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Talking Politics Podcast

Talking Politics, GBH’s new politics podcast, is the spiritual heir to The Scrum and the audio version of a program that’s viewable Fridays at 7 on GBH Channel 2 and online at youtube.com/gbhnews. It’s hosted by Adam Reilly and features the other members of GBH News’ political team — Saraya Wintersmith, Mike Deehan, and Peter Kadzis — and an ever-expanding array of guests. If you’d like to suggest a topic, or to tell us what’s working and what isn’t, please drop us a line! You can email us at talkingpolitics@wgbh.org or find us at gbhnews.org/talkingpolitics.

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Shannon Liss-Riordan makes her case for AG

May 23, 2022
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The feds have lost confidence in the T. Who's responsible, and what happens next?

May 16, 2022
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Are Massachusetts politics as great as we like to think?

May 8, 2022
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Will Massachusetts legalize sports betting?

May 2, 2022
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Can Elizabeth Warren save the Democrats from electoral disaster?

Apr 25, 2022
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Remote access transformed politics during the pandemic. Will it last?

Apr 17, 2022
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Massachusetts roads are getting more dangerous. Are automated traffic cameras the answer?

Apr 11, 2022
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The North End dining debate and the future of protest in Boston

Apr 3, 2022
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Chris Doughty and Kate Campanale Make Their Case for the Corner Office

Mar 8, 2022
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Wu Hits the Hundred-Day Mark

Feb 28, 2022
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When Baker Leaves, Can Bakerism Abide?

Feb 20, 2022
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Wash, Rinse, Repeat: Another leadership change at the Boston Public Schools

Feb 15, 2022
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In Massachusetts politics in 2022, who counts as a "progressive"?

Feb 5, 2022
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Is Michelle Wu winning the vax-mandate fight?

Feb 3, 2022
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Why won't the Massachusetts Legislature act on voting rights?

Jan 25, 2022
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Will Wu's Mass And Cass Plan Work?

Jan 17, 2022
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The politics of COVID in Massachusetts

Jan 8, 2022
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How 2021 is ending--and what to watch in 2022

Dec 21, 2021
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Who's Afraid Of Rachael Rollins?

Dec 11, 2021
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After Baker Bails, What's Next?

Dec 4, 2021
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Boston's Race Into History: The Elected School Committee Rides Again (Probably)

Nov 17, 2021
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Boston's Race Into History: Closing The Wealth Gap(s)

Oct 25, 2021
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Boston's Race Into History: Police Reform

Oct 21, 2021
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Boston's Race Into History: Improving Public Education

Oct 12, 2021
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Boston's Race Into History: Mass and Cass

Oct 4, 2021
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Boston's Race Into History: The Housing Crisis

Sep 29, 2021
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Boston's Race Into History: Preliminary Preview with the GBH News Politics Team

Sep 14, 2021
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Boston’s Mayoral Race: The Undecideds May Call The Shots

Sep 3, 2021
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Historic Mayoral Election Reflects Boston's Changing Political DNA

Aug 27, 2021
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Dems In Disarray: How The Party's Stumble To Victory In 2020 Explains Their Predicament Now

Jun 30, 2021
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"A Peaceful Coup": How A New Budget Process Could Transform Boston Politics

Jun 8, 2021
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The Rehabilitation Of Dianne Wilkerson

May 28, 2021
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As Others Dems Dither, Downing Makes His Gubernatorial Case

May 21, 2021
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What Does Justice For Mikayla Miller Look Like?

May 13, 2021
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"Black women candidates are not interchangeable": Andrea Campbell In The Eye Of The Storm

May 5, 2021
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Jon Santiago On The State Of The Mayor's Race, Marty Walsh's Legacy, And Kim Janey's Tenure

Apr 30, 2021
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Ron Mariano: Different From The Old Boss?

Apr 5, 2021
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"Never imagined that I'd see a Black mayor": Yawu Miller on Kim Janey's ascension — and what comes next

Mar 29, 2021
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Whatever Happened To Dennis White? Plus, Previewing The Somerville Mayor's Race

Mar 12, 2021
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The Revere-Winthrop Primary And What It Means For The Boston Mayor's Race

Mar 5, 2021
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Annissa Essaibi George: The Scrum Interview

Feb 26, 2021
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If Denver Can Elect Black Mayors, Why Can't Boston?

