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Primary Concerns is a podcast about the 2016 presidential primaries, hosted by senior editor Brian Beutler.

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January 26, 2017
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Primary Concerns Episode 42: How to Stop Obamacare Sabotage
Andy Slavitt saved the Affordable Care Act; here's how he hopes to keep Donald Trump from destroying it.
January 20, 2017
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Primary Concerns Episode 41: Will Donald Trump Kill Us All?
A leading arms control expert assesses the true risks of placing Trump in charge of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
January 13, 2017
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Primary Concerns Episode 40: Donald Trump’s Impunity Presidency
Adam Serwer on Trump's nominees and his disturbing unresponsiveness to public opprobrium.
January 5, 2017
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Primary Concerns Episode 39: Evan McMullin on the Rules of Resisting Donald Trump
November 30, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 38: Words as Weapons of Authoritarian Control
Brendan Nyhan on how information and disinformation will shape our politics in the Donald Trump era.
November 18, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 37: Digging In for a Fight
November 9, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 36: Into the Abyss
With President-Elect Donald Trump.
November 3, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 35: E.J. Dionne On How Wrong the Right Has Gone
October 26, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 34: After Trump, the Deluge
October 20, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 33: Republicans Will Try to Pretend Donald Trump Never Happened
After the third presidential debate, Republicans are praying for political amnesia—and we may be powerless to prevent it.
October 10, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 32: The Fallout of an Election Meltdown
October 5, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 31: How Tim Kaine Won By Losing
September 27, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 30: Grading a Loser on a Curve
A special presidential debate episode with Matthew Yglesias.
September 22, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 29: Jamelle Bouie on How the White Media Minimizes Racism
September 15, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 28: Who Will Win?
September 9, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 27: The Clinton Rules and Clinton’s Rules
August 25, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 26: Can the GOP Avoid Another Trump
August 18, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 25: What Will Bernie’s Legacy Be?
August 11, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 24: How to Write a Speech When Democracy’s on the Line
August 4, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 23: How Asymmetry Fries the Circuits of the Political Machine

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