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Chuck Todd reads the New Hampshire results as a straightforward establishment win — the progressive dog didn't bark, outside groups largely stayed out, and Jeanne Shaheen's decades of organization-building still define the state party. He expects a four-to-six point Senate race and would be surprised, though not shocked, if it flipped, since Sununu's politics run a bit conservative for New Hampshire. Then he turns to the redistricting chaos in Missouri, where the state's electoral process has been thrown into genuine disarray: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins sat on 300,000 referendum signatures until primary election day before rejecting them, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled the 2025 map never took effect and ordered November run on the old lines with the new map going to a statewide vote with the August primary already conducted on a map that isn't law. Chuck argues Hoskins created this mess through partisan hackery, points to Texas in 1996 as precedent, and says a special election would be the fairest resolution. He also flags Dan Osborn's tricky balancing act in Nebraska, and a New York Times report that Roger Marshall's practice sued roughly 700 patients over unpaid medical bills — some for just a few hundred dollars — before he later voted to limit hospitals' collection powers. Chuck’s read: damaging material doesn't land on a reporter's desk by accident, the timing could matter enormously in a race Democrats have put in play.

Then, Anthony Tommasini — chief classical music critic for the New York Times from 2000 to 2021 — joins the Chuck Toddcast to discuss Voice of a Century: The Life and Artistry of Marian Anderson, out September 8th as part of the Significations series curated by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Tommasini didn't seek the project; he was asked to write it. His argument is that Anderson has been flattened into two civil rights milestones — the 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert before 75,000 people after the DAR barred her from Constitution Hall, and breaking the Met's color line — when the reason she mattered in the first place was the voice. He describes her extraordinary range, her European breakthrough (and the promoters who essentially whitewashed her race to sell her), her decision not to learn Italian because she knew American opera was closed to her, and the fact that had she been born thirty years later she'd have had an opera career.

The human material is remarkable: conscripted into a church choir at six, largely self-taught at piano, denied a hotel room and put up by Albert Einstein, who became a friend and pushed her to speak out more than she wanted to. Anderson's aim was to be a great artist, not an activist. They also get into the state of classical music in 2026 — why symphonies are so expensive to sustain, why live performance can't be replicated, and which American orchestra he'd send you to first.

Finally, Chuck presents his ToddCast Top 5 potential red state sweeps for the Democrats and answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment.

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Timeline:

00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction

02:30 The establishment got its way in NH primary elections

04:45 The progressive dog didn’t bark in New Hampshire

05:15 Outside groups mostly stayed out of NH races

06:45 Jeanne Shaheen built & basically is the NH Democratic Party

08:15 NH senate race will likely be in a 4-6 point range

09:45 Sununu’s politics are a bit conservative for NH

11:30 Would be surprised but not shocked if NH senate goes Republicans

13:30 Missouri election map battle risks disenfranchising voters

14:00 Federal court puts temporary restraining order on the map

14:45 Missouri Republicans drew new maps to achieve 7-1 or 8-0 result

15:45 Voters collected enough signatures for referendum on map

16:30 Missouri secretary of state delayed until day of primary election

18:30 State Supreme Court unanimously ruled new map didn’t take effect

19:30 The old map is still in effect, but primary voters voted on the new map

20:15 SCOTUS declined to intervene, it’s a state issue

21:00 After SCOTUS decision, federal judge in Missouri issued an injunction

23:45 The electoral process in Missouri has been thrown into chaos

25:15 Secretary of state created this mess with partisan hackery

26:30 Texas was in a similar situation in 1996, held a special election

29:30 The special election is the fairest way to resolve this problem

31:30 There could be voter backlash to the redistricting effort

33:30 Dan Osborne trying to pull off a difficult balancing act in Nebraska

34:45 Osborne admits there’s a difference between campaigning & governing

36:30 Dem candidate in Ohio joked he’d lie to voters about being DSA

37:45 Hitting your opponent with their own words is highly effective

40:30 Trump is doing everything he can to screw up the Kansas economy

42:00 NYT reports Roger Marshall sued 700 patients for unpaid medical bills

42:45 Some of the debts were small, in the hundreds of dollars

43:30 Later, Marshall voted to limit hospitals’ ability to collect debts

44:30 Damaging material doesn’t randomly appear on a reporter’s desk

45:30 Report raises a character & empathy question about Marshall

48:15 Story also raises questions about the state of U.S. healthcare

50:15 Timing of the story could seriously impact the election

59:00 Anthony Tommasini joins the Chuck ToddCast

1:01:15 The origin of "Voice of a Century"

