Breaking Battlegrounds

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined by Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona's 9th Congressional District, Tanya Wheeless. Tanya Wheeless is a valley native, who was born to teen parents, and is the granddaughter of immigrants. She grew up in a working class family that often struggled, but despite the challenges she learned the importance of faith, family, hard work, and...

This week on Broken Potholes, Sam Stone is joined by Alexander Kolodin and Anthony Kern for a discussion on the important role our state legislature has to play.  Alexander Kolodin is the president of Kolodin Law Group and has worked on many high profile cases. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and Pennsylvania Law School. He is currently running for the Arizona House of Representatives in...

This week on Broken Potholes , Sam and Chuck are joined by two great guests. In the first half of the show, Professor Eric Kaufmann of Birkbeck College for a discussion of race in American politics. Later, State Representative Jeff Weninger calls in to discuss Arizona's new sports gambling law, which he sponsored in the state legislature. Eric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College,...

This week on Broken Potholes, Sam and Chuck are joined by Dr. Anders Corr as they continue their look at President Biden's military withdrawal from Afghanistan and its effects on the global political stage. Dr. Anders Corr is Publisher of the Journal of Political Risk. He has analyzed international political risk, including in the academic, political, and business fields, for over fifteen years. H...

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined by Shay Khatiri , a contributor for The Bulwark , who brings unique insight on Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Shay is a writer, an MA candidate in Strategic Studies and International Economics and, an Ambassador Andreas Baum Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Shay gr...

This week, State Representative Joseph Chaplik joins Chuck and Sam in studio after a successful legislative season at the Arizona capitol. Later in the show, Washington Times reporter Jeff Mordock calls in to give us an inside look at the Biden White House. Joseph Chaplik has more than 25 years of executive leadership experience building and guiding top-tier companies. His past business knowledge,...

Arizona State Senator and candidate for Arizona Treasurer, David Livingston, joins Chuck and Sam on this week's episode of Broken Potholes. David has spent more than half his life living and working in Arizona. He has helped parents save for their children's education, provided solutions to adults with parents who require special care, and guided many people toward their financial and retirement g...

This week, Chuck and Sam are joined in studio by Rachel L, the founder of Coins for Cops . Later in the show, Republican candidate for Senate, Blake Masters, calls in from the campaign trail. About Coins for Cops:Like many people, Rachel saw the villainization of police officers around our nation by the Main Stream Media and other organizations, and was deeply troubled by this. She saw that it led...

This week, Broken Potholes looks to the world stage. First, Karan Deep Singh of the New York Times joins Chuck and Sam to shed some light on the COVID crisis in India. Carlos Martinez of the Miami Herald joins the program later to explain the recent protests in Cuba. Carlos Martinez is a student of journalism at Florida International University. He grew up in Cuba and moved to the United States wh...

Arizona candidate for US Senate, Blake Masters, joins Chuck and Sam today on Broken Potholes. Blake grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He attended Stanford University and Stanford Law School. Blake runs Thiel Capital, a multi-billion dollar firm that invests in new technology companies, and the Thiel Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that promotes science and innovation. The Foundation's Thiel Fellowshi...

Jonathan Johnson joins Chuck and Sam on this week's episode of Broken Potholes. Jonathan serves as the CEO of Overstock. Since assuming this role in 2019, Johnson has focused the e-commerce home furnishings retailer on sustainable, profitable market-share growth. With a brand vision of 'Dream Homes for All,' Overstock is one of the top four U.S. online retailers specializing in home furnishings. O...

This week, Chuck and Sam are joined by Congressman John Curtis of Utah's 3rd Congressional District. Congressman Curtis currently serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committees. After being elected to Congress on November 13, 2017, John sponsored 12 bills in his first year in office. Four of these bills passed through the House and three were signed into law: The POPPY Study Act to combat the...

This week, Sam and Chuck are joined by Matt Lewis . Matt is a senior columnist at The Daily Beast and the author of   Too Dumb to Fail : How the GOP Betrayed the Reagan Revolution to Win Elections (And How It Can Reclaim Its Conservative Roots) .  Matt's work has appeared in outlets such as  The Wall Street Journal ,  The Daily Beast ,  GQ ,  The Washington Post ,  Politico ,  The Telegraph ,  The...

