Chris and Chuck Chop It Up

Chris Cillizza
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Chris Cillizza and Chuck Todd break down the week in politics. With a healthy dose of sports too! Independent. Calling balls and strikes.

Episodes

  1. Mar 3

    The 2028 Race Starts Now! 🏃

    How Donald Trump’s foreign policy vision will outlast him 🌎⏳ Marco Rubio: Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader? 🧑‍🚀⚔️😈 The Ricky Bobby rule of presidential politics 🏁🇺🇸 The Texas Senate primaries 🤠🗳️🔥 Reflections on Jesse Jackson Jr. 🕊️🧠 Our favorite Winter Olympic sport! ❄️🥇

    1 hr

  2. Mar 3

    Did JD Vance Just Blow His 2028 Shot? 🎯💥

    What’s the next piece of good news for Trump in Iran? 🇮🇷🤔 How to get Trump to do what you want isn’t super complicated 🎯🧠 The Iran war — and the political prediction markets 📊💰🌍 What we’re watching for in the Texas primary 👀🗳️⭐ What the Clinton-Sanders primary in 2016 can tell us about Crockett-Talarico 📚🔎 Is Kansas in play for Democrats in the Senate? 🌻🗳️🔵 The biggest problem for independent candidates 🚧🗳️ Chuck has a baseball card! ⚾️😄

    1h 8m

  3. Mar 3

    Which Trump shows up for State of the Union?

    Our takes on how Democrats should act at the SOTU speech 🔥🎤 (Chuck gets fiery!) What the official Democratic response has in common with Spinal Tap drummers 🥁🎸 Is this the year of the independent candidate? 🗳️🤔 The “impeach vs don’t impeach” divide among anti-Trumpers ⚖️🔥 Chuck’s theory that we are entering an era of reform 🏛️🔄 Why you should read up on the late 1800s to understand today’s politics 📚🕰️ Who wins the Texas Senate primaries next week? 🤠🗳️ And some three-dimensional checkers on the general election. ♟️ Cribbage Talk! 🃏📊 My unbridled optimism about spring training baseball ⚾🌤️

    1h 8m

  4. Feb 9

    Donald Trump is spiraling 🌀

    This week Chuck and I talked about: Trump’s colossally bad first six weeks of 2026 🤦‍♂️🔥📉 Lines in the sand on Trump 🏖️⚔️🚫 How Trump turned the GOP into the kleptocracy party 💰🐘😬 This amazing New York Times op-ed on Nixon 📰✨👀 Why Jasmine Crockett vs. Ken Paxton is the Senate race we deserve 🥊🏛️🍿 A long sidebar about the craziness of the Carter presidency (and Chuck’s favorite presidential memoir revealed!) 📚🤯🇺🇸 Pete Buttigieg has a problem 🚨🧩👔 How the Super Bowl went to script 🏈📜😐 Our breakdown of Bad Bunny’s performance 🎤🐰🔥 Best and worst Super Bowl ads (plus Chuck’s love/hate relationship with de-aging technology) 📺🏆💀❤️ How sports gambling is the societal problem not enough people are talking about 🎰⚠️🗣️

    1h 14m

  5. Feb 4

    Donald Trump's 'Groundhog Day' Presidency

    In this episode Chuck and Chris talk about: How everything is political now 🏛️🧠🔥Gavin Newsom’s tell-all 2028 book 📘👀🇺🇸 Politicians’ sell-by date ⏰📉🗳️ How gun control explains Trump’s current polling with Republicans 🔫📊🐘 What if Susan Collins decides NOT to run… 🤔🏃‍♀️🗳️ The “Trump Sheikh-Down” > Teapot Dome 💰🛢️😳 The ONE argument Democrats need to make to win in November 🎯🗓️🔵 What Jeff Bezos doesn’t get about the Washington Post 📰🤷‍♂️🚀 Our Super Bowl predictions! 🏈🔮🎉

    1h 8m

  6. Jan 26

    How "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" explains Donald Trump's 2nd term 🍪

    What are you missing if you don’t subscribe? This week Chuck and I talked about: 🔥🖐️ How Donald Trump touches the hot stove and doesn’t suffer the worst consequences 🌍🎤 The single most important speech at Davos (and why it wasn’t given by Trump) 🤔📊 Does conventional political analysis even work anymore? 🏛️🙅‍♂️ Will Senate Republicans ever stand up to Trump? ⚖️📚 Bill Cassidy as object lesson 🧠🗣️ Chuck’s one word description for Trump’s first year in his 2nd term 🪞🧠 Josh Shapiro’s political narcissism 🚨👥 Why Jeffrey Epstein is the closest friend Donald Trump ever had 🎲🏛️ Our latest odds on the fight for the Senate and House majorities 🏈🎉 Chuck on being at the College Football National Championship — and why he’s optimistic about his Hurricanes

    1h 3m

  7. Jan 26

    No place like Noem

    Why Kristi Noem is likely going to get fired for the Minneapolis debacle. Plus: 📰💥 The collapse of the Washington Post 🚔🔥 Why Minneapolis looks a lot like Ruby Ridge 📉🇺🇸 How the past month has been disastrous for Trump (and the country) 🧠⏳ Why Chuck has Terri Schiavo on his mind these days 🤝⚡ What Ted Cruz and Al Gore have in common 🥊🤝 The “fighter” vs. “uniter” dynamic in the Texas Democratic primary 🔪👀 The knives are out for Josh Shapiro 🇺🇸📜 James K. Polk! 🏈💰 Why we think the Super Bowl betting line is too low

    1h 9m

  8. Jan 19

    Chris and Chuck Chop It Up (1/13/26)

    Chris Cillizza and Chuck Todd discuss the politics of the day, week and month. Highlights: How Trump 2026 looks a lot like Joe Biden 2022 🇺🇸🔁 The rising number of GOP elected officials willing to stand up to Trump 📈🤨 The “resistance” vs “renewal” debate in Democratic messaging 🔥🔄 Who’s the most popular Cuban in Miami right now? And why it isn’t Marco Rubio. 🇨🇺🏆❓ Why Cuba’s days are numbered ⏳🌴 How Mary Peltola helps Democratic recruiting efforts all over the country 🤝🌍 The Minneapolis shooting shows the very real effects of our fragmented media environment 🎥📉💥 Chuck on the Miami Hurricanes run to the national championship game next week 🏈🌪️🏆

    1h 4m
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Chris Cillizza and Chuck Todd break down the week in politics. With a healthy dose of sports too! Independent. Calling balls and strikes.

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