The Run-Up
“The Run-Up” is your guide to understanding the 2024 election. Host Astead W. Herndon talks to the people whose decisions will make the difference. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.
Notable Guests
Episodes (235)
What Democrats Think Went Wrong
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The Man in Charge of Trump’s Border Policy
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One Voter to Understand Trump’s Win
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A Final Dispatch From America’s Bellwether
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Tailgating in Wisconsin With the Bros Trump Needs
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In Other News, Who Will Control Congress?
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All Eyes on Pennsylvania
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It Really Does Feel Close in North Carolina
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The Trump Plan to Flip Georgia Back
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A Pollster’s Guide to the Homestretch
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The Fight for Rural America
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Mark Cuban on Why He's All In for Kamala Harris
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The Border Is a Top Campaign Issue. It’s Also Their Home.
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The Democrats’ Plan to Get Skeptics on Their Side
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What Undecided Voters Are Thinking
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The Stakes of a Harris vs. Trump Debate
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What Evangelicals Think of Trump's Abortion Flip-Flop
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The Grocery Bills That Could Decide the Election
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The Defining Moments of the D.N.C. Finale
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It’s Kamala Harris’s Party Now. What’s Different?
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How Gaza Is Showing Up in Chicago
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The Democrats Throw Joe Biden a Goodbye Party
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An Insider’s Guide to the D.N.C.
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Has RFK Jr.'s Moment Passed?
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Bernie Sanders Thinks Trump Fever Has Broken
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Kamala Harris’s $200 Million Vibe Shift
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Kamala Harris on Kamala Harris
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Where Democrats Go After Biden
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The Soundtrack of Donald Trump
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They Lost to Trump. Now They’re All In.
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With J.D. Vance and a Bandaged Ear, Trump Gets His Party Started
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‘I’m Just Really Glad That Trump’s OK’
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Project 2025, Suddenly Everywhere, Explained
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A Divided America Agrees: We Deserve Better Than This
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Democrats Are Panicking About Biden. How Did They Get Here?
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Your Guide to a Trump vs. Biden Debate
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What Republicans Lost When They Won on Roe
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Maybe It All Comes Down to Abortion
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Trump’s Guilty. Does Anyone Care?
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What Women Voters Really Want
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Why Joe Biden Isn’t Getting Credit for the Economy
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Can Celebrities Make a Difference? Your 2024 Election Questions, Answered
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Inside the College Democrats’ Rebuke of Biden
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The Democrats' New Chance in Wisconsin
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The Comedian Roy Wood Jr. on Biden, Trump and What’s Funny About 2024
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The Youngest Voters and the Oldest President
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Nebraska Was Minding Its Business Until Charlie Kirk Came Along
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Biden Is Winning the Money Race. Does It Matter?
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What About the People Who Don’t Vote?
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Don’t Ask RFK Jr. About Being a Spoiler
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