Trump won over America by securing electoral votes in all seven swing states and gaining ground in historically blue areas. On this week's "How We Got Here," Max and Erin cope with post-election grief by going through the election data bit-by-bit. They discuss what we can learn about America, its political trajectory, and where we go from here.
Today
Why You Can Basically Bet On Anything These Days
Sunday was the Super Bowl, which means betting. A lot of betting. And even if you're not a gambler– and even if you don't particularly care about sports, you've probably noticed that in the last few years, sports betting has gone from obscure to nearly omnipresent. But that's not ... Show More
24m 40s
Feb 6
Trump Passes The Buck To Bondi
We're just one week into February, and a lot has happened already — from the fallout over the Department of Justice's Epstein file dump, to President Trump's claims the U.S. should "nationalize" elections, to the decision to pull 700 federal immigration agents out of Minnesota on ... Show More
23m 21s
Feb 5
Trump’s Artificial Economy
The economy is in pretty much the same weird place it’s been for the past few months. Hiring is down, the cost of living is up, and no one really knows what's coming next. That uncertainty is partially thanks to AI, which is supposed to change work as we know it. It’s making ever ... Show More
22m 24s
Oct 2024
How Trump would fight a 2024 election loss
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">The morning after the 2020 election, then-president Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and claimed that a “fraud” was being perpetrated on the American public. He would go on to wage a campaign against th ... Show More
25m 24s
Nov 2024
The State Of The Race, One Day Out
Election Day is one day away, and both candidates have been making their final push in the swing states, in what many are predicting as a “coin toss” election. Former President Trump has hit the Biden-Harris administration hard on their handling of the economy, while Vice Preside ... Show More
34m 35s