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Kamala! Aug 13, 2020

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Our old friend Brett Di Resta, a longtime national political consultant, and all around funny guy, joins us to talk Kamala! That's a good portion of the show, but we also get into the latest on the Coronavirus and overall election chatter. Enjoy. This is one of our premium episodes. You can listen to 30 minutes of the show for free, and then if the spirit moves you, and you'd like to support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lot of election updates, a wee bit of COVID too Aug 11, 2020

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In today's show, Cliff and I discuss Biden's convention, the veepstakes (before it was announced), the Republican running for Congress who appears to have an affinity for Hitler, and a bit more on the Coronavirus latest. This is one of our free episodes. To hear the rest of our shows, and support our podcast, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The death of the GOP, with Republican strategist Stuart Stevens Aug 07, 2020

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Longtime GOP strategist Stuart Stevens -- who was the chief strategist for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, and now is a member of the Lincoln Project -- joins us for a fascinating discussion about his new book, "It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump." Stevens doesn't hold back with his assessment of both Donald Trump ("I'm very comfortable calling Donald Trump a traitor because he’s actively trying to destroy America") and the Republican party ("courage is the exception and cowardice is the norm"). Stevens talks about COVID ("If Hillary Clinton were president today, tens of thousands more Americans would be alive"), and his concerns about the state of the conservative movement under Trump, calling them "a lost generation of conservatives" that we may just have to write off. It was such an interesting, and more than a little sobering, discussion. I know you are going to enjoy this one, I think it's one of our best. This is a half-hour excerpt of our show. To hear the entire interview with Stuart Stevens, and to browse our entire two-year library of shows, please consider subscribing over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) on Trump, the economy, COVID and the election Aug 05, 2020

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Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell of California joins me to discuss Donald Trump, the Coronavirus, the economy, Bill Barr, the fall election, and his own presidential run. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

NARAL's Ilyse Hogue on the state of women in America Jul 30, 2020

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Our good friend Ilyse Hogue, the President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, joins us today to talk about the state of women in America, from abortion to contraception to Biden's VP pick, and about her new book about the far-right, "The Lie that Binds." Enjoy! (This is a 22-minute excerpt - to hear the entire show, and support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks.) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mary Trump on how her family created the most dangerous man in the world Jul 28, 2020

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Mary Trump, the niece of Donald Trump, joins the UnPresidented podcast to talk about her new book: "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man." Over the course of an hour, Mary explains why she believes Donald Trump is a "psychologically deeply damaged man," and must be defeated in November. This is a free episode. To hear the rest of our shows, and support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Malcolm Nance on how Trump embraced our enemies, compromised our security, and how Joe Biden can fix it Jul 24, 2020

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National Security expert Malcolm Nance joins us to talk about his latest book, "The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It." We also get into what Joe Biden needs to do to fix the Russia problem, should he win in November. This is one of our free episodes. To hear the rest of our archive, and support our podcast, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How Donald Trump can still win the 2020 election, with campaign expert Matt Robison Jul 21, 2020

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Former Democratic congressional staffer, campaign manager, and blogger Matt Robison joins us to talk about the latest 2020 election news. Is Donald Trump in a political death spiral or can he come back? Should Democrats invite Republicans to endorse Biden at the convention? And why the hell are we even thinking of sending kids back to school right now? All that and more in today's episode of the UnPresidented podcast. You can listen to the first half hour for free, then the rest of the show is available to subscribers over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump, Covid and the election, with guest Neera Tanden Jul 17, 2020

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Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden joins us to talk about Trump, Covid, and the election. (Neera is a former senior advisor to both President Obama and First Lady, and then Senator, Clinton.) We start with a discussion about Neera's own personal run-in with the Coronavirus -- she was sick for six weeks -- then we branch out into how Trump is mishandling the crisis, how that will affect the economy and the election, then a more general election-oriented discussion about the presidential, House and Senate races. We also get into whether Biden, should he win, can and should hold Trump et. al. responsible for any crimes they may have committed (Neera says yes). Oh, and we also discuss the late-breaking news about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's cancer. Just a really good conversation all around. This is one of our free episodes. To hear the rest of our shows, and support the podcast, please consider becoming a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pulitzer-prize-winning political cartoonist Mike Luckovich talks cartooning in the age of Trump Jul 14, 2020

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Today's guest is double Pulitzer-prize-winning political cartoonist Mike Luckovich, whose hilarious and biting political criticism has been a staple at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1989. Mike talks to us about politics today, his love of Trump (kidding - he loathes Trump), how political cartooning works as a profession, whether it's harder to be in the political cartoon business in an age when people are more sensitive about stereotypes, and whether there's a future for it in the new world order of online media. It was a really fun and interesting interview about a topic I didn't know much about -- I've never met a political cartoonist! -- so I think you'll enjoy this. You can listen to the first half of the show here, and the rest of it, and our earlier shows, by becoming a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.