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Political Playlist Happy Hour

A nonpartisan take on the youngest members of Congress and where they stand on the issues that matter most. Grab a drink, an app, or a friend, and join us.

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The Blue TsunamiVolcanoWaveExplosion Nov 04, 2026

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Well Playlisters, not even the best Vegas odds-makers so this rout coming, and boy was it a blue drumming ! But fear not, Michael and Anna are here to break it all down for you as they discuss the colossal victories for Democrats last night, and assess what this all means: what this means for the future of the Democratic party, the Republican party, and our collective futures as Americans!

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Three Key Midterm Races To Watch Oct 27, 2026

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On this Happy Hour, Michael and Anna countdown to the midterms -- 8 days away, eeek!-- by highlighting 3 key races featuring our playlisters. They are the Senate race in New Hampshire, featuring Chris Pappas, the House race in NY's 17th, featuring Mike Lawler in possibly the tightest midterm race in the country, and finally the open House race in Texas' 23rd that was vacated earlier this year by Tony Gonzales. And through it all, we ask, just how big do we think this inevitable blue wave is going to be?

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Universal Childcare, Paid Family Leave and the Texas Cash Cow Oct 20, 2026

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On this episode of the happy hour, Michael and Anthony welcome their co-host and new mother Anna back into civilization and playlisters, she hasn't skipped a beat! She's charged up and ready to fire off on all things Universal Childcare and Paid Family Leave, two issues she's become well aquatinted with these last 6 weeks. We also sound off about the record high amounts of money pouring into the Texas Senate race...it's $482 million and counting! When will we reign in political spending in this country?

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Trump's Russian Diesel Deal, The Texas Flu and Colorado's 8th Oct 14, 2026

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On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael and Anthony discuss the bizarre, malicious, and very dumb faux conspiracy theory that right wing media (and the President) were trying to sell regarding James Talarico's 13 day absence from the campaign trail... turned out he had the flu. Then we discuss How To Talk About Trump's Russian Diesel Deal and how this is about as big, beautiful and tremendously awesome a gift you could possibly give adversary and known killer Vladimir Putin. Finally, we turn our sights to the Politician On Our Playlist, Rep Gabe Evans, who's in a battle for Colorado's 8th district, a seat he won by just a couple thousand votes last time.

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The Para-Bros Merger, A Federal Film Tax Credit, Ellison For Pres, and Nuking LA Oct 08, 2026

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As the episode title suggests, these appear to be just a few of Donald Trump's favorite things, though it's unclear if anyone's home upstairs. But fear not, Michael and Anthony are home and well at the Playlist bar, hear for another happy hour to break down the Paramount Warner Bros merger, some theories on David Ellison being poised for a presidential run in ten years, the politician on our playlist Congressman Brian Jack who's fighting for a federal film tax credit, and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs who's clapping back on Trump offering up LA and SD as tribute to Iran for nuclear annihilation. It's all nuts, or in America these days, it's just Tuesday.

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The Texas Senate Race, Stolen Pens and an AOC Presidential Run Sep 29, 2026

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Playlisters, hold onto your pens — literally — because we're headed to Texas. This week Michael and Anthony break down the wildest Senate race in the country: indicted, impeached, alleged pen-thief Ken Paxton vs. viral progressive James Talarico, and why a race Republicans were supposed to win in a landslide is suddenly anyone's game. We get into the ugly primary between Talarico, Jasmine Crockett, and Colin Allred, the attack ad using real security footage to roast Paxton (you read that right), and what it all means for the fight for Senate control. Then, the politician on our playlist: AOC — is 2028 buzz more than just buzz, and does the math actually work? Pour a drink, Playlisters, this one's a lot.

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The White House Press Ban, Trump TV and the Closest House Mid-Term Race Sep 23, 2026

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It's week three of the bro-cast, as Michael and Anthony discuss How To Talk About Trump TV and the latest ban on the free press by the President. What did CNN, MSNow and Politico ever do to this guy? Well, it turns out, they didn't write enough nice things about him. So they've been booted from the White House. And then surprisingly Fox News and all the other TV outlets joined them in solidarity to boycott coverage. THEN, the White House just magically released "Trump TV" streaming app. It does feel like weird reality show nightmare but we break it all down. We then discuss the Politician On Our Playlist, Republican Mike Lawler, who's in perhaps the closes mid-term race of the bench.

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PANIC! At the A.I. Regulatory Disco, and Wesley Hunt Heads to Riyadh Sep 16, 2026

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Week two with the Playlist Bros, as Michael and Anthony discuss How To Talk About the sudden AI Panic! Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sounded the alarm for the need to slow down AI development and something crazy happened...all the other tech bros agreed! Well, sort of...they all agreed AI is developing way too quickly, but we must compete with China and they're not regulating themselves. So how do we do it?

Later on the episode, we segue to the Politician On Our Playlist this week: Congressman Wesley Hunt, of Texas, who's been tapped by Trump to serve as US Ambassador in Saudi Arabia. He'll need a Senate confirmation first, but those guys seem to be giving a rubber stamp on everything.

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Hegseth's Pentagon Purge, The War In Iran and The Lone Dem Defectors Sep 09, 2026

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On this Episode of the Happy Hour, Anna begins her highly anticipated maternity leave, handing the keys to the Playlist Ferrari--err Mini Van--over to Michael and Anthony. But fear not Playlisters, they come out of the gates swinging, with a breakdown of How To Talk About Pete Hegseth's continued and troubling purge of top Generals at the Pentagon, the latest being the incredible 4-star General Chris Donahue. This is no doubt depleting both our military capabilities as well as morale, but it doesn't seem like Pistol Pete is going anywhere, and speaking of which, neither is that war in Iran. Then we discuss the Politician On Our Playlist, and of course, Anthony had to over-achieve and pick two: Marie Glusenkamp Perez of Washington and Jared Golden of Maine.

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The Politician On Our Playlist: Juan Ciscomani Sep 03, 2026

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Hey Playlisters, can you guess how many districts, out of the 435 in this country, are labeled actual "toss up" races? Meaning, how many are actually competitive between a Dem and a Repub? You might want to pour yourself a strong one because the number is very...very...low. And on this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony are talking about the Politician On Our Playlist this week, Juan Ciscomani, a Republican in Arizona who represents one of those districts! Arizona's 8th Congressional District, and let me tell you, he's in a nail-biter of a reelection race. We break it all down for you so you don't have to go insane by watching cable news to stay informed.

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