The Bill Press Pod

Pundits have labeled Donald Trump crazy, a toddler, a narcissist. To get beyond the punditry we went to actual mental health professionals for this series of special podcasts based on the New York Times bestseller, T he Dangerous Case of Donald Trump . In conversations with a dozen psychiatrists and psychologists, we explore the pathologies that make Donald Trump the terrible person and worse pres...

Obama goes in on Trump and the GOP at John Lewis' Homegoing. Trump whines about his plummeting popularity with Covid raging and the economy not. Hosted this week by Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter for The Wall Street Journal with Matt Gertz, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor, CQ Roll Call and Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter for The H...

Dr. Mary Trump's Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, is a runaway bestseller and a crucial window into the dangerous mental life of the most powerful man in world. We decided to gather three mental health professionals to read the book and compare it to their own work in their bestseller from 2017, T he Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, 27 Psychiatrists a...

Paul Begala is a leading Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN. He’s also been Bill’s good friend and collaborator for years. They breakdown Paul’s new book, You're Fired: The Perfect Guide to Beating Donald Trump. You can pre-order the book here. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The Teamsters Union. America's largest with 1.4 million members. Not just truc...

Moms face the Feds in Portland. GOP Convention OFF but schools ON? Trump claims he doesn't dementia. Again. Obama and Joe talk. AOC shines. With Pema Levy, Reporter for Mother Jones, Ginger Gibson, Editor at NBC News Digital and Chris Lu, fmr. Obama Cabinet Secretary. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, on the frontlines in our supermarkets and food...

Our politics are broken, maybe even Humpty-Dumpty broken. And Trump sure added fuel, but the fire that crippled American politics was started by Newt Gingrich in the 1980's. So says the book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party, by Julian Zelizer. He's a Professor of History and Public Affairs at the Princeton School of Public...

Trump losing it. Covid winning. Schools not opening. Masks. Masks. The Roundtable with Addy Baird, Politics Reporter, BuzzFeed News, Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor, Politico and Vann Newkirk, Senior Editor for The Atlantic and host of the Floodlines Podcast. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the frontline workers of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. More information at UFCW.or...

John Roberts moving to the middle? Big decisions on DACA, LGBTQ+ and Native American Rights. Plus a session of beatdowns for the Trump Administration. With Adam Liptak who has been covering The Supreme Court for The New York Times since 2008. He’s also a former practicing attorney. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The American Federation of Teachers. More information at AFT.org . See Privacy...

Dangerous School Openings? Trump Failing and Flailing. Biden Bides His Time. Successfully. With Jason Joseph Dick, Deputy Editor, CQ Roll Call, Lauren Burke, Writer, Black Press USA, and Gabe Debenedetti, National Correspondent, New York Magazine.  Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The Teamsters Union. It's 1.5 million members run the gamut from A-Z. From Airline Pilots to Zookeepers. Mo...

Randi Weingarten is President of The American Federation of Teachers, one of two teachers’ unions in the U. S.  She previews what SHOULD happen this fall as schools restart. She worries about what WILL happen if Trump continues his lies about Covid 19. She also reveals the results of a new poll of teachers on the effectiveness of remote learning. Spoiler alert: Not good. The Am...

Trump losing. Covid gaining. Trump "hoaxes" the Russian bounty story. Veepstakes heating up. With Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at The Wall Street Journal and Political analyst for CNN, Igor Bobic Politics Reporter at HuffPost, and Leah Askarinam, Editor of National Journal Hotline. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the hard-working teachers of The American Federation...

David Frum is an Atlantic Senior Editor, a Bush 43 speech writer. And still a Republican. His new book, Trumpocalypse, (buy it here ), is a searing take down of Trump and a plan for the USA and the world to recover from Trump. Including statehood for DC, a new voting rights act, killing the filibuster and requiring the release of tax returns for all presidential candidates. Today's Bill Press Pod...

