Ask The Politics Guys: Fixing the Broken Primary System
This week’s Ask The Politics Guys question comes from Samantha, in Honolulu.
“Dear Politics Guys, How can we fix the broken primary system?”
This week’s Ask The Politics Guys question comes from Samantha, in Honolulu.
“Dear Politics Guys, How can we fix the broken primary system?”
Mike talks with political scientist Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, contributing writer for The Atlantic, columnist for National Journal, and the author of many books on U.S. Politics, including It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism, coauthored with the…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike is joined this week by a new co-host, May Mailman, a Harvard Law graduate and former Trump White House staffer. Mike and May start off with a discussion of the Durham report and accountability in federal law enforcement. May argues that a core…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS In this episode, Mike & Jay respond to listener comments on: political purity tests fear of socialism supporting the troops fixing polarization grading public education problems with political parties Bernie debating Trump the power of the judiciary Today’s Sponsors Empower. For more info about…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week, Mike and Kristin cover the latest news regarding the impeachment trial. In an effort to cover different items and fuel different discussions than those all over mainstream news , they both lay out their personal highlights of the week. Mike brings up…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike and Jay aren’t doing their regular Saturday show today, but instead of giving you nothing this weekend Mike thought he’d try an experiment. As you might know, Mike started a blog not too long ago. One reader suggested that he do it as a sort of mini-podcast as well. That sounded like a…
Mike and Jay open the show with a look at the recently agreed upon cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. They consider whether Israel’s response was disproportionate, where responsibility lies for the current crisis, and what role the United States should play. Following that, they discuss the bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6th takeover of…