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Tom Jensen will join us on our last season before Electtion Day 2024 and share with us what the latest polling is telling us about Tuesday's election.
Milan Singh of BluePrint & Welcome PAC will join us to discuss the results of the Yale Youth Poll and the 2024 election
Dr. Anthony Chergosky will join us to discuss Wisconsin politics and more. Dr. Chergosky teaches courses on American government and research methods. He a political analyst and has been quoted in local, statewide, national, and international news media outlets. His research focuses on American political institutions (especially Congress), elections, political communication, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
David Nir will join us to discuss the rebranding of Daily Kos Elections to The Down Ballot: https://www.the-downballot.com/
Alice Driver is a writer from the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. Driver was born in rural Arkansas in a house built by her potter father and her weaver mother. She attended Berea College in rural Kentucky, founded in 1855 to educate freed slaves and students with limited economic resources. Berea College charges no tuition, and thanks to its mission, she was able to take the years of financial risk needed to become a writer. Writing is how she seeks justice and equality in a world that is far from that. She is currently designing a workshop on gender-based violence for journalists in El Salvador via the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. She has a Ph.D.(2011) and MA (2008) in Hispanic Studies from the University of Kentucky, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City. She studied Spanish and Portuguese at Middlebury College Language Schools.
Bill Schneider is a former political analyst for CNN, Los Angeles Times, National Journal, The Hill and The Messenger; professor emeritus at George Mason University; taught at Brandeis University, Boston College and UCLA.
Melissa Deckman is the CEO of PRRI and a political scientist who studies the impact of gender, religion, and age on public opinion and political behavior.Deckman is the author of Tea Party Women (NYU Press: 2016), which examined the role of women in conservative politics. Her first book, School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics (Georgetown University Press: 2004) won the American Political Science Association’s Hu Morken Award for best book on religion and politics. Columbia University Press will publish her latest book, The Politics of Gen Z: How the Youngest Voters Will Shape Our Democracy this September.Prior to joining PRRI, Deckman served as the Louis L. Goldstein Professor of Public Affairs and Chair of the Political Science Department at Washington College, where she taught courses on American politics and research methods. Dedicated to promoting leadership opportunities for young women, she was the co-founder of Training Ms. President, a Maryland-based, non-partisan program that encouraged young women to consider running for political office. She is proud to have conducted research for IGNITE, a leading non-profit organization that builds political ambition in young women across the country.Deckman received her Ph.D. in Political Science from American University. A first-generation college student, she received her bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where she graduated class valedictorian.
Barnini Chakraborty of the Washington Examiner will jojn us to discuss the 2024 Election
Logan Phillips from Race to the White House will jojn us to discuss the 2024 Election. Also, newly elected DNC member and 5th Congressional Chair Maria Banjo will be filling in for Tim Shiflett.
Sarah McCammon is an American journalist and a National Correspondent for National Public Radio, covering the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. Her reporting focuses on political, social and cultural divides in America, including abortion and reproductive rights, the intersections of politics and religion, as well as breaking news. She previously reported for NPR Member stations in Georgia, Iowa and Nebraska.
Milan will join us to discuss BluePrint's recent research regarding what What young voters actually care about?
Dr. Grossman will join us to discuss his upcoming book: Polarized by Degrees: How the Diploma Divide and the Culture War Transformed American PoliticsMatt Grossmann is Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University and Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center. A regular contributor to FiveThirtyEight, he has published analysis in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Politico and hosts the Science of Politics podcast. He is the author of Red State Blues (2019), Asymmetric Politics (with David A. Hopkins, 2016), Artists of the Possible (2014), and The Not-So-Special Interests (2012).
Alex Diaz will be join us to discuss Nevada politics. Alex will also give us an update on the presidential race in Mexico.
