Deadline ElectionLine

Deadline ElectionLine

The worlds of Hollywood and DC are poised to intersect more than ever in the 2024 election. Led by Washington bureau chief Ted Johnson and senior editor Dominic Patten, Deadline’s ElectionLine is a destination for news, analysis and commentary on the Presidential race and the blurring line between politics and entertainment.

Episodes

December 6, 2024 36 mins
The reality is Donald Trump will be POTUS again in just over a month. With threats & worries about revenge & repression from the MAGA crowd in the air the role of the media will be at the center of the administration. Everything seems to be in flux. Fox News' The Five co-host Jessica Tarlov talks to the Deadline ElectionLine podcast about that audience of one, the real power of trad. media & changing news landscape. Learn more abou...
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The fallout from the 2024 Election & Donald Trump's return to the White House has been a hard lesson in relevance for legacy media. Tech reporter deluxe Taylor Lorenz joins the Deadline ElectionLine podcast to look at the power of engagement media, conservative ecosystems podcasts & whether it matters if Kamala Harris went on Joe Rogan or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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November 7, 2024 34 mins
The election is over, and Donald Trump is returning to the White House. Gretchen Carlson joins The Deadline ElectionLine podcast to talk about the result, the blast radius, what happened to Kamala Harris & the Democrats & what she thinks about her old employer FoxNews in the great media realignment likely to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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November 1, 2024 52 mins
Showtime: NewsNation's Chris Stirewalt tells us what he will be looking for when the first polls close on election night, giving hints of who may come out the winner in the 2024 presidential race.  The Diplomat showrunner Debora Cahn talks about how she approached the show's second season, and why it unintentionally mirrored some of the 2024 presidential race's real-life events.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
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October 18, 2024 44 mins
Political strategist Stuart Stevens talks about the final weeks of the campaign, as Donald Trump rails against his opponents and Kamala Harris taps Fox News and non-traditional media to reach undecided voters. Also: Danai Gurira talks about her new Instagram series focused on the injustices that women and girls face around the world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The CNN host has a new book out on Oct. 8, Countdown 1960 & now Chris Wallace joins hosts Ted Johnson & Dominic Patten to examine the parallels between JFK vs Richard Nixon & VP Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump — & how today might actually be a cleaner fight. Plus, do October surprises really matter anymore? A look at the 25th anniversary of satire Dick with director/writer Andrew Fleming ... because the past is never past. Learn mor...
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September 20, 2024 38 mins
Were the 2020 efforts of Donald Trump and crew just a dress rehearsal this year for a more sophisticated attempt by the MAGA crowd to win the vote even if they lose? #StoppingTheSteal director Dan Reed joins @Tedstew & @deadlinedominic on the podcast to discuss his new HBO documentary & what we can learn from the recent past. Also, @Deadline Labor reporter @katie_campione on the Teamsters lack of a POTUS endorsement this year. Lear...
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September 6, 2024 33 mins
With about eight weeks to go until Election Days, the very tight White House race between Vice President Kamala Harris & ex-president Donald Trump is in the final stretch now Labor Day is behind us. CNN anchor Dana Bash co-moderated the face-off between Trump & Joe Biden earlier this summer and snagged the first sit-down with the VP & her running mate Gov Tim Walz in late August. The seasoned journalist talks with Ted & Dominic abo...
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August 22, 2024 32 mins
The Democrats have been partying up a once unexpected storm in Chicago this week, with POTUS’ past & present praising the historical candidacy of Kamala Harris & uniting the base. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Ted & Dominic to discuss the greater context of what is going down in the Windy City convention, Biden’s farewell, the VP’s ascension & the parallels to LBJ in 1968 & FDR in 1932. Plus, as the Veep prepares to speak to...
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August 9, 2024 33 mins
Once again, it is a whole new ball game in the race for the 2024 White House with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz being named as the Dems VP nominee by Kamala Harris & the poll surging duo hitting the road across the battleground states against Donald Trump & Sen. J.D. Vance. Congressman Maxwell Frost, the youngest member of Congress, joins the ElectionLine podcast to talk campaign 2024, generational politics and some Taylor Swift. Also, T...
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Former Alabama senator Doug Jones has been friends with Joe Biden for over forty years. In a week of political earthquakes, he joins Ted and Dominic to discuss the president’s exit, his VP’s candidacy, and the January 6th mockumentary ‘War Game.’ Plus ‘Captain Phillips’ screenwriter Billy Ray on Hollywood donors showing up for Kamala Harris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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After Joe Biden’s debate debacle of June 27 & subsequent calls for the incumbent to drop out of the White House race against Donald Trump, the president’s first live solo press conference since last November was seen as a pivotal event. Was it? Or is this the beginning of the comeback or more of the same? CBS’ chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa joins Ted & Dominic in the aftermath of the highly anticipated press...
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It's Debate Night in America with Joe Biden & Donald Trump facing off live onstage in Atlanta. Hot off the publication of his latest book, 'Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks,' Charlamagne Tha God joins Dominic & Ted to dive deep into what to expect from the candidates on CNN tonight, and why they are emblematic of a decline in straight talk and authenticity. Also, we look at the giant branding exercise the debate is for...
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June 7, 2024 31 mins
George Stephanopoulos has been at the highest level in the White House & covered national politics for the highest level at ABC News. Now the GMA co-anchor & This Week host has a new book out called The Situation Room, looking at the vital work & historical moments in the Executive Mansion's basement. Stephanopoulos takes Ted & Dominic into the real story behind some very well known crisis & not so well known insiders Plus we disc...
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May 31, 2024 16 mins
It was a historic day for the Republic with Donald Trump becoming a convicted felon in his hush money trial. Ted & Dominic take listeners right to front line with Deadline's man in the courtroom Sean Piccoli. Also, what does this mean for the election battle with Joe Biden? What kind of sentence can we expect on July 11? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 24, 2024 30 mins
A new movie about ex-POTUS Donald Trump has proved one of the hits of this year's Cannes Film Festival. Deadline's Anthony D'Alessandro joins Ted & Dominic from the South of France on how The Apprentice went down & its impact on the 2024 election. Plus, Jake Kanter & Max Goldbart pop over from UK to talk this week's very wet launch of the British election; More GOP conspiracies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
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May 10, 2024 30 mins
Deadline's Sean Piccoli joins Ted & Dominic directly from the ex-POTUS hush money trial with more on Stormy Daniels, what's been going on in the halls of justice. Plus, the state of Mean, as politics turns toxic. The fight against rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence by Iran's rulers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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April 19, 2024 43 mins
A jury has been finally seated in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in NYC, but what is the real POV on a case that has no cameras in the courtroom? Vanity Fair’s Brian Stelter joins Ted & Dominic to discuss the historic trial before next week’s opening statements, the divisions across America, Era Egotism, Biden media strategy, & this slow walk election. Also two top Congressmen want Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery to offer up t...
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The White Houser Press Secretary On POTUS, Matthew McConaughey, Tans Visibility Day, The Media & The Message. Plus Ted & Dominic Talk Disney's Deal With DeSantis, RKF Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The star and director of the new Netflix film on Shirley Chisholm, her barrier-shattering POTUS bid in 1972, her legacy & her relevance for the 2024 Election. Plus Dominic & Ted look at Trump’s Veepstakes & legal woes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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