Hacks On Tap
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Latest episode: Wed Jan 15 2025
When David Axelrod and Mike Murphy get together to talk politics, it’s not academic. They speak from the perspective gained through hundreds of campaigns for offices from City Hall to the White House. So if you want to know what’s really going on behind the scenes, where strategic decisions are being made, pull up a stool for Hacks on Tap. Incisive, sometimes uproarious and always entertaining, these political warhorses and their guests will give you insights you’ll only get from folks who have spent a lifetime in the political trenches of both parties.
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- Jan15Trending Right (with Jonathan Martin)69mins
- Jan7Hackzpah (with Jonathan Alter)72mins
- Dec17End of Year Hack Fest64mins
- Dec10The Ol' Razzle Dazzle (with John Anzalone)62mins
- Dec3Pardon Politics (with Chris Christie)71mins
- Nov26Hacksgiving Minnesode (Dontcha Know)53mins
- Nov19The New Non-Normal (with Jonathan Martin)61mins
- Nov12Picking Through the Rubble57mins
- Nov7Election Post-Mortem72mins
- Nov4Landing the Plane37mins
- Nov2Girls v. Boys52mins
- Oct29Crazier & Crazier59mins
- Oct22The Sprint71mins
- Oct15Margin of Effort (with Ron Brownstein)67mins
- Oct8Murder Genes & Media Gymnastics (with Mike Bender)78mins
- Oct2VP Debate61mins
- Sep24Poller Coaster (with Alyssa Farah Griffin)66mins
- Sep17It’s the Economy, Stupid (with James Carville)63mins
- Sep11Debate Post Mortem65mins
- Sep9Debate Preview33mins
- Sep3Fuster Cluck71mins
- Aug23Mainstream v. Extreme45mins
- Aug20Overtime Oration53mins
- Aug13The Rule of Three62mins
- Aug6Ope There It Is (with John Anzalone)64mins
- Jul30The Veepstakes (with Jonathan Martin and Bob Costa)63mins
- Jul23Kamalat (with John Heilemann)62mins
- Jul16The Fight (with Tim Alberta)54mins
- Jul9Press Panic (with Bill Kristol)58mins
- Jul2Tick Tock, Tick Tock (with Jonathan Martin)64mins
- Jun28The Political Fairway (with David Plouffe)37mins
- Jun25The Trap (with David Plouffe)68mins
- Jun18Naked On A Rock (with Jonathan Freedland)66mins
- Jun11Double Haters (with Sarah Longwell)58mins
- Jun4The Guilties (with Mark McKinnon & Steve Israel)63mins
- May28The Angry Trump (with Chris Christie)71mins
- May21Wetting the Bed (with Howard Wolfson)68mins
- May14W.T.F., Man? (With John Heilemann)69mins
- May7Floors & Ceilings (with Doug Sosnik)70mins
- Apr30Tired, Sleepy & Gassy (with Paul Begala)62mins
- Apr23Bubbling Over (with Scott Jennings)64mins
- Apr16Bad Options (with Whit Ayers and Jonathan Martin)61mins
- Apr9Mixed Messages (with Sasha Issenberg)58mins
- Apr2Gas & Eggs (with John Heilemann)55mins
- Mar26Bizarroland (with Bakari Sellers)62mins
- Mar19Nostalgia for Normalcy (with Maggie Haberman)58mins
- Mar13Dingbats with Chainsaws (with Amy Walter)59mins
- Mar6Sore Bruiser (with Jen Psaki and Scott Jennings)57mins
- Feb27Politicianing (with Sarah Longwell)61mins
- Feb20Main Character Energy (with Steve Israel)57mins
- Feb14Riding the Dragon (with Kasie Hunt)60mins
- Feb7Cynicism on Steroids (with Jonathan Martin)60mins
- Jan31Under His Skin58mins
- Jan25It’s Not Over…?52mins
- Jan16The Shiniest Silver Medal50mins
- Jan12Post Debate Hacknalysis (Another One!)55mins
- Jan3The Trumpire Strikes Back (with Kristen Soltis Anderson)54mins