Lichtman created the Keys to the White House model with Soviet seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981. The model uses 13 true/false criteria to predict whether the presidential candidate of the incumbent party will win or lose the next election. Using this model, Lichtman has accurately predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential election since 1984, with the exception of 2000, although he did forecast successfully that Al Gore would win the popular vote that year. He ran for the U.S. Senate seat from Maryland in 2006, finishing in sixth place in the Democratic primary. In 2017, Lichtman published The Case for Impeachment, laying out multiple arguments for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Lakshya does modeling and data pieces for Split Ticket and handles their presidential ratings. He is a machine learning engineer who analyzes political data in his free time. He went to UC Berkeley (class of 2019 – BA, 2020 – MS), majoring in computer science, and now work in the tech industry. His writing has also appeared in Sabato’s Crystal Ball and The Bulwark.
The Executive Director of the Maricopa County Democratic Party Jon Ryder will join us to discuss Arizona Politics
Dante Chinni is a data and political journalist and director of the American Communities Project, which is based at the MSU J-School. He is a winner of the Knight-Batten Award for Innovation in Journalism and co-author of the book Our Patchwork Nation. Chinni is a contributor to and writer for the Wall Street Journal and to NBC News's Meet the Press, for which he produces the weekly Data Download segment.Starting in November of 2022, the American Communities Project is embarking on a three-year study of American Fragmentation, funded by a $2.4 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. That study will combine survey research, data analysis and on-the-ground reporting in an effort to better understand what is dividing the country and what might help stitch it back together.A graduate of Michigan State, when Dante is not in East Lansing he can usually be found living in Washington with his wife Christina Ianzito and their dog Skeeter.
Bitecofer graduated from the University of Oregon where she earned a bachelor's degree in political science and earned her Ph.D. in political science and international affairs from the University of Georgia. In 2015 she became a lecturer at Christopher Newport University and assistant director of the Wason Center for Public Policy where she conducted polling. In 2019 she applied to convert her position to tenure track, which would lighten her teaching responsibilities, but was denied by the university. As a result, she resigned her position and went to work for the Niskanen Center, a centrist think tank in Washington, D.C. Bitecofer's analysis has appeared on multiple media platforms including MSNBC and The New York Times. She wrote the 2017 book The Unprecedented 2016 Presidential Election on the election of Donald Trump and runs a podcast titled The Election Whisperer hosted by Substack. Today she runs Strike Pac, a liberal super PAC.
Dr. Justin Vaughn will join us to discuss the Presidential Greatness Project: http://www.brandonrottinghaus.com/uploads/1/0/8/7/108798321/presidential_greatness_white_paper_2024.pdf
Steve Singiser has been a contributing editor at Daily Kos since 2009. Though most of his work can be found at Daily Kos Elections, he also can be read from time to time at Daily Kos Labor. Steve has been a teacher and coach in the Los Angeles area since 1997, and he makes his home there with his wife Kristina and their children Cody and Makenzie. After losing nearly 100 pounds, he developed a love for distance running, and will break into the sub-21 minute bracket in the 5K, or collapse heading in that direction.
Bitecofer graduated from the University of Oregon where she earned a bachelor's degree in political science and earned her Ph.D. in political science and international affairs from the University of Georgia. In 2015 she became a lecturer at Christopher Newport University and assistant director of the Wason Center for Public Policy where she conducted polling. In 2019 she applied to convert her position to tenure track, which would lighten her teaching responsibilities, but was denied by the university. As a result, she resigned her position and went to work for the Niskanen Center, a centrist think tank in Washington, D.C. Bitecofer's analysis has appeared on multiple media platforms including MSNBC and The New York Times. She wrote the 2017 book The Unprecedented 2016 Presidential Election on the election of Donald Trump and runs a podcast titled The Election Whisperer hosted by Substack. Today she runs Strike Pac, a liberal super PAC.
Bill Schneider will join us to discuss his new Substack and the upcoming 2024 elections.Bill Schneider is a former political analyst for CNN, Los Angeles Times, National Journal, The Hill and The Messenger; professor emeritus at George Mason University; taught at Brandeis University, Boston College and UCLA.
