Walter Rhein Podcast

I feel so empowered after having conversations with such amazing people. Ellie Leonard and This Will Hold are two of the best citizen journalists working today. In this conversation we compared notes and tried to come up with a strategy for reclaiming our country. The challenge is enormous, but we have more power than the authoritarians want anyone to believe. Be sure to follow these two wonderful...

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It’s always a pleasure to sit in with Nick. This time we were happy to have Jenn Budd . You should all be following her: Art of the Week * Walter Rhein ’s daughter * Walter Rhein * Jason Gael of Shane Yirak * Stephanie G Wilson, PhD Notes * Jenn Budd’s Note * Nick Paro’s Note * Walter Rhein’s Note Resources * Against the Wall by Jenn Budd * Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House p...

Tomorrow is Tuesday, April 7th, 2026. It is the spring election in the state of Wisconsin. Liberals have the opportunity to establish a resounding majority on the state supreme court. The candidate we’re looking to elect is Chris Taylor, but anybody who wants to cast a vote should go to what’s on my ballot to see what other offices are currently in play. Wisconsin is a state that offers absentee i...

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I enjoyed this conversation with Craig Christ, Ph. D. . Thank you NeuroDivergent Hodgepodge , Cat: Poli-Psych , Rick Kohut , LeftieProf , Courtney M 🇨🇦 , and many others for tuning into my live video with Craig Christ, Ph. D. ! Join me for my next live video in the app. You all make this newsletter happen! Thanks for your sponsorship! I have payment tiers starting at as little as twenty dollars a...

Hello Everyone, One of my ongoing efforts is to expose the reality of child abuse in conservative rural areas. Let’s call it for what it is. I know that I experienced things growing up that people simply can’t believe are true. It’s been validating to have conversations with Liz Pfeiffer who is currently teaching in a conservative area that’s not much different than where I grew up. If you want to...

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I appreciate that the concept of Blue MAGA is starting to turn up in in conversations that don’t involve me. I’ve been seeing it listed in social media comments and that makes me proud. Why? Because it means people are speaking the language of accountability. It means people are no longer content to have the Democrats lecture us. It’s time that the “stern letter writers” sat down, shut up, and sta...

Hey Everyone! This was a fantastic discussion with Santana Inniss ! We covered a wide range of topics and I’ve already written a couple of articles inspired by our conversation. I hope to do more work with her in the future! You can follow Santana here: Thank you NeuroDivergent Hodgepodge , Margaret Williams, MS, ACC , Kyra Faison-Gardner , Angel , Debbie McPherson , and many others for tuning int...

I always appreciate these candidate interviews. Ericka Kopp for VA-01 strikes me as authentic, intelligent, and compassionate. These are all qualities that need to make up our next generation of leadership. Ericka gave almost exactly the answer I was hoping for on every discussion point, and at times she even exceeded my expectations. I’m finding that it’s a relief to have rational discussions abo...

I had a wonderful time talking with Abel Chavez . He told me about his career path that took him from the classroom to the school board. More and more I’m seeing that the right wing targets school board positions as the foundation of their attack on our nation. They want to erode education, and frankly we should consider that waging war on our children. It’s great to know that Abel spent time work...

My dad trained himself not to see the evidence that disproved his beliefs. That’s a hard thing to grow up with. I had to content myself to reside within the false parameters that he had established which were designed to serve him and only him. Nobody can live like that. The toxic patriarchal mindset is an abomination. It’s a powder keg. It makes men feel they must become the all time winner. If t...

Hello Everyone! I was able to meet Salaam Bhatti after talking with the Citizens' Impeachment group. He’s one of the new generation of political figures that’s willing to talk to a regular person like me about the issues that matter to you. I hope that this conversation gives you an opportunity to get to know Salaam, and that it will provide some inspiration about what our government could be like...

Hello Everybody! I had the privilege to interview Michigan Congressional candidate Shelby Campbell . It always makes me feel hopeful to interact with brilliant people of integrity. Arturo Dominguez and I have talked about how many of our representatives were elected before the invention of the 8-track. People like that frankly lack the life experience to properly regulate new technologies like AI....

I’ve been reading Shari Dunn ’s work for a while and I feel so privileged that she joined me and Will Fullwood for a conversation. We discussed her book Qualified and then embarked on a wide ranging discussion on the various ways white supremacy is toxic to humanity. It always makes me feel hopeful to have the opportunity to interact with brilliant and compassionate people like Shari. Please get a...

Ellie and Arturo are two of my favorite creators on this platform. Arturo hadn’t met Ellie yet, and it always delights me to bring great minds together. There’s a reason there’s room for 3 people on these lives. It’s a collaborative platform and the more we’re able to talk to each other, the more powerful we become. This discussion ended up being a summary of about 10 different topics that we’re w...

Yesterday I received a phone call from a friend of mine. We’d published a book together a few years ago, and we’ve completed the draft of a sequel. Our progress was stalled by a disagreement over how the book should begin, but it’s a complete manuscript that has undergone several rounds of editing. This last year has been brutal for everyone, but it’s been particularly hard for my writer friend. B...

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Note: Natasha comes in at around 11 minutes. Hello Everyone! I spent a lot of time thinking about this conversation after it was done. Let me just start by saying I have all the respect in the world for Liza Hameline and Natasha K. . They are both doing the hard work that’s required for us to restore decency and compassion to our society and I feel privileged to have conversations with them. One o...

I remember being so lonely. I was forced to grow up in a conservative community. I had a cruel, patriarchal father who could never be wrong and who must always be obeyed. A consequence of having to deal with him was that I had to keep things hidden. I learned to lie both deliberately and through omission. Secrecy became survival. I knew that if I showed him anything I cared about he’d mock it at b...

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It’s always my great privilege to talk with Arturo Dominguez . Follow him here: Thank you Cat: Poli-Psych , Noble Blend , Sandra Tuttle , Under the Golden Boot , Ms. H , and many others for tuning into my live video with Arturo Dominguez ! Join me for my next live video in the app. You all make this newsletter happen! Thanks for your sponsorship! I have payment tiers starting at as little as twent...

Hey Everybody! I have a few minutes while I wait for a scheduled interview with Natasha K. , so I thought I’d let you all know what’s going on this week. Last week, I interviewed Citizens' Impeachment . That’s an organization committed to getting real candidates elected who are willing to work for us. Naturally, the oligarch owned media doesn’t want those candidates because they’d push through thi...