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Understanding US politics, by author and political scientist Seth Masket smotus.substack.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchSmotusCast is hosted by Seth Masket. The show has published 20 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Lessons from the Colorado primary" (2 July 2026, 93 minutes), ""A loyalty enforcement operation with legislative powers"" (30 June 2026, 63 minutes), and ""Distrust in institutions is not necessarily unhealthy"" (29 May 2026, 33 minutes).
SmotusCast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 20 episodes.
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Seth Masket hosts SmotusCast, a news podcast with 20 episodes published.
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<p>This was a treat. I teamed up yesterday with ian silverii and Jason Bane at the Get More Smarter podcast (the top Democratic-leaning politics podcast in Colorado?) to discuss Tuesday’s primaries. You can watch/listen...
<p>Historian Alexis Coe of the wonderful Study Marry Kill newsletter was kind enough to interview me about my new book, The Elephants in the Room. We had some video issues, but the audio came through great so I’m...
<p>Yesterday, I was delighted to speak with Colleen Shogan, the former Archivist of the United States and current head of the In Pursuit project at More Perfect. If you didn’t get to listen, I hope you’ll watch above...
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smotus.substack.com<br/><br/><p>I’ve been writing and giving a number of talks lately on the modern Republican Party — how it got to where it is today and...
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smotus.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Thanks to Brian Beutler of Off Message for joining me on Thursday for a really rich discussion about some key issues plaguing...
<p>I was delighted to join G. Elliott Morris for a live video chat this week. Morris runs the Strength In Numbers newsletter, an incredibly valuable resource for generating, reporting, and analyzing the latest polling...
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<p>Thanks so much to all who tuned in to watch Julia Azari and me comment on the State of the Union Address in real time! It’s definitely a clunky format, but it was better than watching alone. You can watch above or...
<p>I was honored to be invited to a discussion with The New Republic’s Perry Bacon Jr today. We talked about a pretty wide range of things — including ICE’s killing of Renée Good, the seizure of Venezuelan oil, the...
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<p>If you didn’t get to see this Substack Live interview yesterday, I encourage you to check it out today. I chatted with USC political scientist Sherry Zaks (Sherry Z) about their new book on how well rebel groups in...
<p>I had a chat yesterday with Colorado Democratic political consultant ian silverii. He’s the founder of The Bighorn Company, and he’s worked in the Colorado House of Representatives and directed ProgressNow Colorado...
<p>I was honored to be joined by Denver 9News anchor Kyle Clark for a lunchtime chat on Tuesday, in which we discussed modern political journalism. We got into all sorts of subjects — the challenges facing local media...
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<p>If you didn’t get a chance to watch my Substack Live video interview with Alan Greenblatt, who recently left his position as editor of Governing, you can watch it above. We discuss various institutions — media...
<p>If you missed our History Lunch Live session yesterday, here’s the video of presidential historian Alexis Coe interviewing me on the Study Marry Kill site. (You should definitely subscribe to that.)</p><p><p>Tusk is...
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<p>I was fortunate to run into former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson multiple times during my recent trip to the Iowa caucuses. I give him a lot of credit for being incredibly congenial (and chatting with several of...
<p>The beginning of March will see more than a dozen Republican primaries and caucuses, through which Donald Trump could effectively secure the presidential nomination. It may also see the opening of the first of four...
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<p>I’m planning to do several podcast episodes in the run-up to the caucuses and primaries that start next month. The first one is a conversation that Julia Azari and I recently had in which we discuss McKay Coppins’...
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New York Times bestselling presidential historian and author of Young Jack: A Biography of John F. Kennedy, 1917–1957, Study Marry Kill
former Archivist of the United States, White House Historical Association
CEO and Co-Founder, The New Republic
data-driven journalist, pollster, Strength In Numbers newsletter
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