Beyond The Bubble

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The lies of May from Politifact May 30, 2018

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On this week's Beyond the Bubble, Politifact's Louis Jacobson details this month's biggest lies from politicians on the Hill and in your state. Hint: the president is one of them. Stay tuned.

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Indivisible talks #resistance and Dems May 23, 2018

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On this week's Beyond the Bubble, Alex Roarty and Andrea Drush talk to Indivisible's Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin about the state of the resistance and how Dems may not be doing their best. Then, Matt Bennett from the center-left group Third Way joins the crew to talk about how a moderate approach to resisting President Trump might be the best approach.

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Trump's effect reaches both party's primaries May 15, 2018

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On this week's Beyond the Bubble, Alex Roarty and Andrea Drusch are joined by Amanda Litman and Andy Roth to talk about how Democrats and Republicans fared in the primaries. Amanda comes from the progressive Run for Something organization and Andy oversees government affairs at the conservative Club for Growth. Our own Katie Glueck joined the conversation with Roth to talk about whether or not the Trump effect is getting to Republican primaries.

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Teacher protests sweep the nation May 08, 2018

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This week's episode features Alex Roarty and Andrea Drusch talking with a teacher in Kentucky about protests happening there. Then, Lexington Herald-Leader reporter Daniel Desrochers and The State's Jamie Self chat about what's happening in Kentucky and if South Carolina could be next.

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Rob Reiner and the reporters denied a Pulitzer May 02, 2018

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This week's BtB takes you, live, to The Palm in downtown Washington, D.C. where host Kristin Roberts interviews actor and director Rob Reiner about "Shock and Awe," the new film debuting June 14 about the Knight Ridder journalists who got the story about WMD's right when no one else did.

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Fake news and wage gaps: April's top lies Apr 25, 2018

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On this week's Beyond the Bubble, Alex Roarty and Andrea Drusch chat with Politifact's Lou Jacobson about April's top lies.

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Is the GOP reaching a boiling point? Apr 17, 2018

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On this week's episode, Alex Roarty and D.C. Fort-Worth Star-Telegram reporter Andrea Drusch talk with McClatchy White House reporter Anita Kumar about the chaos surrounding the Trump administration and the Hill. Tune into Beyond the Bubble each Tuesday.

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Never say never, says #NeverTrump Apr 10, 2018

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On this week's episode, Alex Roarty and D.C. Fort-Worth Star-Telegram reporter Andrea Drusch talk with Senator Marco Rubio's former presidential advisor Alex Conant about the #NeverTrumpers that have come back into the spotlight. Then, Roarty and Drusch talk to Katie Glueck about the likelihood that a Republican could outperform President Trump in the presidential primaries.

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Facebook breaches, campaign screeches Apr 03, 2018

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On this week's episode, Alex Roarty and D.C. Fort-Worth Star-Telegram reporter Andrea Drusch talk with Melissa Ryan of CTRL, ALT RIGHT, DELETE and the Factual Democracy Project about Facebook as a media company. Then, Tara McGowan of ACRONYM and Lockwood Strategies sits down to chat about how Facebook's data breach may affect political campaigns during this contentious election cycle. Tune in every Tuesday to Beyond the Bubble.

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Real, not real: The lies of March Mar 27, 2018

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On this week's episode, national politics reporters Alex Roarty and Katie Glueck chat with Politifact's Aaron Sharockman about March's top lies from the politicians that matter and the memes that sometimes don't. Tune in every Tuesday for Beyond the Bubble from McClatchy.

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