Saving the World with Barry & Lucas

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Talking To Candidates Running to Flip Districts, Part 3 with Harley Rouda Oct 31, 2018

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Harley Rouda is a successful business owner who is running in California's 48th district. He believes the pressing issues facing America today are climate change, infrastructure, and affordable healthcare. His opponant, Dana Rohrabacher believes in housing discrimination againsts LGBTQI+ people, has illicit finincial connections to Russia, including contact with known Russian spies, and can't get anyone in congress to sign his bills because he's a dweeb. We also learn what Harley Rouda thinks should be on his winning pizza. Go to HarleyForCongress.com to learn more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Talking To Candidates Running to Flip Districts, Part 2 with Sean Casten Oct 24, 2018

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Sean Casten is running in Illinois's 6th district, which has been Republican since 1973. He is a molecular biologist, who for decades has run profitable, clean energy businesses, and in that time helped create 6,000 jobs. He wants to protect the Affordable Care Act, stop climate change, and repeal his opponant Peter Roskam's immoral tax act. We talk about climate change, why facts don't require your belief, and how we're doing elections wrong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Talking To Candidates Running to Flip Districts, Part 1 with Katie Hill Oct 17, 2018

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Katie Hill is running in California's 25th district, which has been republican for 40 of the last 50 years. Katie has been an advocate for homeless rights as the executive director of PATH (People Assisting The Homeless) and has worked with Emily's List. We'll talk about how she grew up as a liberal in a family of republicans, how she decided to run for congress while taking a shower, and being brave on rollercoasters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Talking About the Indigenous Fight for Climate Justice with Eriel Deranger Oct 10, 2018

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Eriel Deranger is the executive director of Canada's only indigenous-led climate justice organization, called Indigenous Climate Action. She is a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, and we talk with her about the indigenous model for living sustainably with the land, how colonial systems are continuing to take sovereignty from indigenous peoples, the problems with cap and trade, and who she would bring back from the dead to punch in the testicles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Talking About Broadway Saving The World with Hamilton's Rory O'Malley Oct 03, 2018

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Rory O'Malley is a Tony Nominated actor, singer, and actorvist. He was in Book Of Mormon, the new Lifetime show American Princess, and on stage during the Mike Pence performance of Hamilton The Musical. He also started a voting initiative called Belt The Vote. We'll talk about marriage equality, why the Broadway community can make a difference everywhere, and why petuitary is Barry's most favorite word. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Talking About Abortions and more with Kirby Howell-Baptiste Sep 28, 2018

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In addition to being one of our best friends, one of our co-stars on Downward Dog, and a wonderful actress and comedian, Kirby Howell-Baptiste volunteers for an organization called LA For Choice, where she assists women in safely accessing healthcare. We talk about weekly abortion protests, the politics of UCB improv, and why Americans would love the term knob cheese. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Talking About how Coffee Waste can Power the World with Greg Barris Sep 20, 2018

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Greg Barris is a comic chameloen, street wizard, culture jammer, and innovative thinker when it comes to alternative sources of energy, among other things. We'll talk about how the amount of coffee waste we already have can power the world 2.5 times over, why we should all be using our waste as fuel, and whether or not Joseph Stalin invented the one liner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Talking About The Lighter Side Of Depression And Suicide with Dave Ross and Hampton Young Sep 12, 2018

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In this hot fourway with comics and hosts of Suicide Buddies, Dave Ross and Hampton Yount recount their experiences with depression and the ways they found transformation and connection. We also get into whether or not it's better to be a genius or the best and if comedians need to be depressed and why we need to talk about depression. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Talking About Leaving Your Faith with Samm and Katherine Hodges Sep 05, 2018

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Katherine Hodges and her husband Samm Hodges (creator of the critically acclaimed ABC series Downward Dog, on which Lucas and Barry became the best of friends) come on to discuss growing up devoutly Christian, meeting each other, and eventually leaving their faith. They also discuss the necessity of seeking answers to difficult questions, how to live with doubt, and what it's like to come out as an agnostic. Also, what's grosser: fingers or toes? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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32: Talking About Being Ethnically Ambiguous with Anna Hossnieh and Shereen Lani Younes Aug 29, 2018

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Anna Hossnieh and Shereen Lani Younes are cohosts of the podcast Ethinically Ambiguous, which tackles being brown in America, and being Iranian and Syrian respectively. We talk about what it's like to grow up split between two cultures, surprising facts about Syria, and when everyone became cool. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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