Gadfly

Hey, y'all! It's about time we slow things down for all you cool cats and get into something real hip. I'm talking jazz. Bebop. Cool tunes to make you sink into a dreamlike state. Today we will be talking about a political party from Washington that was formed by an old jazz-man, his band, his bar employees, his regulars, and his mother-in-law. Today we cover Red Kelly, the bass pla...

Hey, y'all. The Movement for a People's Party (MPP) was founded by Nick Brana as an attempt to woo Bernie Sanders into leading a third party and fully replace the Democrats by 2020. Since it's creation in 2017, accusations of mismanagement, toxicity, racism, and sexual harassment have come to light.  Special thanks to all of the former members who talked with us. You're all ama...

Hey, y'all! Are you in the market for a late '90s computer? It has...probably RAM? It can download a whole song from Napster in two hours. And you could buy it from this week's topic, the menace of the road and skies, SUPERDELL Schanze. Support the show

Hey, y'all! We are back this week with another edition of Preview 2022. The Texas midterm primaries are only days away and two left leaning districts are going to be having some close races amongst the Dems. We look at Texas' 28th and 30th district to review the newest chapter in the ages long battle between centrist/liberals and progressives. Support the show

Hey, y'all! We are back and boy howdy do we have a real joy of an episode for you. Today we will be covering the life and times of America's first and only emperor, Joshua Abraham Norton. Support the show

Hey, y'all! Welcome to the beginning of season 3 of Gadfly and a return to our Preview 2022 series. This week we will be covering the highly contentious race to become the next Attorney General of Texas. Support the show

Hey, y'all! We did it! We are at the last chapter in the long, strange story of Lyndon LaRouche. We end by talking about Lyndon's last group of allies as well as how LaRoucheism is alive and well today, Support the show

Hey, y'all! It's time for the objectively happiest episode of the LaRouche story, cause in this part we are focusing on the trial that ultimately sends Lyndon to prison and of course its all wacky conspiracy hijinks. Support the show

Happy Nealy New Year, y'all! Welcome back to the 5th part of our Lyndon LaRouche saga. This week we cover what can best be described as Lyndon's high water mark of success. Which, yeah. isn't saying a lot, but let this alleged cult leader have this. Support the show

Hey, y'all! We continue our saga of Lyndon LaRouche, this time covering the end of the US Labor Party, Lyn's newfound love, and a disturbing amount of cat murder. Support the show

Hey, y'all! We continue our tale of Lyndon as we follow his sudden turn from the far-left to the far-right. And screw it, he might as well run for President also. Support the show

Hey, y'all! Welcome back to week two of LaRouche-palooza. We join Lyndon as he declares war against every far left organization aside from his own, starts his own political party, and turns his followers into his own personal cult. Also, many thanks to John Stiens for supplying his talents for this episode. Support the show

Hey, y'all! We are back with our multi-part series and are hitting probably the godfather of third party people. Today we are covering the early Commie years of gadfly of all gadflies, Lyndon LaRouche. Support the show

Hey, y'all! Welcome back this week as we dive into some obscure history and talk about something super weird...the first woman to ever hold statewide office. Support the show

Hey, y'all! This week we are covering James Ray Houston, the high school dropout who pushed the Independent American Party of Nevada from the verge of death, all while maintaining one hell of a grift. Support the show

Hey, y'all! We are on the verge of Election Day 2021 and we decided to take a look at the graveyard of political aspirations: the New York City mayoral race. Support the show

Hey, y'all! We are back this week with  a super spoooky Halloweeeeeen! This week, we return to the world of true crime and talk about current South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg [thunder]. Support the show

Hey, y'all! Out of somewhat nowhere, former presidential and NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang announced his brand new third party. Join us as we discuss Andrew's past, the tenets of his new party, and the dozen or so planks that make up the Forward Party's ideals. Support the show

Hey, y'all! We are back this week with a buck wild story from the southernmost point in continental America: Key West, Florida. Join us as we discuss Mayor Dennis Wardlow and his eventual ascension to goofball secessionist. Support the show

Hey, y'all. We are beyond psyched to be back this week to talk about just a truly bizarre moment of forgotten recent history. In 2012, Barack Obama would cruise to an easy renomination in the Democratic primaries...but did he really? In this 25 page essay I will- Support the show

Hey, y'all! We are back, this time for the both of us to get all nostalgic for the days of Occupy Wall Street. But did you know that Occupy actually ran against Barack Obama in the 2012 Democratic Presidential Primaries?  Support the show

Hey, y'all! We are back this week to talk about the time Michigan and Ohio nearly went to war over a port city and a big ole swamp. Support the show

Hey, y'all! With the Cali Recall only weeks away and mail-in ballots already out, we figured it was about time we circled back to talk about the leading candidate of the race to replace Gavin Newsom: conservative talking head and generally awful person, Larry Elder. Before diving in, this episode does require a warning up front in that it will contain talk of mental abuse, sexual abuse, racis...

Hey, y'all! This week we are going the furthest back in time we have ever gone before: the midst of the Revolutionary War. While we Americans mostly know about a handful of battles and a half dozen founding fathers, one of the things we absolutely didn't learn about were the few times that folks floated the idea of just having America become a monarchy.  In this episode we will be coveri...

Hey, y'all! We are back this week with a genuinely heartwarming tale of charitable drag nuns and the time a member of their group ran for office in San Francisco. Support the show