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Time now for the C-SPAN podcast "Extreme Mortman" trivia question! On June 2nd, 1986, first day of live coverage of U.S. Senate on C-SPAN2, one Senator pulled out a mirrored compact and said lawmakers had received TV training. Name that Senator! The answer in this week's episode of Extreme Mortman.

"Whaaaaat?" -- NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani reaction when he learns a reporter didn't watch the Knicks game ...

"Good morning my fellow New Yorkers. Let's go Knicks. What you may have heard as I walked on was Ricky Martin's Livin' la Vida Loca - which was the number one song in the country the last time the Knicks were in the finals." -- NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani

Think there's a lot of press attention for Stephen Colbert this week, as his CBS show ends? It still might be tough to top all the media attention for Colbert testifying in a House hearing on immigrant farm workers, September 24, 2010. Full video here: www.c-span.org/program/hous...

Governors Celebrate America 250: Great American History from State of State Speeches. Learn A250 - from the original 13 states - from their govs! In NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast Extreme Mortman. NOW on top here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... Or ExMo wherever you get podcasts.

What does mom want for Mother's Day this year? A card, a call — or even a beer? How about a picture of Bondi or Noem? Nope — what mom really wants is this Robert Byrd poem.

When DC Laughed at Itself: Dan Glickman & Golden Age Political Comedy. Name funniest celebrity politician in Washington. You said Dan Glickman, right? Your reward: NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast Extreme Mortman. NOW on top here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... Extreme Mortman where you get podcasts

Spotted today at the White House dancing to the musical stylings of Barry White: the Racing Presidents

Governors who might run for president: What did we learn about their national ambitions in their State of the State addresses? Well - plenty! Hear all the hints - big & small - in NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast Extreme Mortman. Here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... Or ExMo wherever you get podcasts

Video from inside WH Correspondents Dinner with Trump moments after shooter -- SWAT & Secret Service

Expect the crowd to go nuts when you walk the red carpet at the White House Correspondents dinner tonight? Sure, they might. But you likely won't be able to top the reaction the Jonas Brothers got in 2008. (Caution: Protect your ears. Turn down the volume.)

Funniest jokes Presidents have told at WHCA dinner? Hear them all - from Nixon through Reagan through Biden - in NEW episode C-SPAN podcast Extreme Mortman. Very special guest: @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social Keith ... Listen NOW on top here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... Or ExMo wherever you podcast

Remember the White House press sec who confessed to smoking a joint as a kid in 70s? And the outrage that ensured? Before marking 4/20 marijuana holiday listen to NEW episode C-SPAN podcast "Extreme Mortman." NOW on top here - in the weeds: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... Or wherever you get podcasts

The Senate is back in session today - and back on TV - just like Senators have been since 1986. What is your favorite or most consequential moment from 40 years of Senate floor on TV? Reply/comment below and we may feature you and your Senate moment on "Extreme Mortman" podcast.

The British are coming - to Congress! Before watching King Charles address Congress April 28, listen NOW new episode C-SPAN podcast Extreme Mortman. What have other British royalty & PMs since Churchill told Congress? How many? Find out! www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... ExMo wherever you get podcasts

June 2: Celebrating 40 years of Senate on C-SPAN2 & we want to hear from you. Call 202-626-4600 & tell us your favorite Senate TV moment — most memorable, serious or even entertaining. Or email radio@c-span.org Or post in comments below We may feature it on Extreme Mortman podcast

Please forgive a bit of personal vanity ... but here's a two-act of sizzle reel of late night comedians citing Extreme Mortman tweets ...

2026: Trump captured Venezuela's Maduro. Not 1sr time U.S. captured Latin America leader. 1989: Bush got Panama's Noriega. Why? How did that play 1992 prez campaign? Find out in NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast Extreme Mortman. NOW here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... ExMo wherever you get podcasts

"Just last week, Senator Kennedy stood on this floor and spoke about people who had died too young, and the heartbroken families they had left behind." -- Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) July 20, 1999 ... Ted Kennedy's nephew John F. Kennedy, Jr. died July 16, 1999.

Gas price change this morning (3-30-2026) at BP station, 1423 Chain Bridge Rd McLean, VA ... regular had been $3.99/gallon ...

Celebrating 40 years of the U.S. Senate on C-SPAN2 and we want to hear from you. Call 202-626-4600 and tell us your favorite Senate moment/ Or email radio@c-span.org or comment here on Bluesky. Leave your name, where you’re from and your favorite Senate moment & we may feature it on Extreme Mortman.

"I've named my magazine after you." -- George Magazine editor John F. Kennedy, Jr. ... commencement speech, Washington College ...May 23, 1999 ... He died July 16, 1999 ... It was the only commencement address he ever gave

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: Peak cherry blossom bloom in Washington, D.C. with over 70% of the Yoshino trees around the Tidal Basin open ....