Bolton Book. Biden Surges. Covid Rising. Black Lives Matter at the Polls. With Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter, The Daily Mail, Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor, Politico and Joseph Williams, Senior Editor at U.S. News & World Report. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the Laborers International Union of North America. More information at LIUNA.org . See Privacy Policy at https:/...

David Ignatius is an award-winning (French Legion of Honor!) columnist for The Washington Post focusing on foreign affairs. Bill talks David about Trump, Michael Flynn, Russia and North Korea. He’s also the author of 11 spy novels. His latest, The Paladin , delves deep into the dangerous world of cybersecurity and technologically sophisticated misinformation campaigns. Including “deep fakes.” You...

Bolton. DACA. LGBTQ+. Dem Leverage on Police Reform. Covid still dangerous. Today's pod guest-hosted by Chris Lu, fmr Obama Labor and WH official with Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times, Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer for The Hill and Elliot Williams, CNN Legal Analyst who spent 8 years in the Obama Administration at DOJ and DHS. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The Ironworkers Uni...

House Whip, Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina, talks about the need for comprehensive police reform but warns against counterproductive slogans like "Defund the Police." He details Trump's life-long racism culminating in the planned Tulsa rally. He reveals how his late wife and he urged Biden to run. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The United Food and Commercial Workers Union. On...

Police reform possible? Trump behind the curve. Covid not gone. Biden VP? Former Obama Labor Dept. and White House official Chris Lu subs for Bill (on vacation) with Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call, Matt Gertz, Senior Fellow, Media Matters and Alaina Beverly, Former Associate Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the American Federation of...

Bill Kristol is a longtime Conservative thinker, journalist, commentator and government official. He appears often on CNN and MSNBC. Now he is devoted to keeping Trump from getting another term. He details the plans and the fears of the Never-Trumpers. And what the GOP might be like after Trump is gone from the White House. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the International Association of Fi...

Trump, under attack, bunkers down. Protests keep going and so does Covid-19. Is Biden a lock? With Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent for Yahoo News, Lauren Burke, Writer for Black Press USA and Niall Stanage, White House Columnist for The Hill. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the Laborers International Union of North America, building America's infrastructure. More information at LIU...

Bakari Sellers is an attorney, activist, CNN Commentator and author the great new memoir, My Vanishing Country . You can buy it here. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the heroic men and women of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. They staff our grocery stores, pharmacies and food processing plants on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic. More information at UFCW.org . See Priva...

Protests in MN. Trump vs. Twitter vs. Scarborough vs. Obama vs. Truth. Bill breaks it all down with Addy Baird, Political Reporter for BuzzFeed New, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call and Sam Baker, Healthcare Editor at Axios. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the Teamsters Union. America's strongest union. More information at Teamster.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv...

My conversation with TIME national correspondent Molly Ball on her new and great bio of Nancy Pelosi: How the most powerful woman in America gets things done. How the stifled dreams of her mother drove her to be the master of her own fate. Plus inside stories of how she deals with the men who stand in her way. Including Trump. You can buy Pelosi here . Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the Ir...

"Mail-in Voter Fraud" Fraud. Is Trump really taking that drug? Biden moving left. Veepstakes. Bill talks it all out with Pema Levy of Mother Jones, Igor Bobic of the Huffington Post and Chris Lu, fmr top Obama WH aide and Assistant Secretary of Labor. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the SMART Union. We thank them for their support. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Ca...

Corn is the Co-Author of Russian Roulette on Trump/Russia and the Mother Jones DC Bureau Chief. He and Bill discuss how the BS "Obamagate Scandal" is the logical extension of Trump's birtherism hoax and his attempt to re-write the history of the Russian attack in 2016 to elect Donald Trump. What Corn calls the greatest political scandal in American history. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by t...

Trump's made-up Obama scandal, dire predictions for Covid-19 this fall, Biden's Veepstakes. Bill breaks it all down with Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter for the Huffington Post and Chris Cadelago, National Political Reporter covering 2020 for Politico. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the now much more...