- Dec13Dictator for a Day65mins
- Dec7Post Debate Hacknalysis41mins
- Nov29Eyes on Iowa (with Adam Nagourney)60mins
- Nov21Hacksgiving37mins
- Nov14The Circus Show (with Mark McKinnon and John Heilemann)62mins
- Nov9Ship Show48mins
- Oct31Chaos, Vendettas & Drama (with Jonathan Martin)63mins
- Oct24Congressional Clown Show (with Scott Jennings)59mins
- Oct17Riding Indictments (with John Harwood)64mins
- Oct10A Loser’s Lament (with Amy Walter)54mins
- Oct3The Fight Within The Fight (with Jonathan Martin)60mins
- Sep28Post Debate Hacknalysis49mins
- Sep20The Dancing Bear Theory (with Sarah Longwell)67mins
- Sep12Pony Faced Cowboys (with Bill Kristol)64mins
- Sep5Talk A Little Louder (with Jeff Zeleny)60mins
- Aug29The MAGA Hymn Book (with Scott Jennings)59mins
- Aug24Haley’s Comet55mins
- Aug15May The Fourth Indictment Be With You59mins
- Jul25Costa La Vista (with Robert Costa)62mins
- Jul19Indict-Me-Not (with Dana Bash)57mins
- Jul12Show Me Your Strategy (with Heidi Heitkamp)60mins
- Jul4Mailbag Spectacular K Mart Special61mins
- Jun28To Be Determined (with James Carville & Mark McKinnon)61mins
- Jun20Golf Shirts, Pants, and Top Secret Documents (with Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin)56mins
- Jun14The Typhoon from Trenton (with Doug Heye)58mins
- Jun7And They’re Off (with Jeff Zeleny)59mins
- May31Deal or No Deal (with Mark McKinnon)65mins
- May23Rocket Fuel… Or Not (with Paul Begala)61mins
- May17The Bear Minimum (with Joe Scarborough)59mins
- May10Aerogenous Events (with Sarah Longwell)57mins
- May2Fig Leaf or Full Monty (with Amy Walter)72mins
- Apr26Tuckered Out (with Jen Psaki)69mins
- Apr18Pudding Politics (with Jonathan Martin)69mins
- Apr11Out-Trumping Trump (with John Heilemann)62mins
- Apr5Stormy Tuesday (with Paul Begala)70mins
- Mar29Premature Indictment Excitement? (with Mark McKinnon)60mins
- Mar21Trump Trouble in River City: A Deep Dive Into The IA GOP Caucus (With David Kochel)64mins
- Mar14The Orange Caligula (with Charlie Sykes)62mins
- Mar7The Payback Playbook (with Maggie Haberman)66mins
- Feb28Woke Wars (with Amy Walter)63mins
- Feb22Three Dimensional Vulcan Chess (with Doug Heye)63mins
- Feb15Medicare, Medicare, Medicare (with Steve Israel)59mins
- Feb8State Of The SOTU62mins
- Jan31I’m Right, You’re Evil (with Mark Mellman)62mins
- Jan25No There There (with Bill Kristol)51mins
- Jan18Mud On Biden’s Tuxedo67mins
- Jan11C-SPAN’s Greatest Hits (with Dave Wasserman)64mins
- Dec21The First Annual Hacky Awards!67mins
- Dec13Palace Intrigue (with Doug Heye)64mins
- Dec7Run Off Run Up (with Mo Elleithee)65mins
- Nov29The Dust Has Settled (with Ron Brownstein)65mins
- Nov16The Crow Episode66mins
- Nov12Prepping for the Apocalypse from Story of the Week12mins
- Nov11The Whackadoodle Factor (with Jonathan Martin)64mins
- Nov2The Only Poll That Matters65mins
- Oct26Dire, Not Catastrophic (with Amy Walter)59mins
- Oct18Double Dive (with Jon Ralston & Greg Bluestein)66mins
- Oct12The Great Pageantry of Democracy57mins
- Oct5Values Vs. Issues (With Molly Murphy)68mins
- Sep30Introducing: It Was Said Season 23mins
- Sep27Polls & Pols (with David Hill)64mins
- Sep20Culture Vultures (with Mo Elleithee)60mins
- Sep14Irrational Exuberance? (with Jon Favreau)64mins
- Sep6The Midterm Sprint59mins
- Aug24Bully Boy Tactics (with Mark Leibovich)56mins
