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Mar 24, 2020 • 31min

Your Money or Your Life w/ Axios' Jonathan Swan

Big fight inside the White House over whether to end the CDC stay-home recommendations. Axios' Jonathan Swan is among the best-sourced reporters covering the White House and he broke that story. Catch Bill's candid conversation with his old friend. Follow him at @JonathanVSwan. Subscribe to his Sunday-night newsletter Axios Sneak Peak and watch him on Axios on HBO.This episode of The Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the International Association of Fire Fighters. More information at IAFF.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 20, 2020 • 45min

This Going to Be Very Long and Very Bad...The Mar 20 Roundtable

It just keeps getting worse. Both the spread and the incompetence. How long will it go on? Biden looking up. Bernie looking for a way out. Bill makes sense of the week with Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent for Yahoo News and John T. Bennett, Washington Bureau Chief, The Independent. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 17, 2020 • 33min

Trump & The Virus w/ Top Health Reporter Dan Diamond

What happened behind the scenes as America failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus? What is happening right now? Bill talks with Dan Diamond, one of the best reporters covering healthcare. Diamond has broken major stories on the Trump Administration's response to the Covid 19 Pandemic. He is the author of Politico Pulse, the highly-respected daily newsletter on healthcare. He is also the host of the weekly podcast Pulse Check. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America. More information at LIUNA.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 12, 2020 • 45min

Life Is About to Change...The Reporters' Roundtable Mar 12

Biden ascendant. Bernie dead man walking. Trump way out his depth. Bill digs in with Alex Seitz-Wald, Senior Digital Politics Reporter of NBC News, Pema Levy, reporter for Mother Jones and Nikki Schwab Senior U.S. Political Reporter for the Daily Mail. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. More information at UFCW.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 10, 2020 • 33min

The Pollsters' Pollster: Peter Hart on Trump,Bernie and Biden

If it's a referendum on Trump, he loses. If it's a choice election, Trump can win. Bill looks at the state of America and the 2020 race with one of the world's most accomplished pollsters, Peter Hart. He's been doing the prestigious NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll for over 30 years.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the men and women of the United Steelworkers Union. More information at USW.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 6, 2020 • 39min

Biden Booming. Trump Hunching...The Reporters' Roundtable for Mar 6

The unprecedented Biden comeback. Next week with challenging states for Bernie. Trump just keeps making the coronavirus problem, worse. Bill breaks it all down with Igor Bobic, Politics Reporter for the Huffington Post, Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor of Politico and Dr. Niambi Carter, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Howard University.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 3, 2020 • 31min

Washington Post's Dana Milbank: Trump. Biden. Bernie. Bloomberg.

The bestselling author of three books and an op-ed columnist covering national politics for the Washington Post, Dana Milbank gives Bill his biting and irreverent take on Trump's mishandling of the Coronavirus and the chaos in the Democratic race for the White House.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the 1.7 million men and women of the American Federation of Teachers. More information about at AFT.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 28, 2020 • 45min

In The Hot Zone! The Reporters’ Roundtable Feb 28

Which is hotter: The Coronavirus or the 2020 Race? What’s not hot: The Stock Market! The Reporters’ Roundtable with Matt Gertz, a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, Addy Baird covering the Democrats in Congress for BuzzFeed News and Lauren Burke writer for The Black Press. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the men and women of the International Association of Fire Fighters. More information at IAFF.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 25, 2020 • 39min

The State of Our Unions. It's Mixed.

Labor unions got us: The 40-hour work week. The Weekend. Pensions. Employer Health Coverage. Vacations. But the sustained GOP jihad on Unions has hurt. Bill talks to former NYT Labor reporter Steven Greenhouse about his new book, Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor. Plus Bill's take on the Nevada Caucus and how the party needs to think, not about stopping Bernie, but figuring out how to win with him. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by all the fine labor unions that support the Bill Press Pod: LIUNA, (LIUNA.org) The Ironworkers, ( Ironworkers.org) Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, (smart-union.org) The Steelworkers, (USW.org)The United Food and Commercial Workers, (UFCW.org)The Teamsters, (Teamster.org) and The American Federation of Teachers ( AFT.org ). We thank them for their support.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Feb 21, 2020 • 35min

A Very Stable Genius. Not. w/Phil Rucker & Carol Leonnig

Washington Post White House reporters Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig take us behind the scenes in the frightening reality that is the Trump presidency. A Very Stable Genius debuted at #1 on The New York Times Bestsellers' list. Terrifying but true.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the American Federation of Teachers with 1.7 million members in 3,000 locals all across the country. More information available at AFT.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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