1:03:00 Marian Anderson as barrier breaker

1:05:15 Conscripted into the church choir at age six

1:08:00 Anderson became popular in Europe first

1:10:00 Promoters practically whitewashed her race to sell her

1:11:30 Why she never learned Italian

1:14:30 If born 30 years later, she'd have sung opera

1:17:30 Seeing Roland Hayes and the epiphany that followed

1:18:15 She wanted to be a great artist, not a civil rights activist

1:19:15 Denied a hotel room, invited to stay with Albert Einstein

1:21:30 Why she came back to America instead of staying in Europe

1:25:45 Ending every recital with negro spirituals

1:29:30 The Lincoln Memorial concert and the nerves behind it

1:36:00 What Anderson meant as a model for the Black community

1:37:45 Two Anderson recordings everyone should hear

1:43:30 The state of classical music in 2026

1:47:00 Why classical music has to be experienced live

1:52:45 The premiere symphony to attend in America

1:56:00 "Voice of a Century" is out September 8th

1:56:30 ToddCast Top 5 red states where Dems could sweep statewide

2:00:00 #5 Florida

2:01:15 #4 Kansas

2:03:30 #3 Iowa

2:06:15 #2 Texas

2:09:15 #1 Ohio

2:12:00 Ask Chuck

2:12:15 How would history be different if we treated 9/11 as criminal acts rather than war?

2:19:30 Do voters have recourse if an elected official is refusing to do the job?

2:23:30 Why do you shy away from using racism as a voting motive?

2:29:30 If the senate ties 50-50 & one becomes incapacitated, does the chamber flip?

2:33:30 As a Steelers fan, which college QB should I be keeping an eye on?

