PBS News Hour - Politics

Booking Overview

This is a short-form U.S. politics news briefing featuring reports and interviews with senior government officials, election administrators, and national-security experts. Credible pitches include elected officials, senior civil servants, election-security authorities, and nationally recognized policy experts with direct relevance to breaking political developments; booking is likely high difficulty because opportunities are highly news-driven and the outlet has strong national visibility.

Metrics

Episodes: 65

Frequency: Daily

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 5.2M subscribers

Instagram: 1.0M followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

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Host

Geoff Bennett - Discusses more with guests in PBS NewsHour politics segments (as referenced in recent episode descriptions).

Judy Woodruff - Leads a related segment in the PBS ecosystem, shown here interviewing Sophia McClennen and Joshua Johnson about satire’s role in politics and democracy.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior elected officials, government leaders, election administrators, former intelligence officials, and policy experts with direct expertise in major U.S. political or national-security developments

Required Achievements:

Holding senior public office, Leading election administration or government agencies, Serving in senior national-security or intelligence roles, Direct responsibility for major policy or election matters

Recent Guest Discussions

Gabe Sterling - State Election Administration And Responses To Efforts To Reshape The Voting Process

Adrian Fontes - State Election Administration And Responses To Efforts To Reshape The Voting Process

Sue Gordon - Election-security Allegations And The Integrity Of The U.s. Election Process

Recent Topics

Politics, Elections, Government, Public Policy, National Security

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

PBS News Hour - Politics

Trump defends Iran war and threatens annihilation at UN General Assembly

September 22, 2026

President Trump took his "America First" foreign policy to the world stage, using his address to the UN General Assembly to defend the war with Iran and issue a stark warning to Iran's leadership. Trump said a deal could come after the midterm elections and that the alternative was to "annihilate the Islamic Republic." Nick Schifrin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

News Wrap: Grand jury declines to bring charges in death of Nolan Wells

September 22, 2026

In our news wrap Tuesday, a grand jury declined to bring charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a coroner found that actress Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl and Republican Sen. John Curtis is calling for the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Donald Trump Jr. after news that a Russian businessman partially bankrolled his wedding party. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

What the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger settlement means for Hollywood

September 22, 2026

A day after Paramount Skydance and a group of state attorneys general announced a settlement clearing the way for its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, questions remain about whether the deal does enough to protect consumers and competition. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Oliver Darcy of Status. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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