- Aug16The Ferret Vs. The Boa Constrictor (with Maggie Haberman)56mins
- Aug10Where to Mar-a-LaGO From Here? (with Whit Ayres)61mins
- Aug4The Vengeance Tour56mins
- Jul26The Elephant in the Room (with Lis Smith)56mins
- Jul19Build Back Biden (with Paul Begala)59mins
- Jul14One More Item…54mins
- Jun30Precedent-Shattering34mins
- Jun29Prosecuting the Case (with Sarah Longwell)62mins
- Jun21Atomic Clock of Corruption (with Amanda Carpenter)65mins
- Jun15The Barr Tab (with John Heilemann)63mins
- Jun10Introducing The Powers That Be: Daily2mins
- Jun8California Scheming (with Dave Wasserman)58mins
- Jun1Swimming Against the Current (with Doug Sosnik)67mins
- May25“What Are We Doing?”52mins
- May18The MAGA Midterms?39mins
- May11Personality Politics (with Jonathan Martin & Alex Burns)66mins
- May5SCOTUS Leaks and Ohio Speaks58mins
- Apr26Mouse Trap: DeSantis vs. Disney (with Mark McKinnon)58mins
- Apr20Ping Pong Politics (with Whit Ayres)65mins
- Apr13Some Other Dude Did It (with Paul Begala)61mins
- Apr11Introducing Reflections of History with Jon Meacham2mins
- Apr5Gas & Groceries (with Steve Israel)71mins
- Mar29The Walkback of the Walkback57mins
- Mar22Chronicles of the Culture Wars (with Ron Brownstein)67mins
- Mar15Bad For Business (with Stephanie Cutter)63mins
- Mar9Margin of Error (with Mark Mellman)64mins
- Mar2State of the State of the Union50mins
- Feb23The State of the Union Is… (with Jon Favreau)68mins
- Feb16The RINO Rebellion? (with Amy Walter)68mins
- Feb9Legitimate Political Discourse65mins
- Feb2Eruption of Mt. Orange63mins
- Jan26Reset Report Card (with Jennifer Palmieri)62mins
- Jan19The Almighty vs The Alternative (with Jonathan Martin)65mins
- Jan11Joltin’ Joe Comes Out Swinging (with Addisu Demissie)61mins
- Jan5The Madman Behind The Curtain67mins
- Dec22Hacky Holidays, Mailbag Edition!68mins
- Dec15GOPuppets (with Steve Bullock)62mins
- Dec820/24 Vision (with Bill Kristol)67mins
- Dec1Kitten Swipes and Variant Fights (with John Heilemann)65mins
- Nov17Inflation Nation (with Tony Fabrizio)63mins
- Nov10Process Over Substance (with Amy Walter)65mins
- Nov3Dems In Disarray?63mins
- Oct27Off To The Races (with Dave Wasserman)62mins
- Oct19All Roads Go Through Virginia68mins
- Oct12The Shot Clock Ticks69mins
- Oct5Here’s The Deal?61mins
- Sep28Where the Rubber Meets the Road (with John Anzalone)59mins
- Sep21A High-Wire Act (with Jonathan Martin)55mins
- Sep16A New Day For Newsom (with Dana Bash)67mins
- Sep7Can the Golden State Stay Blue? (with Peter Hamby)69mins
- Aug24The Short vs. Long Term (with Bill Kristol)66mins
- Aug18The Collapse of Afghanistan69mins
- Aug11Pugnacious Pols & Bipartisan Bills (with Paul Begala)57mins
- Aug4Mixed Messages (with Mark McKinnon)61mins
- Jul28U.S. House of Horrors (with Jackie Calmes)63mins
- Jul21Baseball Bats and Ghirardelli (with Steve Israel)57mins
- Jul14Texas Hold ‘Em (with Al Franken)60mins
- Jul6A Tale of Two Tracks (with Bill Kristol)72mins
- Jun29Rocky Road (with Stephanie Cutter)58mins
- Jun22Tyranny of the Minority (with Amy Walter)58mins
- Jun15Biden Takes the World Stage (with Howard Wolfson)66mins
- Jun9Infra-STUCK-ure (with Charlie Sykes)75mins
- Jun1Building Bridges (with Jonathan Martin)61mins
- May25Infrastructure Week? (with Rahm Emanuel)61mins
- May19Inconvenient Truths (with Barbara Comstock)66mins
- May11Weather Vanes & Freedom Fights (with Mark Mellman)65mins
