The Senate Podcast

The Senate

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A weekly half-hour podcast about the people, procedures, and history of the United States Senate. The show is hosted by Claude Berube, PhD who taught for twenty years at the US Naval Academy where he created and hosted the Preble Hall Naval History podcast. He also worked on Capitol Hill. He is the author or co-author of books on government, naval history, and a thriller fiction series.

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The Senate Podcast

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Episode 11, The Senate Press Gallery, with Paul Kane 13.04.2025 29:26

Paul Kane is the senior congressional correspondent for the Washington Post and has been covering the Senate for 25 years. Host: Claude Berube, PhD

Senator Robert C. Byrd, with Glenn Elliott 05.04.2025 24:15

A former aide to Senator Byrd, Glenn Elliott discusses the life and legacy in the Senate of Robert C. Byrd. Host: Claude Berube, PhD

Episode 9: Stories of the Senate, with Dr. Donald Ritchie 30.03.2025 49:33

Dr. Don Ritchie, Historian Emeritus of the United States Senate shares stories of the Senate including the Senate press, Drew Pearson & Joe McCarthy, Robert Byrd, and others. Host: Claude Berube, PhD

Episode 8: The Life & Library of Senator Margaret Chase Smith, with Dr. Chris O'Brien 23.03.2025 27:31

Chris O'Brien, PhD, Director of the Senator Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan, Maine, discusses her life and the collection available to researchers. Hosted by Claude Berube, PhD. Senator Smith's "Declaration of Conscience" speech can be found here: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/margaretchasesmithconscience.html

Episode 7: Senate Staff, with Alec Rogers 16.03.2025 34:10

Former Senate staff member Alec Rogers discusses the staff ecosystem in the Senate.

Episode 6: Advise and Consent, with Kelly Johnston 10.03.2025 39:06

Kelly Johnston, former Secretary of the Senate, and host Claude Berube discuss the 1962 movie "Advise and Consent," based on Allen Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1959 novel by the same name. There were some minor audio glitches in this episode.

Episode 5: The Confirmation Process and Sherpas 03.03.2025 23:32

The guest for this episode, Dirk Maurer, is a retired Marine who earned his Juris Doctorate from GeorgetownUniversity Law Center. He has served in the Pentagon, appointed by the George W. Bush and first Donald Trump administrations three times as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. At the beginning of the first Trump administration, he was responsible for overseeing the confirmation of all De...

Episode 4: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, with author John Gilstrap 23.02.2025 36:35

New York Times best-selling novelist and screenwriter John Gilstrap discusses the 1939 movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," about an idealistic young Senator played by Jimmy Stewart. In addition to his novels, Netflix is developing a movie about his early non-fiction work, "Six Minutes to Freedom." You can learn more about him and his works at www.johngilstrap.com The show is...

Episode 3: The Secretary of the Senate 10.02.2025 27:54

Kelly Johnston discusses the role and history of Secretary of the Senate, a position in which he formerly served. https://kellyjohnston.substack.com/

Episode 2: The Senate Parliamentarian, with Alan Frumin 03.02.2025 41:49

Alan Frumin served in the Senate Parliamentarian's office longer than anyone in history. In this episode he explains the roles and authorities of the Senate Parliamentarian.

Episode 1: Foundations with Dr. Dan Holt 27.01.2025 27:28

Dr. Dan Holt is an Associate Historian with the Senate Historical Office. In this episode, he discusses how the Founders conceptualized and formed the Senate through early debates.

Introduction: Welcome 22.01.2025 3:03

This brief episode sets the vision for this series about the United States Senate, a non-partisan, non-political podcast about the history, culture, rules, procedures, and people of the Senate. Hosted by Claude Berube, PhD, an author and former professor. He previously created and hosted for four years the Preble Hall Naval History podcast.