Podcast
The NPR Politics Podcast
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510310/npr-politics-podcast
Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washington and the campaign trail. They don't just tell you what happened. They tell you why it matters. Every afternoon. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for The NPR Politics Podcast.
1,815episodes
1,509guest appearances
291unique guests
Hosts
No host metadata loaded.
Frequent Guests
| Guest | Appearances | Hours | Most Recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Elving | 75 | 2024-12-30 | |
| Ryan Lucas | 75 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Greg Myre | 74 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Scott Horsley | 68 | 2026-03-11 | |
| Juana Summers | 64 | 2022-06-15 | |
| Stephen Fowler | 62 | 2026-06-17 | |
| Ximena Bustillo | 56 | 2026-07-23 | |
| Nina Totenberg | 52 | 2026-04-01 | |
| Elena Moore | 48 | 2026-07-27 | |
| Don Gonyea | 42 | 2025-08-13 | |
| Barbara Sprunt | 41 | 2026-07-10 | |
| Miles Parks | 34 | 2026-07-29 | |
| Tamara Keith | 30 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Sam Gringlas | 25 | 2026-07-28 | |
| Shannon Bond | 24 | 2026-06-23 | |
| Tom Bowman | 23 | 2025-11-18 | |
| Hansi Lo Wang | 22 | 2026-04-29 | |
| Allison Aubrey | 21 | 2022-07-13 | |
| Odette Yousef | 20 | 2026-05-25 | |
| Ashley Lopez | 19 | 2026-07-28 | |
| Selena Simmons-Duffin | 18 | 2025-12-11 | |
| Mara Liasson | 17 | 2026-07-29 | |
| Bente Birkeland | 14 | 2026-07-01 | |
| Clay Masters | 14 | 2026-05-13 | |
| Ben Giles | 12 | 2024-10-16 | |
| Andrea Hsu | 11 | 2025-12-10 | |
| Joel Rose | 11 | 2025-01-24 | |
| Cory Turner | 10 | 2025-09-05 | |
| Emma Hurt | 10 | 2021-05-18 | |
| Franco Ordoñez | 10 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Phil Ewing | 10 | 2020-12-18 | |
| Tim Mak | 9 | 2021-11-12 | |
| Camila Domonoske | 8 | 2026-06-15 | |
| Eric Mc Daniel | 8 | 2026-07-29 | |
| Jackie Northam | 8 | 2025-05-07 | |
| John Ruwitch | 8 | 2025-10-02 | |
| Bobby Allyn | 7 | 2025-02-04 | |
| Quil Lawrence | 7 | 2026-07-22 | |
| Richard Harris | 7 | 2020-10-04 | |
| Brian Mann | 6 | 2025-08-18 | |
| Domenico Montanaro | 6 | 2026-05-22 | |
| Elissa Nadworny | 6 | 2025-10-27 | |
| Greg Allen | 6 | 2025-03-31 | |
| Jude Joffe-Block | 6 | 2026-03-10 | |
| Pien Huang | 6 | 2021-12-27 | |
| Tom Dreisbach | 6 | 2026-01-06 | |
| Carrie Johnson | 5 | 2026-07-07 | |
| Daniel Estrin | 5 | 2026-02-28 | |
| Emily Feng | 5 | 2025-06-06 | |
| Jasmine Garsd | 5 | 2024-12-04 | |
| Kirk Siegler | 5 | 2026-06-01 | |
| Maria Aspan | 5 | 2026-05-14 | |
| Michele Kelemen | 5 | 2025-09-20 | |
| Rob Stein | 5 | 2022-09-20 | |
| Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | 5 | 2025-11-19 | |
| Will Stone | 5 | 2026-04-21 | |
| Andrea Bernstein | 4 | 2023-05-10 | |
| Carrie Kahn | 4 | 2022-06-07 | |
| Charles Maynes | 4 | 2025-08-30 | |
| Danielle Kurtzleben | 4 | 2026-07-02 | |
| David Folkenflik | 4 | 2026-02-25 | |
| Deepa Shivaram | 4 | 2026-07-30 | |
| Guy Marzorati | 4 | 2026-05-26 | |
| Jason De Rose | 4 | 2026-04-14 | |
| Jeff Brady | 4 | 2026-02-16 | |
| Joe Palca | 4 | 2020-11-09 | |
| Adrian Florido | 3 | 2022-10-14 | |
| Anya Kamenetz | 3 | 2022-06-03 | |
| Blaise Gainey | 3 | 2026-05-27 | |
| Chris Christie | 3 | 2023-12-06 | |
| David Gura | 3 | 2023-05-26 | |
| Deb Amos | 3 | 2023-03-20 | |
| Eleanor Beardsley | 3 | 2023-07-13 | |
| Jon Campbell | 3 | 2026-06-24 | |
| Kamala Harris | 3 | 2022-12-20 | |
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 2026-07-27 | |
| Liz Ruskin | 3 | 2026-03-24 | |
| Nate Rott | 3 | 2023-10-16 | |
| Pam Fessler | 3 | 2020-10-01 | |
| Rebecca Hersher | 3 | 2025-08-12 | |
| Scott Shafer | 3 | 2021-09-08 | |
| Sequoia Carrillo | 3 | 2025-07-31 | |
| Stephan Bisaha | 3 | 2026-06-25 | |
| Sydney Lupkin | 3 | 2023-08-30 | |
| Vivek Ramaswamy | 3 | 2023-12-06 | |
| Aisha Harris | 2 | 2021-12-30 | |
| Alina Selyukh | 2 | 2025-04-24 | |
| Andrew Schneider | 2 | 2026-02-10 | |
| Anthony Kuhn | 2 | 2025-09-06 | |
| Anya van Wagtendonk | 2 | 2026-07-30 | |
| Aya Batrawy | 2 | 2026-06-19 | |
| Brad Raffensperger | 2 | 2022-06-21 | |
| Brigid Bergin | 2 | 2021-07-07 | |
| Casey Morell | 2 | 2024-12-27 | |
| Claudia Grisales | 2 | 2026-07-24 | |
| Colin Campbell | 2 | 2026-02-23 | |
| Dan Charles | 2 | 2021-11-01 | |
| David Schaper | 2 | 2023-02-27 | |
| David Scott | 2 | 2024-10-31 | |
| Debbie Elliott | 2 | 2022-12-22 |
Network-Based Guest Fits
Experimental matches based on network structure, not confident booking forecasts. Open the full predictions analysis.
| Rank | Guest | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| No predictions loaded. | |||