your Interest"
Bob Barnes, Ron Klain & Sara Fagen: "En Route to the Court"
Cody Keenan & Marc Thiessen: "Voices of Presidents Past"