This Week’s Trivia Question – 11/6/14

Just when you thought we were getting sick of the horse race … we decide to do 2014 election coverage in a 2016 battleground: New Hampshire. And what a place to choose. It’s the site of a key Senate race (and a small silver lining for Democrats) and, lucky for us, a fantastic staff at …

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Episode #50: GOP Sweep, Lib Silver Linings & NAFTA

The results are in. It’s good news for the Republican Party. And a sweeping repudiation of President Obama and the Democrats. In the Senate, a new GOP majority. In the House, enough pickups to make it a record number for the party. In the contests for governor, Republican victories in states that are solidly blue. …

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This Week’s Trivia Question – 10/30/14

The midterms are so close we can smell them! Or are we just smelling the hog farm? Either way, it’s time for this week’s trivia question. At least one independent — Greg Orman of Kansas — is given a decent shot at winning election to the Senate this year. If that happens, he would join …

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Episode #49: The 2014 Midterm Election Special

We’re here. It’s time for the 2014 midterm elections. And so, we have a show for the ages. We start off with Republican Vin Weber and Democrat Anna Greenberg laying out what’s at stake on November 4th, and what it might mean for the final two years of the Obama presidency. And then we go …

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This Week’s Trivia Question – 10/23/14

The World Series started this week, with the Kansas City Royals facing the San Francisco Giants. If you follow Ken on Twitter, you know he’s rooting for the Royals. In Washington, the Republicans are hoping, and are favored, to win control of the Senate. So this week’s question is: When was the last time the …

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Episode #48: Early Voting, Early Bedtime

Lest we forget, it’s not just candidates whom we’re voting for (or against!) this year. It’s also hundreds of ballot initiatives, propositions and referenda that voters will weigh in on as well — everything from raising the minimum wage to legalizing pot to a tax on high calorie soda. Reid Wilson of the Washington Post …

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This Week’s Trivia Question – 10/16/14

A Senate race in the Midwest is suddenly heating up, and that leads to this week’s trivia question. Larry Pressler is running for the Senate in South Dakota this year.  Eighteen years ago he was defeated for re-election to his Senate seat.  Who is the last senator to lose his bid for re-election in the …

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Episode #47: Ebola Blame Game, S. Dakota Stunner

If politics can get you sick, and Ebola can get you very sick, then what happens when Ebola and politics collide? Both parties are pointing fingers at each other as to who’s responsible: Democrats blame Republicans, claiming that their budget cutting votes hurt the country’s ability to fully fund the Centers for Disease Control. The …

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This Week’s Trivia Question – 10/9/14

We’re getting so close to Election Day we could practically burst. Being that restless only really has one solution — going to sunny California to relax. And, luckily for us, Capital Public Radio was there with open arms.  But, with so much going on — including a new podcast — the last thing we could do …

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Episode #46: Sex & SCOTUS, States Gone Red

This week we talk about sex and the Supreme Court. From this week’s decisions on same-sex marriage, to all the way back in 1991, when the Hill-Thomas hearings that raised awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace. Plus, a look at former Democratic strongholds, and how they’ll influence 2014 — a swiftly changing Republican landscape in …

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