The Odd Years
Join Amy Walter, the celebrated editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report, every other Tuesday, for conversations on the surprising — and often odd — times we live in. Amy brings her smart and sought-after insights on...
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- Greg Ip1 ep
- Josh Gerstein1 ep
- Astead Herndon1 ep
Also: Lis Smith, David Wasserman, Sean Trende, Carlos Odio, Sarah Longwell, Jessica, Carrie
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- 🇺🇸United States · PoliticsHOME#1764.4K to 23K
- 🇯🇵Japan · Politics#441.8K to 9.6K
- 🇨🇱CL · Politics#26755 to 4.0K
- 🇳🇿New Zealand · Politics#56295 to 1.6K
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7.3K to 38K🎙 Biweekly cadence·65 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
10K to 55K🇺🇸61%🇯🇵25%🇨🇱10%+1 more - Active Followers
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4.2K to 22K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/26/26 |  Everyone's Asking If Polls Can Be Trusted. Here's What Republican Pollster Patrick Ruffini Thinks. | Are the polls overestimating just how good of a night it may be for Democrats, especially in the Upper Midwest? And what to make of the drastic shift of Latino voters away from Trump especially in places like Texas and Florida? Was Trump’s success with these voters in 2024 an aberration or proof that these voters are now officially up for grabs? | 38m 21s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 |  How C-SPAN's Coverage of Downballot Races Is Helping Fill Local News Gaps | If there's any television network out there that intentionally tries to buck the trends of modern day media consumption, it's C-SPAN. With its live unedited broadcast of political events and congressional hearings and call-in shows featuring the full range of the country's political views, C-SPAN has held firm to its mission of providing unfiltered access to political decision makers since it first streamed from the U.S. Capitol in 1979. But that doesn't mean they don't innovate. Leading that effort is Amy's guest today, Sam Feist. | 42m 33s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | political analysisvoter opinions+3 | Sarah Longwell | The Focus GroupGOP+2 | — | Sarah LongwellAmy Walter+5 | — | 1h 04m 51s | ||
| 8/12/26 | election administrationvoting integrity+3 | — | Cook Political Report | — | votingelection integrity+4 | — | 41m 21s | ||
| 8/10/26 | Senate racesDemocratic strategy+3 | JessicaCarrie | — | MichiganMaine | SenateDemocrats+6 | — | 23m 45s | ||
| 7/10/26 | Latino voters2026 elections+3 | Carlos Odio | Equis Research | Latinos | Latino voters2026 elections+3 | — | 44m 33s | ||
| 7/1/26 | 2026 Primariesprogressive Democrats+4 | — | The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | — | 2026 Primariesprogressive Democrats+3 | — | 28m 38s | ||
| 6/16/26 | AIpolitics+3 | — | Congress | Washington | AICongress+4 | — | 35m 55s | ||
| 5/12/26 | redistrictingVoting Rights Act+3 | Sean Trende | RealClearPoliticsSupreme Court+1 | — | redistrictingVoting Rights Act+5 | — | 44m 10s | ||
| 4/10/26 | Congressgovernment effectiveness+3 | — | Congress | — | CongressPresident Trump+3 | — | 42m 27s | ||
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| 3/13/26 | AIeconomy+3 | Greg Ip | The Wall Street Journal | — | AIeconomy+5 | — | 41m 32s | ||
| 2/11/26 | GOP voter IDpolitical news+3 | — | The Cook Political Report | Minneapolis | GOPvoter ID+5 | — | 48m 47s | ||
| 12/9/25 | Supreme Courtexecutive authority+3 | Josh Gerstein | PoliticoSupreme Court | — | Supreme CourtTrump+4 | — | 51m 21s | ||
| 11/25/25 | political journalismmedia+3 | Astead Herndon | — | — | political journalismAstead Herndon+3 | — | 49m 28s | ||
| 11/11/25 | California politicsProposition 50+4 | — | — | California | CaliforniaProposition 50+5 | — | 38m 56s | ||
| 10/28/25 | electionsmidterm elections+3 | — | — | New JerseyVirginia | New Jersey electionsVirginia elections+3 | — | 42m 58s | ||
| 10/13/25 | identity crisisDemocratic Party+3 | Lis Smith | Democrats | — | Democratsidentity crisis+3 | — | 28m 34s | ||
| 9/30/25 | Trump administrationeconomy+3 | — | The Cook Political Report | — | Trump 2.0economy+3 | — | 37m 04s | ||
| 9/16/25 | redistrictinggerrymandering+3 | David Wasserman | The Cook Political Report | Texas | gerrymanderingredistricting+3 | — | 34m 37s | ||
| 7/22/25 |  This pollster predicted Trump's surprising 2024 coalition. How's it holding up? | Back in 2023, Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini wrote a book that laid out a path for how the party could win future elections with a working class multiracial coalition. So we wanted to have Patrick Ruffini back on for a conversation about how well that same coalition is holding up six months into Trump 2.0, whether these voters will show up for Republicans in 2026, and whether the next Republican nominee for president will have a similar appeal these voters. | 51m 14s | ||||||
| 7/2/25 |  The center of the political universe is Michigan | This week we are diverging from our normal Odd Years format to introduce you to another Cook Political Report product, Editors Roundtable. This week, our talented colleagues talk about the most interesting and consequential state in the 2026 midterms: Michigan. | 29m 04s | ||||||
| 6/20/25 |  The Comeback of Cuomo and the Rise of Mamdani | Most of the political attention these days is centered in D.C, but there's a pretty fascinating primary contest happening just a train ride north of here in New York City. | 35m 32s | ||||||
| 6/10/25 |  "This will get done, the question is how painful it is to get there." Puck's Leigh Ann Caldwell on the politics of the "Big Beautiful Bill." | What's driving these ideological differences among Senate and House Republicans? What role has Trump played and will he play in continuing to lobby Congress? And will the BBB move fast enough to be on President Trump’s desk by July fourth? (Spoiler alert: it will not.) Amy put all these questions to Leigh Ann Caldwell, chief Washington correspondent for Puck. | 43m 45s | ||||||
| 5/27/25 |  "We've become the crossing guard party." A Conversation with Pod Save America's Dan Pfeiffer. | When we booked this episode with Pod Save America co-host Dan Pfeiffer several weeks back, our plan was to talk about the Democrats and their strategy and messaging around Trump - something Dan's been writing about for his Substack, Message Box. Should Democrats just focus on the economy? Should they raise alarm bells over deportations? How loudly and strongly should they push back against Trump? And we do discuss that, but as it turned out, there was a lot more to talk about with Dan. | 39m 30s | ||||||
| 5/20/25 |  Rahm Emanuel Has a Message for Democrats | How does Rahm Emanuel think Democrats should be responding to Trump 2.0? How does the party recover from 2024 and prepare for 2028? What does a successful midterm strategy look like in 2026? And given his own, let's say, active media schedule, what are his own plans for the future? He came on to talk to Amy about all that. | 47m 02s | ||||||
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Chart history for The Odd Years
Peaked at #26 in CL, currently #26 in CL.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| Japan | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| CL | — | #113 | #113 | — |
| United States | — | #176 | #176 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #184 | #184 | — |
Chart Positions
6 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
6 placements across 4 markets.