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The Sum of It All
April 30, 2021
- 59:21
In our final episode, Brian Beutler and author Heather McGhee look back at the highs and lows of President Biden’s first 100 days, and...
A Supreme Threat to Biden's Agenda
April 23, 2021
- 48:01
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler talks to legal scholar Leah Litman about why Democrats and Republicans viewed the fight over the...
Bessemer and the Bigger Picture
April 16, 2021
- 46:29
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler talks to civil rights icon Rev. Dr. William Barber about efforts to unionize Amazon workers, how...
About The Show
Joe Biden may seal his fate in the first 100 days, when his mandate is strongest, and he makes the early decisions that will shape our country’s future. In season two of Rubicon, Crooked Media’s Editor in Chief Brian Beutler will chronicle the dawn of the Biden era and assess the administration’s most consequential decisions based on the expectations Biden has set for himself and the ones we’ve set for him. This window of opportunity is crucial for all presidents and that’s never been more true than in the wake of the disastrous Trump administration. Each week, we’ll walk you through the latest developments, explain their importance, and analyze whether or not they meet the urgency of the moment. New episodes every Friday.
More Episodes
The Sum of It All
April 30, 2021
- 59:21
In our final episode, Brian Beutler and author Heather McGhee look back at the highs and lows of President Biden’s first 100 days, and...
A Supreme Threat to Biden's Agenda
April 23, 2021
- 48:01
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler talks to legal scholar Leah Litman about why Democrats and Republicans viewed the fight over the...
Bessemer and the Bigger Picture
April 16, 2021
- 46:29
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler talks to civil rights icon Rev. Dr. William Barber about efforts to unionize Amazon workers, how...
Rejoining The World
April 9, 2021
- 44:26
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler talks to Crooked Media's own Tommy Vietor about the challenges President Biden will face fixing the...
Protecting Democracy
April 2, 2021
- 43:57
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler talks to FiveThirtyEight senior writer Perry Bacon about the wave of voter suppression laws that are...
The Roaring 20s
March 26, 2021
- 43:46
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler talks to The Roosevelt Institute’s Mike Konczal about President Biden’s coming $3 trillion economic...
Death by Papercuts
March 19, 2021
- 44:11
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) discuss the child-migrant crisis and the ways it complicates efforts...
98% Great
March 12, 2021
- 43:36
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler talks to Senator Brian Schatz about the passage of the American Rescue Plan, the provisions in it...
Classroom Conflict
March 5, 2021
- 36:58
This week on Rubicon, host Brian Beutler and education reporter Rachel Cohen discuss the origins of the contentious debate over school...
A Promise Is A Promise
February 26, 2021
- 51:17
This week on Rubicon, host Brian Beutler talks to writer Matthew Yglesias about President Biden's pledge to forgive student loan debt,...
Inherent Power
February 19, 2021
- 40:25
This week on Rubicon: Brian Beutler talks to John Dean, the former White House counsel for Richard Nixon who got swept up in the...
Democracy Needs Heroes
February 12, 2021
- 41:25
This week on Rubicon, Brian Beutler looks beyond Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial to the broader question of what post-Trump...
Graduating Kindergarten
February 5, 2021
- 38:44
This week on Rubicon: Brian Beutler talks to climate science writer Emily Atkin about the predictable first steps President Biden has...
A Problem You Have To Solve
January 29, 2021
- 55:08
This week on Rubicon: Brian Beutler talks to MSNBC's Chris Hayes about Biden's COVID plan, the parts of the plan that will be hardest to...
Time Is Our Enemy
January 22, 2021
- 33:33
Our season two launch episode takes a broad look at the ways Republicans might try to hobble President Biden as he ramps up his...
Rubicon: The First Hundred Days of the Biden Presidency (coming January 22)
January 14, 2021
- 03:20
Crooked Media’s Editor in Chief Brian Beutler walks you through the early decisions that will mark the dawn of the Biden era, explain...
To Be Continued
February 7, 2020
- 22:27
With the impeachment of Donald Trump behind us, the most vulnerable Republican senators will now have to explain to their constituents...
The Proposition
January 31, 2020
- 36:27
When Republicans acquit Donald Trump, it’ll mark the end of this impeachment process. Much more importantly it’ll mark the dawning of a...
The Fix
January 24, 2020
- 31:30
What if the Senate completes an impeachment trial in a way that deprives the public of the fairness it demands, and plainly violates the...
The Floodgates
January 17, 2020
- 32:05
A deluge of new details about the Ukraine scheme have made Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump more desperate than ever to conceal as much...
The Standoff
January 10, 2020
- 31:33
When Donald Trump’s impeachment trial begins—whenever it begins—the Senate will be divided between Democrats, who will demand to hear...
The Showdown
December 20, 2019
- 30:05
The House of Representatives has impeached Donald Trump, but the fight has only just begin. His trial won’t begin until 2020; but...
The Dodge
December 13, 2019
- 28:56
This week House Democrats announced the official articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Trump is just the fourth...
The Choice
December 6, 2019
- 32:59
Donald Trump wants House Democrats to impeach him as soon as possible. Lucky for him, House Democrats ALSO want to impeach him as soon...
The Backstory
November 29, 2019
- 28:06
Through two weeks of impeachment hearings, we learned a lot about the hoops President Trump and his associates jumped through before he...
The Confession
November 22, 2019
- 34:27
The impeachment inquiry will soon move into its closing phase. Republicans have given no indication that they will take any steps to...
The Evidence
November 15, 2019
- 26:33
This impeachment is a test for Republicans: When it’s all said and done, when they’re all out of excuses, will they admit that what...
The Coverup
November 8, 2019
- 37:43
Republicans are out of excuses, their defenses of Donald Trump have all been debunked by the facts. Slate legal writer Dahlia Lithwick...
Introducing “Rubicon: The Impeachment of Donald Trump”
November 1, 2019
- 00:33
“Rubicon: The Impeachment of Donald Trump” is hosted by Crooked Media's Brian Beutler and launches on November 1st. New episode out every Friday.
The Stakes
November 1, 2019
- 24:44
The impeachment of Donald Trump is about more than just one president. It’s about preserving bedrock tenets of democracy. With that in...