Political Playlist Happy Hour

Jerrad Christian credits his military service with opening his eyes to how big and diverse the world was. On today's episode, Anna and Michael chat with the veteran and software engineer who is running to flip his Ohio district into Democratic hands. They discuss why he thinks the economy will be a unifying issue in his race, his support for universal healthcare stemming from his mom's cancer jour...

On this Happy Hour, Michael and Anna sit down with Maia Cook, the executive director of Equal Citizens, a democracy reform organization, founded by Lawrence Lessig. Their mission? Fighting for the ultra-sexy, super popular, top of every news cycle issue: campaign finance reform, and specifically reducing the influence of Super PACs and dark money. While we kid that this issue might not be front of...

On this episode of the happy hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony discuss the politician on our playlist this week: Jon Ossoff. In case you don't know the Senator from Georgia yet, fear not, because you're going to be hearing about him plenty. He just gave a speech in Atlanta for his Senate reelection campaign and let's just say it's got everyone pretty hot and bothered about his potential as a Preside...

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony discuss the upcoming UFC fight on the south lawn of the...WHITE HOUSE. Wow. I mean, just wow. Great business move on the part of Dana White, but is this really what's become of the People's House under it's current occupant? Full disclosure, we're not fans, particularly Michael who comes fairly fired up and aptly says, 'I think we're all...

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael and Anna sit down with Delegate Joe Vogel, a member of the Maryland State House of Delegates (their fancy name for state reps) representing district 17. Joe is not yet thirty years old, but has the experience and resume of someone twice his age, and let's just say, we're impressed. We discuss his entrance into politics, his background and why he considers...

On today's episode of the Happy Hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony discuss how to talk about the Los Angeles Mayor's race. It's shaping up to be a three-way knife fight between incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, Councilwoman Nithya Raman, and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt. Angelenos head to the polls today, and we make it a point of breaking down where these candidates stand on the most important iss...

On this episode of Political Playlist Happy Hour, Michael and Anna continue their exiting new "Primary Watch" series with Candidate Eric Jones. Eric is a businessman and nonprofit executive running in California's 4th Congressional District against a 14 term incumbent! Affordability, healthcare and housing are his biggest issues, and he has vowed not to accept corporate PAC money or lobb...

On this Happy Hour, Michael and Anna continue our popular Primary Watch Series, where we sit down with young Congressional candidates from all across the country! and today, we're talking with Councilwoman Mai Vang, running on the Democratic ticket for CA-7, against a longtime incumbent. Mai has a great story, and a lengthy track record in public service despite her young age. And what's more, she...

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael and Anna discuss How To Talk About Data Centers, specifically the one in Utah that Shark Tank's own Mr. Wonderful is trying to build at the expense of the taxpayers--oh, and the whole environment of the state of Utah. He even got into a combative interview with the new People's Hero Tucker Carlson over why taxpayers should fund this type of project. Data...

On this Happy Hour, Anna goes it alone as she welcomes author Soman Chainani to discuss his new book, "Young World" which imagines a world in which a 17-year-old becomes president of the United States and sets off on the adventure of a lifetime. It's a New York Times bestseller, and that makes sense based on Soman's track-record. He's the author of the wildly popular children's series &q...

On this episode of the happy hour, Michael and Anna discuss how to talk about Trump's upcoming visit to China, where he will hold a crucial summit with President Xi to discuss the ongoing war in Iran, Taiwan, Trade, and most importantly AI safety. This is a highly consequential meeting, though as we point out, it isn't likely that any major agreement comes from this. But we discuss what a "wi...

On this happy hour, Michael and Anna sit down with Democratic Congressional candidate Jordan Wood. He's running for Maine's 2nd Congressional district, currently held by Playlister Jarred Golden, a Democrat in a very and we mean VERY purple district. Jordan talks a lot about how he's reaching across the aisle to speak to fellow Mainers about what matters most, and the challenges as well as the ben...

On this happy hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony tackle that age-old Jerry Seinfeld question "what's the deal with AI bipartisanship?" It's a good one, and one that we three tackle with equal parts fear and amazement, as the issue of AI and potential regulation is perhaps the only thing a profoundly divided Congress is finding common ground on. But the big questions remain, what will Congre...

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael and Anna sit down with Democratic Congressional candidate Dr. Everton Blair, who's running for Georgia's 13th district. He is 13th district through and through, having grown up in the area, and spent much of his career in education, ranging from Teach For America, to working in the Obama administration on Education initiatives, to most recently being the...

On this Happy Hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony discuss how to talk about the latest shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, that was likely an assassination attempt on Trump, bringing the total number of attempts to four. This is an alarming and unprecedented number in recent time, and more troubling is the only discussion of conspiracy theories and people calling these staged. While the...

On this Happy Hour, Michael and Anna sit down with Candidate George Hornedo, who's running for Congress in Indiana's 7th district, which is Indianapolis and the greater area. Surprisingly, it's a very un-gerrymandered district. Not surprisingly, the current guy has been in there for a while, and George is looking to shake things up. We had a great conversation with this lawyer turned Obama Adminis...

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony discuss How To Talk About these crazy AI Lego pro-Iran propaganda videos that the Regime is making about the war, and how these diss-vids are definitely breaking through social media and no doubt getting under Trump's skin. But despite their silly dumbness, a larger, more serious question is raised: If Iran was losing so bad, why would t...

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael and Anna tell you about Anna Paulina Luna, the Politician On Our Playlist this week. She's a Republican from Florida and one of the youngest members of Congress. And, despite being a firm supporter of the President and his agenda, she still carves her own lane when it comes to standing up for women, whether it be pushing for a bill to allow new mothers to...

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael and Anna discuss the latest bombshell news surrounding Congressman Eric Swalwell, and his announcement to resign from Congress, as well as Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez' decision to resign an hour later! Then, the discussion shifts to how to talk about the impending deal with Iran as we look back and try to remember what was in the PREVIOUS nuclear...

On this episode of the happy hour, Michael and Anna sit down with Jake Levine, the politician on our playlist this week! Why is he on the playlist this week? Well, it's because he's running to replace Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman, of California's 32nd Congressional district and it turns out Brad has been in that seat since...1997! (Which is when Michael and Anna were in 6th and 2nd grade, r...

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony discuss How To Talk About The California Governor's Race, which is, to put it mildly, a bit of a shit show. There are actually 61 names--for real--that are going to be on the primary ballot come June 2, but only 10 of them are serious contenders. And that's still a lot for this Jungle Primary, which will see the top two finishers, regard...

The Politician On Our Playlist this week is...Harry Jarin. This thirtysomething small business owner and volunteer fireman is running to fill Maryland's 5th Congressional district seat, long held by Congressional stalwart Steny Hoyer, who's retiring (finally!) at the age of 86. Harry is facing a very crowded field, but as you'll immediately tell from our interview, he is quite a formidable candida...

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael and Anna break down How To Talk About Young Republicans, and the recent polling that suggests the young MAGA cohort that was critical to reelecting President Trump is now jumping shit on account of a growing unhappiness with the direction he's taking the country on four key issues: Healthcare, The Economy, Foreign Policy and Immigration. But the real ques...

How are young politicians doing things differently?? How about skillfully using clickbait-y Instagram posts to get your attention about an important campaign finance bill they're trying to pass? That's exactly what Rep. Summer Lee, a 38-year-old Democrat from Pennsylvania, did this week when bringing attention to her bill - The Abolish Super PACs Act. Do you think there's too much money in politic...

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