After the head of the Wagner mercenary group launched — then halted — an insurrection on Russian cities, President Vladimir Putin is still reeling from the biggest challenge to his authority in the 23 years he has governed Russia. David Ignatius, columnist for the Washington Post, joins Chuck to analyze the evolving power dynamics in the region.

David Ignatius: 'I don't think [Prigozhin] is long for this world' after Putin challenge

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Reid Wilson, founder and editor of Pluribus News, focuses on statehouses across the country as local leaders reckon with AI, abortion and marijuana legalization.

The stakes for the states: Reid Wilson looks at what 2024 means for statehouses

Washington Wizards and Capitals owner Ted Leonsis joins Chuck to talk about the intersection of sports, business and politics ... and how he miscalculated on his plan to move the teams to Virginia.

Ted Leonsis: "I was wrong" to try to move Washington sports teams to Virginia

Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian and author of "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s" joins Chuck to talk about what she learned working on a biography of someone unusually close to her life — her husband, Dick.

Doris Kearns Goodwin travels back and forth in time, with new book

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joins Chuck for an exit interview on what she’s learned during her decades in Congress, and her ongoing fight to regulate Big Tech.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers targets Big Tech for her closing act in Congress

As regulators and election workers try to catch up to a technology evolving at a break-neck speed, one group is trying to give campaigns a list of do’s and don’ts when it comes to the responsible use of AI. Chuck talks with Ben Resnick and Matt Hodges of Zinc Labs, a Democratic group at the intersection of tech and politics.

David Ignatius: 'I don't think [Prigozhin] is long for this world' after Putin challenge

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