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Checks and Balance from The Economist
Checks and Balance unlocks American politics by taking a big theme each week and digging into the data, the ideas, and the history shaping the country.Join John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard, Idrees Kahloon and Jon Fasman as they talk to politicians, pollsters, academics and people across the country about the great experiment of American democracy. Published every Friday.If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription.For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get...
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4.6 stars from 2,396 ratings
Wump Wump, time to shut it down
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“Not sure how any of them can seriously consider themselves serious political journalists before and after this event given the election results versus their forecast. I’m sure that they will try and hide behind some probability jibberjab, but this team did horribly and probably not worth...”Read full review »
c.hristovski via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/06/24
Wokeness? Really?
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“Weighing in on the fake culture wars (no two people define ‘woke’ the same) should be beneath you. The GOP Senate undemocratically stole a SCOTUS pick from Obama. A man who lost the popular vote placed three corrupt Justices on the Court. “The Left” is reeling from the consequences of these...”Read full review »
Batman-of-Steel via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/28/24
Always biased and one sided
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“The show is highly biased and one sided. Most hosts of the show openly presents themselves as democrats and casually swipes jokes about THE political view they don’t believe.
For ex. Today 23/09/24
The topic was election results.
Almost 💯 air time was about Trump will loose and outcome will be...”Read full review »
uadissa via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/22/24
Recent Episodes
Published 11/08/24
John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon are on today's edition of The Intelligence with their take on the election results so far. To listen, head to The Intelligence feed. Checks and Balance will be back on Friday with a full episode.
Published 11/06/24
Whoever wins Pennsylvania will probably win the presidency: according to The Economist’s forecast model it’s the most likely tipping point state. We’ve travelled to three different areas to assess how the campaign is going, and try to read the electoral tea leaves. Who’s winning in...
Published 10/04/24
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