This podcast explores the lives of baseball players who died tragically young.
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A liberal and a conservative try to a common set of facts by applying historical context to current events.
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Chuck Todd at his best – unscripted, informed and focused on what really matters in politics. Join Chuck as he talks with top reporters from the nation’s capital, plus exclusive sit-down interviews and on-the-ground dispatches from across the campaign trail.
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This show is the newest venture of the CADC, who’s intention is simple - build a community for and by the people doing the creative work; the illustrators, designers, photographers, art directors, and copywriters. This podcast will take our mission even further; we’ll hear the stories, influences, and insights behind that work. We’ll focus less on “how” these talented people create, and more on “why.”
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A daily 15-minute briefing on Minnesota news and newsmakers.
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Darryl Kile was a talented and respected Major League Baseball pitcher known for his fierce competitiveness on the mound. He had a successful career playing for the Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals before his untimely death in 2002 at the age of 33. Kile's legacy lives on through his contributions to the sport and the impac…
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Biden's narrow path as seen through 11 maps, with Doug Sosnik
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Doug Sosnik, former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, joins Chuck to explore how President Biden may have a narrower path to the presidency than former President Trump (edited)By NBC News
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kHyal's diverse background encompasses experiences rooted in fine art, high end audio, graphic design, marketing, and fashion design. As the founder of Fizz Agency and MegaGlam, the lifestyle brand combining fashion, design and street art, kHyal is far from slowing down.By Connecticut Art Director Club
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Race between Biden and Trump tightens: Inside the latest NBC News poll
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Senior Political Editor Mark Murray joins Chuck to talk through the findings in the April 2024 NBC News poll, as former President Trump’s hush money trial begins in Manhattan.By NBC News
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'Manhunt' revisits Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the chase after John Wilkes Booth
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Layne Eskridge, executive producer of "Manhunt," joins Chuck as the Apple TV+ miniseries wraps its seven-episode run on the 12-day search for the killer behind America's first presidential assassination.By NBC News
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Steve Ballmer: The ex-Microsoft CEO's push for government transparency
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Los Angeles Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer joins Chuck to talk about USAFacts, his civic initiative to make government data more accessible to Americans.By NBC News
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The Trump campaign hired a voter data expert. He debunked their claims of massive election fraud.
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Ken Block, author of "Disproven," tells Chuck how he was brought on by a lawyer with former President Trump's 2020 campaign to validate claims of widespread voter fraud in the election — and instead found far fewer fraudulent votes than were needed to impact the results in any state.By NBC News
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Jeremy Brazeal is the Executive Creative Director for Reality. Although Jeremy’s roots started in illustration - he always had his heart set on becoming a creative director. Though there were a few detours along the way, Jeremy eventually led creative teams for both Lego and Coca-Cola. We talk design, leadership, and how cycling keeps him in balanc…
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Richard Engel: Hotspots in Israel, Ukraine and the United States
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NBC News Chief International Correspondent Richard Engel talks with Chuck about the challenges facing peace in Israel, Ukraine and across the globe.By NBC News
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The unintended consequences of sportswashing
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Produced in collaboration with The George Washington University, Chuck moderates a panel on the topic of sports washing, featuring Professor William Youmans, Professor Kelsey Nelson and a student and women’s soccer player named Avril Silva.By NBC News
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Why 2024 polls may not look like 2020 or 2016: Nathan Gonzales
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Chuck talks with Nathan Gonzales, the Editor & Publisher of Inside Elections, about the difficulty in using recent presidential elections as a guide for 2024.By NBC News
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'The Octopus Murders' investigates a decades-old political murder mystery
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In their new docuseries, "American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders," Christian Hansen and Zachary Treitz set out to uncover the mystery behind the 1991 death of journalist Danny Casolaro while he was investigating a shadowy conspiracy. They join Chuck to detail what they've learnedBy NBC News
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Kelly Walters is an artist, designer, educator, researcher and the founder of Bright Polka Dot. Ever since Kelly was a student at University of Connecticut, many of her creative efforts have focused on race and representation in design. In addition to her studio, Kelly is also the Director of the Communication Design BFA program at Parsons School o…
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When a wealthy young man is given just 12 months to live, he decides to spend it supporting his favorite team. Written by: Tim Scott Hosted by: Thadd Scott Produced by: Thadd Scott Executive Producer: Nina InnstedBy Tim Scott
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For All Mankind's showrunners: 'Fear and competition … drive us to achieve great things'
