The Chuck ToddCast
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The Chuck ToddCast
The Chuck ToddCast is back! If you're looking for smart, no-nonsense political conversation, you've come to the right place. The Chuck ToddCast goes beyond the headlines, featuring conversations with top reporters, insiders, and newsmakers from D.C. to the heartland. No scripts, no spin—just real di...
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Interview Only w/ John Adams - Bringing Local News Back From The Brink
Interview Only w/ John Adams - Bringing Local News Back From The Brink
John Adams, editor of the Montana Free Press, joins the Chuck Toddcast to...
Full Episode - War With Iran Is Devouring Trump’s Presidency + Bringing Local News Back From The Brink
Chuck Todd surveys a political landscape where multiple crises are converging on the Trump administration simultaneously — and none of them are going...
Chuck’s Commentary - War With Iran Is Devouring Trump’s Presidency + Ticketmaster Settlement Proves Trump’s Populism Is A Ruse
Chuck Todd surveys a political landscape where multiple crises are converging on the Trump administration simultaneously — and none of them are going...
Interview Only w/ Ken Burns - Lessons From History On America’s 250th Birthday
Legendary documentarian Ken Burns joins the Chuck Toddcast for a sweeping conversation about American history, the craft of telling it honestly, and w...
Chuck's Commentary - Iran & Collapsing Economy Are Sinking Trump's Presidency
Chuck Todd opens the episode with a blunt assessment: it's starting to feel like the beginning of the end of Donald Trump's presidency. From an open-e...
Full Episode - Iran & Collapsing Economy Are Sinking Trump's Presidency + Lessons From History On America’s 250th Birthday w/ Ken Burns
Chuck Todd opens the episode with a blunt assessment: it's starting to feel like the beginning of the end of Donald Trump's presidency. From an open-e...
Interview Only w/ Chris Cillizza - Does Talarico’s Win Put Texas In Play For Democrats?
Political commentator Chris Cillizza — who co-hosted the live Texas primary night coverage with Chuck— rejoins the show to dissect the aftermath of th...
Full Episode - Is Trump Deliberately Trying To Start A Civil War In Iran? + Does Talarico’s Win Put Texas In Play For Democrats?
Chuck Todd delivers a blistering assessment of Trump's Iran war, arguing that the conflict has gone sideways in virtually every way imaginable — and t...
Chuck’s Commentary - Is Trump Deliberately Trying To Start A Civil War In Iran? + Daines Retirement Puts Montana Senate Seat In Play
Chuck Todd delivers a blistering assessment of Trump's Iran war, arguing that the conflict has gone sideways in virtually every way imaginable — and t...
Interview Only w/ Josh Seftel - The Power Of "All The Empty Rooms"
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Josh Seftel joins the Chuck Toddcast to discuss All the Empty Rooms, his devastating Netflix documentary short that chronicl...
Full Episode - Texas Primary Result Is Bad News For Republicans + The Power Of All The Empty Rooms
Chuck Todd breaks down the Texas primary results and finds a political landscape that should terrify the Republican establishment. Ken Paxton and John...
Chuck’s Commentary - Texas Primary Result Is Bad News For Republicans + Top 5 All-Time Texas Elections
Chuck Todd breaks down the Texas primary results and finds a political landscape that should terrify the Republican establishment. Ken Paxton and John...
Interview Only w/ Rep. Sean Casten - What’s Broken In Congress & How To Fix It
Rep. Sean Casten — the Illinois Democrat, clean energy entrepreneur, and scientist-turned-congressman who was inspired to run for office by Trump's fi...
Full Episode - Trump’s “Ends Justify The Means” Presidency + What’s Broken In Congress & How To Fix It
Chuck Todd delivers a searing assessment of a war he calls one of choice, not necessity. He argues that "ends justify the means" sums up everything ab...
Chuck’s Commentary - Trump’s “Ends Justify The Means” Presidency + A Texas-Sized Showdown In The Lone Star State
Chuck Todd delivers a searing assessment of a war he calls one of choice, not necessity. He argues that "ends justify the means" sums up everything ab...
Special Episode: Trump Starts A WAR Of Choice With Iran
Today's episode is as urgent as it gets — Chuck Todd breaks down the seismic events of February 28, 2026, as the United States and Israel launched "Op...
Interview Only w/ Katherine Mangu-Ward - The Libertarian’s Guide To The Galaxy
Katherine Mangu-Ward — editor-in-chief of Reason magazine and author of the viral New York Times op-ed "Libertarians: We Told You So" — joins the Chuc...
Full Episode - Trump Doubles Down On His Base + The Libertarian’s Guide To The Galaxy
Chuck Todd unpacks the fallout from Trump's State of the Union address and previews what's shaping up to be a pivotal primary season. He argues that t...
Chuck’s Commentary - Trump Doubles Down On His Base + Cuba, Not Iran… Could Be Trump’s Foreign Policy Win
Chuck Todd unpacks the fallout from Trump's State of the Union address and previews what's shaping up to be a pivotal primary season. He argues that t...
