Swing State

Our Final Swing State Episode: How We Rebuild Our Economy

Oct 29, 2020

It will be Trump or Biden, with everything that choice means. In Covid time, with many millions out of work and so much uncertainty around basic questions of health, housing, money for food, the future of businesses and jobs, we wanted to look straight at the US economy in the midst of pandemic and...

The Final Push: Trump, Biden and The Media

Oct 21, 2020

Voters are already out in record-setting millions, many in line for hours to have their say. We've tried to be a point of honest clarity in this election run-up, but we all know it's an information war zone out there. We have two leading lights from the news business for their take on the battlefront. Margaret Sullivan...

Why Are We Ignoring The Big One? Climate Migration

Oct 8, 2020

The 2020 election campaign season is fraught with unrelenting drama – who's infected now, hate-spewing, and the president's latest Tweetstorm – we lose track of the scale of what's really upon us. Beyond masks and death rates, the pandemic, the high court, the economy, democracy, fear of fascism, and all the...

Are Americans Even Listening To Each Other Anymore?

Sep 30, 2020

Is there a better way to do journalism than Americans are seeing, hearing, and reading right now? Heidi and Tom dive in with John Gable who set out almost a decade ago to help news consumers get out of their information bubbles and see the world afresh with his website allsides.com. But is there a way to cover these...

Longtime GOP Strategist Stuart Stevens Games Out 2020 and Says It Was All A Lie

Sep 17, 2020

Republican super-strategist Stuart Stevens knows the home stretch to presidential elections like very few others. He’s been at the heart of Republican campaigns for decades – for big-name governors, senators, Republican presidents, and contenders: George W. Bush, John McCain, Bob Dole, and most recently as the...