RealClearPolitics Podcast

A.B. Stoddard, Carl Cannon, and Phil Wegmann join Andrew Walworth on today's RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast to preview next week's town hall appearance by Donald Trump on CNN, the network he once called "the enemy of the people." Also President Joe Biden draws criticism from both the left and right for his decision to deploy troops to the southern border, and GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley tries to find some middle ground on abortion.

RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss President Biden's performance at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner and what the dinner says about the press corps' relationship with the current administration. Also, a preview of CNN's upcoming town hall with Donald Trump.

RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan, Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon and director of polling at Emerson College, Spencer Kimball join Andrew Walworth on today's RCP Takeaway podcast. President Biden announced on Tuesday that he was in fact a candidate for reelection in 2024. The announcement came in the form of a short video released on social media. The GOP responded with a video of its own that included images the party says were created with the assistance of artificial intelligence. Also this week, new polls reveal that voters are not excited about a Biden/Trump rematch in 2024. And a new survey conducted by RealClear Opinion Research and Emerson College shows some of the ways the Democrats may be vulnerable on economic issues.

On Monday, Tucker Carlson and Fox News said they had "agreed to part ways," and Don Lemon wrote on Twitter that he was "stunned" at his termination by CNN. What do the exits of two of cable news most prominent figures mean for the media industry and for national politics? RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss on today's RCP Takeaway podcast.

Reason Magazine science correspondent Ronald Bailey, RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon join Andrew Walworth on today's RCP Takeaway podcast.

RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss Florida governor Ron DeSantis' latest moves against Disney, and the politics of the Bud Light boycott.

Culture editor of the Federalist Emily Jashinsky, RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon join moderator Andrew Walworth on today's RCP Takeaway podcast.

RealClearPolitics national correspondent Susan Crabtree joins Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon to discuss her and co-author Anne Welty's reporting on the three-year saga of how 63 exiled Chinese Christians finally found asylum in the United States. Last Friday, the group arrived on U.S. soil after a tense week spent in a holding cell in Thailand with their fate hanging in the balance.

RealClear co-founder and president Tom Bevan, Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon and White House correspondent Phil Wegmann join moderator Andrew Walworth to discuss the week's top political stories.

RealClearPolitics cofounder and president Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss the political ramifications today's historic indictment of former President Donald Trump.