Carl Able

Hard Questions with Carl Able

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Hard Questions with Carl Able is a Crayon Box Politics series focused on challenging political ideas through real, unscripted conversations. This is not a promotional platform. Guests are expected to defend their positions, explain their reasoning, and engage beyond surface-level talking points. The goal is simple: test ideas, expose assumptions, and give the audience a clearer understanding of the policies, decisions, and perspectives shaping the country. Stay informed. Stay engaged. Always color outside the lines.

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Carl Able

Episodes

Tom Joseph on Removing Money from Elections and the Main Street Party Model 11.05.2026 48:26

Episode Overview Carl sits down with Tom Joseph, founder of the Main Street Party and architect of the "no-money nomination system," a voter-driven, multi-round candidate selection process designed to remove traditional fundraising from the early stages of U.S. elections. The conversation gets into the mechanics of the model, its legal framework, the role of Super PACs, election security, and whet...

Beyond the Narrative: An Immigrant Filmmaker on Media, Politics, and American Reality 04.05.2026 1:17:09

Carl Able sits down with Sara Alessandrini — Italian-born filmmaker, immigration system survivor, and political documentarian — for a wide-ranging conversation that refuses to stay in comfortable territory. From navigating over a decade of U.S. visa bureaucracy to challenging how the media covered the Cuomo resignation, Sara brings an outsider-insider perspective that cuts through political noise...