Transgender Awareness, Ending Education (the department of)
Mike and Jay discuss transgender issues and Republicans’ generations-long antipathy toward the Department of Education.
Trump Nominations, Musk, Ramaswamy, and DOGE
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Jay open with a discussion of President-Elect Trump’s nominations to this point. Mike isn’t surprised by the picks overall, as they’re about what one would expect from Donald Trump given his belief that establishment insider picks in his first term were a…
Heather Cox Richardson on Trump 2.0
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike welcomes back Heather Cox Richardson, a professor of history at Boston College and author of the “Letters from an American” Substack. Professor Richardson is also the author of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, which has recently come out in paperback….
Can The GOP Govern?
Jay and Justin consider what comes next for both the Republicans and the Democrats after the GOP’s electoral sweep.
Fundamentals Matter, Trump’s Cabinet Takes Shape
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Jay and Justin open by explaining why the election results weren’t really all that surprising – at least for those who believe that fundamentals matter more than candidates or campaign strategies. That said, Jay and Justin agree that Republicans generally fielded stronger candidates this…
Putin, Power, Sanctions, and Economic Power
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Trey talks with Stephanie Baker, author of the new book Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia. Topics Trey and Stephanie discuss include: – Putin’s rise to power – the economic transition in Russia – the size and scope of…
The 14th Amendment and Sexual Discrimination
The evolution of the protection of women
The 2024 Election Aftermath and Germany
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Trey and Ken delve into the aftermath of the 2024 election, focusing on Pennsylvania and the contested Senate race. Trey notes the Wall Street Journal has declared a Republican winner, while Ken holds out hope that the New York Times has not. They also…
Trump Wins Big – Election Reactions
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast In this special post-election episode, Mike, Trey, Ken, and May get together to discuss their initial thoughts in the wake of Donald Trump’s biggest win to date. They talk about the issues, the campaigns, fundamentals, shrinking vs growing electoral coalitions, what to expect from…
Crummy Candidates, Why Trump Won’t End Democracy
Mike and Jay discuss why so many Americans are unhappy with recent presidential nominees, what (if anything) can be done about that, and why Mike doesn’t think Trump is a threat to democracy.