Feb 19, 2021
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What Baker's Vaccine Woes Tell Us About The Governor

Feb 12, 2021
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American Democracy: Buy Or Sell?

Jan 22, 2021
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Andrea Campbell: The Scrum Interview

Jan 14, 2021
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What Makes Michelle Wu Run?

Dec 17, 2020
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The Case For A Massachusetts COVID Clampdown — Now, Not Later

Dec 8, 2020
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Joe Biden's Boston Roots

Nov 16, 2020
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Election 2020: The Night(s) Before And The Morning After

Oct 31, 2020
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The Electoral College: What Is It Good For?

Oct 22, 2020
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Kevin O'Connor's Pitch To Non-Republicans

Oct 14, 2020
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Lessons From Lincoln For The Age Of Trump — Plus, What The Mass. Senate Debate Says About The Mass. GOP

Oct 7, 2020
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Storm Clouds: Aleksandar Hemon On Yugoslavia Then And The US Now

Sep 29, 2020
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Wu For 2021: A GBH-MassINC Poll Sets The Stage For The Mayoral Race

Sep 21, 2020
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#MAPrimary 2020: The Exit Interview

Sep 4, 2020
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Dr. Robbie Goldstein Makes His Case For MA8, Plus - Kadzis On The Surreal, Socially Distant DNC

Aug 21, 2020
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Things Are Getting Competitive In Western Massachusetts -- Plus, Kadzis On The State Legislature's Looming Extension

Jul 31, 2020
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Why The 2020 Presidential Polls Aren't Like Their Ugly 2016 Cousins — Plus, Walsh Vs. Wu, Round 1

Jul 17, 2020
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The Scrum Sizes Up The 2020 New England Muzzles

Jul 2, 2020
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“Systemic Cures For Systemic Problems”: Ricardo Arroyo's M.O. For Fighting Racism In Boston

Jun 23, 2020
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Can Marty Walsh's Boston Lead The Fight Against Racism?

Jun 12, 2020
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As Protests Spread, Pondering The Politics Of Policing

Jun 5, 2020
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Jim Aloisi Talks Transit And Heirloom Italian Cuisine

May 26, 2020
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Did The South Win The Civil War? Plus, Sizing Up Charlie Baker's Reopening Plan

May 19, 2020
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Brouhaha In Bristol County — Plus, #MAPoli Gets A Coronavirus Scorecard

May 8, 2020
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Why Well-Educated White People Are Getting Politics Wrong

Apr 24, 2020
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COVID Campaigning, Signature Stubbornness, Eviction Obstruction

Apr 17, 2020
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COVID-19 And The Way We Live Now

Apr 10, 2020
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Urban Renewal In Boston And Beyond: Maybe Not So Bad?

Mar 31, 2020
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The First Scrum Of The Rest Of Our Lives

Mar 20, 2020
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What Does Warren Do Now?

Mar 9, 2020
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Can Warren Come Back On Super Tuesday?

Feb 27, 2020
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The Massachusetts Case For Sanders

Feb 20, 2020
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What Happened In New Hampshire

Feb 15, 2020
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In First 2020 Test, Iowa Flunks Out. Will Progressives Ace #FITN?

Feb 6, 2020
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Heather Cox Richardson's Impeachment Marathon

Jan 29, 2020
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Rantgate Reconsidered — Plus, The #FITN Ghosts Of Governors Past

Jan 23, 2020
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The Sanders-Warren Peace Pact Crumbles — Plus, Pushback For Marty Walsh's BPS Plan

Jan 16, 2020
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Every #FITN Democrat Wants The Union Leader's Endorsement. So Who'll Get It?

Jan 10, 2020
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A Veteran Sizes Up The Afghanistan Papers — Plus, Where Impeachment Goes Next

Dec 20, 2019
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Can Elizabeth Warren Bounce Back?

Dec 8, 2019
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Spilka Speaks! Plus, Kadzis On Impeachment

Nov 26, 2019
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Has Charlie Baker Launched His Own Political Party? Plus, Deep Thoughts On Deval 2020

Nov 19, 2019
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About Last Night: What The 2019 Boston Elections Actually Mean

Nov 6, 2019
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What's At Stake In The Allston-Brighton Boston City Council Race?