Kevin Olasanoye, Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Georgia will join us to discuss his vision for Georgia politics. Kevin will also take questions regarding the New Jersey Senate race.
Benjamin Herold is a technology reporter at Education Week, where he has profiled teen hackers, led an award-winning investigation into the nation’s online charter schools and detailed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s multi-billion dollar foray into publication education. Prior to joining Education Week in 2013, Herold covered the Philadelphia school district for WHYY public radio and the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, winning first-place awards from the Education Writers Association as the nation’s top education beat reporter (2012) and for his feature reporting on Philadelphia’s mass school closings (2013). Before becoming a journalist, Herold worked as a policy researcher, an independent documentary filmmaker and a training specialist for rape-crisis and domestic-violence-prevention organizations.Benjamin has a master’s degree in urban education from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he currently lives with his family. With a Spencer Fellowship, Herold plans to take an in-depth look at the changing face of opportunity in America’s suburban public schools, chronicling how school districts and families alike are responding to sweeping demographic and economic shifts and exploring what such choices mean for the long-term future of traditional public education.
Tim, Catherine & David will also recap the New Hampshire primary and look ahead in the primary calendar. We will also discuss the the new Congressional map in Louisana and more!
Dr. Isabel Skinner will join us to discuss issues surrounding immigration and the US/Mexico border.
Dr. Wade will join us to discuss crime data and findings in American cities and elsewere.
Labor Economist Ron Hetrick will join us to discuss how immigration restrictions are impacting the labor market in Florida and elsewhere. He recently wrote an article on the topic that recieved national attention:https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article280203014.html
Craig Pittman will join us to discuss Vox's The United States of Florida project, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis calling Florida the "Utah of the Southeast" and more.
Joe Lindsley will join us to discussion the war in the Ukraine. Also, Tim, Catherine and David will discuss the ongoing vacancy in the Speaker's office and more.
University of West Georgia professor Dr. Daniel K Williams will join us to discuss his recent article What Really Happens When Americans Stop Going to Church puplished in The Atlantic.
Evan Scimshaw of the Lines & Scimshaw Unscripted will join us to discuss politics across the globe.
David Mark is the managing editor for the Washington Examiner magazine. Previously, he was a senior editor at the Washington Examiner and, prior to that, a senior editor at Politico for six years and at CNN Digital Politics, among other roles. He is an author of two books, one on negative campaigning and one on political language co-authored with Chuck McCutcheon. David appears regularly as a political analyst on television, radio, and other forums. He has spoken on policy and politics in 20 countries in lecture trips through the State Department and European Union.
Sonia Van Meter is the Managing Partner of Stanford Campaigns. She moved to Austin in 2003 to attend graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, but soon found she preferred activism to academia. Following a stint in sales, she joined Stanford Campaigns in 2009 and quickly found a professional home. Now in her thirteenth year in the political consulting industry, Sonia has worked hundreds of campaigns and IEs all over the country, from city council bids to gubernatorial and US Senate runs. In 2013 Sonia was made a Partner of Stanford Campaigns, and development and client relations became her focus. She continues that work today, bringing the good word of opposition research to democratic campaigns and causes up and down the ballot nationwide.
Sonia has worked alongside the DCCC, the DGA, EMILY’s List, and Planned Parenthood, as well as dozens of corporate clients in need of due diligence research. She also routinely speaks publicly on the merits of opposition research and the opportunities and challenges that come with political small business ownership.
Sonia is a cum laude graduate of Georgia State University where she earned her B.A. in Sociology. When she’s not digging up dirt on politicians, you can find her enjoying a bourbon, playing bass with her band, or marveling at her husband’s latest pun.
Logan founded RacetotheWH when he was a graduate student at Columbia. He started building the foundation for the website during his Presidential Campaign Management class taught by Professor Karrine Jeanne Pierre, who would later become President Biden’s Press Secretary.
