Politics Inside Out from Marketplace

Latest Episodes:

Trump's Ohio and the global economy Nov 17, 2016

Show notes

Globalization can feel like an abstract force, or it can feel much more personal. Today, we've got the view from Dayton, Ohio. Plus, a look at the nitty-gritty of tax reform. As always, send us your questions about the economy and how it's changing post-election.

Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure Nov 16, 2016

Show notes

We got a few questions about how Trump's infrastructure plan could get through a Republican-controlled Congress:Mike Rodgers asked, "since history indicates republicans don't want to fund anything, what's that mean for trumps ideas?"Justin Taylor asked, "how long will it take to get a $1 tril #infrastructure bill written, passed, signed, and get projects started, & $ flowing?"Marketplace's Washington D.C Bureau Chief Andrea Seabrook joins the show to discuss those questions and the Democratic Party's playbook the next four years.Got questions over the economy over the next four years? Tweet them at @Marketplace.

Is fiscal responsibility out the window? Nov 15, 2016

Show notes

You guys had some questions about how Congress will work with a Trump presidency and whether fiscal responsibility will be out the window over the next four years.We're tackling some of that today on the podcast starting with listener Jim Gordon, who asked: "How much can Trump directly affect policy with existing checks and balances? Will we see interest rates rise?"Here's Washington Bureau Chief Andrea Seabrook:One of the things we've been talking about in our editorial meetings is that the one area that Donald Trump really negotiated or consulted even with Republican leadership in the House and Senate was on economic policy, specifically taxes and spending. And so in many ways the Donald Trump tax policy mirrors the Paul Ryan tax policy, and there's a good reason he did that. Paul Ryan is a policy wonk, he is the head of the House of Representatives, and anything that is going to happen, speaking of checks and balances, on economic policy when it comes to major spending and tax changes, has to go through the House of Representatives. Budget bills must be originated in the House of Representatives, they can't even be originated in the Senate. It is the power of the purse, which is a big power in this country.Got questions about the election aftermath, Trump's first 100 days or the the American economy over the next four years? Tweet them at @Marketplace, @kairyssdal or @RadioBabe.

Trump's trillion-dollar infrastructure bill Nov 14, 2016

Show notes

It's President-elect Trump Day 6, but who's counting? On Sunday, Trump announced Reince Priebus as White House Chief of Staff and Stephen Bannon as Chief Strategist. Marketplace's DC Bureau Chief Andrea Seabrook explains the reaction from Washington:First of all, oh my gosh. If Wednesday was a shocker for the entire Washington politician universe, having Reince Preibus move in as the Chief of Staff, it's a big shock. The man has been on the outs of the Republican party for years now. This is the guy who shepherded out the establishment fundraising platform, even post-Citizens United. This is the guy who more or less scared away every donor. Maybe he was a harbinger of a Donald Trump presidency, because the Republican party has eaten itself alive for a lot of years and was thought to be eating itself alive in this election, until Donald Trump pulled out Wisconsin and Michigan, and now it's Reince Preibus in the White House? I think I've said this three times in this podcast, we woke up in Mars.One of the first agenda items discussed for Donald Trump's presidency has been a trillion-dollar bill for infrastructure. Seabrook is unsure if such a bill would have Speaker Paul Ryan's blessing:It's going to be incredibly difficult. At the same time that Donald Trump and lots of other people are talking about immense spending deals — I remember the gasp in the room when George Bush said $87 billion in investment — you talk about a trillion? I mean again, Mars. We should call this podcast, "Politics on Mars." At the same time that they're saying they want to do this, they're also saying they're going to cut down income tax brackets down to three, topping off at 33 percent, which is a lot lower than it is now. They're talking about cutting corporate tax rates. They're talking about all of these ideas to spend money, but to drain the Treasury at the same time through tax changes. That is not going to fly with people like Paul Ryan. Got questions about the election aftermath, Trump's first 100 days or the future of the American economy over the next four years? Tweet them to @Marketplace, @kairyssdal or @RadioBabe.

