WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
by Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal
Is this your podcast?Paul Gigot is the editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, recognized for his insightful commentary and analysis on national politics and policy issues. With a background in journalism and a focus on opinion journalism, he has esta…
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California’s Prop. 40 Wealth Tax and the Economic Stakes
Oct 16, 2026
24m 10s
Can Alaska Save the Senate Majority for Republicans?
Oct 15, 2026
27m 09s
A Starlink Slowdown in Ukraine?
Oct 14, 2026
29m 02s
Could Texas Turn Blue, and South Carolina, Too?
Oct 13, 2026
24m 24s
Donald Trump’s ‘Diesel Deal’ and ‘Energy Ceasefire’
Oct 12, 2026
26m 27s
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- political analysis
- Washington developments
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- daily news discussions
- critical perspectives
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- 20 episodes total
- active for 1 year
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- available on major platforms
- no specific platforms detected
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7.3K to 38K🎙 Daily cadence·600 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
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13K to 71K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/16/26 | California’s Prop. 40 Wealth Tax and the Economic Stakes | No description provided. | 24m 10s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | Can Alaska Save the Senate Majority for Republicans? | No description provided. | 27m 09s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | A Starlink Slowdown in Ukraine? | No description provided. | 29m 02s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 | Could Texas Turn Blue, and South Carolina, Too? | No description provided. | 24m 24s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Donald Trump’s ‘Diesel Deal’ and ‘Energy Ceasefire’ | No description provided. | 26m 27s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | Senate Candidates Debate: Medicare for All, Tariffs, Iran and Social Security | No description provided. | 26m 26s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | Marco Rubio Hails the Accomplishments of Western Civilization | No description provided. | 24m 12s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Can Anduril Help Fix American Shipbuilding? | No description provided. | 27m 54s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | Justice Samuel Alito on Originalism, ‘Speechifying’ Colleagues, and Media Caricatures | No description provided. | 57m 30s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Sen. Thom Tillis on Losing Friends, Antagonizing Trump, and the GOP’s Future | No description provided. | 25m 57s | ||||||
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| 10/2/26 | Pete Hegseth Says ‘No Beardos, No Weirdos’ / Donald Trump’s AI Safety Accord | No description provided. | 24m 06s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | Justice Alito Recuses From the Supreme Court’s Big Climate Case | No description provided. | 22m 29s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | The Democratic ‘Affordability’ Ruse | No description provided. | 28m 15s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | Sen. John Cornyn on Jack Smith, Ken Paxton and the GOP Midterm Chances | No description provided. | 23m 39s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | How Senate Republicans Frame the Midterms / Pope Leo Draws 800,000 in France | No description provided. | 24m 58s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | An Inside Look at the Drone War in Ukraine | No description provided. | 30m 40s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 | Wrapping Up the Trump-Xi Summit / The President vs. the White House Press Corps | No description provided. | 26m 33s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | A Standoff of Presidents at the U.N. | No description provided. | 22m 44s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 | What’s on Trump’s Agenda With Xi? | No description provided. | 27m 44s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 | Donald Trump's U.N. Speech on Iran and 'Super Intelligence' | No description provided. | 21m 40s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | Sen. Ted Cruz on Justice Thomas and the