USSC Briefing Room
Hosted by Mari Koeck · United States Studies Centre
5.0from 2 ratings
- 117
- Episodes
- 29
- Transcribed
- 2
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About USSC Briefing Room
The USSC Briefing Room is a podcast from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. It gives you a seat at the table for a briefing on the latest US news and foreign policy. Co-hosts Mari Koeck, Jared Mondschein and Samuel Garrett talk to experts to cover what you need to know and what's beneath the surface of the news.
- Publisher
- United States Studies Centre
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 18 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
29 of 117 episodes have a transcript.
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
State of the 2026 midterms with Larry Sabato and Bruce Wolpe
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
AI, hypersonics and the future of defence innovation with Doug Beck
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Move fast and break things? Trump’s defence transformation
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State of the 2026 midterms with Larry Sabato and Bruce Wolpe
Published 18 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But this would be very strange. Of course, we're getting close to Halloween, so it's possible, I suppose. Okay. Let's go to the Senate. Yes. The Senate, of course, this is what everybody is really watching because it will mean if Democrats can take control, that Donald Trump will not be able to fill another Supreme Court seat. He won't be able to fill a I think appellate courts or even district courts, unless he picks moderate candidates and occasionally he does, but mainly and certainly on the Supreme Court, he picks very conservative candidates and cabinet appointees without control of the Senate. […]
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- Larry Sabato
- Bruce Wolpe
- Doug Beck
- Bill Lynn
- Peter Dean
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- 2,587,823
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
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- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
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- Quality
- 89
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 68
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Mari Koeck host the show. Published by United States Studies Centre.
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