The Play Typer Guy

This week, Stephen discusses immigration and the unfortunate right-wing exploitation of a humanitarian crisis with attorney Lily Axelrod, founder of Axelrod Immigration Law in Memphis, Tennessee. Lily shares with us a media-worthy case that she worked on and other issues surrounding ICE and their practices in this country. You’ll hear: Regulations around seeking asylum in the U.S. and abroad The u...

Join us for a fun discussion with Oregon author Ruby McConnell, an outdoor enthusiast and explorer. After finding the world of geology to be a very male-dominated field, Ruby set out to show what she could do and also led her to write a book for women teaching them the skills they needed to get outside and explore the natural world. You will hear: How Ruby became interested in geology and explorin...

What accountability should elected officials have to the constituents who voted them into office? Today I am chatting with Sacha Haworth, Executive Director of The Tech Oversight Project, about her work previously for and now against Senator Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and how that switch came to pass. You’ll also hear: The truth about Sinema’s political party stance and shift after being elected as a Dem...

Do you believe that revenge is a dish best served cold or something to be handled right away? This week we are looking at Chris Rock’s comedy special Selective Outrage with Baltimore Banner columnist and author Leslie Gray Streeter and how he responded to the slap seen around the world. We discuss Rock’s year-long response and our feelings on how it played out in the special.  You’ll hear: How Chr...

This week’s episode features the amazing Lisa Timmons, who in addition to her roles as an actress, writer, and content creator, has also taken to social media with her social-political commentary satirizing some of the more ridiculous people on the planet. Lisa takes on people like Gwyneth Paltrow eating the poor and Kate Middleton wondering how you raise a child who isn’t ordained by God to rule...

This week, I am happy to have Kaitlin Byrd, freelance writer, political commentator, and columnist for DAME Magazine , on the show to talk about an article written by Tom Nichols in The Atlantic about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The article has some wild takes on democracy and what the state’s leadership should and shouldn’t be able to do. We see a tendency for “blue” states to want to dismiss...

Welcome to Episode 1 of The Play Typer Guy podcast! My first guest is Billy Corriher, an author and journalist focused on North Carolina judicial selection, voting rights, and the courts. Billy is talking to us about two major voting rights cases that have recently come back before the courts after going through the North Carolina Supreme Court with the influx of the new Republican majority. In th...