Oct 24, 2019
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"The Urgency Has Just Grown So Much": Michelle Wu Talks Development And Representation

Oct 16, 2019
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Marty Walsh: "I Still Have A Lot Of Governing Left In Me"

Oct 9, 2019
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Three Quick #Mapoli Hits: Warren Takes Iowa, The ZBA Scandal Spreads, Hands-Free Holdup On The Hill

Oct 3, 2019
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How The Jasiel Correia Scandal Feels In Fall River

Sep 26, 2019
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What The ZBA Scandal Says About Boston Development

Sep 16, 2019
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In The 2020 Democratic Senate Race, They're Not JK

Sep 6, 2019
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Beyond 'Zombie Reaganism': Conservatives Seek Focus Amidst Trump's Chaos

Aug 26, 2019
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Baker: No To A T Ride, Yes To Nantucket. Plus, Walsh's Woes

Aug 15, 2019
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The Dems Take Detroit — But Were They Really In The Midwest?

Aug 2, 2019
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Marty Walsh And The Boston Calling Extortion Trial

Jul 25, 2019
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The Squad Versus Pelosi Versus Trump

Jul 18, 2019
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Just In Time For The Fourth, It's The 2019 Muzzles

Jul 3, 2019
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INSTASCRUM: Unpacking The Democratic Debates

Jun 28, 2019
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Two From Kadzis: Baker And Walsh's T Tiff / Warren Gets The Kiddie Table

Jun 20, 2019
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The #Mapoli Push To Expand Abortion Rights

Jun 12, 2019
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Did Barack Obama's Earliest Policy Decisions Give Us Donald Trump?

Jun 5, 2019
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McGovern Responds To Muller: "We Have To Do What's Right"

May 29, 2019
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Casino Kabuki; Rivera Versus Moulton

May 23, 2019
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Is The Mass. GOP Charlie Baker's Party — Or Donald Trump's?

May 16, 2019
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The Politics Of Mayor Pete's Sexuality

May 7, 2019
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Boston Politics: Pitching Wu, Council Upheaval, And A BPS Reckoning

Apr 30, 2019
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Power Of The Purse: Budget Czar Aaron Michlewitz Tells All

Apr 17, 2019
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DA Rachael Rollins Versus Governor Charlie Baker: Why It Matters

Apr 9, 2019
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With Friends Like These: Biden And The DCCC Force A Democratic Reckoning

Apr 3, 2019
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Why Won't Massachusetts Elect More Women? And Is Muellergate The Dems' Benghazi?

Mar 26, 2019
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Mind Melding With Moulton, And A St. Paddy's Breakfast Wrap

Mar 19, 2019
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Can Elizabeth Warren Take Down Big Tech?

Mar 12, 2019
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Warren, Moulton, Klobuchar: Buy Or Sell?

Feb 15, 2019
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Don't Confuse Legislating With Democracy

Jan 4, 2019
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What Ails Walsh And Warren? The Globe's Joan Vennochi Breaks It Down

Dec 12, 2018
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Beacon Hill Blitz

Nov 15, 2018
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Election Day And Beyond: 8 Perspectives On The Big Vote

Nov 2, 2018
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Warren Gets Candid / Tedeschi Makes His Pitch

Oct 5, 2018
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Three Paths For Gonzalez

Sep 20, 2018
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New Kids On The Block: Nika Elugardo and Jon Santiago On Their Wins And What Comes Next

Sep 12, 2018
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Pre-Primary Palaver

Aug 30, 2018
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Who's Got The Edge In The Capuano-Pressley Contest?

Aug 9, 2018
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Republican Beth Lindstrom On Donald Trump And The Race Against Elizabeth Warren

Jul 26, 2018
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The Muzzle Awards, Or, The Year In Free-Speech Failures

Jul 3, 2018
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SJC Dynamites #mapoli, Plus Dorchester's House from Hell

Jun 19, 2018
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In Worcester, Mass. Dems Rebuke Bill Galvin and Wax Ambivalent on Charlie Baker

Jun 3, 2018
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Housing: Boston City Hall Versus the Market

May 17, 2018
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GOP Rumbles In Worcester

Apr 29, 2018
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The Scrum Takes the State House

Apr 12, 2018
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Dan Kennedy on the Future of Newspapers

Mar 28, 2018
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Patrick 2020: Time to Take It Seriously

Mar 15, 2018
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How Setti Warren Would Run Massachusetts

Feb 28, 2018
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Jay Gonzalez Wants To Be Mass. Governor

Jan 31, 2018
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Thus Spake Charlie Baker (Or, What Do The 3 Democratic Amigos Do Now?)