Supreme Court’s Future | No description provided. | 29m 00s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 | The Houthis Seize a Red Sea Chokepoint / Rep. Salazar's Immigration Warning to Trump | No description provided. | 25m 17s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 | Mitch Daniels on Life Lessons from Politics and Academia | No description provided. | 30m 13s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | The Facts on the Ground in Ukraine | No description provided. | 24m 21s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 | Trump's USPS Plan for Mail Ballots Loses at the Supreme Court | No description provided. | 23m 22s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 | 9/11war on terror+3 | Dan HenningerBill McGurn | The Wall Street Journal | — | 9/11war on terror+5 | — | 27m 50s | ||
| 9/10/26 | Iran conflictU.S.-Israel alliance+3 | Elliot Kaufman | The Wall Street JournalIn the War Room | IranStrait of Hormuz | IranU.S.-Israel alliance+5 | — | 28m 53s | ||
| 9/9/26 | welfarestay-at-home parents+3 | — | Trump AdministrationAmerican Enterprise Institute | — | Trump planstay-at-home moms+3 | — | 25m 29s | ||
| 9/8/26 | GOP ConventionMidterm Elections+3 | — | Republicans | DallasIowa+2 | GOPMidterm Elections+5 | — | 23m 41s | ||
| 9/4/26 | Hollywoodtax subsidies+4 | — | CongressDemocrats+3 | California | HollywoodDonald Trump+5 | — | 24m 45s | ||
| 9/3/26 | Venezuela oil dealAmerican policy+3 | — | The Wall Street Journal | VenezuelaLatin America | Donald TrumpVenezuela+4 | — | 33m 57s | ||
| 9/2/26 | military leadershippolitics+3 | — | PentagonHouse Democrats+1 | Iran | Army secretaryresignation+4 | — | 25m 45s | ||
| 9/1/26 | data centerspolitics+4 | — | artificial intelligenceThe Wall Street Journal+2 | China | data centerspolitics+5 | — | 24m 09s | ||
| 8/31/26 | U.S.-Iran relationseconomic sanctions+3 | — | IranUnited States+2 | Persian Gulf | IranUnited States+5 | — | 26m 53s | ||
| 8/28/26 | mail ballotsUSPS+5 | — | MetaUSPS+2 | — | mail ballotsUSPS+5 | — | 27m 36s | ||
| 7/20/26 | Iran conflictU.S. military+4 | — | — | IranU.S. base in Jordan+1 | IranU.S. base+4 | — | 23m 50s | ||
| 7/17/26 | reconciliation billbudget framework+3 | — | RepublicansHouse+1 | — | GOPreconciliation+5 | — | 30m 50s | ||
| 7/16/26 | tradeUSMCA+5 | — | The White House | CanadaMexico+3 | USMCAtrade deal+6 | — | 25m 24s | ||
| 7/15/26 | Supreme Courtsecurity threats+3 | Todd Blanche | CongressSenate+1 | — | Supreme Courtsecurity upgrade+3 | — | 24m 28s | ||
| 7/14/26 | naval blockadeIran+3 | — | Iran | Strait of Hormuz | TrumpIran+4 | — | 22m 20s | ||
| 7/13/26 | politicsU.S. foreign policy+3 | — | The Wall Street Journal | — | Lindsey GrahamSenate+3 | — | 28m 25s | ||
| 7/10/26 | Michigan Senate DebateElection Assistance Commission+3 | — | U.S. Election Assistance Commission | MichiganAlaska | MichiganDemocrats+6 | — | 27m 22s | ||
| 7/9/26 | Maine Senate RaceDemocratic Party+3 | — | DemocraticGOP+1 | — | Graham PlatnerMaine Senate Race+5 | — | 25m 16s | ||
| 7/8/26 | IranDonald Trump+3 | — | Iran | Strait of Hormuz | TrumpIran+3 | — | 25m 11s | ||
| 7/7/26 | Senate campaignaccusations+3 | — | — | Maine | Graham PlatnerSenate campaign+3 | — | 21m 23s | ||
| 6/12/26 | surveillanceintelligence+4 | — | President TrumpFISA Section 702+2 | — | Bill PulteJay Clayton+5 | — | 27m 55s | ||
| 6/11/26 | Iran agreementTrump administration+4 | — | IranRepublicans+2 | — | Donald TrumpIran+5 | — | 30m 53s | ||
| 6/10/26 | Maine Senate racepolitical candidates+3 | — | The Wall Street Journal | — | MaineSenate race+5 | — | 25m 20s | ||
| 6/9/26 | electionsvoting+3 | — | California | — | Spencer PrattNithya Raman+3 | — | 28m 05s | ||
| 6/8/26 | IranIsrael+4 | — | The Wall Street Journal | — | IranIsrael+7 | — | 30m 50s | ||
| 6/5/26 | ChinaIran+4 | Matt Pottinger | Chinese Communist PartyThe Wall Street Journal | IranTaiwan | TrumpChina+5 | — | 31m 26s | ||
| 6/4/26 | Iran strategyCongress+4 | — | CongressDonald Trump+2 | — | IranCongress+5 | — | 23m 08s | ||
| 6/3/26 | California politicsRepublican primaries+3 | — | — | CaliforniaNew Jersey+1 | CaliforniaSteve Hilton+5 | — | 25m 52s | ||
| 6/2/26 | GOP agendaTrump settlement fund+3 | — | Republican lawmakersCongress+1 | — | GOPTrump+4 | — | 26m 12s | ||
| 6/1/26 | IranU.S. relations+5 | Zoran Mamdani | Democratic PartyThe Wall Street Journal | IranUnited States+1 | Iranceasefire+7 | — | 27m 00s | ||