- May5The Davos of Bipartisanship (with Karl Rove)69mins
- May3Welcome to Fate of Fact4mins
- Apr29America on the Move63mins
- Apr21Yoda and the Lessons of Power (with Susan Page)62mins
- Apr14The Ants Go Marching (with Mark McKinnon)65mins
- Apr7Infrastructuring (with Will Hurd)64mins
- Mar30Politics of the Possible (with Ron Brownstein)67mins
- Mar23Godzilla & The GOP (with Tony Fabrizio)54mins
- Mar16Shots In Arms & Checks In Pockets (with Claire McCaskill)67mins
- Mar10Voting Rights and Filibuster Fights (with Rahm Emanuel)62mins
- Mar3When CPACs Attack (with Scott Jennings)67mins
- Feb24Blanchin’ From Manchin (with Brad Woodhouse)76mins
- Feb16Impeachment: The Sequel (with Bill Kristol)56mins
- Feb12Introducing The Daily Punch8mins
- Feb9Greene Achers (with Amanda Carpenter)60mins
- Feb3Unity, Not Unanimity (with Heidi Heitkamp)63mins
- Jan2650+1 Fun56mins
- Jan21President Joe Biden47mins
- Jan19Pardon Me? (with Rahm Emanuel)61mins
- Jan132020: Extra Innings (with John Heilemann)63mins
- Jan7A Republic, If You Can Keep It57mins
- Dec16Hacky Holidays!59mins
- Dec9A Most Gracious Loser (with John Heilemann)61mins
- Dec2Kook D'Etat (with Jennifer Palmieri)59mins
- Nov25Bonjour, Biden Boom57mins
- Nov20My Cousin Rudy53mins
- Nov18A White House Held Hostage (with Dave Wasserman)65mins
- Nov13Trump Outrage Fatigue57mins
- Nov8President-Elect Joe Biden60mins
- Nov2Election Day Survival Guide60mins
- Oct30We're Rounding The Corner... To Election Day (with Mark McKinnon)57mins
- Oct28T-Minus One Week (with Rahm Emanuel)55mins
- Oct26Welcome to Fiasco Season 1 Bush v. Gore3mins
- Oct23The Final Debate: Mr. Mute vs. Sir Scranton43mins
- Oct20Polls Traumatic Stress Disorder (with John Heilemann)58mins
- Oct16Crazy Uncle POTUS (with Mark Salter)59mins
- Oct13Repeat After Me: It's Not 2016 (with Amy Walter)64mins
- Oct8Pencesplaining & Insect Baiting42mins
- Oct6A Cluster on Steroids (with Claire McCaskill)56mins
- Oct2Hacks on Call22mins
- Oct2Who Is "They" And Where Is This River? (with Charlie Sykes)55mins
- Sep30$h!t Show53mins
- Sep25Trump's Peaceful Transfer of Glower (with Rahm Emanuel)57mins
- Sep22SCOTUS Scramble (with Bob Shrum)59mins
- Sep18Lowering the Barr61mins
- Sep15The Mellman College of Polling Knowledge (with Mark Mellman)57mins
- Sep11Playing It Down With Bob48mins
- Sep9Coward in Chief (with Stephanie Cutter)54mins
- Sep4An Election So Nice, You’ll Want to Vote Twice! (With Mark McKinnon)54mins
- Sep2Post-Convention Politics & The Dark Force Farce64mins
- Aug31Introducing: It Was Said (w Jon Meacham)4mins
- Aug28Trump's Never Ending Reality Show (With Amanda Carpenter)35mins
- Aug25MAGA Mission: The RNC Begins59mins
- Aug21DNC Recap51mins
- Aug18The Conventions Commence (with Rahm Emanuel)57mins
- Aug12Executive Disorder (with Paul Begala)67mins
- Aug11It's Harris!15mins
- Aug4Where’s the Manual for Mayhem?68mins
- Jul29VP Jeebies (with John Heilemann)68mins
- Jul22Fort Bragg-adocious (with Donna Brazile)59mins
- Jul14Cognitive Distancing (with Mark McKinnon)56mins
- Jul8Chaos Culture and a Special Senate Deep-Dive (with Amy Walter)63mins
- Jul1Pandemic Panic: Trump’s COVID Crack-Up (with John Heilemann)63mins
- Jun23Tirades in Tulsa (with Robert Gibbs)60mins
- Jun16The President of Lawlessness and Disorder (with Alex Wagner)56mins