Chuck Todd reads the New Hampshire results as a straightforward establishment win &mdash; the progressive dog didn't bark, outside groups largely stayed out, and Jeanne Shaheen's decades of organization-building still define the state party. He expects a four-to-six point Senate race and would be surprised, though not shocked, if it flipped, since Sununu's politics run a bit conservative for New Hampshire. Then he turns to the redistricting chaos in Missouri, where the state's electoral process has been thrown into genuine disarray: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins sat on 300,000 referendum signatures until primary election day before rejecting them, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled the 2025 map never took effect and ordered November run on the old lines with the new map going to a statewide vote with the August primary already conducted on a map that isn't law. Chuck argues Hoskins created this mess through partisan hackery, points to Texas in 1996 as precedent, and says a special election would be the fairest resolution. He also flags Dan Osborn's tricky balancing act in Nebraska, and a New York Times report that Roger Marshall's practice sued roughly 700 patients over unpaid medical bills &mdash; some for just a few hundred dollars &mdash; before he later voted to limit hospitals' collection powers. Chuck&rsquo;s read: damaging material doesn't land on a reporter's desk by accident, the timing could matter enormously in a race Democrats have put in play.
Then, Anthony Tommasini &mdash; chief classical music critic for the New York Times from 2000 to 2021 &mdash; joins the Chuck Toddcast to discuss&nbsp;Voice of a Century: The Life and Artistry of Marian Anderson, out September 8th as part of the Significations series curated by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Tommasini didn't seek the project; he was asked to write it. His argument is that Anderson has been flattened into two civil rights milestones &mdash; the 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert before 75,000 people after the DAR barred her from Constitution Hall, and breaking the Met's color line &mdash; when the reason she mattered in the first place was the voice. He describes her extraordinary range, her European breakthrough (and the promoters who essentially whitewashed her race to sell her), her decision not to learn Italian because she knew American opera was closed to her, and the fact that had she been born thirty years later she'd have had an opera career.
The human material is remarkable: conscripted into a church choir at six, largely self-taught at piano, denied a hotel room and put up by Albert Einstein, who became a friend and pushed her to speak out more than she wanted to. Anderson's aim was to be a great artist, not an activist. They also get into the state of classical music in 2026 &mdash; why symphonies are so expensive to sustain, why live performance can't be replicated, and which American orchestra he'd send you to first.
Finally, Chuck presents his ToddCast Top 5 potential red state sweeps for the Democrats and answers listeners&rsquo; questions in the &ldquo;Ask Chuck&rdquo; segment.
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Timeline:
00:00 Chuck Todd&rsquo;s introduction
02:30 The establishment got its way in NH primary elections
04:45 The progressive dog didn&rsquo;t bark in New Hampshire
05:15 Outside groups mostly stayed out of NH races
06:45 Jeanne Shaheen built &amp; basically is the NH Democratic Party
08:15 NH senate race will likely be in a 4-6 point range
09:45 Sununu&rsquo;s politics are a bit conservative for NH
11:30 Would be surprised but not shocked if NH senate goes Republicans
13:30 Missouri election map battle risks disenfranchising voters
14:00 Federal court puts temporary restraining order on the map
14:45 Missouri Republicans drew new maps to achieve 7-1 or 8-0 result
15:45 Voters collected enough signatures for referendum on map
16:30 Missouri secretary of state delayed until day of primary election
18:30 State Supreme Court unanimously ruled new map didn&rsquo;t take effect
19:30 The old map is still in effect, but primary voters voted on the new map
20:15 SCOTUS declined to intervene, it&rsquo;s a state issue
21:00 After SCOTUS decision, federal judge in Missouri issued an injunction
23:45 The electoral process in Missouri has been thrown into chaos
25:15 Secretary of state created this mess with partisan hackery
26:30 Texas was in a similar situation in 1996, held a special election
29:30 The special election is the fairest way to resolve this problem
31:30 There could be voter backlash to the redistricting effort
33:30 Dan Osborne trying to pull off a difficult balancing act in Nebraska
34:45 Osborne admits there&rsquo;s a difference between campaigning &amp; governing
36:30 Dem candidate in Ohio joked he&rsquo;d lie to voters about being DSA
37:45 Hitting your opponent with their own words is highly effective
40:30 Trump is doing everything he can to screw up the Kansas economy
42:00 NYT reports Roger Marshall sued 700 patients for unpaid medical bills
42:45 Some of the debts were small, in the hundreds of dollars
43:30 Later, Marshall voted to limit hospitals&rsquo; ability to collect debts
44:30 Damaging material doesn&rsquo;t randomly appear on a reporter&rsquo;s desk
45:30 Report raises a character &amp; empathy question about Marshall
48:15 Story also raises questions about the state of U.S. healthcare
50:15 Timing of the story could seriously impact the election
59:00 Anthony Tommasini joins the Chuck ToddCast
1:01:15 The origin of "Voice of a Century"
1:03:00 Marian Anderson as barrier breaker
1:05:15 Conscripted into the church choir at age six
1:08:00 Anderson became popular in Europe first
1:10:00 Promoters practically whitewashed her race to sell her
1:11:30 Why she never learned Italian
1:14:30 If born 30 years later, she'd have sung opera
1:17:30 Seeing Roland Hayes and the epiphany that followed
1:18:15 She wanted to be a great artist, not a civil rights activist
1:19:15 Denied a hotel room, invited to stay with Albert Einstein
1:21:30 Why she came back to America instead of staying in Europe
1:25:45 Ending every recital with negro spirituals
1:29:30 The Lincoln Memorial concert and the nerves behind it
1:36:00 What Anderson meant as a model for the Black community
1:37:45 Two Anderson recordings everyone should hear
1:43:30 The state of classical music in 2026
1:47:00 Why classical music has to be experienced live
1:52:45 The premiere symphony to attend in America
1:56:00 "Voice of a Century" is out September 8th
1:56:30 ToddCast Top 5 red states where Dems could sweep statewide
2:00:00 #5 Florida
2:01:15 #4 Kansas
2:03:30 #3 Iowa
2:06:15 #2 Texas
2:09:15 #1 Ohio
2:12:00 Ask Chuck
2:12:15 How would history be different if we treated 9/11 as criminal acts rather than war?
2:19:30 Do voters have recourse if an elected official is refusing to do the job?
2:23:30 Why do you shy away from using racism as a voting motive?
2:29:30 If the senate ties 50-50 &amp; one becomes incapacitated, does the chamber flip?
2:33:30 As a Steelers fan, which college QB should I be keeping an eye on?

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Full Episode - Decoding Missouri’s Election Map Mess +  Remembering The “Voice Of A Century”

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