Before Graduate School, Logan gained experience in American politics both in D.C. and around the country. He worked in President Obama's White House as an intern for the Department of Scheduling and Advance. He’s worked on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential campaign and Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy’s Re-Election. He also worked on the political team for the American Institute of Architecture. Finally, his undergraduate degree was at Gettysburg College, where he studied political science, with a focus on presidential decision-making.
He launched RacetotheWH in June 2020. It proved to be highly accurate in its first election cycle, although it initially received limited attention. Viewership exploded in 2022, when it was used by over 2 million Americans across the country, and viewed over 7 million times.
Logan takes a scientific approach to building election models. He rigorously tests his models on decades of past election cycles to ensure accuracy. Whenever he develops a new theory to enhance his models, he subjects it to thorough testing. This ensures any changes genuinely improve the model's predictions. It’s time-consuming and has taken thousands of hours, but it leads to the best model possible.
Dr. Rachael Bitecofer will join us to discuss politics from across the United States, and even how excited she is about pumping her own gas in Oregon.
Er Li Peng is a Master in Public Policy candidate at Harvard Kennedy School currently working as a Research Fellow at the Ash Center on AAPI affairs and policy initiatives. Additionally, she is a Research Assistant at the Belfer Center focusing on blockchain for urban governance research. Er Li is pursuing a concurrent Master in Business Administration degree at MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to HKS, she worked for five years as a data scientist and management consultant at IBM, where she used machine learning and big data analytics to discover insights and deliver actionable results for public sector clients at the federal and state level. She is also very involved with grassroots nonprofits focused on food insecurity and economic development in New York City and Maine. Er Li grew up in South Portland, Maine and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and mathematics from Dartmouth College.
An experienced television news producer and highly regarded political strategist and thought-leader, Simon has spent three decades in national media and politics. He is a veteran of two Presidential campaigns, including a senior role in the famous 1992 Clinton War Room. In his current capacity as President of NDN/New Policy Institute, Simon advises leading politicians, Administration officials and policy makers on a wide range of issues here in the United States and abroad. He is a frequent commentator in the national media, appearing regularly in major newspapers and websites, political journals and on cable and network television. A few years ago GQ magazine named him one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington. In this past election cycle, he was a senior advisor to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, helping craft the strategy which netted the Democrats 40 seats and earned the highest vote share by either party since 1986.
Simon is a graduate of Tufts University and currently serves on the board of the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts, where he recently taught a semester-long seminar to undergraduates on American politics. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a member of the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Information and Communications Policy and an advisory board member of the Open Source Elections Technology Institute. Outside of his work with NDN, Simon has advised private corporate and political clients, including Univision, Nanomix, Discourse Intelligence, and the DCCC. He and his wife, Caitlin Durkovich, and their three teenage children live in Washington, DC.
Dr. Charles Wheelan will join us to discuss the mission and work of Unite America
Unite America is a political organization dedicated to bridging the growing partisan divide and fostering a more representative and functional government.
Charles Wheelan is a senior lecturer and policy fellow at the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College. He joined the Dartmouth faculty fulltime in June of 2012. He has been selected as one of Dartmouth’s ten best professors by three different graduating classes. He teaches courses on education policy, health care, tax policy, income inequality, and related topics.
In March of 2009, Wheelan ran unsuccessfully for Congress as the representative from the Illinois 5th District in the special election to replace Rahm Emanuel. In its editorial assessing the race, the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, “Voters will find a ballot filled with impressive and thoughtful candidates . . . especially Charlie Wheelan, a University of Chicago lecturer who combines a razor-sharp mind with a boatload of charm and an impressive expertise in economics and foreign policy. We expect great things from Wheelan in the future.”
From 1997 to 2002, Wheelan was the Midwest correspondent for The Economist. His story on America’s burgeoning ex-convict population was the August 10, 2002, cover story. He has written freelance articles for the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other publications.
