Ask The Politics Guys: The Case for Trump
This week’s Ask The Politics Guys question is: “How could anyone in their right mind vote for Donald Trump?”
This week’s Ask The Politics Guys question is: “How could anyone in their right mind vote for Donald Trump?”

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Trey and Ken start the episode discussing the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Three key items the hosts zero in on are: the nature of passing it with bipartisan support, the temporary renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,…

Will and Brian begin by discussing the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Brian sees great value in space and exploration as a means to advance scientific knowledge and understanding. Even more importantly, he finds that interest in STEM can help…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS In this extended-length episode (it was a big week), Mike and Jay discuss the Biden inauguration, the mass protests that didn’t happen at state capitols, and a flurry of executive actions on the pandemic, immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, and rollbacks of Trump administration orders and…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, prolific author, and blogger at Bet on It. He’s the author of multiple books and essay collections – five of which we’ve previously discussed on the show. Today, they talk about Professor Caplan’s latest…
This week’s question is a mash-up of two related questions asked by Andrew, from Kalamazoo, Michigan. What one foundational thing would you most like to change about American politics, and which previous foundational change would you say has had the biggest unintended consequences?

Mike talks with David Beckemeyer, fellow Democracy Group podcaster and host of https://outrageoverload.net/, about why American politics so often feels like a permanent rage machine. They dig into why people badly misread their political opponents,…