RealClearPolitics Podcast

In this special year end wrap up, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss the most important political stories of 2025, and their choices for political winners and losers of the year. Next, they discuss the year’s most important stories and trends in foreign policy and economics. And finally, they talk about the most significant stories and personalities in sports and culture for 2025. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss Sunday's meeting in Florida between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, and today’s meeting between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Then, they discuss a report that has gone viral by Youtuber Nick Shirley on government corruption and empty childcare centers in Minnesota run by Somali immigrants, and why the mainstream media has missed the story. And, they talk about FBI Director Kash Patel’s announcement that the FBI will move out of the J. Edgar Hoover Building and relocate to offices once occupied by the Agency for International Development. Plus, in his 1st Christmas Day address, Pope Leo XIV discussed Gaza, immigration and the need for peace talks to end conflicts around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this special “Best of 2025” edition of RCP, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss Chicago politics with Austin Berg, Director of the Chicago Policy Center. (ORIGINAL AIRDATE: NOV 18, 2025.) Then, Mary Katherine Hamm of Outkick joins Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon to discuss the political future of Minnesota governor Tim Walz in the wake of a New York Times report that more than one billion dollars of taxpayer money has been stolen in Minnesota, in three separate plots that are currently under investigation by federal authorities. (ORIGINAL AIRDATE: DEC 3, 2025) And then, Mary Katherine Hamm of Outkick joins Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon to look at the 2028 Republican presidential field, and new polls that show Donald Trump Jr. in second place for the GOP nomination. After that they discuss "Notes on Being a Man", a new book from podcaster Scott Galloway about the state of masculinity in America. And finally, they look at football coach Lane Kiffin’s controversial move from the University of Mississippi to Louisiana State University. (ORIGINAL AIRDATE: DEC 3, 2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss new GDP numbers that show the economy grew at 4.3 percent in the third quarter of 2025, exceeding expectations. Also, President Donald Trump announced plans yesterday to build a new class of battleship as part of what he calls “The Golden Fleet.” And Hunter Biden reemerged yesterday, criticizing his father’s administration in a five-and-a-half hour long podcast where he revealed he is $15M in debt and claims there is “no generational wealth” in the Biden family. Then, James S.Robbins, Dean of Academics at the Institute of World Politics in Washington DC, joins the guys to discuss U.S. policy toward Venezuela, the naming of a new special envoy to Greenland, and the State Department’s decision to reassign 30 ambassadors in order to align foreign policy with the President’s directions. And they discuss CBS Editor in Chief Bari Weiss and her decision to pull a 60 Minutes report on the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants to a prison in El Salvador, saying it lacked context. Despite her last minute action, the story aired in Canada and is now available online. Also, today is Festivus, and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has released his annual list of grievances concerning government waste in 2025. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and RCP White House Correspondent Phil Wegmann discuss Turning Point USA’s America Fest which wrapped up on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance’s comments this morning regarding Nick Fuentes, and whether Vance can hold together the Republican coalition. Also singer/songwriter Nicki Manaj addressed the Turning Point USA audience on the importance of free speech, while Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) told ABC News on Sunday that he does not believe Vance stands for the traditional Republican values of free trade, lower taxes and limited government. Next, they discuss Larry Kudlow’s remarks that the US economy could experience five percent growth rate in 2026, and whether such an improvement in the country’s economic fortunes could help the GOP retain control of the House in the midterms. And, they discuss the political fortunes of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who announced her withdrawal from the New York governors race after President Trump did not endorse her. Also, CBS Editor in Chief Bari Weiss this weekend pulled a segment from 60 Minutes at the last minute, saying it lacked context. The reporter on the story, Sharyn Alfonsi has protested – saying that the segment was screened five times internally. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.