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Power Play
Power Play
POLITICO

Power Play is POLITICO's new weekly transatlantic podcast hosted by renowned British journalist Anne McElvoy. It takes listeners inside the minds of those who wield power... more

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Episodes

Transatlantic allies weigh up Israeli options on Iran

The barrage of Hezbollah rockets, the amassing of Israeli ground forces in Lebanon and the prospect of a retaliatory strike... more

10 Oct 2024 · 25 minutes
Tony Blair’s plan to end Hezbollah and Gaza wars

Israel's battle with Hezbollah and the recent retaliation from Iran has stoked fears of runaway escalation in the Middle East.... more

03 Oct 2024 · 24 minutes
Trudeau's fight for survival: Chrystia Freeland enters the fray

Taking on the presidency of the G7 next year, Canada should be in prime position to shape transatlantic relations alongside... more

26 Sep 2024 · 30 minutes
Meet JD Vance's surprising European support network

From Hillbilly Elegy to vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance has come far since his  hardscrabble roots in Ohio to shape the... more

19 Sep 2024 · 34 minutes
The Trump thump: Has Harris sealed the deal?

The sparks flew in the first U.S. presidential debate Tuesday night between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. How will the encounter... more

12 Sep 2024 · 29 minutes
Starmer's wasted opportunity to influence Netanyahu on Gaza

Ehud Olmert, the prime minister of Israel between 2006 and 2009, believes Britain’s suspension of some of its arms exports is a... more

05 Sep 2024 · 33 minutes
Trump v Harris: How to win a TV election debate

With the U.S. presidential debate now confirmed, our guests explain the tips and tricks that could help Donald Trump or Kamala... more

29 Aug 2024 · 33 minutes
Live at the DNC: Kamala Harris' big moment

Kamala Harris wound up the Democratic National Convention in Chicago by staking her claim to be the next president of... more

23 Aug 2024 · 21 minutes
Live at the DNC: Tammy Duckworth takes aim at Republicans for military slurs

Live on stage at the CNN-POLITICO Grill in Chicago, host Anne McElvoy talks to U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth. The Illinois senator — a decorated... more

21 Aug 2024 · 23 minutes
Queen of Europe: The surprising side to Ursula von der Leyen

She’s the “queen of Europe” and her reign is set for another five years. Ursula von der Leyen’s reelection as... more

01 Aug 2024 · 27 minutes
Kamala Harris takes aim at Trump: Is history on her side?

Kamala Harris' sudden elevation to likely Democrat nominee has transformed the race for the White House. As President Biden passed... more

25 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
Live at the RNC: Insiders decode the Trump and Vance show

It's been an eventful few days at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Donald Trump and his running mate,... more

17 Jul 2024 · 32 minutes
Live at the RNC: Trump insider on the survivor and a new VP

Reince Priebus is one the Republican Party's veteran power brokers. He served Donald Trump as his first White House chief... more

15 Jul 2024 · 34 minutes
Starmer at NATO summit: departing general issues sobering advice

Fresh from his landslide victory, Britain’s new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has flown to Washington to join other leaders of... more

11 Jul 2024 · 25 minutes
Keir’s here: Starmer wants to change Britain and its standing in the world

It's all change in the U.K. Labour's historic landslide election victory beckons a different kind of leadership for Britain on... more

05 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
Never say never: Sanna Marin's warning to Europe on tech, populism and her career ambitions

The recent shift to the right in the European Parliament election doesn't bode well for the continent's dwindling band of... more

27 Jun 2024 · 21 minutes
Shut up and listen: The election 'fixer' has some advice for Biden, Macron and Sunak

Election fever is gripping both sides of the North Atlantic. As Britain heads into the final weeks of a long... more

20 Jun 2024 · 31 minutes
Don’t abandon the center, warns UK Chancellor

It takes a brave — some may say reckless — leader to call a general election when trailing in the... more

13 Jun 2024 · 23 minutes
Trump's plan to end the Ukraine war: Bankrupt Putin's regime

The conviction of Donald Trump in a criminal trial in New York has electrified the race for the White House.... more

06 Jun 2024 · 31 minutes
As the Rafah crisis deepens, could Gaza war threaten the US-UK relationship?

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, host Anne McElvoy asks Jane Hartley, United States ambassador to the... more

30 May 2024 · 32 minutes
Navalny’s fight for a democratic Russia survives, insists key ally

Host Anne McElvoy talks to Leonid Volkov, who was Alexei Navalny's long-serving chief of staff and campaign manager, about his... more

