Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike talks with Ganesh Sitaraman, a Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a longtime advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren. He’s also the author of multiple books, including The Counterinsurgent’s Constitution, The Great Democracy, The…
Mike and Jay on BIden’s bad poll numbers, Rhashida Talib’s House censure, a Supreme Court gun rights case, and a legislative attempt to help journalism.
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Jay open the episode with a discussion of West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin’s decision to not run for reelection in 2024. Mike thinks it makes sense given his likely defeat, and Jay makes a case for a Biden-Manchin 2024 ticket. They…
Mike and May on Trump disqualification challenges, politicians blocking constituients, Tommy Tuberville and military promotions, and Obamacare’s success (or lack therof).
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and May open with a discussion of the latest developments concerning Israel and Hamas. They look at the case for and against a temporary pause in Israel’s military response in Gaza, the House of Representatives approving $14.3 billion in aid to Israel, and…
Mike and May on the UAW Ford agreement, Donald Trump’s trials, the multi-state lawsuit against Meta, and the Lewiston mass shooting.
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and May open the episode with a discussion of recently elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. May sees the whole Speaker saga as embarrassing for her party while Mike argues against the portrayal of Johnson as a radical far-right election denier. After…
Mike and Jay discuss guilty pleas in the GA election case, Senator Robert Menendez, the presidential race, and Biden’s media strategy.
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Jay open with the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Jay gives President Biden credit for his response but argues that Biden’s words of sympathy for Palestinian civilians were ill-timed. They consider the larger issues involved – whether Gazans are rightfully angry with…
In the fall of 2017, only a few years after Jim Jordan co-founded the House Freedom Caucus, he had this conversation with Jay, who knew Jordan from their days in the Ohio House of Representatives (Jordan was a freshman legislator, Jay was a staffer). Jordan talks about why he helped create the Freedom Caucus, what…