Wheelan holds a Ph.D. in public policy from the University of Chicago, a Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton University, and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling will join us to discuss recent polling and public opinion trends in American Politics
Howard Yaruss is an economist, professor, attorney, businessman, expert witness and activist who greatly enjoys explaining complex issues in a clear, interesting and easily accessible way. He has taught a variety of courses on economics and business and currently teaches at New York University
Lakshya Jain & Harrison Lavelle of Split Ticket will join us to discuss their piece A Generational Cliff: https://split-ticket.org/2023/05/08/a-generational-cliff/
Bruce's slide decks can accessed here: https://mehlmanconsulting.com/infographics/Mehlman is a highly sought-after keynote speaker on policy and political trends, regularly headlining business conferences and strategic planning sessions. His quarterly infographic analyses are consistently picked-up by national media and eagerly consumed by tens of thousands of readers around the world. Bruce previously served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy under President George W. Bush. He also worked as a senior leadership aide in the House of Representatives, general counsel to a national political party committee and policy counsel to Cisco Systems.Bruce is widely-regarded as an expert in running coalitions, quarterbacking issue campaigns and managing C-suite associations, bringing innovative approaches and determined execution to achieve impactful outcomes. An Adjunct Professor and Board Member of The Washington Campus, Bruce frequently lectures MBA candidates on “effective business-government relations.” Bruce received a BA degree from Princeton University and a JD from the University of Virginia Law School where he served on the Virginia Law Review.
Daily Kos contributer Steve Singiser will join us to discuss the upcoimg open US Senate race in California and more.
Yale University student Milan Singh will join us to discuss the political issues of the day.
Nicholas Dagen Bloom is a Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College. His research analyzes long-term planning outcomes in essential urban systems such as subsidized housing and mass transportation. He is the author of Suburban Alchemy (OSU, 2001), Merchant of Illusion (OSU, 2004), Public Housing That Worked (Penn, 2008), The Metropolitan Airport (Penn, 2015), and How States Shaped Postwar America (Chicago, 2019). He is co-editor of four edited collections, including the prize-winning Public Housing Myths (Cornell, 2015) and Affordable Housing in New York (Princeton, 2015).Professor Bloom has been quoted extensively on housing and other topics in media outlets, including WNYC, The New York Times, CNN, and The Washington Post. As a frequent contributor to Gotham Gazette, he has written extensively on issues related to public housing; his editorials have also appeared in Newsday, The Daily News, and City Limits. As a co-curator of housing exhibitions at Hunter College and the Skyscraper Museum, he has highlighted overlooked dimensions of community life. Bloom frequently joins panel discussions on issues of concern to planners, historians, architects, and the general public. He has taught urban affairs courses to thousands of students in previous positions at NYIT, NYU, and Tulane.
Kara is the founder and CEO of Turrency Political, L.L.C., a full service branding and political firm based in Nashville, TN. I am interesting in changing the political landscape in America through the avenues of Marketing, Advertising, and Branding. Democrats have to rebuild a strong brand to win!
Joe Lindsley is a traveler and a writer. He once was protégé to Fox News founder Roger Ailes who directed much of the American national discourse, but then Lindsley escaped that frenzied realm where power mattered more than truth. On the road, he began to discover the goodness of the world. An alumnus of the Great Books program at the University of Notre Dame, he is portrayed by actor Emory Cohen in the 2019 Showtime series The Loudest Voice. When Anthony Bourdain died, Lindsley took off on a one-way flight to Budapest and has been traveling ever since, gathering stories and looking for better ways to share them with the world to further the cause of authentic, free, and collaborative discourse.He came to Lviv for a Ukrainian Catholic University journalism conference on Information Overload, AI, and Responsibility. Then the Coronavirus shut down world travel, and he stayed to build a better vision for media.
Farah Stockman will join us to discuss her book, American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears.
Dr. Bitecofer will join to discuss how Democrats should message to voters in our current political landscape.
Dr. Skinner will join us to discuss the Chicago Mayoral race, immigration & US border issues and more.
Logan will join us on an early Super Bowl Sunday show to discuss politics and how his model NFL prediction preformed during the 2022 season.
Dante will join us to discuss the American Communities projects finding during the 2022 midterms and how & why Michigan Democrats did so well in the 2022 elections.
