Daily Kos' The Brief

About Daily Kos' The Brief

A one-hour weekly political conversation hosted by Markos Moulitsas and Kerry Eleveld highlighting on-the-ground leaders of the progressive movement.

Publisher

Daily Kos

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jan 2021

Latest episode

26 Jun 2024

Latest episodes

24 of 168 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT

   What to expect in the Biden-Trump debate

   President Joe Biden successfully goaded Donald Trump into an early June debate, with Trump even acquiescing to most of the Biden team's terms. Markos and Kerry break down what to expect from Biden and from Trump. This episode was recorded on May 28, 2024.

2. 

   19 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Rural organizing with Matt Hildreth

   Kerry speaks with Matt Hildreth, the executive director of Rural Organizing and treasurer of the RuralVote.org (http://ruralvote.org/) super PAC. He explains what Democrats can—and must—do to change the political conversation in rural communities. This episode was recorded on June 7, 2024.

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   12 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT

   “I’d rather be on Biden’s team” this election, with Simon Rosenberg

   Hopium Chronicles' Simon Rosenberg joins Markos to discuss the “red wave-ification” of the economy and how prepared Democrats are for November. There is still work to do but we have a better candidate—and we have the edge.

Inside a recent episode

What to expect in the Biden-Trump debate

Published 26 Jun 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But you know, the and the other thing about this, which is really interesting, I think, is this calculation that, you know, usually like uncommon presidents are usually or oftentimes do not do well in their first debate. They've been in the White House for nearly four years. They've had a bunch of people around them telling them generally speaking how smart they are and all this stuff and and they're calling the shots, right? So they're not used to like going up against someone. But in this case, and then at the on the other side on the other side, you have a candidate for president who has been who has gone through a bunch of debates in order to win the primary. […]

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YouTube views

2,549,872

Score snapshot 3 Jul 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

107 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

18 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

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1

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

27

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