Episodes
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A Mayor In Full
As he wraps up his first year in office, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh sat down with The Scrum to size up his first year in office. From race, to recovery, to the possibility of a Boston Olympics, to pressure from the press. -
A Winning Strategist On Losing
For a while it seemed like Democratic political strategist Doug Rubin had the political Midas touch. The Scrum spoke with the Mass. Democrats' go-to guy about reversals of political fortune. -
Know Thy Gatekeepers
Boston Globe reporters Jim O'Sullivan and Frank Phillips on how gatekeepers decide who and what to keep behind the gates, how they manage spin from the campaigns, and what the media hit and missed during the hotly contested 2014 campaigns. -
Prince And Politics With Mo
Former Mass. Senator Mo Cowan dishes on Mitch McConnell's M.O., what Charlie Baker learned from Deval Patrick, and why he's not ruling out a return to public life. -
Good Luck, Charlie
People said the 2014 Massachusetts governor's race was boring, but man, what a finish! The Scrum takes a closer look at what the heck happened. WBZ reporter Jon Keller, and Mike Deehan of Massterlist drop in. Recorded live at the Banshee in Dorchester. -
Who Approved This Message?
If you turn on the TV between now and November 4th, be prepared to see lots of political ads. This week, The Scrum podcast bring you the good, the bad, and the unfair in the world of Massachusetts and Boston campaign ads. -
"I Get No Respect"
Why do some candidates for higher office get a certain amount of respect and attention and some don't? The Scrum took a closer look at the struggle that some candidates face trying to get media coverage and the public to see them as contenders. Featuring interviews with gubernatorial candidates Evan Falchuk and Jeff McCormick. -
Jane Swift on Romney, the Tea Party & the 3 H's
The Scrum spoke with former Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift about a possible Romney run for president in 2016, why ladies seem to love (or at least like) Charlie Baker; whether the national GOP has drifted too far to the right; inoculating against the three H's (hair, hemlines and husbands); and the legacy of the late Governor Paul Cellucci. -
How To Become Governor, From Someone Who Didn't
Former Mass. gubernatorial candidate Shannon O'Brien dishes to the Scrum about just how taxing running for governor is; what Baker has that Romney lacked; and what Coakley has to do (and shouldn't do) to become the first female governor of Massachusetts. -
Scrum For A New America
Boston Mayor Tom Meninio's casts himself as quite the prophet for American politics in his new book, Mayor for a New America.