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"For All Mankind" co-creators and showrunners Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi join Chuck to talk through an alternative history where the Soviet Union beats the United States in the space race to the moon. This episode contains spoilers through Season 4 of the show. Read the For All Mankind timeline: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Timeline/ForA…
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'Double-haters' and more: The key groups that may decide 2024
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Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher and Republican strategist Brad Todd join Chuck to debate the races in the election year ahead, and discuss how much we should read into early 2024 polling.By NBC News
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Sasha Issenberg: How campaigns are preparing to fight disinformation
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Sasha Issenberg, author of, “The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age,” talks to Chuck about the wave of artificially generated video, audio and photos that are upending how candidates campaign for office.By NBC News
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Nate Solberg's creative curiosity started at a very young age and he shares how a massive college project shaped his work ethic. He talks about some influential internships and his current role at North American Entertainment Group. We are also very grateful for Nate as he created the logo and brand of this very podcast.…
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Rep. Maxwell Frost: 'Every bomb' dropped in Gaza 'is a set of voters who walk away' from Biden
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Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) joins Chuck for a wide-ranging interview on his proposed reforms for Congress, talks about how young voters are approaching President Biden's handling of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and weighs in on the plan to ban TikTok in the U.S.By NBC News
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'The energy was different': Biden's ex-speechwriter dissects the State of the Union speech
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Jeff Nussbaum, former Senior Speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Biden, joins Chuck to analyze his former boss's State of the Union address delivered Thursday night.By NBC News
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Amy Walter: What we know about the Biden and Trump voters after two general elections
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Amy Walter, editor-in-chief and publisher of the Cook Political Report joins Chuck to talk through the Super Tuesday results and look ahead to the general election.By NBC News
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'The Primary Problem': How hyperpartisan minorities hijacked elections
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Nick Troiano, author of “The Primary Solution: Rescuing our Democracy from the Fringes," joins Chuck to argue that partisan primaries have created "a broken system with broken incentives and bad outcomes," and abolishing them would make government more representative of its constituents and more accountable to them.…
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Cassandra Hamer's love of design started very early in her childhood with her classmates being some of her first "clients". Currently, she is on the in house design team of Ace Hardware and talks about how she got there. She shares with us how the lack of design education in public schools contributed to her eagerness to learn and was the motivatio…
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How Libertarians could become the new moderates, with Katherine Mangu-Ward
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Chuck asks whether Republicans can win an election without finding a position on abortion. Plus, Katherine Mangu-Ward, editor-in-chief of Reason, talks about the Libertarian view on elections and why third-party candidates seeking ballot access like to embrace them.By NBC News
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One Brief Shinning Moment- The Story of the Seattle Pilots
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The brief history of the Seattle Pilots - the only major league team to go bankrupt. Written by: Tim Scott Hosted by: Thadd Scott Executive Producer: Nina Innsted Audio Producer: Thadd Scott
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Billionaire of the people: How Trump tapped into 'white rural rage'
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Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, authors of "White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy," join Chuck to discuss how former President Trump became hailed as the "god-king of heartland, rural America" and wielded their anti-elite resentment despite his background as a billionaire businessman from Queens.…
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Amb. Mike McFaul + How infighting loses elections
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The amount of intra-party infighting might be the most revealing metric when looking ahead to any election. Plus, Mike McFaul, former ambassador to Russia, joins Chuck to talk about the death of Alexei Navalny and what it means for the future of Vladimir Putin’s regime.By NBC News
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Senate 2024 Draft: Toss-ups, Likelys and Longshots
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Chuck sits down with Mark Murray, Bridget Bowman and Ben Kamisar to talk about who has an edge among the 2024 Senate races. Plus, the new NBC News Politics newsletter goes live this week. Sign up here: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/nbc-news-politics-signup ChuckMarkBridgetBen Round 1 - Toss ups Ohio GOP (picked 1st)Nevada Dem RosenMontana GOPMi…
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Bob Vitale is one of the founding members of the design studio, SVP Partners. He shares how a supportive family allowed him to pursue graphic design and how that sparked the beginning of his career. We also discuss a charity organization near and dear to Bob’s heart called Sticks for Soldiers, which provides support to wounded military veterans.…
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Rep. Debbie Dingell + What is Biden’s 2nd term?