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined by Congressman Drew Ferguson , the Chief Deputy Whip for House Republicans. Congressman Drew Ferguson is a proud resident of West Point whose family roots in the West Georgia area are several generations deep. He attended the University of Georgia and gained early acceptance to the Medical College of Georgia. After graduating with a degree in...

This week on Broken Potholes, Sam and Chuck take a deep dive into the crumbling politics of America. They tackle some of the biggest issues facing our country, including bias in the media, the movement to defund our police, the water shortage looming over the southwest, and the latest on the crisis at our southern border. Plus Kiley Kipper stops by the show to bring a moment of sunshine into the s...

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined by Nicole Martin , the Community Relations and Public Information Officer for Provo City, Utah. Nicole previously worked as the Communications Director and Deputy Mayor for Sandy City under former Mayor Tom Dolan. She was also the Communications Director for Herriman City and has served the last three years as a member of the Herriman City Cou...

Ryan Tyson of the Florida-based Tyson Group joins Chuck Warren on this week's episode of Broken Potholes to offer his insight into the current state of Florida politics. Also on the show this week, Chuck talks to Ryan Smith, the Director of Communications and Government Relations for Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. His responsibilities include marketing and community relations, as well as all govern...

This week on Broken Potholes, Sam Stone is joined by former Navy SEAL Frank Montano and civil rights leader Rev. Jarrett Maupin. Frank Montano was born in Mexicali and, after his father died when he was 7, his  mother sent him and his brother to California to live with family who could care for him. At a young age, Frank decided that he would dedicate his life to becoming a SEAL and serving on the...

Mike Noble of OH Predictive Insights joins Sam Stone and Chuck Warren on this weeks episode of Broken Potholes. Mike Noble is the Chief of Research & Managing Partner of OH Predictive Insights (OHPI), a sister company of Arizona's largest advertising agency, OH Partners. Noble is a thought leader on public opinion tracking and analysis and is known for being a trailblazer in the rapidly changing f...

This week on Broken Potholes, Merissa Hamilton joins Sam Stone with an update on the important work the Arizona State Legislature is doing, including the Election Audit. Merissa Hamilton is a former Phoenix Mayoral Candidate and currently is a business professional with over 19 years of leadership experience in the supply chain, food service, retail, grocery, and technology industries. She led nat...

Dr. Spencer Case and Henry Olsen join this week's episode of Broken Potholes with our hosts Sam Stone and Chuck Warren. Dr. Spencer Case is a freelance writer and 2018 CU Boulder philosophy Ph. D. He is now an international research fellow at the Wuhan University school of philosophy in China. He is the author of the recent article You Have the Right to Email Politically Silent . Dr. Case spent ei...

Shante Saulsberry joins Sam Stone and Chuck Warren on this week's episode to discuss the Janice's Women's Center story and vision for helping vulnerable women in her community. Shante and Sheri Saulsberry founded  Janice's Women's Center   a full-service women's center with a unique mission to transform lives. They help and house women who are experiencing homelessness as a result of domestic viol...

We had two special guests join us for this weeks episode of Broken Potholes with hosts Sam Stone and Chuck Warren. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko joins to talk about border security and her Immigration Bill. Alex Swoyer of the Washington Times joins the show to talk about Supreme Court packing and her experiences living in Washington D.C. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko serves the people of Arizona Congres...

Former Congresswoman Mia Love joins Sam Stone and Chuck Warren on this weeks episode of Broken Potholes. Love was the first African-American Republican woman in Congress. She brought a unique personal history and diverse résumé to the House. Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, was born in New York, studied theater in Connecticut, converted to the Church of Latter-day Saints, moved to Utah, a...

Congressman Burgess Owens joins this weeks episode of Broken Potholes to discuss his first months in Congress, his history growing up in America and his life experiences after playing 10 years in the NFL. Burgess Owens is a former University of Miami and NFL star who travels the country delivering a message of optimism, hope, and unity. He spent his childhood growing up in the Deep South during a...