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Each week on the "Highway to Hill" podcast, two Congress experts break down the political science behind the week's biggest story on Capitol Hill in 30 minutes or less. Hosted by Charlie Hunt and SoRelle Gaynor.
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Nerding out on Downballot data (with David Nir!) (opens the original)
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Today on Highway to Hill: The midterms are just a handful of weeks away, and that means it’s time to bring in the big guns (if the guns you are interested in are smart data analysis). We are so lucky to be joined this week by David Nir. David is the publisher of The Downballot, which is absolutely required reading if you’re an election nerd like we are. The Downballot is a nonpartisan source of information and analysis for the thousands of elections that take place below the presidency, from Sen
Artificial intelligence, authentic stupidity (opens the original)
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Today on Highway to Hill: It might be the end of the world as we know it, so we’re just gonna podcast through it. Alarm bells are ringing across the tech world about the potential extinction-level dangers of artificial intelligence. But with so much uncertainty in the air, Congress doesn’t seem likely to rise to the occasion and do something about it. What explains Congress’s lack of action, and who is going to pick up the slack? You’ll absolutely hate the answer!This week’s syllabus 📚“<a
Big tent, bigger problems (opens the original)
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Today on Highway to Hill: It’s almost time to close the book on 2026 primary elections to Congress; but don’t worry, an excruciating general election has only just begun. Charlie and SoRelle wrap up some primary season by taking stock of some final contests in Charlie’s beloved native New England, and try to measure just how big of a tent of candidates the Democrats have built in their quest to take back one or both chambers of Congress. Plus, we take stock of “Trump-a-palooza”, and whether the
Covering Congress (with Nina Heller!) (opens the original)
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This week on Highway to Hill: SoRelle and Charlie are joined by a very special guest; our first journalist we’ve ever had on Highway to Hill, and someone whose name you will already know if you’ve ever read our show notes, because we are constantly relying on her great reporting. Nina Heller is a features reporter at CQ Roll Call, our very favorite Congress-focused news outlet, and she’s been nice enough to join us today to talk about what it’s like to be a hill reporter in 2026, about what Cong
The conference committee is in session (opens the original)
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Today on Highway to Hill : Congress is still in recess, but SoRelle and Charlie are busier than ever, because next week is (hold onto your hats) the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. But it won’t just be schmoozing and cocktail parties; SoRelle and I are both presenting new research at this conference. So while Congress is away, we thought we’d share some new findings about them, from both the lawmaking and representation sides of things. This is a public episode. If
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