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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) has known President Biden for years. She sits down with Chuck and shares her views on what the president needs to do to win in November, how the war in Gaza is impacting her voters, and what she thinks about special counsel Hur’s report on classified documents.By NBC News
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John Bolton: The anti-Trump front of former Trump officials
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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton joins Chuck to detail the effort of officials appointed to former President Trump's first term in office who want to prevent him from being re-elected to a second. Bolton also delivers his perspective on President Biden's foreign policy as the U.S. launches retaliatory drone strikes on Iran-backed militi…
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Jon Ralston: Nevada is ‘as purple as we’ve ever been’ despite preordained primary results
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Jon Ralston, founder, CEO, and editor of The Nevada Independent, joins Chuck to discuss the Nevada primary/caucus divide and why the results might mislead outside observers ahead of the November election.By NBC News
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Sen. Michael Bennet: ‘If we can’t fund Ukraine, there’s no reason for [Congress] to be here’
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Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a member of the original bipartisan “Gang of Eight” working group on immigration, joins Chuck to detail the path forward on border reform as Senate Republicans clash over a potential deal. Bennet also looks back to how the debate has changed over the past decade, as a pathway to citizenship is unlikely to be included …
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For the past 10 years, designer Chuck Brooks has been at the award-winning design studio, Box 8 Creative in New Haven. Chuck shares some insight into the creative team’s process that has helped steer many successful brands such as Mecha Noodle Bar, Alvarium Brewing and Roasting, and Doro Restaurant Group.…
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Why the right to vote isn’t in the Constitution (and how that could change): Rick Hasen talks democracy
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Chuck sits down with Rick Hasen, professor of law and political science at UCLA and the author of a new book coming out in February, “A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.”By NBC News
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Slim Jones displayed exceptional skills on the field with precise pitches and powerful hits, earning admiration and recognition from his peers. He transceded the negro league. Slim's one downfall was booze, and booze doesn't care how well you throw a ball. Dead Ball was created by Tim Scott Executive Producer Nina Innsted Slim Jones: Written and Pr…
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Jonathan Martin: 'It's not a C-SPAN election, it's a Court TV election'
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Jonathan Martin, senior political columnist for Politico, joins Chuck on the heels of New Hampshire's primary elections to examine former Gov. Nikki Haley's (R-S.C.) political prospects as the Republican nominating contests continue, and discusses whether President Biden can improve his standing as the general-election campaign takes shape.…
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Nikki Haley's last stand in New Hampshire? NBC embeds weigh in from the trail
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NBC News Campaign Embeds Sarah Dean, Emma Barnett and Greg Hyatt join Chuck to preview the New Hampshire primaries, as Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) shifts his resources away from the state and former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-S.C.) — fresh off a third-place finish in Iowa — seeks to portray the contest as a two-person race.…
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Butch Quick is an illustrator and designer who’s interest in comic books at a young age set him on his creative path. We discuss his experience as a concept artist and his love of package design. Having been in the business for over 40 years, Butch is still evolving, and his more recent interest in portrait photography has allowed him a whole new w…
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Dean Phillips: Democrats are having a "delusion" if they think Joe Biden is electable
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Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) talks to Chuck about his campaign in New Hampshire and what the results in Iowa say about November 2024.By NBC News
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How "Trump vs. DeSantis" set the stage for Iowa
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With days to go until the Iowa Caucus, Chuck talks with Matt Dixon, senior national politics reporter for NBC News, and author of a new book, "Swamp Monsters: Trump vs. DeSantis―the Greatest Show on Earth (or at Least in Florida)," about the most consequential rivalry in the 2024 campaign.By NBC News
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Ian Bremmer’s 2024 threat assessment: From China to Iran, the biggest risks facing American peace and global order
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Ian Bremmer, founder and president of the Eurasia Group, discusses his organization’s 2024 “Top Risks” report, with a focus on three dominant conflicts: the U.S. versus Russia, Israel versus Hamas, and the U.S. versus … itself. Read more from the report here: https://www.eurasiagroup.net/media/eurasia-group-publishes-top-risks-predictions-for-2024-…
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Iowa Republican Strategist David Kochel joins Chuck with just over a week to go until the first GOP contest of 2024 to detail former President Trump's firm hold on the Hawkeye State — and his rivals' determination to pull an upset.By NBC News
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Dan Taylor talks about his early days at RIT and then moving to New York City and interning at Pushpin Studios. He talks about how Taylor Design came to be and how he and his team stay focused in an ever-changing world.By Connecticut Art Directors Club
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Baseball is a game of 'next man up" -- but what happens when a player has to follow Superman?By Thadd Scott
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Alternative History: Beatles, Putin and Supreme Court
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What if John Lennon survived the assassination attempt? Are we living in the worst timeline possible with Russia? What if Sandra Day O'Connor had been made Supreme Court chief justice? Chuck Todd sits down with Fordham professor (and big alt history fan!) Paul Levinson for an extravaganza of topics, on the last ToddCast of 2023.…
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After graduating from the University of Bridgeport, Karl found himself working in commercial art sales to supplement his freelance work. Without knowing it at the time, this led him on the path to start Creative Placement. We talk about the current state of the creative world, his love of photography, and how Designer Journals came to be.…
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Alternative History: What if Mitch McConnell voted to convict Trump?
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Former Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) joins Chuck to game out what could have happened in a world where Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell voted to convict former President Trump in his second impeachment trial relating to the insurrection.By NBC News
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A prison baseball team made up of Death Row inmates, was given an ultimatum from their Warden: Win or face the executioner. Written by: Tim Scott Hosted by: Thadd Scott Produced by: Thadd ScottBy Tim Scott
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Alternative History: What if college sports conferences weren’t so volatile?
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Chuck introduces his latest series of Alternative Histories and speaks with NCAA President Charlie Baker about paying college athletes.By NBC News
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