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

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July 29, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 22: What We Learned from the Craziest Two Weeks In 2016 Politics
Russia, are you listening?
July 19, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 21: Paying Down the Hate Debt
July 8, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 20: The Globalist vs. the Nativist
June 30, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 19: The Codependent Futures of the Supreme Court and the GOP
June 23, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 18: Trump Steaks and Veepstakes
Conservative Matt Lewis warns of the folly of dumping Trump, and Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri skewers VP speculation.
June 16, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 17: Two Houses Divided
June 9, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 16: Donald Trump Judge-Bashes, Hillary Clinton Wins
Conversations with Judge Vaughn Walker and Democratic strategist Lis Smith
May 26, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 15: Hillary Clinton’s Two-Front War
May 19, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 14: Two Republicans Duke It Out Over Trump
Not every fight has to end with broken friendships.
May 12, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 13: The Destruction of the Parties Is Nigh
A #NeverTrump operative and a liberal commentator discuss the futures of the Republican and Democratic parties.
May 5, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 12: Andrew Sullivan Says Trump Will Ruin Us. Is He Right?
April 28, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 11: The After-Bern Effect
What's next for Bernie Sanders and his movement?
April 21, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 10: New York Votes, Trump Towers
After this week's New York primary, what's next for Trump, Cruz and the gang?
April 14, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 9: Divide and Flounder
March 31, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 8: R@tfucking, How Does It Work?
March 24, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 7: The Democracy of Blame
What will the Trump candidacy mean for the Black Lives Matter movement? And if he is indeed the nominee, who's to blame?
March 18, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 6: Super Twosday, Supreme Wednesday
The aftermath of the week's primaries, and a special discussion of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.
March 10, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 5: Conservatism’s Crossroads
Will Party consensus shift in a way that makes it more electable and amenable to compromise?
March 3, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 4: Trump’s Super Tuesday Triumph
February 25, 2016
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Primary Concerns Episode 3: Dr. Strangetrump
Can conservatives learn to stop worrying and love Donald Trump?

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