- Jun9Protests, Polling, and Provisions (with Phil Rosenthal)45mins
- Jun3A Nation Grieves and the President Seethes (with Robert Gibbs)59mins
- May27Masks and Gaffes (with John Heilemann)60mins
- May20POTUS’s Prescription: Hoaxes and Hydroxy (with Rahm Emanuel)56mins
- May12Prevailin’ or Just Wailin’? (with Robert Gibbs)58mins
- May6Ain't No Abe Lincoln (with Alex Wagner)63mins
- Apr28Trump Derails and Clorox Cocktails (with John Heilemann)62mins
- Apr22Open Mic Night and Gov Fights (with Mark McKinnon)64mins
- Apr15Trump's Total Authority (with Rahm Emanuel)51mins
- Apr7Trump’s Prescription: Mixed Messaging55mins
- Apr1Reality vs. A Reality Show49mins
- Mar24A Crisis of Confidence43mins
- Mar19“I’m dealing with a #$%*ing global crisis” (with John Heilemann)55mins
- Mar16A Debate, Uncharted Waters, and the Veepstakes Begin35mins
- Mar12The Bern Cools and Politics of a Pandemic47mins
- Mar5Super Tuesday Recap: And Then There Were Two54mins
- Mar2The Fact of the Matter is… Joe is Back!28mins
- Feb27BONUS: How To Vote for the Next President28mins
- Feb25Will the Democratic Party Bern?—On to South Carolina51mins
- Feb20Sin City Slugfest: Democrats Duke it Out47mins
- Feb12Live Free or Die: New Hampshire Votes51mins
- Feb4Quality (Out-of) Control: Iowa’s Meltdown and On to New Hampshire58mins
- Jan28Burisma is the New Benghazi and the Mad Dash to Iowa55mins
- Jan21Impeachy Not-So-Keen and the Iowa Countdown53mins
- Jan15Duking it Out in Des Moines and the Non-Handshake from Hell60mins
- Jan7Hacky New Year!—Iran, Iowa, & Impeachment55mins
- Dec20Merry Debate-mas with a Dash of Joe-mentum39mins
- Dec10Jolt’n Joe Biden and Impeachment Day Zero48mins
- Dec426: No Kamalot! Harris Exits and Trump Churns54mins
- Nov21The Great Zzzzebate and Will Impeachment Ignite?43mins
- Nov12Bloomberg or Iceberg?—New Entrants and The Impeachment Show44mins
- Nov5Poltergeisty Polls, LJ Dinner Wrap-Up, and Bye-Bye Beto41mins
- Oct29al-Baghdadi Issues and Impressions in Iowa41mins
- Oct22The Pierre Affair and Senate Slippage? (with Cory Booker)60mins
- Oct16All's Fair in Love and Warren36mins
- Oct9Great and Unmatched... Wisdom (with John Heilemann)50mins
- Sep30Hacks Live from Austin with Karl Rove65mins
- Sep24Hard Rain from Ukraine and Boarding the Bus with Mayor Pete Buttigieg51mins
- Sep16More Debates and 10,000 Takes with Sen. Amy Klobuchar60mins
- Sep11Houston, We Have a Preview27mins
- Sep3Hats, Prattle, and a Primary Battle with Mark McKinnon52mins
- Aug27A Hack in Hog Heaven and Trump’s Tempestuous Trip46mins
- Aug20Mooch Ado About Something59mins
- Aug13Calling All Conspiracies and Let Biden Be Biden49mins
- Aug7Words, Guns, El Paso and Dayton with Rep. Steve Israel43mins
- Aug1Showdown in Motown37mins
- Jul23May the debate stage be ever in your favor, Sen. Michael Bennet joins the show42mins
- Jul15Trump's big trap and who ought to wrap43mins
- Jul9Warren's huge haul and Steyer's surprise with Jon Favreau45mins
- Jul25: The post debate pollercoaster and the art of Beto-busting with Julián Castro49mins
- Jun284: Recapping the first Democratic debates33mins
- Jun253: Double-whammy in Miami: First Democratic debate preview53mins
- Jun18Trump purging pollsters, Dems ducking digital41mins
- Jun111: Biden plays Hyde and go seek, Warren rising in Iowa42mins
- Jun6Introduction to Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy1min