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Douglas Clouatre reads from Presidential Upsets: Dark Horses, Underdogs, and Corrupt Bargains (5/30)

From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014

100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Focusing here on a certain colorful Democratic president.

Bought by WEZU

Added: Apr 25, 2014
Length: 01:40
Purchases: 1

Political Junkie 4-23-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

In most cases, we know the difference between a good president and a bad one. But how do historians see them? Robert Merry, a longtime journalist w...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WRKF

Added: Apr 24, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 5

A Citizen's Guide to Gunnel Grabbing in American Politics

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Expert canoe paddlers know that a predictable sign that swimming is imminent when the canoe starts to tip in rough water is the grabbing of the can...

Added: Apr 21, 2014
Length: 06:03

Giving politicians the finger!

From: KALW

Caption: Voters in India, Credit: Sandip Roy

Voting in India is the largest organized event in the world! Sandip Roy goes to the polls.

Added: Apr 15, 2014
Length: 04:30

Political Junkie 4-9-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

The Supreme Court's McCutcheon v. FEC decision has eliminated even more restrictions on the amount citizens can contribute to federal political cam...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and WXXI Rochester

Added: Apr 10, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 4

Political Junkie 4-2-16

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

The deadline to sign up for the Affordable Care Act is past, and now comes the fun part: the political recrimination and finger-pointing. Janet Ho...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and WRKF

Added: Apr 02, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 4

Political Junkie 3-26-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has done his thing in Crimea, and U.S. President Barack Obama has responded with sanctions. Now Congress will hav...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and WXXI Rochester

Added: Mar 26, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 3

Political Junkie 3-19-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

Scott Brown's likely entry into the New Hampshire Senate race livens up a campaign that Republicans had thought was a lost cause ... though he stil...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Mar 20, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Political Junkie 2-26-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

What's the matter with Kansas? Well, we learn that Sen. Pat Roberts, seeking a fourth term this year, may not have an actual residence in the stat...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and WXXI Rochester

Added: Feb 27, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 4

Political Junkie 2-5-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

President Obama told us about the state of the union... now it's time to hear about the state of the states. Political Junkie host Ken Rudin talks...

Bought by WXXI Rochester and WRKF

Added: Feb 06, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Political Junkie 1-21-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

This week on The Political Junkie, we review President Obama's speech on NSA surveillance with Josh Gerstein of POLITICO. And with the State of the...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester

Added: Jan 21, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Political Junkie 1-14-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

Continuing where he left off in 2013, Chris Christie remains the most talked about Republican in the country ... only this time he may not like wha...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester

Added: Jan 14, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Political Junkie 1-7-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

2014 is an election year, with control of the House and Senate at stake. Host Ken Rudin talks to political analyst Stu Rothenberg about what to wa...

Bought by WRKF

Added: Jan 08, 2014
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 1

Political Junkie 12-17-13

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

Republicans in Congress were prepared to agree to a fairly innocuous budget deal with the Democrats with little fuss. But many conservatives were n...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester

Added: Dec 18, 2013
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Political Junkie 12-10-13

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

Nelson Mandela's passing brought this week's Political Junkie show back to the mid-1980s, when Washington was split over how to deal with the South...

Bought by WRKF

Added: Dec 11, 2013
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 1

The Ballad of Healthcare.gov

From: The Good Fight

Does the Obamacare website make you want to sing? Don't answer. Just listen. Pull up a campfire and a pair of ears and let The Good Fight's host Be...

Added: Dec 06, 2013
Length: 02:57

Political Junkie 12-3-13

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

We know for certain that President Obama pardoned a turkey this Thanksgiving. But is Healthcare.gov a turkey as well? Host Ken Rudin speaks with W...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Dec 04, 2013
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Political Junkie 11-26-13

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

The word of the week is “nuclear,” and the latest Political Junkie show is all over it. First, Political Junkie host Ken Rudin talks with Cameron ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF

Added: Nov 26, 2013
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Political Junkie 11-19-13

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks with Wall Street Journal congressional correspondent Siobhan Hughes about the changing fortunes on Capitol Hill. D...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Nov 20, 2013
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Political Junkie 11-12-13

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

Host Ken Rudin welcomes back his old friend from NPR's Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan, to the Political Junkie. They talk about the emergence of Ch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF

Added: Nov 12, 2013
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Political Junkie 11-6-13

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

The 2013 Elections are over, and though the winners aren't a surprise, some of the insights are. Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks to NPR's Mara Lia...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Nov 07, 2013
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 1

Political Junkie 10-29-13

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

With less than a week to go before the 2013 elections, Political Junkie Ken Rudin speaks to Stu Rothenberg, the editor and publisher of the Rothenb...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Oct 29, 2013
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 1

Political Junkie 10-22-13

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

Our long national nightmare is over! Political Junkie Ken Rudin and NPR's Senior Political Editor Ron Elving team up this week to tackle the world ...

Bought by KCRW