Join hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos as they unpack the day in politics with a California perspective. Featuring interviews with reporters and other insiders involved in the craft of politics—including elected officials, candidates, pollsters, campaign managers, fundraisers, and other political players—Political Breakdown pulls back the curtain to offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics works today.
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Newsom’s First Budget, Kamala’s Big Night and Cory Booker on His California Roots
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2019-07-05
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Lorena Gonzalez on Labor Organizing, Working as a Single Mom, and Handling Online Harassment
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2019-06-28
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Catharine Baker on Losing an Election, Overcoming Cancer, and Reaching Across the Aisle
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2019-06-21
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Adam Schiff on His Mother’s Campaigning, Prosecuting an FBI Agent, and Working with Devin Nunes
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2019-06-14
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Cory Booker on His Push for ‘Civic Grace,’ Football at Stanford, and Dating in the Projects
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2019-06-07
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Julián Castro on Growing Up in Texas and Taking On President Trump’s Immigration Policy
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2019-05-31
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The Identity Politics of Being ‘Enough’ with Tonya Mosley, and Jenifer Ancona on Organizing a New American Majority
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2019-05-24
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Kimberly Ellis on ‘Losing with Grace,’ Her Brother’s Death, and Her Run for Party Chair
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2019-05-17
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Pollster David Binder on Focus Groups, the Myth of Voters in the Middle, and the 2020 Primary
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2019-05-10
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Jay Inslee on Hooping with Obama and His Climate Change Campaign for President
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2019-05-03
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David Chiu on Rent Control, San Francisco Politics, and Electric Violining
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2019-04-26
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Rusty Hicks on His Campaign for Democratic Party Chair
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2019-04-18
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Laphonza Butler on Her Move from Labor Leadership to the Harris Campaign
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2019-04-12
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Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert on the Death Penalty, Stephon Clark and Forensic DNA
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2019-04-05
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TJ Cox on His Nail-Biting House Victory, the Green New Deal and High-Speed Rail
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2019-03-29
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Amy Klobuchar on Early Moments of Leadership, Adding ‘The Voice of a Midwesterner’ on Climate Change, and Prom Night Trauma
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2019-03-22
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Inside the Horseshoe With Newsom Chief of Staff Ann O’Leary
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2019-03-15
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Aimee Allison on Empowering Women of Color, Rep. Omar Controversy and Identity Politics in the 2020 Election
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2019-03-08
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Anthony Rendon, from Dostoyevsky to Social D, His Leadership Style, and Working with Governor Newsom
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2019-02-15
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Carl Guardino on Representing Silicon Valley in the Halls of Power
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2019-02-08
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