The Bill Press Pod
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Deep dives into the crucial issues and emergencies facing America with the people trying to solve them.
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Jul 3, 2019 • 43min
The Bill Press Podtable July 3: The Census, the Border, N. Korea, Harris/Biden, July 4th
Nikki Schwab of The New York Post, Alex Seitz-Wald of NBC News and Hunter Walker of Yahoo News join Bill to break down the big stories. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jul 2, 2019 • 35min
States Can and Must Fight Trump. w/Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Gov. and head of the Democratic Governors Association, Gina Raimondo lays out the high stakes in statewide elections in 2019 and 2020 re: Gerrymandering, healthcare and reproductive rights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 28, 2019 • 33min
Pompeo's vision of America: White, Male, Christian. W/ Amb. Wendy Sherman
Iran. North Korea. Cuba. Venezuela. NATO. Bill digs deep on them all with fmr. Undersecretary of State, Wendy ShermanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 28, 2019 • 16min
The Second Night Democratic Debate: Bill's take: Kamala, Kamala!
Bill grades the candidates: Not a good night for Joe BidenSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 27, 2019 • 11min
The First Democratic Debate: Bill's Take.
10 Democratic candidates hit the stage in Miami and Bill shares his reactions to Elizabeth Warren, Julian Castro, Beto O'Rourke, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Bill DeBlasio and all the others. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 25, 2019 • 31min
"Housing is a basic human right." With Julian Castro, former Secretary of HUD
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro talks with Bill about affordable housing, homelessness and it what it will take to solve those problems. And, of course, the upcoming Democratic Debate. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 19, 2019 • 43min
The Bill Press Podtable June 19: New Trump. Same as the old Trump.
Bill and Ginger Gibson of Reuters, Niall Stanage of The Hill and Leah Askarinam of Inside Elections, breakdown the Trump campaign launch rally and the upcoming Democratic Debates. Plus the Hong Kong massive demonstrations and who wants to go to war with Iran. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 18, 2019 • 33min
Income Inequality: "The pitchforks are getting pretty sharp out there."
Are Income Inequality and The Wealth Gap the most important issues facing the country? With Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow at The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Chief Economist to Vice President Joe Biden during the Obama Administration. How bad is it? How can we fix it? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 14, 2019 • 43min
The Bill Press Podtable. Norway, if you are listening....
Trump, Biden, Sarah Sanders, Kellyanne Conway, John Stewart. All are topics for Bill and Chris Lu, former top Obama official, Jen Bendry of the Huffington Post and Addy Baird of BuzzFeed. Plus Bill takes on Trump for stealing the Fourth of July and the panel wonders whether Bill wants to be buried with weed?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 11, 2019 • 30min
On The Front Lines Against Voter Suppression: Kristen Clarke
The head of The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Attorney Kristin Clarke breaks down the many ways Republicans in State and Federal Governments and on the Supreme Court are attacking the hard-fought right to vote. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