| 5/8/26 | gerrymanderingVirginia Supreme Court+4 | — | Virginia Supreme CourtDemocratic+1 | VirginiaTennessee | gerrymanderVirginia Supreme Court+5 | — | 28m 38s | ||
| 5/7/26 | Supreme CourtClarence Thomas+3 | John Yoo | The Wall Street Journal | — | Supreme CourtClarence Thomas+3 | — | 31m 45s | ||
| 5/6/26 | experimental medical researchSenate dysfunction+3 | Ben Sasse | The Wall Street Journal | American | Ben Sasseexperimental drug trials+4 | — | 34m 29s | ||
| 5/5/26 | abortionmifepristone+4 | — | mifepristoneSupreme Court+1 | — | abortion pillmifepristone+4 | — | 21m 39s | ||
| 5/4/26 | IranUnited Arab Emirates+5 | — | Spirit Airlines | United Arab EmiratesPersian Gulf+1 | IranUAE+5 | — | 22m 29s | ||
| 5/1/26 | Supreme Courtracial gerrymandering+3 | — | Voting Rights ActDemocrats | — | Supreme Courtracial gerrymandering+3 | — | 29m 12s | ||
| 4/30/26 | Federal Reserveeconomy+4 | — | Federal Reserve | — | Jerome PowellFederal Reserve+4 | — | 27m 12s | ||
| 4/29/26 | lawfaregerrymandering+3 | — | Justice DepartmentFlorida+1 | — | TrumpComey+5 | — | 25m 15s | ||
| 4/28/26 | Fourth Amendmentcellphone data+5 | — | GoogleSupreme Court+2 | — | Okello ChatrieGoogle+6 | — | 27m 49s | ||
| 4/27/26 | White House Correspondents' Dinnersecurity protocols+4 | — | The Wall Street Journal | — | White House Correspondents' Dinnerassassination+5 | — | 28m 31s | ||
| 4/24/26 | marijuana policyfederal government+4 | — | Spirit AirlinesThe Wall Street Journal | — | Trumpmarijuana+5 | — | 27m 42s | ||
| 4/23/26 | IranU.S. foreign policy+3 | — | White House | TehranStrait of Hormuz | TrumpIran+5 | — | 25m 02s | ||
| 4/22/26 | gerrymanderingpolitics+4 | — | — | VirginiaTexas | Virginiagerrymandering+5 | — | 27m 45s | ||
| 4/21/26 | tax policylocal government+3 | Zohran Mamdani | New York City | East Harlem | Kathy HochulZohran Mamdani+5 | — | 27m 01s | ||
| 4/20/26 | U.S.-Iran relationsnuclear negotiations+3 | — | United StatesIran+3 | Strait of Hormuz | U.S.Iran+5 | — | 26m 50s | ||
| 4/17/26 | California Governor's RaceEric Swalwell Accusations+4 | — | CaliforniaDemocrats | — | Eric SwalwellCalifornia Governor's Race+4 | — | 26m 29s | ||
| 4/16/26 | politicsRepublican primaries+3 | Ted Cruz | WSJ | TexasIran | Ted CruzGerard Baker+3 | — | 36m 11s | ||
| 4/15/26 | economic uncertaintieswar with Iran+3 | Scott Bessent | U.S. Treasury | IranChina | economic uncertaintieswar with Iran+3 | — | 28m 41s | ||
| 4/14/26 | space explorationNASA+5 | James B. Meigs | NASASpaceX+1 | U.S. | Artemis IINASA+6 | — | 25m 54s | ||
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Paul Gigot is the editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, recognized for his insightful commentary and analysis on national politics and policy issues. With a background in journalism and a focus on opinion journalism, he has established himself as a leading voice in understanding the dynamics of Washington politics. "WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch" offers a unique format where Gigot, alongside co-hosts Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, and Kyle Peterson, provides critical perspectives on the latest developments in Washington, D.C. This podcast distinguishes itself by delivering in-depth analysis on current events in the realm of news, society, and culture, helping listeners navigate complex political landscapes. The audience for this podcast primarily consists of engaged listeners interested in American politics and policy. With an estimated 5,000 to 30,000 listeners, they turn to the show for its expert insights and timely commentary, making it a valuable resource for those seeking to stay informed about the intricacies of national governance and societal issues.
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What the show covers
- daily news discussions
- critical perspectives
- insightful commentary
- political insights
Audience interests
- political analysis
- Washington developments
- current events
- opinion journalism
Platform reach
- available on major platforms
- no specific platforms detected
- potentially broad audience
- feedback via email
Publishing consistency
- 20 episodes total
- active for 1 year
- weekly episodes
- weekday publishing schedule
Chart history for WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
Peaked at #110 in SG, currently #110 in SG.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG | — | #110 | #110 | — |
| Finland | — | #115 | #115 | — |
| United States | — | #148 | #148 | — |
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.