Hello listeners. This is Politico's Nurdcast. I'm Charlie Mathesian sitting in for Scott Bland.

This week we're talking about how Facebook is on the hot seat with Congress.

Then we ask a big question.

Have the national parties lost their mojo in the 2018 midterms?

You're not going to want to miss that.

Plus, a couple of quick questions and answers about what we learned from this week's

primary in Illinois. But with a twist, the questions

are going to come from the political audience and I'm going to try to answer a few of

them. A reminder to our listeners to subscribe to theurdcast, rate us, and write a review.

We're going to read a listener review at the end of the show, and it's kind of hilarious, so stick around.

And one last note before we begin. We're taping this segment a little

bit before noon-eastern time on Thursday, March 22nd, so it's all up to date as of

then. Okay, let's get started. I want to welcome our guests. First time

Nurdcast guest, Politico White House reporter Matt Nussbaum. Hey Matt,

great to be here. Thanks for coming. And hello to Senior Technology reporter Nancy Scola.

Hey Nancy.

Hey Charlie. Nancy, I never asked you this.

Where are you from?

New Jersey.

New Jersey.

Great state of New Jersey.

Hey, are you a Pennsylvania guy?

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