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Episode 11: Change and Continuity
So: just how have the caucuses changed since their inception in 1972? What are the ways they’ll never change? We learn about caucus history—also, Joe Trippi claims CNN is to blame…
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32 min
Episode 10: Evangelicals and the Caucuses
Social and religious conservatives exercise significant power and influence in Iowa's Republican caucuses. Here, you’ll meet some of Iowa’s the political powerhouses who use their…
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14 min
Episode 9: Native Iowans
Not everyone comes in from out-of-state if they want to participate in the Iowa presidential caucuses — some of them start here. Former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who kinda-sorta killed…
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17 min
Episode 8: Caucus economics
Politicians, their staff, their fans and the reporters coming them all flock to Iowa every four years, and some Iowans are cashing in. In this episode, you get to meet some of the…
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25 min
Episode 7: Being There
If you want to win in Iowa, it’s not enough to just run advertisements and talk in debates. You need boots on the ground, and this episode, we’ll show you why the first-in-the-nati…
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Episode 6: The Journalists
Following presidential candidates and their supporters around Iowa are the reporters documenting all of it. This episode reveals why national political reporters love covering poli…
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39 min
Episode 5: The Activists
People who care about politics aren’t shy about reaching out to politicians. In Iowa, that means potentially talking to future presidents. Meet four Iowans with incredible stories…
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40 min
Episode 4: The Candidates
So what’s it like running a caucus campaign? In this episode, you can hear directly from people who’ve ran — and won — in Iowa. Listen along as we talk with caucus winners Bob Dole…
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Episode 2: Origins
How did the Iowa caucuses come to be? It’s a long story: but don’t worry—we can get you caught up. You’ll also hear the stories of Iowans who experienced Jimmy Carter's 1976 caucus…
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40 min
Episode 3: Process and Controversy
The caucuses are complicated. This episode will tell you how the caucuses work and explores how their complicated nature has occasionally created the controversies — including the…
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25 min
Episode 1: The Essence of Iowa
Three Tickets is back for 2020. In this brand-new episode, we talk to reporters and Iowans about what it's like to live in Iowa during a caucus year.
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Three Tickets 2020 Trailer
Three Tickets is back and better than ever. In January, we'll have a brand new episode about the 2020 race in Iowa, plus remastered episodes from 2015. Subscribe now for updates wh…