Trump's tricks of the trade Nov 11, 2016

Show notes

President-elect Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were on the same page on one issue — infrastructure. But will Trump be able to convince Republican lawmakers to pony up a trillion dollars for his proposed plan? And if he does, how will the country pay for it?Marketplace's Washington Bureau Chief Andrea Seabrook says it puts the GOP in a bit of a quandary:For people like Paul Ryan and the traditional Republican Party that is in place for the House and Senate, this is not just a rhetorical shift. Their entire ideological base, the things they truly believe in, are based on not running up any more debt and deficit and shrinking government and frankly when you cut taxes, no matter how much they would like to do that and how much they believe in this idea that cutting taxes stimulates the economy, you drain the treasury. So how do they do it? I don’t know. I think there’s a very good case to be made that Donald Trump may be more fractious to the Republican Party than any Hillary Clinton or any other Republican candidate would’ve been.While Trump may have an uphill battle on spending, his hard-stance on trade seems to be working on some level already. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that he is now willing to begin talks to renegotiate NAFTA. But Seabrook says unwinding decades worth of trade negotiation policy isn't something that can be done with a pen. You can't just magically create jobs by magically changing NAFTA. It takes years for those things to change if they're going to change at all. I think we're going to have a really big reality check, at least for people who expect a lot from Donald Trump and for Donald Trump himself.Got questions about the election aftermath, Trump's first 100 days or the future of the American economy over the next four years? Tweet to @kairyssdal or @RadioBabe and we'll try and answer them.

Who wants a job? Nov 10, 2016

Show notes

On today's show, we're reading the exit poll tea leaves to see how different groups voted. Plus, President-Elect Donald Trump turns to filling out his cabinet. Traditionally, a Republican administration brings in Washington insiders and members of conservative think tanks, but Trump is far from a traditional Republican. Here's Marketplace DC Bereau Chief Andrea Seabrook:There's a really big difference between, conceptually, rhetorically, between slowly molding the economy that should be, which is what Hillary Clinton did, and saying, "the economy that is sucks for you [and] for us," which is what Trump said. I think that the people that have already lost that insiders-outsiders battle, who already don't have access, they're the ones who voted for Trump by and large.

The election hangover Nov 09, 2016

Show notes

President Barack Obama made one public prediction before the election: That the sun would rise on November 9 regardless of who won. What he didn't say was the sun would illuminate an America that's much different than many people thought it was. Marketplace's Washington Bureau Chief Andrea Seabrook breaks it down in the latest installment of "Politics Inside Out": There is so much about this election that is shocking for so many reasons– the polls, the media and this and that – but really what we need to look at it as is a reflection of ourselves. If there are that many people in our country who didn’t know that a huge center of our population feels completely disenfranchised – like it is outside of the whole system – well then that says something about the people who thought that. It says something about how much we are able to ignore. It says something about the privilege of thinking you’re sticking up for people who are disenfranchised but actually ignoring some sectors of that. And that’s not to say that the people who voted for Trump were the least fortunate among us, that’s certainly not true, but they are the people who have gained but have gained the slowest and have not been in many ways the focus of Wall Street or Washington or our culture for many years.

Goosebumps and tears on Hillary Clinton's big night Jul 29, 2016

Show notes

The Democratic National Convention wrapped up last night with a speech from the party's official nominee, Secretary Hillary Clinton. We checked in with delegates about what they wanted to hear from Clinton's speech, and again afterward to see if they got what they wanted. And we share our favorite recorded moments from the DNC in a friendly competition we've been calling our "audio smackdown."

An evening of seersucker and 'malarkey' Jul 28, 2016

Show notes

Day three of the DNC served as a rebuttal to the pessimistic tone present at the RNC last week. President Barack Obama said that Americans embrace the future, rather than fear it, while Vice President Joe Biden described Donald Trump's ability to empathize with the middle class "a bunch of malarkey." Secretary Hillary Clinton also made a surprise appearance, sharing the stage with Obama. Plus, we asked convention attendees some questions from our listeners. One of the people who answered was dressed head to toe in seersucker — which could be an early sign of unity within the Democratic Party.

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Politics Inside Out from Marketplace

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected