Ranked #1
The Politics of Snowstorms
The Politics of Snowstorms
This week, The Scrum podcast took a closer look at Governor Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's governing durin... Read more
4 Feb 2015
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12mins
Ranked #2
Every Party Has A Pooper
Every Party Has A Pooper
Will the Mass. Democrats who backed Republican Charlie Baker in the recent governor's race pay a price? Also in this epi... Read more
17 Dec 2014
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23mins
Ranked #3
Making Sense of Boston's Predictable, Surprising 2017 Elections
Making Sense of Boston's Predictable, Surprising 2017 Elections
We know Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was just re-elected by a big margin. Look closer at the results of Boston's municipal e... Read more
20 Nov 2017
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26mins
Ranked #4
Heather Cox Richardson's Impeachment Marathon
Heather Cox Richardson's Impeachment Marathon
Be honest: how closely are you following President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial? Maybe you’ve tuned out altogether, ... Read more
29 Jan 2020
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30mins
Ranked #5
Dan Kennedy on the Future of Newspapers
Dan Kennedy on the Future of Newspapers
Dan Kennedy’s new book, “The Return of the Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking Newspapers for the Twenty-... Read more
28 Mar 2018
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26mins
Ranked #6
Pre-Primary Palaver
Pre-Primary Palaver
With the drama-packed Massachusetts primary just a few days away, Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis size up recent developmen... Read more
30 Aug 2018
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24mins
Ranked #7
Housing: Boston City Hall Versus the Market
Housing: Boston City Hall Versus the Market
Boston’s overheated real-estate market is already changing the its fundamental character, and there’s grave concern that... Read more
17 May 2018
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21mins
Ranked #8
Who's Got The Edge In The Capuano-Pressley Contest?
Who's Got The Edge In The Capuano-Pressley Contest?
Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and Congressman Mike Capuano clashed recently in a debate sponsored by UMass Bosto... Read more
9 Aug 2018
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34mins
Ranked #9
New Kids On The Block: Nika Elugardo and Jon Santiago On Their Wins And What Comes Next
New Kids On The Block: Nika Elugardo and Jon Santiago On Their Wins And What Comes Next
Ayanna Pressley’s win over Mike Capuano was the big national story coming out of Massachusetts’ September 4 primary, but... Read more
12 Sep 2018
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36mins
Ranked #10
Linda Dorcena Forry Talks TPS and Trump
Linda Dorcena Forry Talks TPS and Trump
Right before Thanksgiving, the Trump Administration said it would end Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for about 60,0... Read more
30 Nov 2017
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13mins
Ranked #11
Boston Politics: Pitching Wu, Council Upheaval, And A BPS Reckoning
Boston Politics: Pitching Wu, Council Upheaval, And A BPS Reckoning
Is Michelle Wu Boston’s mayor in waiting? That’s the contention of the Atlantic, which recently published a glowing prof... Read more
30 Apr 2019
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33mins
Ranked #12
How Setti Warren Would Run Massachusetts
How Setti Warren Would Run Massachusetts
The Scrum rounds out its conversations with the Democratic candidates for governor with Setti Warren, the former mayor o... Read more
28 Feb 2018
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25mins
Ranked #13
Don't Confuse Legislating With Democracy
Don't Confuse Legislating With Democracy
Last month, a blog post by a retired Beacon Hill lobbyist made waves in local political circles because it details one o... Read more
4 Jan 2019
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29mins
Ranked #14
Is The Mass. GOP Charlie Baker's Party — Or Donald Trump's?
Is The Mass. GOP Charlie Baker's Party — Or Donald Trump's?
Governor Charlie Baker, the state’s most powerful Republican, has offered Massachusetts as a model for the way politics ... Read more
16 May 2019
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41mins
Ranked #15
Warren, Moulton, Klobuchar: Buy Or Sell?
Warren, Moulton, Klobuchar: Buy Or Sell?
In the month and a half between Elizabeth Warren’s unofficial and official presidential launches, did she gain momentum ... Read more
15 Feb 2019
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27mins
Ranked #16
The Muzzle Awards, Or, The Year In Free-Speech Failures
The Muzzle Awards, Or, The Year In Free-Speech Failures
Peter Kadzis flies solo in this episode, talking with WGBH News contributors Dan Kennedy and Harvey Silverglate about th... Read more
3 Jul 2018
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28mins
Ranked #17
Three Paths For Gonzalez
Three Paths For Gonzalez
It’s been a rough few days for Jay Gonzalez. A new Suffolk University poll shows him trailing Governor Charlie Baker by ... Read more
20 Sep 2018
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26mins
Ranked #18
Two From Kadzis: Baker And Walsh's T Tiff / Warren Gets The Kiddie Table
Two From Kadzis: Baker And Walsh's T Tiff / Warren Gets The Kiddie Table
We’re doing something different in this episode. Instead of bringing his wisdom incrementally, over the course of a Q an... Read more
20 Jun 2019
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31mins
Ranked #19
Rantgate Reconsidered — Plus, The #FITN Ghosts Of Governors Past
Rantgate Reconsidered — Plus, The #FITN Ghosts Of Governors Past
That thing Governor Charlie Baker said at the MLK Breakfast, right after Congressswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke…. Oof. Ser... Read more
23 Jan 2020
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35mins
Ranked #20
Did Barack Obama's Earliest Policy Decisions Give Us Donald Trump?
Did Barack Obama's Earliest Policy Decisions Give Us Donald Trump?
The election of Donald Trump can seem overdetermined, to use academic parlance: from Russian skulduggery to Hillary Clin... Read more
5 Jun 2019
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30mins