Go Green 2026

Season 3 kicks off with a deep-dive conversation between Andy Ellis and his running mate for Lieutenant Governor, Owen Silverman Andrews. Recorded on Election Day 2025 and premiering the very next evening, this episode sets the stage for the year ahead—goals, strategy, and how a Green, people-powered campaign can reshape Maryland politics. What we cover: Why Owen joined the ticket—and what he’s mo...

Jose Del Toro was Born in Guadalajara, Mexico and raised in the western town in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico where he completed his bachelors of science in Biology. Now, he is a master of public policy candidate at the University of Maryland-Baltimore county. His research areas are aging policy, social policy and its intersections with inequality. Jose is a volunteer on our campaign team, focused on anal...

This address is a reply to the February 5th, 2025 State of the State Address by Maryland Governor Wes Moore. Andy Ellis is a candidate for Governor in Maryland in 2026, seeking the Green Party nomination. You can  learn more on his website GoGreen2026.com

Today’s episode of the podcast is very special one for me, instead of me interviewing someone else I am being interviewed by my dad, Steve Ellis.   My dad had a long career as world renowned communications expert, he worked in PR, politics, media and public service, and he traveled all over the nation and the world doing it. He is also an amazing photographer who keeps winning awards for his excel...

As we continue this season of the podcast  focused on green party members running for down ballot offices, tonight we turn to a judicial race.    Claudia Barber is running for Circuit Court Judge in Anne Arundel County. Claudia has been a member of the Maryland Bar for 35 years, she served as an administrative law judge in Washington DC for over a decade and she has been a lifetime member of the N...

It is October 15th and we are continuing our election season special of the Go Green Podcast. Tonight we are talking with Toya López, a candidate for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61A.   Toya is  a health professional, community leader, queer latine, and a Green Party / Socialist    At her core Toya Is  and will always be, a community organizer rising to the occasion for neighbors, o...

Good Evening it is October 14 2024, a little more than 20 days till election day, and we are continuing our season of podcasts focused on Down Ballot Green Party Candidates, running for office all over the country.   Tonight we are focusing right here in our own backyard in Baltimore MD and talking to Renaud Brown who is running for Baltimore  City Council District 14.   Renaud is an educator, an...

As we got closer to election day the frenzy around the presidential race is growing, and drowning almost everything out, but around the country there are races up and down the ballot and green party candidates are competing in them! Today’s Guest is KODA Daily, a 21 years young Green Party candidate running for State Representative, in Hawai'i District #48. ​ From his website, The intention of his...

For This special Season of the GoGreen 2026 Podcast. I want to use this platform s to put the spotlight on Green Candidates running down ballot, and showing up in their communities everyday. We are going to start with Eddie Espinoza, a Green Party Candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner. I talked to Eddie as part of the Green Party of the United States convention focused on down ballot candidate...

Baltimore is a big port city with a strong industrial history. It is also a city with a history of racism and exploitation. Industrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among The highest in the nation and residents have significantly lower life spans than other parts of the city and the state.    But where there is domination, exploitation, and environmental racism there are mov...

Today’s Show is with Dr Jared Ball he  is a Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. and author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power he is also host of the podcast “ iMiXWHATiLiKE! ”, he can be found @imixwhatilike on most social media, and his decades of emancipatory journalism , media, writing, and political work can be found at imi...

Education is a top priority issue  in Maryland. In 2021 The General Assembly passed the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, which increased education funding by 3.8 Billion dollars annually for 10 years. The primary focus of the Blueprint is on early childhood, primary, and secondary school and This investment signals Maryland’s  commitment  to having a high value public educational system.     One o...

In an extractive capitalist economy designed to create economic inequality and political polarization, debt, credit, and capital play a key role in making the system function. Banks are the institutions responsible for regulating that function.  Those with power and money have tried and succeeded in a vision of banks as private businesses,   But, there will always be resistance to such efforts and...

One of the main themes of this campaign is that the two party system is insufficient to represent the diversity of political perspectives that exist in Maryland. Thus our work is  to grow the movement for multiparty democracy at the state and local level.    One of the main themes of this podcast is to talk to the people whose ideas, scholarship and advocacy influence and inspire my campaign.   Th...

Tonight’s guest  Davarian L. Baldwin is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and public advocate. He currently serves as the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and founding director of Smart Cities Research Lab at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. His academic and political commitments have focused on global cities and particularly the diverse and margina...

Ashley "Ash" Esposito, a working mom, artist, and advocate for educational equity and social justice, was elected to the Board of School Commissioners for Baltimore City Public Schools in 2022.. Ash is deeply committed to addressing systemic issues affecting marginalized communities and is passionate about community engagement, ethical data usage, grassroots democracy, voting rights, and inclusive...

Andrew Eneim is a PhD Candidate at Johns Hopkins University and worker organizer with Teachers and Researchers United(TRU), the Hopkins graduate worker union. He is also a member of the Baltimore Green Party Steering Committee.   In this episode Andrew and I discuss labor organizing in higher education generally, with a specific focus on the the ongoing effort by TRU to win a good contract for PhD...

Renee Johnston has been an educator and union member for over 2 decades. She currently serves as a committee chair of the Global Pan-African Movement, North America and the Green Party of New Jersey, for which she is a registered member; Renee can be found on Black Power Media on the I Mix What I Like show, "Saturdays with Renee". She is also a new member of Black Alliance for Peace, a rabbit hole...

Dayvon Love is a Baltimore-based political organizer and the Director of Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS), a grassroots think-tank that advances the public policy interests of Black people. In 2010, Love co-founded Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS), one of many organizations that successfully pressured the state of Maryland to disband its plans to build a juvenile jail d...

Dayvon Love is a Baltimore-based political organizer and the Director of Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS), a grassroots think-tank that advances the public policy interests of Black people. In 2010, Love co-founded Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS), one of many organizations that successfully pressured the state of Maryland to disband its plans to build a juvenile jail d...

Lawrence Grandpre is Director of Research for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. His focuses include drug policy, criminal justice, police accountability, and community-based economic/educational development. He is the co-author of “The Black Book” and his work has been featured in The Guardian, The Baltimore Sun, Time Magazine and Black Agenda Report. He is also the co-host of the In Search of Blac...

Lawrence Grandpre is Director of Research for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. His focuses include drug policy, criminal justice, police accountability, and community-based economic/educational development. He is the co-author of “The Black Book” and his work has been featured in The Guardian, The Baltimore Sun, Time Magazine and Black Agenda Report.   He is also the co-host of the In Search of Bl...

Dr Bernard Tamas is an Associate Professor at Valdosta State University. He is an expert on elections, electoral bias and US Third Parties. His 2018 Book  The Demise and Rebirth of American Third Parties: Poised for Political Revival? is an excellent exploration of the History of Third Parties in American Elections. He provides a deep dive into the historical and comparative data about third parti...

Nnamdi Lumumba of the Ujima People's Progress Party will join Andy to talk about "The Impossibility of Justice in a Two Party System", building new political parties in Maryland and beyond, and more.