• The Gaggle: McCain Trump feud, Ducey's veto pen and Phoenix city hall

    The Gaggle: McCain Trump feud, Ducey’s veto pen and Phoenix city hall

  • The Gaggle: Unfinished business and hallway laments

    The Gaggle: Unfinished business and hallway laments

  • The Gaggle: Legislative session recap, May 2017

    The Gaggle: Legislative session recap, May 2017

  • The Gaggle:  Teachers protesting, a budget afoot and what's up with Stanton?

    The Gaggle: Teachers protesting, a budget afoot and what’s up with Stanton?

  • The Gaggle: Voucher vote, Arizona university funding

    The Gaggle: Voucher vote, Arizona university funding

  • The Gaggle: DCS warrants and Flake gets scorched

    The Gaggle: DCS warrants and Flake gets scorched

  • The Gaggle: Health care in Congress and school voucher expansion

    The Gaggle: Health care in Congress and school voucher expansion

  • The Gaggle: Is the filibuster busted and will Michele Reagan show us the money?

    The Gaggle: Is the filibuster busted and will Michele Reagan show us the money?

  • The Gaggle: Teacher raises, ACA repeal and ballot initiatives

    The Gaggle: Teacher raises, ACA repeal and ballot initiatives

  • The Gaggle: Federal budget and few women in the Legislature

    The Gaggle: Federal budget and few women in the Legislature

  • The Gaggle: Obamacare replacement, George W. in town and TANF benefits

    The Gaggle: Obamacare replacement, George W. in town and TANF benefits

  • The Gaggle: Tax that did not get cut, tweets from Gosar and a non-job

    The Gaggle: Tax that did not get cut, tweets from Gosar and a non-job

  • The Gaggle: SB 1142 is dead and town halls get rowdy

    The Gaggle: SB 1142 is dead and town halls get rowdy

  • The Gaggle: Bigfooted, McCain and HB 2404

    The Gaggle: Bigfooted, McCain and HB 2404

  • The Gaggle: How much debt is too much?

    The Gaggle: How much debt is too much?

Keep up with Arizona politics and get the story behind the headlines with our podcast, “The Gaggle.” 

Each week, Michael Squires, politics editor for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, assembles his team to record an inside-the-newsroom conversation about Arizona politics, the kind of discussion you won’t find in print.

Their aim: demystify the players and motives behind the headlines.

They’ll discuss local and state politics as well as Arizona’s delegation in the nation’s capital, touching on everything from what’s brewing in Phoenix City Hall and at the Arizona Legislature to how our representatives in Congress are navigating the Trump administration.

Each episode is about 20 minutes, perfect for catching up on your commute or while doing the dishes. New episodes air Wednesdays.

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You can find more political coverage or catch a shorter version of the conversation in our video series by the same name at politics.azcentral.com.

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(P.S. A “gaggle” is, as Squires says in the first episode, “when a group of reporters surround a politician and pepper him with questions.” Get it?)

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