The Bill Press Pod
Deep dives into the crucial issues and emergencies facing America with the people trying to solve them.
Episodes
Guest host Joe Cirincione interviews nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein about his book The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age, revisiting the run-up to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the postwar fight between nuclear hawks and doves over who should control nuclear weapons. Wellerstein argues there was no single “decision” to use the bomb—plans were already underway under mil...
GOP Begins to Try to Oppose Trump:
Ballroom. Weaponization Fund. War Powers. Pulte.
Resonating With Voters? California Governors’ Race.
Could Iowa Turn Blue? Maine Platner Troubles.
Democrats Narrow Path to Senate Majority.
The Politics of AI and Data Centers in the Midterms.
60 Minutes Under Attack.
With Shirish Date, Senior White House Correspondent for Huff Post, Allan Smith, Politics Reporter for NBC News and Jessica ...
Guest host Joe Cirincione interviews David Rothkopf. Rothkopf is the host of the Deep State Radio podcast. He is also Chief Global Affairs Columnist at the Daily Beast and was formerly the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine. He has taught at Columbia, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins universities. He was the Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration and is the author of ten books including, most r...
Paxton Crushes Cornyn in Texas. Can Talarico Turn Texas Blue?
Can Democrats Stay Focused? Will Cornyn Cross Trump Now?
Does Trump Care About the Midterms? House Vote on Iran Next Week.
Who’s Ahead in CA Governor Race? Trump’s DOJ Pursues His Critics.
With Ginger Gibson, former Senior Washington Editor for NBC News and Cameron Joseph, Politics Editor at Politico, Ledge King, Managing Editor of The National Journal D...
Bill interviews former Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander about his memoir, The Education of a Senator: From JFK to Trump, and the Senate’s decline from bipartisan, amendment-driven lawmaking to today’s gridlock. Alexander criticizes Republican senators for failing to check abuses of presidential authority, argues Trump’s purges of GOP incumbents risk costing him a Senate majority, and calls a DOJ compensation fu...
Bill talks with three top political journalists about the week's news.
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Bill Press interviews USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page about her book, "The Queen and Her Presidents," exploring how Queen Elizabeth II helped sustain the U.S.-U.K. “special relationship” through soft power over her 70-year reign. Page recounts the Queen’s meetings with 13 sitting U.S. presidents (plus Herbert Hoover and pre-presidency LBJ), including Truman steadying a nervous young Princess Elizabeth; her rev...
Bill talks with three top political journalists about the week's news.
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Bill Press interviews psychologist Dr. John Gartner about a new ABC/Washington Post poll finding 59% of Americans believe Donald Trump is mentally unfit for the presidency and a physicians’ letter urging Trump’s lawful removal due to an unsanctioned war and his sole authority over nuclear weapons. Gartner argues Trump is a “malignant narcissist” with worsening frontotemporal dementia, claiming his disinhibition, tangential...
Bill talks with three top political journalists about the week's news.
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Guest host Joe Cirincione talks with Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA), a new member of Congress sworn in last September to fill the late Rep. Gerry Connolly’s seat, about his work on Oversight and Homeland Security. Walkinshaw says DOJ remains out of compliance with the Oversight subpoena for Epstein files and is violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act through illegal redactions; he wants answers from former Attorney Gene...
SCOTUS Cancels Minority Districts.
Attack at White House Correspondents Dinner.
Iran War Goes On. Gas Prices Still Going Up.
Gaslighting Voters on the Economy Not Working..
Gov. Mills Out of Maine Senate Race.
With Guest Host Joe Cirincione, Jeff Dufour, Editor-in-chief at National Journal, John Bennett, White House Correspondent for CQ-Roll Call, and Amanda Becker, National Reporter for 19th News.
Guest host Joe Cirincione fills in for Bill Press and interviews Mother Jones investigative journalist Tim Murphy about his cover story, “Power Hungry: How the AI Oligarchy Gobbled Up America.” Murphy describes how the post–ChatGPT AI race has driven a boom in hyperscale data centers—projects the size of Central Park that demand immense electricity, water, and even on-site power plants, sometimes pushing nuclear plants lik...
Iran Blockade Stalemate. Severe Political Fallout.
Top Trump Officials Ousted. Do Voters Care?
Midterms: Dems Look Strong for House. Senate?
VA Redistricting Win for Dems. Florida Next for GOP?
Michigan Senate Democratic Primary Mess.
California Governor Jungle Primary Shake Up.
Kash Patel Drinking Story. Who’s Next Out the Door?
DC WH Correspondents Dinner Controversy.
With Ginger Gibson, former Senior Washington Editor at...
Joe Cirincione, sitting in for Bill, interviews Middle East Expert Rob Malley. Rob served as a senior Middle East official under Presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden. Under Obama, he was one of the top negotiators on the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal. Under Biden, he served as the special envoy for Iran. He is now a lecturer at Yale University, the former president of the International Crisis Group, and the co-author with Hussein ...
Trump as Jesus. Trump & Vance vs Pope Leo.
GOP Off Message. Trump Coalition Restless.
Trump vs Fed Chair. Swalwell & Gonzales Gone.
More House Scandals? Campaign Fundraising Soars.
Today's Panel: Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief at CQ Roll Call, Ledge King, Managing Editor of National Journal Daily, Maeve Sheehy, Congressional Reporter for Bloomberg Government and Savannah Behrmann, Congressional Leadership Reporter for CQ ...
Bill talks with lawyer and former Clinton special counsel Lanny Davis about his book, Finding the Third Way, and the need to restore civility and “disagree agreeably” in U.S. politics. Davis recalls a Yale campus culture shaped by President Kingman Brewster that encouraged civil discourse and public service, even amid 1960s turmoil. He defines the “Third Way” as Bill Clinton’s principled blend of social liberalism, fiscal ...
Iran: Real Cease Fire? Strait of Hormuz Still Closed.
NATO Under Attack. Europe Not Happy with USA.
War Powers Resolution Blocked. Impeachment/25th Folly.
Democrats Focus on Economy. High Costs Continue.
Dems Overperform in Special Elections.
Melania Speaks About Epstein. WTF?
Will Pam Bondi Testify? Trump vs Football.
With Jeff Dufour, Editor in Chief at National Journal Olivier Knox, Senior National Correspondent at...
Bill hosts historian Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of a WWII trilogy and a new American Revolution trilogy, with two volumes out (The British Are Coming and The Fate of the Day) and a third he hopes to finish by 2031. Atkinson describes his archival research approach and argues the Revolution became an eight-year global war and an American civil war, turning especially brutal in the South. He highlights key...
Pam Bondi Fired. Trump’s SCOTUS Visit.
Birthright Citizenship Seems Safe.
Trump’s Primetime “Address!?”
A Most Unpopular War. Ground Troops?
House GOP Disarray. Ballroom Chaos.
Trump’s Name Everywhere. Great Space Launch. . With Emily Goodin, White House Correspondent for The New York Post, Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief at CQ-Roll Call and Philip Bump formerly of the Washington Post and about to tak...
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