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The Run-Up

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“The Run-Up” is your guide to understanding the 2024 election. Host Astead W. Herndon talks to the people whose decisions will make the difference. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.

Notable Guests

Donald Trump11×

Kamala Harris10×

Joe Biden9×

Donald J. Trump3×BBob Johnson3×

Episodes (235)

What Democrats Think Went Wrong

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The Man in Charge of Trump’s Border Policy

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One Voter to Understand Trump’s Win

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Notable Guests

Episodes (235)

What Democrats Think Went Wrong

The Man in Charge of Trump’s Border Policy

One Voter to Understand Trump’s Win

A Final Dispatch From America’s Bellwether

Tailgating in Wisconsin With the Bros Trump Needs

In Other News, Who Will Control Congress?

All Eyes on Pennsylvania

It Really Does Feel Close in North Carolina

The Trump Plan to Flip Georgia Back

A Pollster’s Guide to the Homestretch

The Fight for Rural America

Mark Cuban on Why He's All In for Kamala Harris

The Border Is a Top Campaign Issue. It’s Also Their Home.

The Democrats’ Plan to Get Skeptics on Their Side

What Undecided Voters Are Thinking

The Stakes of a Harris vs. Trump Debate

What Evangelicals Think of Trump's Abortion Flip-Flop

The Grocery Bills That Could Decide the Election

The Defining Moments of the D.N.C. Finale

It’s Kamala Harris’s Party Now. What’s Different?

How Gaza Is Showing Up in Chicago

The Democrats Throw Joe Biden a Goodbye Party

An Insider’s Guide to the D.N.C.

Has RFK Jr.'s Moment Passed?

Bernie Sanders Thinks Trump Fever Has Broken

Kamala Harris’s $200 Million Vibe Shift

Kamala Harris on Kamala Harris

Where Democrats Go After Biden

The Soundtrack of Donald Trump

They Lost to Trump. Now They’re All In.

With J.D. Vance and a Bandaged Ear, Trump Gets His Party Started

‘I’m Just Really Glad That Trump’s OK’

Project 2025, Suddenly Everywhere, Explained

A Divided America Agrees: We Deserve Better Than This

Democrats Are Panicking About Biden. How Did They Get Here?

Your Guide to a Trump vs. Biden Debate

What Republicans Lost When They Won on Roe

Maybe It All Comes Down to Abortion

Trump’s Guilty. Does Anyone Care?

What Women Voters Really Want

Why Joe Biden Isn’t Getting Credit for the Economy

Can Celebrities Make a Difference? Your 2024 Election Questions, Answered

Inside the College Democrats’ Rebuke of Biden

The Democrats' New Chance in Wisconsin

The Comedian Roy Wood Jr. on Biden, Trump and What’s Funny About 2024

The Youngest Voters and the Oldest President

Nebraska Was Minding Its Business Until Charlie Kirk Came Along

Biden Is Winning the Money Race. Does It Matter?

What About the People Who Don’t Vote?

Don’t Ask RFK Jr. About Being a Spoiler