Interview Only w/ Paul Auslander - A Financial Planner's Brutally Honest Take on Trump's Economy
Paul Auslander, President of SeaBridge Private Wealth, a division of SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC joins the Chuck Toddcast for a wide-ranging con...
Full Episode - Trump Didn’t Win Any Converts During The State Of The Union + A Financial Planner's Brutally Honest Take on Trump's Economy
In this episode recorded immediately after Trump's record-breaking 108-minute State of the Union address, Chuck Todd argues that while Trump's base wi...
Chuck’s Commentary - Trump Didn’t Win Any Converts During The State Of The Union + There’s A Clear, Populist Path To A Majority Party
In this episode recorded immediately after Trump's record-breaking 108-minute State of the Union address, Chuck Todd argues that while Trump's base wi...
Interview Only w/ Geeta Gandbhir - The Shooting That Exposed Everything Wrong With “Stand Your Ground” Laws
Emmy Award-winning director and Academy Award nominee Geeta Gandbhir joins the Chuck Toddcast to discuss her critically acclaimed Netflix documentary...
Full Episode - SCOTUS Smacks Down Trump’s Tariffs…Now What? + The Shooting That Exposed Everything Wrong With “Stand Your Ground” Laws
Chuck Todd argues that the United States is in an especially precarious moment of Trump's presidency — but that the guardrails of American democracy a...
Chuck’s Commentary - SCOTUS Smacks Down Trump’s Tariffs…Now What? + Trump’s Approval Is Cratering
Chuck Todd argues that the United States is in an especially precarious moment of Trump's presidency — but that the guardrails of American democracy a...
Instant Reaction: Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump’s Tariffs
In this breaking-news episode recorded immediately after the Supreme Court's landmark 6-3 ruling striking down Trump's sweeping tariffs under IEEPA, C...
Interview Only w/ George Conway - Trump MUST Be Impeached A Third Time
*Disclaimer* This episode contains strong language
George Conway — the conservative lawyer turned leading Trump critic, Lincoln Project co-found...
Full Episode - Are We About To Go To War With Iran? + Trump MUST Be Impeached A Third Time w/ George Conway
*Disclaimer* This episode contains strong language
Chuck Todd tackles three fast-moving stories shaping the political landscape. First, he digs...
Chuck’s Commentary - Are We About To Go To War With Iran? + Jasmine Crockett Loses From The Talarico & Colbert Interview
Chuck Todd tackles three fast-moving stories shaping the political landscape. First, he digs into the escalating Iran crisis, where the Trump administ...
Interview Only w/ Ambassador Robert Blackwill - America Is Losing The World
Ambassador Robert Blackwill — a towering figure in American foreign policy who served under Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush, a...
Full Episode - America Could Enter A “Reform Era” Post-Trump + America Is Losing The World
Chuck Todd explores whether the United States is on the verge of a new reform era — and argues that the signs are more promising than you might think....
Chuck’s Commentary - America Could Enter A “Reform Era” Post-Trump + Top 5 Most Absurd Awards Created To Soothe Trump’s Ego
Chuck Todd explores whether the United States is on the verge of a new reform era — and argues that the signs are more promising than you might think....
Interview Only w/ Gene Sperling - What Biden Got Right & The Fight For Economic Dignity
Gene Sperling — the only person to serve as Director of the National Economic Council under two presidents (Clinton and Obama), a senior advisor to Pr...
Full Episode - Trump’s Government Has Lost All Credibility + What Biden Got Right & The Fight For Economic Dignity
Chuck Todd takes a hard look at the state of American governance and institutional trust — or the lack of it. He starts by reflecting on the historica...
Chuck’s Commentary - Trump’s Government Has Lost All Credibility + Epstein Isn’t Just A Scandal… It’s A Mirror
Chuck Todd takes a hard look at the state of American governance and institutional trust — or the lack of it. He starts by reflecting on the historica...
Interview Only w/ Paul Rieckhoff - Politicizing The Pentagon Is The Most Dangerous Thing Trump Can Do
In this episode of the Chuck Toddcast, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Paul Rieckhoff joins for a wide-ranging conversation that m...
Full Episode - Trump Is Sabotaging The Midterms For Republicans + Politicizing The Pentagon Is The Most Dangerous Thing Trump Can Do
Is The Most Dangerous Thing Trump Can Do
In this episode, Chuck Todd unpacks a week where political theater carried real consequences, from Pam...
Chuck’s Commentary - Trump Is Sabotaging The Midterms For Republicans + Pam Bondi Has Destroyed The DOJ’s Credibility
In this episode, Chuck Todd unpacks a week where political theater carried real consequences, from Pam Bondi’s high-profile hearing and the Justice De...
Interview Only w/ John Conyers III - Growing Up in the Shadow of Power & The Civil Rights Movement
Chuck Todd sits down with John Conyers III to discuss his deeply personal memoir "My Father's House." Far from a typical political biography, this boo...
Full Episode - Major Shake Ups That Affect The 2026 Midterms + Growing Up in the Shadow of Power & The Civil Rights Movement
In this episode, Chuck Todd breaks down a rapidly shifting 2026 political landscape beginning with Susan Collins’ decision to seek re-election in what...