Behind the Blue Wall: Recent Episodes
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Longtime New England broadcaster Michael Graham hosts a weekly podcast about life for conservatives trapped behind enemy lines in deep-blue New England. Graham is a Boston Herald columnist and Politics Editor for NHJournal.com.
One guy grew up in redneckville, South Carolina. The other an affluent community in the suburbs of Boston. And both are having conversations with their male friends about the Kavanaugh story, sex and power. And what guys are saying in private about the Kavanaugh accusation is very different from the image of men, sex and brute force that’s being portrayed by the anti-Kavanaugh activists and their...
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Fox News’s Chris Stirewalt joins us “Behind the Blue Wall” to talk about the current state of American politics, the power of populism and his new book: Every Man A King. Can the Right win without its populist wing? Is there a way to to “Populism” without the dark side? Is Donald Trump part of the problem, or the solution? Plus: Everything you know about the Democrats’ primaries and the...
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Christopher Scalia is Antonin and Maureen Scalia’s eighth child and he’s the co-editor (with Ed Whalen) of the book Scalia Speaks:Reflections on Law, Faith and a Live Well Lived Christopher offers his take–and speculates on his father’s reaction– to the “overblown circus show” of the first day of the Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. And did you see the White...
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Why won’t President Trump sing the praises of Sen. John McCain? Because he knows something the media don’t: His base. On the other hand, Sen. McCain was beloved in New Hampshire as their unofficial third U.S. Senator. Granite State GOP players join the podcast to tell their stories–including how (not so conservative) Sen. McCain got the endorsement of the extremely conservative New Hampshire Union...
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A new poll finding 40 percent of New Hampshire Republicans think a GOP primary for President Trump would be a good thing sparks comparisons to an incumbent Republican president in 1992 and a relatively unknown TV commentator. What do Nazis, “macho gay men” and Massachusetts Republicans have in common? A self-inflicted blow of pro-Trump stupidity that you have to hear to believe.
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The Academy Awards and ABC Disney are fighting back against failing ratings by creating a new category of Oscar: Films ‘you people” actually watched! It’s ham-fisted and wrong-headed, and who better to talk about it than Hollywood veteran actor, comedian and producer Paul Provenza ( The Aristocrats; The Green Room; The Set List). Paul’s a Hollywood Lefty but he’s still a good guy...
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A new poll finds that 43 percent of Republicans believe President Trump “should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior,” while a similar percentage of Democrats would support a law mandating legal consequences for people who refuse to use someone’s preferred pronouns. In other words, virtually nobody really supports free speech. That’s just great. Meanwhile...
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While the November midterms look tough for the GOP congress, Republican governors are the GOP’s 2018 good news–particularly in blue states like Massachusetts and New Hampshire. What’s their secret sauce? We have experts from both those states offering their insights. And what the heck happened to VT’s Republican star Gov. Phil Scott–who had the biggest popularity plunge ever measured by Morning...
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Great news for Joe Queenan fans–he’s here! On the Behind The Blue Wall podcast talking Trump, Catholics, Hillary Clinton the culture war and–oddly–acupuncture. Plus why Joe Queenan believes Billy Joel is the Anti-Christ. And Townhall.com columnist (and author of the new book “Militant Normals”) Kurt Schlichter makes the case for the Right abandoning the principle of free speech in favor of what he...
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Live from Martha’s Vineyard, it’s the comedic stylings (and Constitutional insights) of Alan Dershowitz. He talks about his new book, “The Case Against Impeaching Trump,” life for a liberal “turncoat” on Martha’s Vineyard, and why he believes the Left hasn’t “abandoned” the fundamental principle of free speech. (It’s a trick answer–don’t miss it!) Also, Boston Democrats want to give non-citizens...
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You ain’t seen nothing yet. Andrew McCarthy of National Review on why Kavanaugh was perhaps the perfect Supreme Court pick, and he destroys the arguments of Trump extremists calling the judge “Pro-Obamacare” and a Bushie squish. Adam White of Hoover Institution says Kavanaugh is “the best possible pick” but says he’ll face an smear campaign unlike anything we’ve ever seen for a SCOTUS nominee.
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In a special 4th of July week edition of the podcast, we talk about the big Supreme Court news with Weekly Standard legal beagle Adam J. White (also of the Hoover Institution and the Scalia School of Law). Historian Robert Allison returns to explain why New England is the best place in American to celebrate Independence Day. And Massachusetts joins a handful of other states in choosing identity...
