The Takeout

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POLITICS
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Politics, policy and a side of pop culture: Major Garrett serves up a balanced diet of serious discussion, humor and food...for thought.

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Wednesday Morning Quarterbacks

The people have spoken. Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, will be the 47th president come January. How did Trump win? What will he do next? We've got the sharpest political minds at CBS News to break it all down over cheesecake and omelets at Junior's in New York City. CBS News Director of Elections and Surveys Anthony Salvanto and Senior White House and Political Correspondent Ed O'Keefe join Major for a coffee-fueled chat about the election and the incoming administration. Join us! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

42 min
NOV 1

Inside the Early Vote with Tom Bonier

More than 60 million Americans have already voted in the 2024 election. Who they voted for remains a mystery, but there are plenty of clues about voting patterns says Democratic data guru Tom Bonier of analytics firm TargetSmart. Voter registration data can also provide breadcrumbs to a public hungry for hints about the election outcome. Join us! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

41 min
OCT 25

Carolina Blues: Healing from Helene's Havoc

Hurricane Helene ran roughshod over western North Carolina in late September, killing nearly 100 and making life difficult for thousands more. Major speaks to Appalachian State professor and former CNN correspondent Chris Moody who lives in the region and has been tracking the clean up effort. Major is also joined by elections expert and CBS News contributor David Becker who explains how voting will change in North Carolina to accommodate storm victims. Join us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

42 min
OCT 18

Poll Position: CBS News's Anthony Salvanto

CBS News Executive Director of Elections and Surveys Anthony Salvanto joins Major this week to explain how CBS News digests data, conducts polls and makes Election Day projections. A recent CBS News poll found that Harris voters and Trump voters can't even agree on basic facts about the economy, FEMA relief and immigration. Join us for a behind the scenes look at CBS News's preparations for the upcoming election that is shaping up to be one of the tightest races in recent memory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

42 min
OCT 11

The Apprentice: Director Ali Abbasi

"The Apprentice," a Donald Trump biopic starring Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan, depicts Trump's early business career and his relationship with controversial mentor Roy Cohn. The film premieres on October 11th, but there's at least one person who doesn't want you to see it: Donald Trump. His lawyers threatened to sue the filmmakers earlier this year to block the film's release (they haven't sued so far) and his campaign team calls the movie, "pure malicious defamation." That's not how director Ali Abbasi sees it. In fact, Abbasi tells Major there's plenty in the film for Trump haters and Trump lovers alike. Join us! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

42 min
OCT 4

The False White Gospel: Theologian Jim Wallis

Last month, Major traveled to Wisconsin and interviewed two prominent figures spreading the gospel of Trumpism via the growing white Christian nationalist movement. This week, Major sits down with Jim Wallis, a D.C.-based public theologian and justice activist who believes many of that movement's leaders are, "power brokers who are using religion to promote fear and hate." In his latest book "The False White Gospel," Wallis makes the argument that the teachings of the Christian nationalist movement are "antithetical to the teachings of Jesus," and if democracy is to be refounded, we must raise up the faith in all of us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

43 min
SEP 27

The Battle for Michigan with Rep. Debbie Dingell

Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D) believes her battleground state will remain competitive until the last vote is counted on Election Day. What advice does she have for Vice President Harris's presidential campaign? Do the Democrats have a chance of winning the House of Representatives? What can Congress get done between now and the end of the year? Rep. Dingell takes on these questions and more in this week’s show. Join us! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

42 min
SEP 20

Free and Fair: Four Battleground State Election Officials

Major traveled to Atlanta earlier this month to speak with four battleground state election administrators - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Member Bill Gates (R), Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein (R) and Chief Operating Officer for Georgia’s Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling (R). All four shared a sense of cautious optimism roughly two months ahead of Election Day, but they sounded the alarm on threats of violence rooted in lies and misinformation. Join us! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Big Star

Aug 9

Marshfield WI

Listen every week and always find the interviews informative but Neil Gorsuch was terrible. Monotone and boring.
Take off

Nov 4

rmullins0609

Minor Garrett needs to be b team
The battle for Michigan

Sep 28

Geoplanter

Perhaps Major should have schooled Rep. Dingle on some Middle East history? There was peace on October 6th! Hamas broke it! Hamas hides their military under and behind civilians. Their civilians getting pounded is part of their PR strategy. Can you trust the counts coming from Hamas with regard of killed and wounded? Did Hezbollah have to jump into the fray, as Israel holds no Lebanese land and does not hold Lebanese refugees. Now that they have, shouldn’t they be defanged?
Clean and teaches what you should know

Jun 20

WonderSum

Although the background noise of the resultant is kinda different I thought it was really cool to learn about what the different people that this show hosts have to say. I really liked the Immigration nation with author Zeke Hernandez, it definitely changed my perspective a bit with the facts of what has been happening with the border currently. I like how it made logical arguments to advocate for immigration to improve and become more efficient. I would have preferred to some of the statistics as percentages because for the facts I was most interested/sceptic about they gave the information in a way that want as clear as I would have wanted, and also could be skewed if they want to make a false perspective.