Taegan will join us to discuss how the Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and what lessons we can take from the 2022 midterms moving forward.
In addition to discussing Latino politics and culture in America with Suzanne Gamboa, we will discuss the results of Tuesday's US Senate runoff in Georgia and Arizona senatorKyrsten Sinema's decision to be identified as a political independent moving forward.
Simon RosenbergPresident, NDN and the New Policy Institute, a think tank based in Washington, DCProminent American political strategist, thought-leader and commentatorAn experienced television news producer and highly regarded political strategist and thought-leader, Simon has spent three decades in national media and politics. He is a veteran of two Presidential campaigns, including a senior role in the famous 1992 Clinton War Room. In his current capacity as President of NDN/New Policy Institute, Simon advises leading politicians, Administration officials and policy makers on a wide range of issues here in the United States and abroad. He is a frequent commentator in the national media, appearing regularly in major newspapers and websites, political journals and on cable and network television. A few years ago GQ magazine named him one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington. In this past election cycle, he was a senior advisor to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, helping craft the strategy which netted the Democrats 40 seats and earned the highest vote share by either party since 1986. Simon is a graduate of Tufts University and currently serves on the board of the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts, where he recently taught a semester-long seminar to undergraduates on American politics. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a member of the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Information and Communications Policy and an advisory board member of the Open Source Elections Technology Institute. Outside of his work with NDN, Simon has advised private corporate and political clients, including Univision, Nanomix, Discourse Intelligence, and the DCCC. He and his wife, Caitlin Durkovich, and their three teenage children live in Washington, DC.
Barnini will join us to discuss us to discuss all of the campaigns and races she has covered during the 2022 midterm election.
Niles will join us to discuss the results of the midterm elections in Georgia and what the future of Georgia politics holds
Bill Schneider will join us to breakdown the results and implications of the 2022 midterm election cycle.
Tom will join us for our 2022 midterm preview show and we will discuss the latest polls from across the nation.
Evan will join us to discuss elections from across the United States, today's election in Brazil, and the Prime Minister situation in the United Kingdom.
We will have triple guests tonight!
Mike Mikus will discuss Pennsylvania politics
Dr. Michael Bitzer will discuss North Carolina politics
Dr. Anthony Chergosky will discuss Wisconsin pol
Kara will inform us about the Louisiana Senate race, discuss the Ohio Senate race, and the Nashville based Congressional race and more.
Craig will tell us all about the Florida Governor's and Senate races and update us on Florida's recovery from the hurricane.
Los Angeles area educator Steve Singiser will join us to discuss education issues including teacher shortages and academic freedom in the classroom.
Cheri Jacobus’ commentary, while right-of-center, at times takes on the Republican Party, including it’s leaders. Currently a registered independent, she is a strong and impactful critic of Donald Trump, a stance that has come with a price, but her commitment to her guiding principle of “country before party” remains steadfast and strong.
She is the founder, President, and Executive Producer of “America Reads The Mueller Report” airing on local TV in several states to educate Americans on what Special Counsel Robert Mueller actually found and reported.
Her past work includes: columnist for USA Today and The Hill, writing for The Guardian, The Daily Beast, New York Daily News, adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, founder and president of the political and PR consulting firm Capitol Strategies PR, RNC spokesperson and Communications Director for the House Education and Workforce Committee after the historic 1994 GOP takeover of Congress during the Contract for America.
Logan Philips will join us to discuss key US Senate & Governor's races from across the nation and Race to the WH new NFL Playoff Prediction tool.
Evan will join us to discuss his new book Salvation In The Storm. We will also discuss US & UK politics.
John Della Volpe is the author of Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America
We will also discuss the results from the primary elections in Georgia, Alabama, Texas, and more
Dr. Willams will join us to discus his article in the week's Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/south-abortion-pro-life-protestants-catholics/629779/
Simon Bazelon of the Substack Out of the Ordinary will join us to discuss the political issues of the day.
