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Ready to talk about sex? Billy Procida is a sex-positive comedian and self-proclaimed whore. He’s the host of the Manwhore podcast, and founder of the Naked Comedy Show, which constantly sells out. I met Billy at a comedy festival over 10 years ago when he was still finding his footing in all of this.

Mike Siegel is a comedian, TV Host, and podcaster. He hosts one of my favorite podcasts, Travel Tales with Mike Siegel. I was lucky enough to guest on there twice. We talk the crumbling industry in LA, what it means to be creatively fulfilled, the infectious allure of wanting to see the world, and he’s got a pretty interesting dilemma coming up involving the World Cup.

John F. O’Donnell is a comedian, TV Host, and Mental Health Advocate. We’ve been friends since the Redacted Tonight days. Those were simpler times when people genuinely believed that left-wing comedians were Russian spies. Somehow, things have gotten even crazier.

Laura House is a comedian, podcaster, and an Emmy Nominated TV Writer. CBS, HBO, the BBC, all on her resume. She also has a very helpful perspective on how to handle the times we’re living through.

Brandie Posey is a comedian, podcaster, and record label owner. Her new special, Milk Job, is out now and her label is Burn This Records. She brings a punk rock DIY ethos to putting out comedy albums, which is beyond a breath of fresh air amidst a crumbling, fascist friendly industry. We break it down the only way two lefty millennials know how.

George De Stefano is an author, journalist, and critic. In my show, Anti-Fascist Pasta Night, I make reference to MAGAroni, a new moniker for right-wing Italian-Americans. I knew I needed to find the inventor of this hysterical slogan. Well, George is the inventor! Please welcome to the show, the creator of the MAGAroni tag, among so many other amazing things.

Daniel Mate is a musician, playwright, author, and podcaster. He recently co-authored a book with his father, Dr. Gabor Mate, and he’s the co-host of the Bad Hasbara podcast.

Nick O’Malley is the singer/songwriter for the Wisconsin leftist punk band, The First Rule. Also, as a resident of Kenosha, he has a first hand perspective on the event, trial, and murders, and yes they were murders, committed by Kyle Rittenhouse.

Katie Compa is a comedian. Her new album, Incurable Optimist, is out now. She lives in NYC and was active with the Mamdani campaign. She co-hosts a podcast called Kid/Life Crisis, that goes in-depth about their guest’s decision on whether or not to have children. Which is quite the topic given the state of the world...

Mike LoBello is an organizer who has been instrumental in the rise of the Italian-American Left in New York. He helped organize the Italians for a General Strike demonstration in Brooklyn. His speech was incredible, it was about his family being Partisans. It literally brought me to tears. I didn’t even know he was because he does not use his name for his IG account. I found out who he was, and im...

Madinah Wilson-Anton is an elected official in the state of Delaware, and a comedian. Also, she’s a polyglot! At least I would say she is, I guess some people define it differently. We have an in-depth conversation about how she weaved her web, and the inside-outside strategy for change. Myself being on the outside, and her being on the inside.

Nolan Higdon is a political analyst, author, and academic. He writes the Gaslight Gazette on Substack and works with the amazing, Project Censored. We first cross paths via Substack over a cordial disagreement on Section 230, and started collaborating. Yay Substack!

Black Guy Fawkes is a musician. I first came across him when I saw a video of him covering an Against Me song. I became an instant fan. Aside from the great music, his story is one of the importance and challenge of finding your community amidst these difficult times. Said challenge is not a destination, it’s a journey. One that we’re all still on. Please welcome to the show, Black Guy Fawkes. 

Dennis Kucinich is a public official. He’s been a Mayor, State Senator, Congress Member, and Candidate for President of the United States. He is, in my opinion, one of the few out there who has genuinely tried to use public office, as corrupt as it is, for good. We talk about his history, the current state of affairs, and even a few points of disagreement.

Craig Pasta Jardula is a Journalist and YouTuber. Also, we’re friends, at one point we were roommates. Pasta and I were both part of the Bernie movement. When that fractured, we went different ways. I’ve been curious about that fracturing, so I decided Pasta was somebody I needed to ask about it. We see things differently. We’re not aligned on issues such as Covid, Kyle Rittenhouse, and social iss...

Jake Flores is a comedian and podcaster. I first cross paths with Jake when he was a guest on The Jimmy Dore Show many years ago (when it was a much different show), and have been following his path ever since. He’s a huge contributor to the left podcasting space, and he’s never been shy to call out what’s been happening politically in the stand-up comedy world amidst this fascist rise.

David Rovics is a musician, songwriter, anarchist, and activist. I’ve been listening to David for over 20 years, having first discovered his music when the Iraq War jolted me awake and I started participating in the anti-war movement in the United States. If you’re not familiar with him, you are about to learn why this is the perfect episode for St. Patrick’s Day.

Last week we had Zac Polston, well, this is the other half of the Vanguard. Gavin Charles is a YouTuber, Journalist, and Filmmaker. He’s the creator of the Found Footage Indie Horror series, No Clip, and, as mentioned, he’s the co-host of the YouTube Breadtube show, the Vanguard.

Zac Polston, known on YouTube as Zac from the Vanguard, is a YouTuber, Journalist, and Filmmaker. He’s the co-host of the Lefty Breadtube show, The Vanguard. They do a news show from a progressive point of view, and dissect the inter-fightings of indie lefty media. Also, they talk film, sports, and culture as 2 dudes from Kansas City.

John-Michael Bond is a writer and comedian. He’s had quite a life. The son of a preacher, Americore, being held up at gun point, and that’s barely scratching the surface. Punk rock, public broadband in Chattanooga, philosophy, politics, religion, and cats. This is everything 1000!

Sarah O’Connell is a show host, writer, and movie reviewer. I had the honor of being a guest on her show, she’s an incredible interviewer. She noticed things about Loner and Left At Wall that I didn’t even think of. She’s interviewed some of the biggest actors in the world. This is her story.

Jesse Ortiz is a med student and activist. He is the founder of the Instagram account, Italians for Zohran, an account in support of the election of Zohran Mamdani. It remains active post-Mamdani’s victory, as an outlet for leftist and progressive Italian-Americans (and everybody else, too) to gather and exchange ideas, and pushback against the commonly held generalization that Italian heritage in...

Matt Lech is a podcast producer and media maker. He’s best known for Jacobin, Left Reckoning, and the Majority Report. We both dwelled or currently dwell in similar YouTube spaces and we’re both anti-capitalist. Lot of talk about the current state of affairs in this one.

Matt Kirshen is a comedian, writer, and podcast host. He’s one of the co-hosts of Probably Science, one of my favorite comedy podcasts that incorporates science news. Matt and I first met at a live show of the Infinite Monkey Cage and then reconnected when I moved to LA. He’s one of my favorite comics to watch.

Ramsey Kanaan is a musician, anarchist, and publisher. He is the founder of AK Press and, later, PM Press. I’ve been a fan of PM Press for many years, I highly recommend diving into their catalog if you’re not already familiar, it’s one of the best out there. They’ve tabled at some of our events over the years. We talk Ramsey's origin story from Scotland to San Francisco, what it means to him...