Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

Ken Rudin

English United States News Politics
Active · Publishes monthly

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Episodes
50
In catalog
Apple Rating
4.7 / 5
622 Apple ratings
Cadence
Monthly
~every 32 days
Avg Length
50m
Per episode
Latest
May 30, 2026
Active

About the Show

Essential political news, analysis and history with veteran political analyst Ken Rudin.

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Established Catalog

50 episodes — long track record

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Active Since
Feb 01, 2022
Consistency
12%
Format
Episodic
Hosting
www.krpoliticaljunkie.com
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Recent Episodes

Episode #430: Trump’s Magical Mystery Revenge & Retribution Tour

May 30, 2026 54m

Donald Trump had an extraordinarily successful month of endorsing winning challengers to Republican incumbents in the primaries.  Laura Merrifield Wilson of the University of Indianapolis discusses…

Episode #429: Swalwell That Ends Well

May 05, 2026 53m

The meteoric rise — and dramatic fall — of Congressman Eric Swalwell is the subject of this episode.  Seema Mehta, a political reporter with the Los Angeles Times, recounts how he went from media…

Episode #428: Walz Came Tumbling Down

Jan 09, 2026

Kathryn Pearson of the University of Minnesota explains the scandal that may have ended Gov. Tim Walz’s political career, and the expected decision by Sen. Amy Klobuchar that she would seek to…

Episode #427: Jasmine Crockett, Arriving; Jim Hunt, Departed.

Dec 22, 2025

Matthew Wilson, political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, sets up the fierce primaries, Democratic and Republican, for the Senate in Texas.  Incumbent Republican John…

Episode #426: Marjorie Tinker Taylor Q’Anon Traitor Patriot

Dec 10, 2025

Congressional analyst Jack Pitney assesses the meaning of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s upcoming resignation from Congress, and weighs whether the Georgia Republican still has a future in politics, given…

Episode #425: Day Of The Woman? Election 2025

Oct 29, 2025 1h 15m

Maine Public Radio’s Steve Mistler focuses on what may be the Democrats’ best chance at a Senate pickup in 2026, the seat of five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins.  Establishment Democrats in…

Episode #424: The Tragedy Of Joe Biden

Jun 09, 2025 42m

Journalist and historian Chris Whipple, author of the new book “Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History,” talks about how the Democratic Party, the…

Episode #423: Dick Durbin’s 44 Years Of Service

May 10, 2025 1h 3m

Chicago Tribune political correspondent Rick Pearson sums up the career of Dick Durbin, the Illinois Democrat who is retiring after five terms in the Senate. PLUS:  George Santos can continue to lie,…

Episode #422: How Mitch McConnell Enabled The Party Takeover By Donald

Mar 03, 2025 43m

Joe Gerth, columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, takes us through the long Senate career of Mitch McConnell, the Republican from Kentucky, who announced he will not seek an eighth…

Episode #421: The Consoler In Chief

Feb 06, 2025 1h

Jeff Greenfield remembers how Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush consoled the nation during crisis and trauma, and compares their actions to those of Donald Trump, whose…

Episode #420: Decency And Civility, Then And Now

Jan 25, 2025 1h 8m

Donald Trump’s election opened up two Senate seats — in Ohio, where JD Vance was elected vice president, and in Florida, where Marco Rubio joined the Trump Cabinet as Secretary of State.  Jeremy…

Episode #419: Trump Won, And His Cabinet Choices Prove It

Dec 05, 2024 1h 35m

Republican strategist Terry Holt explains what happened on November 5th and dissects some of Donald Trump’s more controversial Cabinet picks. Aubrey Jewett of the University of Central Florida…

Episode #418: Butte And The Beast

Oct 04, 2024

Holly Michels of the Montana State News Bureau for Lee Newspapers reports on the tough re-election battle facing Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat seeking a fourth term in an overwhelmingly Republican…

Episode #417: The Unfathomable Rise Of Kamala Harris

Sep 16, 2024 49m

Dan Morain, a journalist who spent decades at the Los Angeles Times and the Sacramento Bee, and who is the author of “Kamala’s Way,” the first biography of Vice President Kamala Harris, talks about…

Episode #416: I’d Walk A Mile For A Kamala

Jul 29, 2024 1h 3m

Anti-Trump Republican strategist Mike Murphy tries to sum up a surreal month of politics, starting with Joe Biden’s debate from hell and ending with the president’s withdrawal and the likely…

Episode #415: The Debate — Cui Bono?

Jun 20, 2024 1h 6m

Alan Schroeder, author of the definitive book on presidential debates, takes us on a tour of memorable debates over the years and tries to assess how next week’s “bash” (CNN pun intended) between…

Episode #414: Trump Law, Meet Murphy’s Law

Jun 06, 2024

Republican and Never-Trump strategist Mike Murphy joins us to discuss the state of politics in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts, the first time a former president was…

Episode #413: Maryland Has A Thriller, Farewell To Pete, And A Ruff Ending For Kristi

May 12, 2024 46m

Pamela Wood of the Baltimore Banner sets up Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Maryland to succeed retiring Sen. Ben Cardin.  David Trone and Angela Alsobrooks are engaged in an increasingly heated…

Episode #412: Old McDaniel Told A Lie

Apr 04, 2024 1h 5m

NPR’s David Folkenflik sorts out the brouhaha NBC News found itself in when it hired Ronna McDaniel as a paid commentator — a hire that lasted all of four days.  An all-staff mutiny followed her new…

Episode #411: A Sense Of Yuma After Sinema’s Departure

Mar 12, 2024 53m

The announcement by Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat-turned-independent, that she would not seek a second term was hardly a surprise.  But it shook up a key Senate race in a body where…

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