Miles will join us to discuss democgraphic trends in America in recent years and key races for the 2022 election season.
Have politicians like Ron DeSantis & Greg Abbott gone too far right for the citizens of their states?
Labor Economist Ron Hetrick will join us to share the research behind his recent report, The Demographic Drought: How the Approaching Sansdemic Will Transform the Labor Market for the Rest of Our Lives. He will cover details such as what was happening in the labor market prior to COVID and what the current state of the market is. Ron will also answer important questions including Where are we heading? and What can we do about it?
Communications Director of the effort to prevent the Rivian assembly plant from being built in Eastern Georgia will be our guest.
We will discuss the upcoming 2022 elections in Wisconsin as well as the cultural and political geography of the Badger State as discussed in the book the Politics of Resentment.
Taegan will join us to discuss the fundmentals of the 2022 midterms, key statewide races in 2022, and what/if anything the GOP establishment can do to stand up to Trump.
Evan will join us to discuss the situation in Ottawa, the chances of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson running and becoming President in 2024 and more!
John Della Volpe is the Director of Polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, where he has led polling initiatives on understanding American youth since 2000. The Washington Post referred to John as one of the world’s leading authorities on global sentiment, opinion and influence. John appears regularly on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and has been featured in many national media outlets including the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. He is the founder and CEO of SocialSphere, Inc., a public opinion research company headquartered in Massachusetts.
In Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Passion and Fear to Save America, Della Volpe draws on his vast experience to show the largest forces shaping zoomers' lives, the issues they care most about, and how they are--despite older Americans' efforts to label Gen Z as overly sensitive, lazy, and entitled--rising to the unprecedented challenges of their time to take control of their country and our future.
Kyle Kondik is managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the University of Virginia Center for Politics’ authoritative, nonpartisan newsletter on American campaigns and elections. He is a frequently cited expert on American politics.
The Long Red Thread examines each House election cycle from 1964 to 2020, surveying academic and journalistic literature to identify key trends and takeaways from more than a half-century of US House election results in order to predict what Americans can expect to see in the future.
Won’t Lose This Dream: How an Upstart Urban University Rewrote the Rules of a Broken System, tells the remarkable story of Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta, which has overturned the received wisdom that lower-income, minority, and first-generation college students are doomed to fail in large numbers — they are not — and transformed the national conversation about what universities owe to their students.
We will have a discussion of the book and Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of Its People
Marc Johnson will join us to discuss his recent book Tuesday Night Massacre, Idaho politics and more.
Dr. Belt will join us to discuss humor in politics, how the Chinese cover American politics and more.
Dr. Chergosky will join us to discuss Wisconsin politics, including the 2022 United States Senate race in Wisconsin.
We will also discuss where this type of law might expand to, how the SCOTUS's "punt" on the law may impact and the political fallout.
John will join us to discuss Nebraska politics and his recent editorial about the causes of the "brain drain" in the Cornhusker State.
Michael Bender will join us to discuss his new book: Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost
Catherine, Tim, and David will discuss the recent political moves of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and more.
Political & sports newsletter writer Evan Scrimshaw will join us to discuss politics from across America and the world.
Dr. Blum will join us to discuss her new book: How the Tea Party Captured the GOP: Insurgent Factions in American Politics and more
Legendary political analyst William Schneider will join us to to discuss the political issues of the day.
We will discuss Trump's second impeachment trial, the future of the GOP and Kamala Harris' poll numbers according to Trump's 2020 pollster.
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David Shor will join us to discuss political data trends, South Florida politics and more.
Chuck will join us to discuss Latino voter in the 2020 election and moving forward. We will also, discuss the Georgia US Senate runoffs. Finally, we will discuss what happened in Texas in the 2020 election.
John will join us to discuss political campaign advertizing, Ohio & Tennessee politics and more.
We will also discuss more political topics including the 2020 election.
Learn more about Drew's Newsletter here: https://infinitemonkeys.substack.com/
Julie will join us to discuss the fractured relationship between WNBA players and Atlanta Dream owner and US Senator Kelly Loeffler.
