Episodes

  • Sean Astin on being a leader during a time of upheaval

    Sean Astin on being a leader during a time of upheaval
    Jul 2 2026
    Jason Dick talks with film legend Sean Astin, the president of SAG-AFTRA, about his deep connections to Washington, D.C., public service, the issues he is advocating on Capitol Hill and meeting the moment at a pivotal time in human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr
  • No more ‘Idiocracy’ references please; let's talk about the ads

    No more ‘Idiocracy’ references please; let's talk about the ads
    Jun 19 2026
    Jason Dick and Brandon Wetherbee discuss the big UFC bout at the White House, the relationship between President Donald Trump and combat sports and entertainment and the expansion of Brandon's media empire, Recommend If You Like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Rory Kennedy and the art of the documentary sequel

    Rory Kennedy and the art of the documentary sequel
    Jun 16 2026
    Jason Dick talks with filmmaker Rory Kennedy about her new documentary, "Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing," a sequel to her 2022 "Downfall: The Case Against Boeing" and how, despite a very public airing of the company's quality control failings after numerous crashes, so little has changed and who is to blame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 mins
  • DC/DOX Film Festival: A kaleidoscope of America and beyond

    DC/DOX Film Festival: A kaleidoscope of America and beyond
    Jun 8 2026
    Jason Dick talks with Sky Sitney about this year's DC/DOX documentary film festival, which brings a slate of more than 100 nonfiction movies about Billie Jean King, Earth Wind and Fire, AI, a Washington Commanders superfan, Sea Monkeys and even Yugoslavian leader Josip Tito's parrot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • You can't always get what you want, politics edition

    You can't always get what you want, politics edition
    Jun 4 2026
    Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales talk about Super Junesday, with its reality-tv-infused results in California, missing persons intrigue in New Jersey and dusting of Rep. Dusty Johnson, among many, many results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • The sometimes fleeting status of Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbent list

    The sometimes fleeting status of Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbent list
    May 18 2026
    It's been a weird election cycle, and one only has to look at Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbents list to see the multiple storylines playing out. Jason Dick talks with Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari about who's on the list, who's leaving the list and why making a House list is so difficult. (Spoiler alert: It's redistricting) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Claustrophobic paranoid thriller? Count us in, ‘PH-1’

    Claustrophobic paranoid thriller? Count us in, ‘PH-1’
    May 4 2026
    Jason Dick talks with Mark Kassen, the director, writer and star of the new movie "PH-1," a contemporary political drama whose mix of mystery, social media and taut pacing make it a pretty good encapsulation of our fraught time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • A White House Correspondents Dinner like no other

    A White House Correspondents Dinner like no other
    Apr 29 2026
    Jason Dick talks with George Condon, long-time White House reporter, historian and a past president of the White House Correspondents Association, about Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner, putting the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump into the context of the century-old event. They also talk about The Great Ribber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins