The Takeout

Smithsonian Secretary and founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Lonnie Bunch joins Major for lunch at the museum's cafeteria, Sweet Home Cafe. Bunch, an accomplished historian, explains the some of the museum's vast offerings and tackles contemporary issues like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' push to eliminate a black history course in his state's high schools. Join us! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Major sits down with Colorado’s Democratic Governor Jared Polis at the statehouse in Denver. Polis gives his take on the classified documents saga, his presidential aspirations, 2024, Colorado’s permissive drug policy, housing shortages and immigration reform. Stick around for the Takeout Outtake Especial and Polis’ surprisingly good Yoda impression. Join us! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's a debate roiling Washington right now over how much the federal government should be allowed to borrow to pay its bills. Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Patrick McHenry is at the center of that often heated discussion. The right flank of his party wants spending cuts in exchange for raising the borrowing limit while the Biden White House insists it should be raised without concessions. Plus, what happened in the final hours of the speakership fight? And who did McHenry call a "world class sociopath?" We're at Ted's Bulletin on Capitol Hill. Join us! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's guest is House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan who told Major the committee will investigate how the Justice Department handled two classified records cases involving presidents.  Jordan told CBS News his panel will probe the department's investigations into classified materials found at former President Donald Trump's Florida home and those found at Joe Biden's private office and Delaware home. This episode was taped in the House Judiciary Committee Library Thursday morning, before Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel in the classified document matter involving President Joe Biden. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In his first interview since leaving government service, Dr. Anthony Fauci explains why the latest COVID variant, XBB.1.5, is spreading so rapidly and why China is facing an explosion of COVID cases. Fauci also responds to Twitter owner Elon Musk, who earlier this week said he would release the "Fauci Files," thought to be internal Twitter documents, though their precise content or relevance is unclear. Stay for the Outtake Especial to hear what Fauci is up to now and how old habits - like his sleep patterns - die hard. Join us! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The great Mo Rocca is back on The Takeout with the low down on season three of his hit podcast “Mobituaries.” Mo looks back on the lives of John Denver, Loretta Lynn, TV terrier Wishbone and many more. Join us for a belt-busting spread of Italian cuisine at Trattoria Dell’Arte in midtown Manhattan. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It wouldn’t be Christmas at The Takeout without friend of the show and comedian Frank Caliendo. Frank is back with a few new impressions and all the classics. Happy Holidays from Major and Team Takeout. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Major sits down with colleagues Cara Korte and Bo Erickson, the creative forces behind "Missing Justice," a new CBS News podcast that delves into the missing and murdered indigenous peoples crisis in the United States. The podcast focuses on Christy Woodenthigh, a mother and member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana, who died in March 2020. Korte and Erickson explain why her family and friends say justice was not served. Join us at Ris in Washington, DC's West End neighborhood. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan joins Major at Yours Truly DC, a hotel in Washington, DC’s West End. Their discussion focuses on Russia’s war in Ukraine and Sullivan’s dealings with President Vladimir Putin. Join us for coffee and bagels from Call Your Mother. This episode was recorded Wednesday, December 7th. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brad Raffensperger and Jocelyn Benson have both faced violent threats since the 2020 election. They join Major to talk about the 2022 midterms, election denialism and Donald Trump’s persistent influence on American politics. Recorded at Fontana at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, FL. Join us. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CBS Mornings co-host and former NFL wide receiver Nate Burleson joins Major for breakfast at Junior’s in New York City. Come for a great discussion, a delicious breakfast and stay for Nate’s explanation of what it’s like to return a punt in the NFL. Happy Thanksgiving! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Joe Biden was right, and I was wrong, and most people were." The president's pollster, John Anzalone, joins Major this week to discuss the key takeaways from the 2022 midterm elections. He believes Democrats showed surprising strength in races across a "toss-up nation," thanks in part to late-breaking independent voters who couldn't stomach voting for "extreme candidates on the right." Looking ahead to 2024, Anzalone believes that if Biden runs, he'll beat former president Donald Trump "like a drum." Plus: is Florida completely out of reach for Democrats in the next cycle? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're recapping the results of the 2022 midterm elections with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, the head of the Democratic Governors Association. Cooper believes Democratic governors defied expectations this cycle, thanks in part to campaigning on the Biden administration record. Does the governor think Biden should run for re-election in 2024? "I expect him to...if he makes that decision, I'm for him 100%" Plus: Cooper on Beto O'Rourke's loss in Texas and Ron DeSantis' decisive gubernatorial victory in Florida. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Major met California Governor Gavin Newsom in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for this week’s episode of The Takeout. What’s the governor, who’s up for re-election himself, doing in New Mexico a few days before the midterms? Great question. Major attempts to answer that and whether the trip is a precursor to a run for higher office. Plus, Newsom’s sharp critiques of his own party, what he thinks of Kevin McCarthy as potentially the next House Speaker and Newsom’s take on Elon Musk owning Twitter. Join us! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, a January 6th rioter convicted of brutalizing former Washington, DC metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. Fanone was dragged, beaten and tased by rioters on the West side of the Capitol that awful day and, as a result, suffered a heart attack and traumatic brain injury. He shares that story in his new book "Hold the Line," and in this week's show, the 300th episode of "The Takeout." Join us for french fries, chicken tenders and pretzels at The Dubliner, near Capitol Hill. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Less than three weeks until Election Day, longtime anti-abortion rights activist Marjorie Dannenfelser says Republican candidates should be leaning into abortion as a winning conservative issue — not running away.  A raft of Republican candidates, many of whom won primaries touting support for the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision have moderated their positions in the general election or de-emphasized abortion as a campaign issue. "I am most seriously displeased," Dannenfelser said, quoting the novel "Pride and Prejudice." "Most seriously displeased that people who think that this is the death of a human being would all of a sudden see it politically inconvenient to be part of what they advocate." Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, blamed some Republicans for "inch[ing] to the middle, maybe the back of the bus" on abortion as Election Day approaches. It’s lunchtime at The Point in DC’s Buzzard Point neighborhood. Join us. To learn more about listener data and our privacy pra

Cecile Richards, the former head of Planned Parenthood, isn’t sure what impact the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade will have on the midterm elections, but says the long-term abortion debate in a post-Roe world is just at the “tip of the iceberg.”  Richards, now co-chair of American Bridge, told Major, “The midterm election is only one measure of what's happening in the country. But I do think long term, [political momentum for abortion rights] is not going to wane." It's breakfast time at Bistro Du Jour in DC's Wharf neighborhood. Join us! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Residents of Southwest Florida will be cleaning up the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ian for months to come. What made the storm so intense? How did meteorologists track the hurricane? What sorts of warnings kept the loss of life and property from being even worse? Major puts those questions to Dr. Rick Spinrad, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. We’re at Cafe du Parc in downtown DC. Join us! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your esteemed host Major Garrett is this week's guest alongside co-author and executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research David Becker. David and Major's new book, "The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of “The Big Lie,” just hit shelves and they're here to share why we should be celebrating the execution of the 2020 election, not undermining it. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane guest hosts this week at The Dubliner on Capitol Hill. Join us! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Republican congressman Chip Roy, whose district stretches from Austin to San Antonio, joins Major for a conversation before a live audience at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, TX. Roy dishes on the Trump documents investigation, immigration policy, The Big Lie and Republican prospects in the 2022 midterms. Join us for all that and more! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices