Home

The Run-Up

“The Run-Up” is your guide to understanding the 2024 election. Host Astead W. Herndon talks to the p

Episodes

Total: 103

This election, like a lot of elections before it, may come down to which candidate voters think migh

On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stag

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention tonight, formalizing her r

After two days of the Democratic National Convention, one thing is clear.Democrats are united behind

Last night, thousands of people gathered in Chicago for the first night of the Democratic National C

The Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago today, less than a month after Democrats cha

For much of the 2024 presidential election, it felt like there were pretty ideal conditions for a th

On Tuesday afternoon, just hours after Vice President Harris announced that Tim Walz, governor of Mi

It has been less than two weeks since President Biden dropped his re-election bid and threw his supp

Warning: this episode contains strong language and mentions of sexual abuse.Since 2019, our host, As

When it finally happened, it felt both inevitable, and unfathomable.President Biden was out of the 2

Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” has become former President Donald J. Trump’s unofficial them

On the second day of the Republican National Convention, a collection of Donald Trump’s former chall

Republicans had a big day on Monday. Donald Trump picked J.D. Vance as his running mate. Two days af

You’ve seen the image by now: Former President Donald J. Trump has blood running down the side of hi

President Biden is telling people to Google it. Former president Donald J. Trump is distancing himse

The latest national poll from The New York Times and Siena College shows former President Donald J.

As you may have heard, Thursday night was the first debate between President Biden and former presid

We don’t know exactly what will happen when President Biden and former president Donald J. Trump tak

For decades, the mainstream Republican position on abortion rights was clear: Overturn Roe v. Wade a