23 May 2024 · 19 minutes
NATO needs to bend its rules to help Ukraine. Here’s why.

This week's edition of Power Play comes from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, where host Anne McElvoy talks to President Zelenskyy’s... more

16 May 2024 · 24 minutes
Kevin McCarthy on his enemies and making peace with Trump after being ousted as House Speaker

Among the business leaders, philanthropists and other luminaries attending this year's Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles are politicians... more

09 May 2024 · 26 minutes
Trump, Xi and how the China-US relationship faces a reset

Elbridge Colby is a hot pick to be Donald Trump's national security adviser if the former president returns to the... more

02 May 2024 · 30 minutes
Putin wants to divide the US and Britain. Is it working?

"America will always defend democracy in its hour of need. We tell our allies: we will stand with you. We... more

26 Apr 2024 · 31 minutes
Israel-Iran conflict: Biden and Trump vie for answers

How will responses to the confrontation between Israel, its allies and Iran redefine the line that divides Donald Trump and... more

18 Apr 2024 · 31 minutes
Trump's world view: How he'd deal with Russia, China, Iran and the Middle East

This week marked the grim six-month milestone since the Hamas terror attack on Israel and the ensuing counter-attack on Gaza, which... more

11 Apr 2024 · 32 minutes
America’s battle against disinformation in the era of AI

In the wake of a devastating Islamist terror attack in Moscow, the dark arts of spreading disinformation are again in... more

28 Mar 2024 · 26 minutes
Labour’s David Lammy on Trump, ‘visionary’ Margaret Thatcher and his bid to be the UK’s next foreign secretary

With the specter of a famine and a possible ground incursion of Rafah looming, Israel's allies are fretting. U.S. Secretary... more

21 Mar 2024 · 31 minutes
Meet the mayor from Florida who wants to be Trump's VP

Now that Donald Trump is all but certain to lead his party into November’s presidential election in the U.S., it’s... more

14 Mar 2024 · 30 minutes
Biden's State of the Union and Trump rematch | Interview with POLITICO's global editor-in-chief

From Maine to California, Super Tuesday is the biggest date in the calendar for the United States primary election —... more

07 Mar 2024 · 31 minutes
Will NATO send troops to Ukraine? Estonia’s Kaja Kallas on war, Trump and European defense

As European leaders gathered in Paris this week, there was a sense of foreboding about the war in Ukraine, and... more

29 Feb 2024 · 30 minutes
From Munich: US top officials talk Russia, Israel and Trump

From the Munich Security Conference, host Anne McElvoy speaks to U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations... more

18 Feb 2024 · 31 minutes
World on fire: Trump, NATO, Gaza and Ukraine top the bill at Munich Security Conference

As security and defense chiefs descend on Bavaria this weekend for the annual Munich Security Conference, can anything be done... more

15 Feb 2024 · 29 minutes
Steadfast Defender: NATO's UK ambassador on Ukraine, US war-funding and Europe’s looming defense headache

The largest NATO exercise since the Cold War is underway in the North Atlantic. The most powerful military alliance on... more

08 Feb 2024 · 26 minutes
Election 2024: Race for the White House

As Donald Trump’s seemingly unstoppable campaign to win the Republican nomination gathers pace, most eyes in America and the world... more

01 Feb 2024 · 28 minutes
'Another way of slavery': Singer, activist Angélique Kidjo on UK's Rwanda policy, politics and music

How much attention is Africa receiving as the world remains transfixed by wars in Europe, the Middle East, and as... more

25 Jan 2024 · 25 minutes
Sponsored Content: As AI ascends, Davos leaders take on trust and transparency

The focus of the 2024 World Economic Forum at Davos was on rebuilding trust, with artificial intelligence top of the... more

22 Jan 2024 · 16 minutes
Davos 2024: The influence of China, Ukraine and America at WEF

As the World Economic Forum draws to a close in Davos, Power Play rounds off the week with analysis of... more

19 Jan 2024 · 22 minutes
Davos 2024: David Cameron on Israel, Ukraine, and return to front-line Conservative politics

In this episode, U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron sits down with Anne McElvoy at the World Economic Forum to discuss... more

18 Jan 2024 · 28 minutes
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As European leaders gathered in Paris this week, there was a sense of foreboding about the war in Ukraine, and the death... more