Jan 25, 2018
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Linda Dorcena Forry Talks TPS and Trump

Nov 30, 2017
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Making Sense of Boston's Predictable, Surprising 2017 Elections

Nov 20, 2017
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Tito Jackson's Closing Argument

Nov 1, 2017
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5 Burning Questions For Tito Jackson And Marty Walsh

Oct 18, 2017
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Postgame On The Mayoral Pregame

Oct 4, 2017
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And The Nominee For Mass. US Attorney Is....

Sep 23, 2017
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The 2017 Muzzle Awards

Jul 5, 2017
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Should Mass Democrats Be Focusing On Party Purity?

Jun 22, 2017
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Boston's Lesser Known Mayoral Candidates

Jun 8, 2017
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The Scrum Gets Caught Up In Southie

May 18, 2017
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A Massachusetts Political Report Card

May 11, 2017
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Shadowgate: The Fate Of The Winthrop Square Tower

May 1, 2017
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A Podcast Crossover Of Epic Proportions: The Lincoln Review Joins The Scrum

Apr 13, 2017
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Tito Jackson Speaks: What he regrets and what he doesn't

Apr 6, 2017
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Brianna Wu Wants To Tax Your Robots (And Do Some Other Things Too)

Apr 3, 2017
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Cleaning The Plate On The St. Patrick's Day Breakfast

Mar 20, 2017
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Can Anyone Beat Charlie Baker After Mass. Was Ranked Best State In The Nation?

Mar 9, 2017
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One Week Down, Four Years To Go: Mass. Politics In Trump's America

Feb 1, 2017
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Trump And The Press: Reality Bites Trump, Trump Bites Back

Jan 24, 2017
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The State Of The State Of The City

Jan 19, 2017
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Andrew Bacevich: Deconstructing Trump's Military 'Bromance'

Dec 21, 2016
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Breaking Down Baker's Budget Cuts

Dec 15, 2016
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Illuminating The Boston Police Department's Push To Monitor Social Media

Dec 8, 2016
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Will Setti Warren Run For Governor? Speculations On The 2018 Gubernatorial Race

Dec 1, 2016
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What now? A Live Conversation On Life After The Election

Nov 17, 2016
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Will Brass Knuckles Ever Return To Beacon Hill?

Nov 1, 2016
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The Battle For Suffolk County Register of Deeds

Oct 21, 2016
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A Debate On Ballot 4 At The Boston Public Library

Oct 16, 2016
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A Debate On Charter Schools Live From The BPL

Oct 8, 2016
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The Great Debate: a conflicted conservative agonizes over Trump

Sep 29, 2016
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Occupy Mass Dems

Sep 22, 2016
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Is The Media Driving Donald Trump's Surge?

Sep 17, 2016
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Searching For A Democratic Candidate For Governor

Sep 8, 2016
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Trump's Crisis With Syria

Aug 24, 2016
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Mini Scrum: Sean Wilentz On Bostonians In The Oval Office

Aug 7, 2016
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The status of the GLX live in Somerville

Jul 17, 2016
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A Deeper Look At Boston Latin And Mayor Walsh

Jun 30, 2016
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How The Nominees Responded To Orlando

Jun 15, 2016
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The Party Never Stops: Sean Wilentz on 'The Politicians & The Egalitarians'

Jun 2, 2016
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Union Leaders Breakdown The Verizon Strike

May 20, 2016
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Marty Walsh and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week and a Half

May 4, 2016
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The Highly Debatable Issue Of Legalized Marijuana

Apr 21, 2016
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Speed Dating The #MAPoli Way

Apr 7, 2016
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City Councilor Tito Jackson: BPS, BRA, And The Mayoralty

Mar 28, 2016
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Dispatches From The St. Patrick's Day Breakfast

Mar 21, 2016
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Donald Trump: The Next Berlusconi?

