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January 26, 2013

Can Obama Go It Alone After His Inaugural Address?

By Cory Bennett
On this week's podcast: How successful will President Obama's new lobbying organization be at pushing through the progressive agenda unveiled during the Inaugural Address? Also, Inauguration Day historian Jim Bendat shares some quirky inaugural stories. Read more »
January 18, 2013

How the Filibuster Both Ruined the Senate and Made It Great

By Cory Bennett
On this week's podcast, competing views through history on whether the filibuster is the greatest or worst thing to happen to the Senate. What's the true story behind Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ? And next week, when the Senate votes on a variety of filibuster reforms, will we finally see a change in the rules?  Read more »
January 14, 2013

The Political Landscape Was Off Last Week, Will Move to Thursday Moving Forward

By Cory Bennett
After a week off, National Journal's weekly podcast, The Political Landscape, is moving from its weekend release to a Thursday afternoon release. You can be sure to get all future episodes of The Political Landscape by subscribing on iTunes or Stitcher, or by filling out the form below and to the right ("Follow the Political Landscape") to have each new episode sent to your email inbox. As always, you can find every episode at this landing page. Read more »
PODCAST January 5, 2013

2013 in Foreign Policy: Invading Syria, Containing Iran, Drone Strikes in Yemen

By Cory Bennett
On this week's Political Landscape , some of the most important foreign-policy issues facing a second Obama administration and the 113th Congress in 2013: chemical weapons in Syria, nuclear weapons in Iran, a Qaida stronghold in Yemen, and drone strikes across the Middle East. Read more »
PODCAST December 28, 2012

Best of 2012: The Year of Comedy, Citizens United, Health Care Competition, and Trolls

By Cory Bennett
On this week's episode, we focus on the best of the domestic issues covered by The Political Landscape in 2012. We'll play back the highlights from our coverage of super PACs, data mining, health care policy, net neutrality, and, of course, political comedy. Read more »
PODCAST December 21, 2012

Tommy Guns, FDR, the NRA, and the Supreme Court: Gun Control's Origins, Future

By Cory Bennett
On this week's episode, we explore the progression of federal gun control from bipartisan issue to verboten topic in Congress. Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA School of Law, constitutional law expert, and the author of  Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America , will join us to explain how President Franklin D. Roosevelt was more concerned than the NRA about violating the Second Amendment and how an NRA leadership coup in 1977 changed all of that. Read more »
PODCAST December 14, 2012

How Al-Qaida in Yemen Became the Biggest Terrorist Threat to the U.S.

By Cory Bennett
In the United States, Yemen is largely an unknown country. But it might pose the biggest terrorist threat to the U.S. in the coming years, argues  Gregory Johnsen , author of the book  The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia.  He tells that story on this week's podcast. Read more »
PODCAST December 8, 2012

Learning to Understand His Son's Autism, Discovering Federal Policy Gaps

By Cory Bennett
On this week's podcast, autism, Asperger's, and the changing federal policy for children with these challenges. Gary Mayerson, an Autism Speaks board member, explains the current gaps in federal policy regarding children with autism. And National Journal Editorial Director Ron  Fournier  discusses how he bonded with his son Tyler after Tyler was diagnosed with Asperger's three years ago. Read more »
PODCAST December 1, 2012

Will Increased Competition in Health Care Exchanges Actually Raise Costs?

By Cory Bennett
In theory health care exchanges allow two things. One, it gives insurers an easy way to promote their plans. And two, it gives consumers an easy way to price compare. According to basic economic theory, this should lower prices. Maybe not, says  Dana Goldman, a leading health care economist and New York Times blogger. Read more »
November 26, 2012

The Political Landscape Was Off This Week

Thank you for listening to the National Journal's weekly podcast, The Political Landscape. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there was no new episode this past weekend. But stay tuned for this week's episode on the progression of state health care exchanges. Since President Obama's reelection, the government has released a new slew of health care exchange regulations and states are scrambling to catch up. We'll talk to  National Journal 's Margot Sanger-Katz and experts at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Read more »
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