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Charles Krauthammer’s longtime friend and colleague Bill Kristol on why there isn’t another Krauthammer in American politics, and what made him different. Longtime media warrior Brian Maloney on battling bias from the wrong side of the Blue Wall, and an amazing statistic about New England politics. And Politico’s Daniel Lippmann talks about his new article on young Trump staffers being driven into...
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Just in time for Father’s Day weekend, the Behind the Blue Wall podcast brings you some of the most terrible and culturally unacceptable advice on being a dad ever recorded. In other words, it’s 100% honest. The editorial page editor of the Boston Herald and four-time father Tom Shattuck (aka “The Great And Powerful Tom” of radio fame) talks about what it’s really like to be a dad...
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Ranked voting, a rebel movement at Yale and remembering a wonderful moment with Charles Krauthamer–it’s all in this edition of the Behind The Blue Wall podcast. Matt Gagnon of the Maine Heritage Policy Center (and a local radio talk host, too!) explains the “ranked-choice voting system” Maine will be using this Tuesday in their state elections–and why he thinks it’s insane.
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Political operative and former comms guy for two different Scott Brown US Senate races (in two different states!) Colin Reed talks about the political lessons the GOP can learn for the 2018 midterms from popular GOP governors in the liberal northeast like Charlie Baker (MA); Chris Sununu (NH) and Phil Scott (VT). Plus, how do you spell “feminism?” With a “C” if you’re Samantha Bee.
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New England broadcasting legend and media gadfly VB (yes, that’s his name) is on this edition of the Behind The Blue Wall podcast, helping your humble host navigate his way through the gender wars of the liberal Northeast. We talk Hillary Clinton, Harvey Weinstein and Morgan Freeman…and suddenly realize that would be the beginning of a HELL of a joke. We also debate the NFL “national anthem”...
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Jennifer Horn is a former state chair of the NH GOP, and current co-chair of the NH Log Cabin Republicans. She was kicked out of last week’s state convention in part because her fellow Republicans did not want to debate her proposal to change the state party platform over the issue of marriage equality. She joins us on the BTBW podcast to make her case and to defend Gov. Chris Sununu’s decision to...
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“What people in New England who hate Trump are really saying is ‘I make over $100 grand a year and I have a graduate degree.'” So says Fox News host Tucker Carlson in this bonus edition of the Behind The Blue Wall podcast. He also talks about his family’s connections to Maine, the bizarre story of the book-banning “bookstore,” and why you’ll never hear the phrase “I can’t believe you said that”...
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The brilliant Chris Caldwell of The Weekly Standard makes a reluctant-but-brilliant appearance on the podcast, live from the Ricochet Podcast Summit at AEI. We also talk about a two-word joke told on an elevator that made international news thanks to a nutty Massachusetts feminist. And cameo, off-the-record appearances by Peter Robinson and Charles C. W. Cooke.
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Ready or not, America, here it comes: Early polling from “First In The Nation” New Hampshire says it’s President Trump vs Pocahontas. Circle the wagons! We discuss it with pollster David Paleologos. What’s it like to be the token conservative at one of America’s most liberal newspapers? We ask the Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby. And there’s no such thing as a free lunch…unless you’re a New England...
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O’Rourke joins us from his hidden enclave in New Hampshire to discuss living in New England as a prominent conservative writer. He also explains why Millennials hate Boomers, and why the Boomers deserve it. Granite State activist and troublemaker Kimberly Morin talks about defending the Second Amendment among New England liberals who aren’t too thrilled with the FIRST. And Matt McDonald from...
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In this edition of “Michael Graham: Behind The Blue Wall,” stand-up comic (and closet conservative) Paul D’Angelo talks about looking for laughs from New England liberals, Amy Schumer’s self-censorship and why parents are part of the problem. Plus Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies on the (unintentionally) hilarious mishandling of an illegal immigrant charged with rape in...
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Welcome to the first episode of my new weekly podcast: Behind The Blue Wall! Reports from the embattled conservative minority here in deep blue New England. The first episode features New England icon Howie Carr, with his take on Chappaquiddick, and a story about Bob Mueller’s record in public service that you aren’t going to hear anywhere else. Also–what’s up with gun laws in Vermont?
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The great Jonah Goldberg on Kevin Williamson and the future of conservative media; Why Trump’s trade war could end up being no big deal; A Holy Cross professor unintentionally points out the hypocrisy of the anti-Kevin-Williamson Left; And it’s the final edition of the Confession Hotline—and it’s a doozy!
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