Breaking Battlegrounds

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined by Patrick Leddin, author of the Five-Week Leadership Challenge, and Kelly Sadler, commentary editor for the Washington Times. Patrick Leddin served as a U.S. Army airborne, infantry, ranger-qualified officer; worked as a Project Manager at KPMG Consulting; and co-started and ran a Inc. 5000 recognized consulting firm. His speaking engagements...

This week on Broken Potholes , we continue to spread holiday cheer by highlighting a couple wonderful charities that are working hard to improve the lives of others nationwide.  First, we are joined by Rodney Smith Jr of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care. Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service is the union of an ordinary yard maintenance service and the commitment to establish an inspiring program to k...

This week on Broken Potholes , Chuck and Sam take a break from politics to spread a little Christmas cheer and highlight the important work some local charities are doing to help our community.  First, we are joined by Tim Barry of HOPE for the Homeless. HOPE for the Homeless organizes Recovery meetings and brings them to the Homeless where they gather, like the Andre House and C.A.S.S.. They also...

This week on Broken Potholes, Sam and Chuck are joined in studio by Stanley Roberts . Later in the program, Quin Hillyer of the Washington Examiner joins the show a look at some big stories the mainstream media is ignoring. Stanley Roberts is an independent journalist with 30 years of experience. He recently founded Mr Badly Productions LLC with the goal of educating the public, the rules of the r...

This week on Broken Potholes , we catch up with Dan McLaughlin of the National Review and Sean Noble of DC London and American Encore fills in for Sam as Chuck's cohost. Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online. He was formerly an attorney practicing securities and commercial litigation in New York City, a contributing editor of RedState, columnist at the Federalist and the New...

This week on Broken Potholes, we are joined by Bill Scher and Kaylee McGhee White for an analysis of this week's biggest headlines and what they mean for 2022. Bill Scher is a freelance writer and podcaster exploring politics and history through the lens of pragmatism. He is a Contributing Editor to Politico Magazine and a Contributor to Real Clear Politics . He is the host of the history podcast...

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined in studio by Rachel Walden, a candidate for school board in the Mesa Unified School District. Rachel is a first generation college graduate with a degree from ASU in psychology and post-graduate work in history. She has worked for the university as a research and teaching assistant and received a fellowship to study in England. She later manag...

This week on Broken Potholes, Republican candidate for Arizona Attorney General, Rodney Glassman , joins us in studio to talk about how the AG's office has a crucial role to play in protecting Arizonans from government overreach at all levels. Rodney Glassman moved to Tucson over twenty years ago to run his family business and study at the University of Arizona. Prior to graduating from the Univer...

Big news this week in Phoenix: Mayor Pete is in town to celebrate the expansion of Phoenix's light rail. Sam Stone breaks down the hypocrisy of light rail supporters in this special short edition of Broken Potholes. Get full access to Breaking Battlegrounds at breakingbattlegrounds.substack.com/subscribe

This week on Broken Potholes, Sam and Chuck are joined by Republican candidate for Attorney General, Abraham Hamadeh . Abraham is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and just returned from a 14 month long deployment to Saudi Arabia. On behalf of the United States Army, Abraham negotiated military sales and managed the training for Saudi Arabia's domestic security forces both in the Ki...

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam talked to Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen and Chris Wilson , CEO and partner of WPA Intelligence. Henry and Chris break down exactly what happened in last week's election and what it means for 2022 and 2024. Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Olsen began his career as a political c...

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined in studio by Kevin McCarthy of the Arizona Tax Research Association (ATRA). Later in the show, Brent Buchanan gives us an update on the Virginia governor's election. Kevin McCarthy has served ATRA since 1986. A recognized expert in the public finance and taxation field, Kevin has extensive experience representing taxpayers before policy makers...

This week on Broken Potholes, we are joined by professional soccer player Cali Farquharson to discuss the recent controversies in the National Women's Soccer League. Cali has played for KIF Örebro and the Washington Spirit. She is the 2nd all-time leading goal scorer for the ASU women's team and was the 12th overall pick in the 2016 draft. Later in the show, Jon Healey of the Los Angeles Times joi...

This week on Broken Potholes, Sam and Chuck are joined by Maricopa County Recorder, Stephen Richer . He was elected in November 2020 and took office January 2021. Since then, Stephen and his office have been at the forefront of the national discussion over election integrity. Prior to his election as Recorder, Stephen worked as a lawyer and business person. He holds a bachelor's degree from Tulane...

Republican candidate for US Senate, Jim Lamon , joins us in-studio this week. Jim is a Fortune 500 executive with more than 30 years' experience in the engineering and construction of large-scale power plants, Jim Lamon is the Founder and Chairman of DEPCOM Power, headquartered in Arizona.  Responsible for creating 1,600 jobs across the country, DEPCOM is one of the fastest-growing solar power com...

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined in studio by candidate for Arizona Attorney General, Lacy Cooper . For the past eight years, Lacy has been on the front lines securing Arizona's and our nation's border. As a federal prosecutor and Border Security Section Chief in the United States Attorney's Office, Lacy fought against dangerous Mexican cartels who were trafficking drugs and...

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined by Geoff Duncan . As Lt. Governor of the State of Georgia, Geoff never expected to find himself in the national spotlight – or in the crosshairs of the President of the United States. Then the 2020 Election and its aftermath brought the nation's attention to Georgia. Amidst a hurricane of conspiracy and misinformation, Geoff spoke up for truth...

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...