Burns tests Hilton's gas-price pitch against a tougher economic forecast.
California's governor's race gets a focused candidate turn as Steve Hilton lays out his case for Republican change after Eric Swalwell suspended his Democratic campaign.

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The Conversation with Dasha Burns treats politics as a test of choices, not just messaging. Recent episodes press governors, senators, candidates, and agency leaders on Trump-era fault lines, Democratic strategy, war, immigration, space policy, and the costs voters actually feel.
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The Conversation with Dasha Burns is a political interview show built for a moment when party labels explain less than they used to. It starts with the people holding power, chasing power, or breaking with it. Then it asks what their arguments mean in practice. Recent episodes put Steve Hilton on California gas prices and Republican hopes in a deep-blue state, Brian Kemp on the GOP’s need for a bigger tent, and Marjorie Taylor Greene on her rupture with Trump over the Epstein files and foreign policy. The questions are plain. The stakes are not. A guest can talk at length, but the conversation keeps returning to what voters pay, what candidates promise, and what parties are willing to risk to win. Dasha Burns brings a firm Washington interview style to many of the episodes, often translating abstract fights into immediate political costs. The On the Road installments with Jonathan Martin shift the setting, placing politicians at barbecue joints, seafood tables, and campaign stops where biography and strategy sit closer together. That change of scenery matters. It lets figures like Gavin Newsom, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Brian Kemp talk through politics as culture, memory, food, faith, and ambition, not only as polls and talking points. The feed also stretches beyond campaign mechanics. Jared Isaacman’s NASA interview turns Artemis 2 into a question about national purpose, China, the moon, and Mars. Andy Beshear’s episode centers Democratic communication in Trump country, faith, culture, and the need to explain a political “why.” Ruben Gallego brings war experience, border-state politics, immigration criticism, voter ID, and Democratic image problems into the same frame. Across the sample, the show favors pressure over performance. It is not trying to stage a shouting match. It is trying to make the answer hold still long enough to be judged.
Made for: For listeners who follow national politics closely and want more than clips, spin, or panel chatter. It suits people interested in party strategy, governing tradeoffs, campaign terrain, and how politicians defend their own logic under questioning.
What sets it apart: Its edge is the combination of pointed studio-style interrogation and place-based On the Road conversations. The show keeps Washington stakes in view while grounding them in voters, prices, biography, food, faith, war, and local political culture.
The Conversation with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns is a fresh take on the traditional Sunday show format, going beyond conventional wisdom and short sound bites to broaden the political conversation. Each week, Dasha will sit down with one of the most compelling – and sometimes unexpected – power players in Washington and beyond for a real discussion about how they are shaping the current moment.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Direct follow-ups reveal how Republican officials negotiate loyalty, policy disagreements, and electoral pressure inside their party.
Dasha Burns uses direct political interviews to examine how Republican figures defend decisions, manage tensions with Trump, and assess electoral risk. Conversations with Sen.
Dasha Burns counters a candidate's gas-price forecast with an economist's warning; you hear the answer.
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Burns tests Hilton's gas-price pitch against a tougher economic forecast.
California's governor's race gets a focused candidate turn as Steve Hilton lays out his case for Republican change after Eric Swalwell suspended his Democratic campaign.
An Augusta-side interview that quickly becomes a clear read on Georgia politics, Senate strategy, and Kemp's warning.
Jonathan Martin's Augusta stop puts Brian Kemp at the Masters before the conversation moves squarely into Georgia's political stakes. Kemp's central pitch is direct: Republicans should remain a big tent, not a party of one ideal, and a full Democratic sweep would be a bad day…
Greene's split with Trump runs through Epstein, Iran, and a threatened primary fight.
The Conversation with Dasha Burns follows Marjorie Taylor Greene's break with Donald Trump through the Epstein files, Iran, and the threat of a primary.
A barbecue-table interview that turns Arkansas politics toward the Republican future.
At Wright's Barbecue in Arkansas's capital, Jonathan Martin opens On the Road with Sarah Huckabee Sanders by moving through the roots of her political identity: a governor in the family, years as Donald Trump's first-term press secretary, and her place now as Arkansas's first…
Katie Britt discusses Iran, Republican politics, and her role between the White House and Capitol Hill.
Katie Britt's interview connects war, Republican politics, and the everyday pressures Americans feel at the gas pump and the voting booth. The Alabama senator talks through Iran's place in global politics, a major midterm primary, her rise as a Republican voice, and the viral…
A Michigan-focused review of whether Democrats should confront Trump now or wait for his presidency to weaken.
Dasha Burns's conversation with Democratic Senator Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan turns a broad Trump-era Democratic argument into something more grounded.
Greene's break with Trump turns MAGA promises about transparency and war into a personal test of loyalty.
Marjorie Taylor Greene's break with Donald Trump lands here as an argument over what MAGA was supposed to deliver, not just who gets to claim it.




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Democratic Senator Alyssa Slotkin from Michigan joins Dasha Burns to discuss the State of the Union and her party's internal divisions.
Dasha Burns interviews former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene about her public fallout with President Trump.
This episode explores the generational shift among congressional Democrats, featuring an interview with Representative Jared Huffman about the push to replace aging committee leaders with younger members.
Steve Hilton tells Dasha Burns that California's governor's race is really about whether 16 years of Democratic control have left the state too expensive to keep going the same way.
Jonathan Martin takes On the Road with Jonathan Martin to Augusta during the Masters and sits down with Brian Kemp.
Dasha Burns sits down with former Republican Congresswoman and MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene.
This episode features an interview with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman discussing the Artemis 2 mission, its role in the space race against China, and the future of lunar and Mars exploration.
This episode features an interview with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat in a red state, discussing how Democrats can win back voters in Trump-supporting areas by focusing on communication, faith, and cultural engagement ahead of upcoming elections.
Governor Gavin Newsom discusses his political strategy against Donald Trump and his new memoir about San Francisco in an interview at Sam's Grill.
This episode features an interview with Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego discussing his perspectives on the Iran war, immigration, and efforts to make Democrats more appealing, drawing on his background as an Iraq war veteran and Hispanic senator from Arizona.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks with Jonathan Martin at Wright’s Barbecue in Little Rock about Arkansas politics, the governor’s mansion, and her family’s long reach through Hope, Central High School, and the Clinton years.
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This episode features an interview with Democratic Senator Alyssa Slotkin discussing the internal divisions within the Democratic party, responses to Trump's State of the Union address, and strategies for upcoming midterms.