You mean it's opening day MLB baseball - & no Washington Post sports writers to cover it? What might Congress say? Hear Congress praise WashPost Sports in NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast "Extreme Mortman." NOW on top here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... Or ExMo wherever you get podcasts

American national Dennis Coyle returns -- held since January 2025 by Afghanistan Taliban government

CBS News Radio Nov. 4, 2008: "CBS News now estimates the end of the race...Those states put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to become the first African-American president of the United States. Live now to Chicago and Grant Park where that teeming throng awaits their hero"

For C-SPAN's 47th birthday today, something in House you almost never get to see or hear: House ethics committee hearing investigating a member. Hear the 5 times you did in new episode C-SPAN Radio podcast "Extreme Mortman" NOW on top: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... ExMo wherever you get podcasts

OH MY GUINNESS! A Capitol Hill tradition: 52 cent pints from 9-10 am on St. Patrick's Day at The Dubliner ….

Excited for the Academy Awards? Then get excited for NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast "Extreme Mortman." Legendary actor Bob Cusack awards the first-ever ExMo for best movie reference by a politician! Who wins? Find out NOW here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... Or ExMo wherever you get podcasts.

PRO TIP: Presiding over the U.S. Senate? Read a book about the U.S. Senate.

"This is a cup of Starbucks coffee. I checked: The most popular Starbucks coffee drink is a caramel macchiato. Caramel macchiato. Now I don't know what that is. I haven't had it. I generally don't drink coffee that takes ten or more words to order." -- @SenJohnKennedy

Ex-Sen. Ben Sasse has terminal cancer. His favorite & most memorable speaking moments as a U.S. Senator? We asked him! Find out which he picked - & hear them - in NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast "Extreme Mortman." Listen NOW on top here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... ExMo wherever you get podcasts

The death of Jesse Jackson ... and the birth of a Sister Sister Souljah moment. Remember Bill Clinton's Sister Souljah moment? If you don't - or if you want to relieve the 1992 campaign controversy - listen to NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast "Extreme Mortman." ExMo NOW wherever you get podcasts ...

"Even though love is such a wonderful value, it's not the value that we see as American. So if you want to use love -- if want to do it, great. If you want to talk about it, don't." -- Frank Luntz to @natlgovsassoc.bsky.social #NGAWinterMeeting

Why do State of Union addresses matter? Because foreign policy. Before watching Trump SOTU Tuesday, listen NOW to NEW episode C-SPAN podcast "Extreme Mortman" Because SOTU foreign policy you'll soon hear, you've heard for decades ExMo here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... Or wherever you get podcasts

Remembering legendary Washington Post political reporter and Reagan biographer Lou Cannon: A special episode of C-SPAN Radio podcast "Extreme Mortman" -- with Lou's son Carl Cannon ... Hear Carl's stories and memories of his dad - and clips of Lou on C-SPAN. Listen to ExMo wherever you get podcasts

What is a discharge petition? What does it have to do with stocks, health care, Epstein? (And why is Ross Perot part of the story?) Scott Wong has answers! In NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast "Extreme Mortman" Listen NOW top here: www.c-span.org/podcasts/sub... Or find ExMo wherever you get podcasts

I'll have what she's having ... Happy During-June-2010-SCOTUS-Justice-Confirmation-Hearing-Elena-Kagan-Tell-Sen.-Lindsey-Graham-You-Know-Like-All-Jews-I-Was Probably-at-a-Chinese-Restaurant Day for all who celebrate ...

For those who celebrate ... HAPPY PATTI LaBELLE DAY! Once again, from this date in 1996, December 5th -- here's the dynamic Patti LaBelle singing "This Christmas" and asking the timeless musical question: "Where are my background singers? Woooo!"

"OK, that's pretty cool." -- Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) reacts as 20-week old, 45-pound Gru the turkey struts (fans its tail, puffs out its chest, and displays its plumage)

New movie "Nuremberg" with Russell Crowe and Rami Malek is out today. See the entire 1948 U.S. Army documentary of the Nuremberg trials - first screened in Germany in November 1948 and released in 2016 - here via the C-SPAN Video Library & American History TV: www.c-span.org/program/amer...

YIDDISH for body parts as spoken in debates held in New York City: - Oct. 22, 2025, NYC Mayor: Tucchus - Oct. 25, 1998, NY Senate: Putzhead (it tucchus a while to remember the second one)

"As the Blue Öyster Cult band once sang: We (don't fear) the reaper. We (don't fear) the reaper. We (don't fear) the reaper." -- @RepStenyHoyer on Russell Vought ... (#MoreCowbell)

Reporting LIVE from Capitol Hill where the Guinness is 51 cents a pint this crisp but clear St. Patrick’s Day morning … Back to you in the studio…p

It's time for the annual Latke - Hamantaschen debate! Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 starting 7pmET ... Sponsored by the all-volunteer Jewish Study Center. In person at Adas Israel in DC... Or virtually by zoom. Details/sign-up here: www.jewishstudycenter.org/events/25w7-...

Behind scenes of new C-SPAN promo spot "Democracy Unfiltered." What was full context when Presidents Carter Reagan Bush Clinton Bush Obama Trump Biden - & Trump again talked democracy? Find out in NEW episode C-SPAN Radio podcast "The Weekly." Find/download/listen wherever you get podcasts ...

Happy Elena-Kagan-Eats-Chinese-Today Day to all who celebrate!

Christmas morning and decorations at Union Station in DC near Capitol Hill -- shot via @cspanwj.bsky.social on @c-span.bsky.social