The MeidasTouch Podcast

On today’s Memorial Day episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we have an incredible show! We sit down with one of the best news anchors of the modern era, Elex Michaelson, to discuss a wide range of topics across the political landscape at both the national and local levels. Elex is a news anchor for Fox LA and host of the political talk show The Issue Is, which airs across California. The remainder...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we sit down with Mike Madrid! Madrid is a co-founder of the Lincoln Project and a longtime Republican strategist. Most recently, Mike visited Ukraine to help provide Ukrainians with insight as to how they can use Lincoln Project-style videos and tactics to combat Russian disinformation and propaganda. Our conversation around digital & new media warfar...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we sit down with Congressman Jamie Raskin! Congressman Raskin is the U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District and served as lead impeachment manager for the second impeachment of Donald Trump. Rep. Raskin is currently a member of the Jan. 6 committee investigating the attack on the Capitol. In addition to the interview, we discuss...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we have an incredible show! We sit down with the State Senator representing New York’s 34th District, residing on the Chair of Ethics & Internal Governance Committee and Running for U.S. Congress in NY-3, Sen. Alessandra Biaggi! The remainder of the episode, the brothers break down the latest news you need to know! We cover it all: Pennsylvania primar...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we sit down with Michael Steele! Steele is the former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, former Lt. Governor of Maryland and is currently a political analyst for MSNBC and host of The Michael Steele Podcast. During our in-depth interview (recorded prior to the events of this weekend), we discuss the modern-day Republican Party, how the Rep...

On today’s BONUS edition of The MeidsTouch Podcast, we sit down with two incredible guests from Swing Left, an outstanding group founded to create an easier way for Democrats to volunteer in their nearest swing district. We speak with David Berrios, Head of Community at Swing Left and Ryan Quinn who is Senior Director for Campaigns. Today's show is a masterclass how we can all get involved and put...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we have a very special guest: President and CEO of Planned Parenthood and President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Alexis McGill Johnson! During our conversation with Alexis, we discuss the leaked Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, what it will mean for patients and providers across the country, and what people can do to support lo...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we sit down with the Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Ben Wikler! Wikler is a mastermind of Democratic messaging with a proven track record and his insights are something all candidates (and Democrats at large) can learn from! In addition to this conversation, the brothers discuss the fallout from the Supreme Court vote to overturn Roe v. W...

On today’s special edition of the MeidasTouch Podcast, we are joined by pro-democracy champion Mary Trump as we delve deep into the leaked Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade and strip away the constitutional rights of more than half of all Americans. DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS: Backbone: https://playbackbone.com/meidas Check out our friends' podcasts! The Daily Beans: https://www....

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we have two incredible guests! But first, we break down the latest news from over the weekend and bring you up to speed. We discuss the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Trump’s Rally disaster in Nebraska, our newest video #WeirdGOP & much more. We then dive into our interviews with Lauren Windsor & Scott Dworkin. Lauren Windsor is the creator and e...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we chat with Democratic Senate Candidate for Louisiana, Luke Mixon. Mixon is a Veteran Fighter Pilot from the Top Gun Academy for 20 years, F-18 Attack Aviator of the Year recipient for flying missions in Iraq & Afghanistan and also led the Navy Fight Squadron in New Orleans. The brothers discuss the latest breaking news of the week, including the gro...

From critically acclaimed podcast studios Pineapple Street and Wondery comes a new 8-part series called Will Be Wild that shines a light on the human stories left out of the headlines. It goes deep into the lives of people who took part in that day. People who saw it coming. And people who fear that January 6th was just the beginning of something, not the end. Follow Will Be Wild wherever you get...

A NY Judge holds Donald Trump in civil contempt arising out of Attorney General Letitia James’s investigation, fining the twice-impeached, disgraced ex-president $10,000 per day. The cowardice of the GOP is on full display between Marjorie Taylor Greene’s selective amnesia on the stand and Kevin McCarthy’s denial of his own words caught on tape. CNN obtains more than 2,000 text messages from Trump...

On today's special bonus edition of the MeidasTouch Podcast, we welcome two Ukrainian leaders from inside Kyiv. First, we speak with Inna Sovsun. Sovsun is a Ukrainian professor and politician. She is a currently a Ukrainian Member of Parliament and serves on the Energy Committee. After that, we chat with Oleksandra Matviichuk, the Head of the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. She was the rec...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we sit down with the MEGAVIRAL Democratic Superstar, Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow. Senator Mallory McMorrow represents Michigan’s 13th district. By now, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard her viral speech on the Senate floor in which she blasted her GOP colleague who called her a “groomer” in a fundraising email. This vide...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we have an extraordinary guest. We speak with megaviral Texas-based TikToker Paul Schroder (AKA @PaulTX890 on TikTok) about how he, as a regular citizen, exposed Gov. Greg Abbott's stunt at the border, which crippled the American supply chain, spoiled hundreds of millions of dollars worth of produce, and drove up prices for everyday Americans. The Tex...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we sit down with TWO incredible guests. First up, we connect with Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes. Representative Himes represents Connecticut’s 4th District and currently chairs the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth and also serves on the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee and the House Committee on Financial...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we sit down with Former US Army Commander in Europe & Pershing Chair of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Lt. General (Ret.) Ben Hodges! During the interview, Hodges discusses why the next two-weeks are so crucial in Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine, what the United States must do in order to provide additional help & his thoughts o...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we sit down with the Democratic Party's secret weapon, Tennessee State Representative Gloria Johnson, who represents Tennessee’s House District 13. A retired Knox County school teacher with 27 years experience educating special needs children, Rep. Johnson’s advocacy work over the past 10 years with health care and a lifetime advocating for public edu...

On today's episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we have an incredible guest, entrepreneur, founder of SkyBridge Capital, and host of the Mooch FM podcast, Anthony Scaramucci. “The Mooch” also famously served as White House Communications Director in 2017 for one Scaramucci. During this interview, Mooch dishes on the most pressing issues of the moment, including Putin’s horrendous miscalculations, t...

On today’s special episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we have an incredibly important interview. Ben sits down with State Rep. Julie Brixie (MI) & sexual assault survivor and advocate Isabelle Brourman. Brourman, who is among eight individuals suing the University of Michigan for sexual misconduct by one of the schools music lecturers, recounts her experience as a survivor & details actions the s...

On this special bonus edition of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we speak with Ukrainian Member of Parliament Dmytro Gurin. Dmytro speaks to us from an undisclosed location in Ukraine about the horrors of the Russian invasion and what we can do to help. While it's great to chat with analysts and talking heads, there’s nothing like speaking directly to a Ukrainian Member of Parliament to hear his thoughts...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we sit down with Daniel Goldman, trial attorney and legal analyst who served as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and also served as lead counsel in the first impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. Goldman breaks down his thoughts on the 7 hours and 37 minutes of missing records from Donald Trump & The White House on Jan 6,...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast we have an incredible guest, investigative reporter and author of five books on the GOP war on democracy, including the critically acclaimed AMERICAN KOMPROMAT, Craig Unger. During this interview, Craig does not mince words: disgraced twice-impeached ex-president Donald Trump is a compromised Russian asset. The remainder of the episode the brothers giv...

On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we have TWO incredible guests! First up, we speak with Olena Sotnyk about the ongoing situation in Ukraine. Sotnyk is a Ukrainian attorney and politician. She was a member of the Ukrainian Parliament from 2014-2019 and serves as a permanent delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Sotnyk is also a human rights defender and Depu...