Mar 9, 2016
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The Brothers Bernstein Look Ahead to South Carolina and Nevada

Feb 19, 2016
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The New Hampshire Chainsaw Massacre: Trump, Republicans, and the Presidential Primary

Feb 6, 2016
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A Vermin Supreme

Feb 1, 2016
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Young Voters and the Presidential Election, GE, and Ben Downing

Jan 27, 2016
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INSTASCRUM: Sizing up this year's #MartyParty

Jan 19, 2016
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All Aboard The Wu Train

Jan 18, 2016
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Charlie Baker's Mean Green Energy Machine

Jan 1, 2016
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The #MAPoli Holiday Wish List

Dec 23, 2015
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College, Inc.: The Scrum Goes Back To School

Dec 15, 2015
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Another Day, Another Mass Shooting In America?

Dec 4, 2015
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Beyond Paris

Nov 20, 2015
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Grand Prix of Boston CEO Mark Perrone On Boston's "Olympic Hangover"

Nov 12, 2015
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Stan Rosenberg Goes West

Nov 3, 2015
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On The Road Again

Oct 28, 2015
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What's Next For Evan Falchuk?

Oct 16, 2015
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Seth Moulton: Idealist Turned Cynic?

Oct 8, 2015
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Is Marty Walsh Already Boston's Mayor For Life?

Oct 1, 2015
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An Upset In District 4

Sep 10, 2015
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The Summer of Disruption

Aug 28, 2015
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The Scrum Goes For A Ride

Aug 11, 2015
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Scrumming The GOP Debate

Aug 7, 2015
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#NachoScrum: The Olympics Postmortem

Aug 4, 2015
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The Scrum Goes Into Labor

Jul 16, 2015
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Welcome To The Olympics-Free Zone

Jul 2, 2015
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Scrum, Interrupted

Jun 18, 2015
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#Mapoli Plays Nice, For Once

Jun 3, 2015
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PEOPLE v. TSARNAEV: The Exit Interview

May 21, 2015
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(Still) Ready for Warren?

Apr 22, 2015
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Covering The Tsarnaev Trial

Apr 10, 2015
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The Dulcet Tones Of Ted Cruz

Apr 1, 2015
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Bostonians In Exile

Mar 25, 2015
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"Sing And Shut Up"

Mar 23, 2015
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The Boston Nolympics

Mar 11, 2015
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Charlie Baker's Brain: A User's Guide

Mar 4, 2015
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The Politics of Snowstorms

Feb 4, 2015
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Mrs. & Mr. 'New Boston'

Jan 14, 2015
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Dasvidaniya, Deval

Jan 7, 2015
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This Is The Remix

Dec 23, 2014
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Every Party Has A Pooper

Dec 17, 2014
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A Mayor In Full

Dec 10, 2014
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A Winning Strategist On Losing

Dec 3, 2014
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Know Thy Gatekeepers

Nov 19, 2014
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Prince And Politics With Mo

Nov 12, 2014
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Good Luck, Charlie

Nov 5, 2014
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Who Approved This Message?

Oct 29, 2014
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"I Get No Respect"

Oct 22, 2014
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Jane Swift on Romney, the Tea Party & the 3 H's

Oct 15, 2014
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How To Become Governor, From Someone Who Didn't

Oct 8, 2014
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Scrum For A New America

Oct 1, 2014
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From Faneuil Hall, Sweetheart

Sep 24, 2014
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Ms. PAC-man: Stephanie Schriock from EMILY's List

Sep 17, 2014
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Inside the Mass. Democrats' 'Unity Breakfast'

Sep 10, 2014
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The Crystal Ball

Sep 3, 2014
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Barney Frank Joins The Scrum Podcast

Aug 27, 2014
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Foley, Ferguson, And The Media

Aug 20, 2014
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Attorney General Candidate Warren Tolman

Aug 13, 2014
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Field Trip: Market Basket

Aug 6, 2014
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Mudslinging And Mass. Politics

Jul 30, 2014
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Mass. Attorney General Candidate Maura Healey

Jul 23, 2014
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Party Line: Mass GOP's Kirsten Hughes

Jul 16, 2014
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A Patronage Denial & A Casino Deal

Jul 9, 2014
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The Muzzle Awards

Jul 2, 2014
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Casino Ballot Question Insta-Scrum

Jun 24, 2014
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The Mass. 'Demvention'

Jun 17, 2014
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Introducing The Scrum Podcast

Jun 11, 2014