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The Nostradamus of predicting presidential elections, Professor Lichtman takes us behind his keys: the keys to what makes a great American president and the keys to winning the White House or, in this cycle, winning Capitol Hill.

From district-level analysis to the nationwide trends animating these midterms, nobody breaks it all down better than Steve Kornacki.

Assuming that people actually vote on issues, what issues do people say are the most important to them heading into these midterm elections? We go through our top issues and compare them to what polling tells us Americans care about.

Data centers have become a political flashpoint heading into the U.S. midterm elections. Dr. Julia R. Cartwright of the American Institute for Economic Research joins us as we attempt to move beyond the headlines and prevailing narratives to examine what the pros and cons of these data centers truly are.

We go through each of the nine questions on the ballot this year, identifying what the proposed laws would do, the pros and cons of each, and then giving our own opinions.

Massachusetts has nine questions on the ballot this year. Is that a sign of civic enthusiasm or of a deeper problem with our state legislature? Jennifer Nassour, who helped drive a ballot question herself this year, makes the case that it's the latter.

Capitalism in the U.S. has come to several breaking points. FDR and Reagan took different directions in how their administrations brought the country out of those breaking points successfully. It appears that we've come to another breaking point: what are the visions for a capitalist United States moving forward?

On the 25th anniversary of September 11, we discuss what the phrase "never forget" means to us.

At every level in our politics and even in our sports and society, it no longer seems like reputation matters. How did we get here? Is it really different than it used to be? Is it even a bad thing? If it is, how do we get out of this cycle?

The U.S. deficit continues to set record highs, social security's insolvency date looms in the not-so-distant future, the AI boom is widening inequality, and the ultra-wealthy are buying up sports teams like assets. This doesn't seem sustainable...

We've talked a lot about the need for third parties in our democracy, but what would a democracy with no parties look like? Metin Pekin, author of "Breaking Democracy’s Chains," explains his vision of a democracy truly of and by the people.

We discussed the movie event of the year, one that has spawned seemingly-endless takes across the spectrum, with TIME's Eliana Dockterman who interviewed Christopher Nolan both before and after the movie's debut.

We discuss two of the main themes of the U.S. political landscape this summer: the increasingly brazen corruption of this presidency and the emergence of the socialist wing of the Democratic Party.

We run through some of the major cases from the Supreme Court's most recent term including those on the Voting Rights Act, campaign spending, mail-in ballots, tariffs, executive power, and birthright citizenship with Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos.

We talk about the good and bad of the FIFA World Cup, Lindsey Graham's sudden death, and the totally-not-forever war in Iran. We end with Brendan recapping his trip to Ireland and Northern Ireland.