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2020 election roundup with Ohio Dem party chair David Pepper Jul 09, 2020

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In today's episode, we talk Election 2020 with David Pepper, Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party and author of the new political thriller, “The Voter File." We talk to David about: how suburban voters have once again made Ohio a swing state; the latest polling in other key swing states, including Red states that shouldn't be swing states at all, but are!; the importance of rejecting Trumpism at all levels to undo gerrymandering; the negative-political effects of monopoly power; and how a then 22-year old David Pepper sat across a table in St. Petersburg from a young Deputy Mayor named Vladimir Putin, and what David learned about Putin that's all the more relevant today. We also get into the latest Supreme Court ruling about Trump's taxes. This is one of our free episodes. To hear all our shows, and support our podcast, please consider becoming a paid 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.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki revisited, with author Greg Mitchell Jul 07, 2020

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In today's episode, we interview an old friend, prolific author and former editor of Editor & Publisher magazine Greg Mitchell, here to talk about his new book: “The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood―and America―Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” The book is a look back at how the US government colluded with Hollywood to sell the atom bomb to the American people. We use Greg's book to delve into the history of the bomb, the politics and ethics of its use in World War II, and what could have been had the US not used the weapons at all. This is one of our premium subscriber-only episodes, but you can listen to the first 35 minutes or so here for free, then if you'd like to hear the rest, and support our work, 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.

From Gingrich to Trump, the origins of Trumpism with Julian Zelizer Jul 03, 2020

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Princeton professor Julian Zelizer joins us to talk about his new book, "Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party." Zelizer's premise for the book, and our discussion today, is that you have to know the history of former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in order to understand how we got Trump: "President Trump practices the kind of anti-establishment, take-no-prisoners partisanship that Gingrich brought to Washington in the 1980s. Gingrich was pioneering in using the national news media as the central arena through which to attack Democrats and he understood that the distrusted born of Vietnam and Watergate could be used to the advantage of conservatives. Since Democrats had been in power so long on Capitol Hill, they were the establishment that so many Americans seemed to hate. It is not a surprise that Gingrich has remained such an important advisor to the president. Understanding the origin story of what we consider to be Trumpian politics gives us a firmer understanding of the foundations and deep-rootedness of our current dysfunction." This is one of our free episodes. To hear the rest of our shows, and support our 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.

Trump's a traitor Jun 30, 2020

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Not that it's news, but this week it's confirmed yet again that Donald Trump is a traitor. In today's subscriber-only episode, Cliff and I talk about the latest breaking news about Russia having put a bounty on US troops in Afghanistan, and Trump having done nothing about it even though several US service members reportedly were killed as a result. We also get into the latest on the Coronavirus, and have a good talk about the latest election polls as well. This is an excerpt of our hour-long show. To hear the entire show, 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.

Criminal Justice Reform, the problem & solutions, with Mark Godsey of the Ohio Innocence Project Jun 19, 2020

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Today's guest, Mark Godsey, was a prosecutor with the famous SDNY office, mentored Preet Bharara, then moved back to Cincinnati and became an Innocence Project devotee who is now a leader not only of the Ohio Innocence Project, but across the country in the Innocence Movement. We talk to Mark about criminal justice reform -- what's the problem, and how do we fix it. This is one of our free episodes. To hear all our shows, and support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. And you can support the Ohio Innocence Project here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BLM, COVID & the Elections, with Dem messaging expert John Neffinger Jun 16, 2020

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Democratic messaging expert John Neffinger joins us to talk messaging strategy around the anti-racism protests, the Coronavirus, and the 2020 elections, and of course this includes a larger discussion about why messaging matters at all, and whether the Republicans really are better at this than the Democrats. This is one of our free episodes. To hear all our shows, and support our podcast, please become a contributor 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 Landmark LGBT Supreme Court Decision Explained Jun 15, 2020

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Fordham Law Professor Jed Shugerman explains the Supreme Court's sweeping and historic LGBT rights decision making employment discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people illegal across the United States. This is a 43-minute excerpt of the 90-minute interview, to hear the rest of the 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.

David Frum discusses his new book, "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy" Jun 09, 2020

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In today's UnPresidented Podcast, author and "Never-Trumper" David Frum discusses his new book, "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy." The overall topic of discussion is how America returns to any sense of normalcy after Trump is hopefully defeated in November, including whether Trump should be pardoned, or jailed, after leaving office. But also, how we restore all the institutions of government that Trump has broken (or shown to be far more vulnerable to corruption than we'd ever imagined). And we close with a discussion of why David, a Canadian by birth, became so enamored with America. This is one of our free episodes. To hear all 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.

Deep dive on the anti-racism protests with history Prof. Tom Sugrue Jun 08, 2020

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Today we talk about the anti-racism protests with Dr. Tom Sugrue, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History at NYU. Tom helps us put the current protests in the larger perspective of historical protest movements, we talk about Trump's likelihood of using the protests to help his re-election (and whether it will work), and we also talk a good deal about Obama (whom Tom also wrote a book about). It's a good, albeit somewhat long, episode. This is a 40-minute snippet of the hour-and-a-half show -- to hear the rest of it, 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.

Former Republican Kurt Bardella joins us to talk Trump & the elections Jun 02, 2020

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Former Republican Kurt Bardella joins us talk about the growing protests, Trump's growing authoritarianism, and how Democrats will fare in the 2020 elections this November. To hear the rest of our episodes, please become a supporter and subscriber over at Patreon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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