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Joseph Lindsleyh joined us to give a report on the ongoing fight for Ukranian freedom and what 2025 might hold for the people of Ukraine.

We remembered the life and legacy of former President and Governor of Georgia James Earl Carter.

Howard Yaruss is an economist, professor, attorney, businessman, and activist who greatly enjoys explaining complex issues in a clear, interesting and easily accessible way. He has taught a variety of courses on economics and business, and currently teaches at New York University. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Radian Group, one of the largest guarantors o...

Lachlan McIntosh joined us to discuss political trends in South Carolina and we did a deep dive with Lachlan on the political motivations of Nancy Mace

Wendy Davis, former Rome City Commissioner and DNC Member will join us to discuss the upcoming DNC Election and more. In this episode Wendy Davis, a former Rome City Commissioner and member of the Democratic National Committee, joins the hosts to discuss forthcoming internal party elections at the DNC and related organizational matters.  The conversation explores the importance of leadership withi...

John Sides is Professor of Political Science and William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair at Vanderbilt University. He studies political behavior in American and comparative politics. He is an author of The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy, Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and The Battle for the Meaning of America, and The Gamble: Choice and Chan...

Aired on 7/18/2018 We will also look at Trump's overseas trip and his approval in all 50 states and the current state of Papa Johns Pizza.

Aired on 7/22/2018 Tim, Catherine and David will also discuss Trump's trip to Helsinki to meet with V. Putin and more.

Jon Michaels is Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law. His scholarly and teaching interests include constitutional law, administrative law, national security law, the separation of powers, presidential power, regulation, bureaucracy, and privatization. Michaels is a graduate of Williams College, Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and Yale Law School, where he served as an article...

Steve Singiser will join to discuss what happened in the 2024 election and where the Democrats go from here with a special emphasis on Steve's home state of California.

Jeff Sinnger will join us to discuss the election results from the 2024 Campaign

Tom Jensen will join us on our last season before Electtion Day 2024 and share with us what the latest polling is telling us about Tuesday's election.

Political strategist Mike Mikus will join us to discuss Pennsylvania politics

Milan Singh of BluePrint & Welcome PAC will join us to discuss the results of the Yale Youth Poll and the 2024 election

Lakshya Jain and Armin Thomas will join us to discuss Michigan politics and more!

Drew Savicki will join us to discuss North Carolina politics and more.

Mark Rieke will join us to discuss his election forecasting model.

Dr. Anthony Chergosky will join us to discuss Wisconsin politics and more. Dr. Chergosky teaches courses on American government and research methods. He a political analyst and has been quoted in local, statewide, national, and international news media outlets. His research focuses on American political institutions (especially Congress), elections, political communication, and the scholarship of...

David Nir will join us to discuss the rebranding of Daily Kos Elections to The Down Ballot: https://www.the-downballot.com/

Alice Driver is a writer from the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. Driver was born in rural Arkansas in a house built by her potter father and her weaver mother. She attended Berea College in rural Kentucky, founded in 1855 to educate freed slaves and students with limited economic resources. Berea College charges no tuition, and thanks to its mission, she was able to take the years of financial risk...

Bill Schneider is a former political analyst for CNN, Los Angeles Times, National Journal, The Hill and The Messenger; professor emeritus at George Mason University; taught at Brandeis University, Boston College and UCLA.

Melissa Deckman is the CEO of PRRI and a political scientist who studies the impact of gender, religion, and age on public opinion and political behavior. Deckman is the author of Tea Party Women (NYU Press: 2016), which examined the role of women in conservative politics. Her first book, School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics (Georgetown University Press: 2004) won the Americ...

Rachel Bitecofer will join us to discuss Project 2025 and the 2024 election

Barnini Chakraborty of the Washington Examiner will jojn us to discuss the 2024 Election