Post-Election Hack-a-Thon (with Jonathan Martin)

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The results are in! Last night Axe and Murphy were joined by the indefatigable chronicler of American politics, Jonathan Martin of Politico. The bleary-eyed Hacks stayed up to unpack the election results, the story the margins told, voter turnout, indicators for the midterms, redistricting, Dick Cheney’s legacy, and so much more! Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, pull up a chair. It's Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod, John Heilman, and Mike Murphy from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:36.1	The Governor-elect of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger.
0:45.3	My fellow Virginians, tonight, we sent a message.
0:51.3	We here in New Jersey are bound to fight for a different future for our children.
0:59.2	Donald Trump does not believe in fair and free elections, period and full stop.
1:05.4	This is not complicated. And it's self-evident to anyone paying attention.
1:15.1	New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants,
1:19.9	and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.
1:24.5	Well, there it is election night, 2025.
1:26.5	Democrats sweep everywhere. Big wins, big impact. And if I were in Venezuela,
1:31.6	I would find a bomb shelter because I have a feeling somebody is going to take a beating tonight
1:35.7	and try to wag the dog. But David, how are we going to untangle all this late here Tuesday
1:40.0	night? So we've looked through. There's only one way, really, and that is to call in the man the all-knowing
1:48.0	all-seeing parapetetic um expense account filling jonathan martin of political america uh the world's guest
1:59.4	yes exactly with a knife and a fork and a pen.
2:03.1	Jonathan Martin, who has turned this gig into an incredible boondoggle, but we appreciate that
2:13.2	you stepped out of your globetrotting to spend a little time with us tonight and sort this shit out.
2:20.3	I just left the boot that Frank Fats in Sacramento, which...
2:24.3	Oh, my God. Time capsule.
2:26.8	Which is one of the great state capital haunts.
2:30.1	And everybody's talking about the election night hacks on tap.
2:33.8	They said, get out of here, put your fork down.
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