The Josh Marshall Podcast

Josh, Kate, David and New York reporter Matt Shuham discuss what they're seeing, hearing and thinking as protests over the killing of George Floyd continue to blaze through the country. Listen

Josh, Kate and David analyze President Trump’s scattershot attacks as he struggles to lay a glove on Joe Biden, as well as the Central Park 911 call heard ’round the country. Listen

Josh, Kate, and David discuss a new study that shows masks may be more effective at stopping the spread of COVID-19 than we thought. But will the U.S. ever fully adopt them? Listen

Josh, Kate and David discuss the difficulties of knowing how to behave under the fractured federal response. Listen

Josh, Kate, and David discuss the President's dubious call to action, as well as state-level reopening fights across the country. Listen

Josh, Kate and David talk through the challenges in returning to life as normal in New York and other major American cities, and why “reopening” isn’t anything like business as usual. Listen

Josh, Kate, and David are joined by TPM investigative reporter Josh Kovensky, who shares his latest exclusive reporting on a shipment of millions of KN95 masks. Then the group talks about the protests that have been popping up and the continued fallout from the Wisconsin election. Listen

Josh, Kate, and David talk federal and state mishandling of the pandemic, as well as the small joys we're all using to get through it. Listen

Josh, Kate, and David take a look at the fiasco that unfolded in Wisconsin on Tuesday after state Republicans insisted on holding in-person voting amid the coronavirus pandemic. The group then talks about how to prepare for the November election. And finally: how to keep your sanity (and physical health)... Listen

Josh, Kate and David talk models, primaries and the administrative response to the coronavirus pandemic. Listen

Josh, Kate and David analyze the progress of a crisis under Trump, and how states — and even smaller communities — are coping. Listen

Josh, Kate and David analyze Tuesday's primaries and general life under coronavirus precautions. Listen

To end the week, we're taking a brief break from the news. David, Nicole Lafond and Joe Ragazzo sit down with Andy Hunter, founder of Bookshop.org, an online portal to support independent booksellers and authors. Andy talks about providing an alternative to Amazon and why supporting local bookstores is so... Listen

Josh, Kate, and David react to Tuesday's primaries and the coronavirus outbreak from remote locations. Listen

Josh, David and Matt Shuham dig into the Super Tuesday results, which delivered a big night to Joe Biden. They also talk about the growing concern over the coronavirus, and how it could impact the campaign as the race continues to heat up. Listen

Josh, Kate and David are joined by TPM's Executive Editor David Kurtz to talk about the upcoming South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday contests, and why Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are emerging as the most viable candidates. Listen

Kate, David, and Matt analyze the Democratic horse race just before the Nevada debate and caucus. Listen

Josh, Kate and David discuss what we know — and the many things we don’t — coming out of the New Hampshire primary. Listen

Josh, Kate, and David are joined by Tierney Sneed and Josh Kovensky to help us unpack a truly epic week of news. Listen

Josh, Kate, and David are joined by reporter Matt Shuham to analyze the unmitigated mess that was the Iowa caucus. Listen

Josh, Kate, and David discuss the revelation from John Bolton’s unpublished manuscript and whether it’ll alter the witness calculus for Senate Republicans. Listen

Kary Antholis, former HBO executive and founder of Crime Story, talks about his project focusing on the intersection of criminal justice and storytelling. We talk about his fascinating interview with Attorney General Bill Barr, the OJ Simpson trial and the impeachment trial. Listen

Josh, Kate, and David discuss the cast of characters running the impeachment trial as well as news that the Saudi Arabian crown prince infiltrated Jeff Bezos’ phone and stole his data. Listen

Josh, Kate and David analyze the Warren-Sanders conflict and make predictions about the Iowa debate and upcoming Senate impeachment trial. Listen

Josh, Kate and David delve into the biggest stories at home and abroad as tensions rise after the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and Nancy Pelosi holds onto the articles of impeachment. Listen

Josh, Kate, David and Matt Shuham take a look at the latest impeachment news, including Rudy Giuliani's ongoing dirt-digging efforts and Rep. Jeff Van Drew's switch from Democrat to Republican. Finally, we discuss some of the big and overlooked stories of 2019. Listen

The Joshes, David and senior newswriter Nicole discuss House Democrats’ decision to file just two articles of impeachment, ditching findings from Mueller’s report and ongoing legal battles over emolument violations. The group also lays out the findings from the Justice Department inspector general’s report and the lack of fireworks at... Listen

Josh, Kate, David, and Matt look ahead to the next phase of the impeachment inquiry spearheaded by Jerry Nadler’s House Judiciary Committee. Matt also shares his notes from the courthouse, where he sat in on a hearing for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. Listen

Josh, Kate, David and reporter Matt Shuham break down the impeachment hearings and dig into what the public phase of impeachment inquiry has revealed so far. After that, the group talks about Democrats’ strategy as the probe moves toward a vote and 2020 draws near. Listen

TPM investigative reporter Tierney Sneed joins Josh, Kate and David to talk about the first public impeachment hearing this week. Tierney was inside the (freezing) room where the action was. We also go into the latest in Roger Stone's trial and an election to watch this weekend. Listen