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Latest episodes
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12 min
The edge of legalization, Part Two: Ripe for corruption
By making local officials the gatekeepers for million-dollar businesses, states have unintentionally created a breeding ground for bribery and favoritism. POLITICO's Mona Zhang rep…
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15 min
The edge of legalization, Part One: Border Weed
Welcome to Ontario, Oregon, home of the tater tot — and now, a massive marijuana market for customers crossing the Idaho border. POLITICO's Natalie Fertig explains how the tiny tow…
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28 min
Bonus: The Senators at the center of the 50-50 split
“If we miss this opportunity, God help us.” Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski. Two moderate senators smack in the middle — and on either side — of a split 50-50 Senate. On our first e…
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31 min
Sponsored Content: How Covid-19 accelerated the future of work
Presenting a sponsored episode of “Global Translations”: Over the past year, businesses, employees and families across the globe were forced to rethink what it means to “go to work…
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30 min
Presenting "Nerdcast": The page who took down the GOP
Presenting a special episode of POLITICO's "Nerdcast": In 2006, a young man holding no political office brought down a 180+ years program and reshaped Congress forever. Scott Bland…
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26 min
"I haven't been able to get this moment out of my head"
POLITICO Money brings you a special episode of POLITICO's Nerdcast as we change administrations and look back on the past four years: "It became clear that Scott Pruitt had sought…
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28 min
Cures for an Ailing Labor Market
"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 9 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": The pandemic sent shockwaves through a global labor market already upended by dig…
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36 min
Sponsored Content: Greening the Global Economy
"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 8 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": [Sponsored Content] As the world looks to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions t…
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34 min
Digging for Solutions: Securing Minerals for Green Energy
"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 7 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": What will it take to secure access to the critical minerals we need for the futur…
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28 min
Why green energy means mining: the case of cobalt
"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 6 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": To understand how essential critical minerals are to our world, we turn to a case…
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24 min
Global Translations, Ep. 5: Critical Minerals: The next dirty fight over clean energy
"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 5 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": The technologies that protect us, move us and power our daily lives require minin…
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36 min
Global Translations, Ep. 3: How can the US compete with China, Inc.?
"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 3 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": The pandemic and the rise of China are prompting Republicans and Democrats to tur…
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36 min
Global Translations, Ep. 2: Can we make enough vaccine?
"POLITICO Money" presents a special second episode of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": Once there is a working Covid vaccine, manufacturers across the gl…
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37 min
Introducing... Global Translations: The world's tug-of-war
"POLITICO Money" brings you a special episode of POLITICO's new podcast series "Global Translations." From closed factories to closed borders, the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the fra…
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48 min
How Trump might approach the economy if he wins reelection
Host Ben White talks with Larry Kudlow, the Director of the United States National Economic Council, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), and Beth Akers, a senior fellow at the Ma…
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38 min
How Biden might approach the economy if he wins
Host Ben White talks with Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.), Jared Bernstein, the former chief economic advisor to Joe Biden, and Heidi Shierholz, the former chief Department of Labor…
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31 min
Clocking in for a Comeback
Host Ben White talks with LinkedIn chief economist Karin Kimbrough about how coronavirus is changing the state of employment, and how workers are concerned about factors like healt…
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20 min
Senator Tim Scott on civil unrest and the hurting economy
Host Ben White talks to Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) about President Trump's handling of national protests surrounding George Floyd's death and what might be in the Senate's next coron…
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31 min
Rep. Andy Kim on public health vs. a healthy economy
Host Ben White talks to Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) to discuss the work of the House Select Committee dealing with coronavirus relief and whether he thinks the fiscal response, so far, ha…
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23 min
Sen. Ben Cardin on where the stimulus money is really going
Host Ben White talks to Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), the ranking Democrat on the Small Business Committee, to ask about the struggling Paycheck Protection Program, the timeline on th…