The Breakdown

The Breakdown

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  • Typical duration

    49 min

    per episode

  • If it hooks

    45%

    finish an episode

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The Breakdown episodes

  • March 31, 2022 | Guest: David Coale
    Ginni Thomas’s J6 extracurriculars put ethical ‘rules’ for SCOTUS under a new microscope. Will Clarence Thomas be held to ANY standards? Don’t get your hopes up. Legal expert David Coale joins Rick Wilson with a new twist. Only on The Breakdown. Thurs. 7p Eastern.
    35 min
  • March 29, 2022 | Guest: Craig Mazin
    Creator of HBO’s Chernobyl, Craig Mazin joins Tara Setmayer & Rick Wilson on The Breakdown to talk about the fallout of authoritarianism & about another major disaster, his college roommate...Ted Cr*z. Tuesday at 7pm Eastern.
    41 min
  • March 24, 2022 | Guest: Steve Wanczyk
    159 million voters. 538 electoral votes. 1 Democracy in desperate need of a marketing department. Steve Wanczyk at Protect Our Election is building one. He joins Tara Setmayer and Rick Wilson to tell us how. Only on The Breakdown. Thurs at 7p Eastern.
    39 min
  • March 22, 2022 | Guest: Jason Berlin
    Wanna lose our democracy in Nov? Simple. Do nothing. Wanna save it? Watch The Breakdown Tues at 7p Eastern. Tara Setmayer & Rick Wilson have Jason Berlin, Exec Dir of Field Team 6, an org with an army of volunteers - & partner of JoinTheUnionUS. Your mission: save democracy.
    32 min
  • March 17, 2022 | Guest: Bill Browder
    What’s it going to take to bring Putin down? Bill Browder has some ideas. He was declared a threat to Russian to national security & pushed congress to pass the Magnitsky Act. He joins Tara Setmayer for a can’t miss The Breakdown, Tonight at 7pm Eastern.
    27 min
  • March 10, 2022 | Guest: David Rothkopf
    “...the cost of defeating [Putin] is likely to be much higher than we even imagine today.” David Rothkopf joins Tara Setmayer on The Breakdown to talk long-term strategy in Ukraine. Spoiler: Putin’s fall will not come quick or easy. Don’t miss it. Thursday at 7pm Eastern.
    40 min
  • March 8, 2022 | Guest: Gen. Mark Hertling
    Russian bombs target civilians. Ret. Gen. Mark Hertling calls it for what it is: terrorism. He joins Tara Setmayer & Rick Wilson to talk about Putin’s war crimes and what comes next in the devastating crisis in Ukraine. Don’t miss Tuesday’s The Breakdown.
    49 min
  • January 27, 2022 | Guest: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
    Putin’s ‘Firehose of falsehoods’ have led Russia to the brink of war, & Trump’s stealing his playbook. Autocrat expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins Rick Wilson & Tara Setmayer for a look at Ukraine, lies, and Putin’s American army on The Breakdown.
    40 min

About The Breakdown

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The Lincoln Project's "The Breakdown" is a weekly political commentary show hosted by Rick Wilson and Maya May. The show features analysis of current events, interviews with political figures, and…

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