Let's Talk Election can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ0H9_lidl67AqiC9-RxfvA
Tom will join us to discuss his firms poll that they have conducted across the nation. Also, Catherine, Tim and David will make predictions about the 2020 election in the final show before election 2020.
Craig Pittman will join to discuss Florida, which is shaping up to the pivotal state in the Presidential race and later in the show Lachlan McIntosh will join us to discuss one of the most intriguing races for US Senate in South Carolina.
Evan Scrimshaw will join us to discussion Lean Tossup election projection model of the upcoming 2020 election. We will also discuss Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent speech to the United Nations.
Judge Ross will join us to discuss the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, the 2020 elections and more!
Author and political strategist Chuck Rocha will join us to discuss his book Tio Bernie.
Kevin will join us to discuss his campaign for Congress to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District.
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse political science professor Anthony Chergosky will be our guest
Jacob Rubashkin will join us to discuss his viewing of over 200 campaign ads from the 2020 election cycle and more.
Bill Schneider will join us to discuss the results of the South Carolina primary and more.
We will get a Republican's view of the Democratic primary, discuss key US Senate & House races from across the nation.
Tom will join us to discuss to recent polls of national, Arizona, Iowa and Georgia his firm has conducted.
Dante Chinni will join us to discuss his work with the Amercian Communities Project, recent focus groups he has conducted for NBC News & Meet the Press, and Michigan politics.
David will join us to discuss Chapters 4 and 5 of Spitball.
We will also discuss, attempting to conduct political polls in turbulent times, NC's new Congressional maps, and lessons from the 2019 elections in Virginia
Antonia Felix will join us to discuss here book: Elizabeth Warren: Her Fight. Her Work. Her Life.
Brandi will join us to discuss recent political prediction markets. Tim, Catherine and David will also discuss the appointment of a new US Senator in Georgia to replace Johnny Isakson.
Scott Elliott of Election Projection will join us to discuss his latest Electoral map and Legislative projections.
Mike Tierney will join us to discuss the NBA's relationship with China in light of the ongoing protest in Hong Kong.
Rome GA City Councilwoman and DNC Member joins us to discuss the political issues of the day
Catherine, Tim, and David discuss Trump's weather map modifications, will Mike Pence be on the 2020 ticket and if Georgia having two US Senate seats up will impact Stacey Abrams' chances of being selected as the Democratic VP nominee.
Chris Higgins will join us to discuss his daily podcast: 2020 Election Ride Home and the 2020 Presidential campaign.
Robin joins us to discuss the fallout of Trump' racist tweets, the 2020 primary camapign and more.
Dr. Michael Bitzer will join us to discuss North Carolina politics.
We will alos, recap the two night Democratic debate.
Matthew Dowd will join us to discuss the implications of the Muller Report, 2020 Presidential race, the Louisana US Senate race and more.
Jeff Pearlman will join us to discuss his book:Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
David will join us to discuss the political topics of the day. Also, Catherine, Tim and David will "buy, sell and hold" Bernie Sanders and John Hickenlooper.
Bill Schneider will join us to discuss his new book: Standoff: How America Became Ungovernable
Tom will discuss his firms recent polls. We will also do anoher round of Buy, Sell, Hold on Cory Booker, Howard Schutz and more.
Catherine, Tim & David discuss the year in politics 2018, the ongoing shutdown and more.
Sonia Van Meter will join us to discuss Texas politics. Also, Catherine, Tim and David will make their predictions for Tuesday's midterm elections.
Jessica will join us for the entire hour to discuss Georgia political races, the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and more.
Scott will discuss his outlook and projection of the 2018 election. He publishes his projections at https://www.electionprojection.com/
Tim, Catherine and David will also discuss Donald Trump's tweets at LeBron James, the Texas US Senate race and more.
We will discuss Trump and Cohen's devolving relationship, compare and contrast the campaigns of Stacey Abrams and Beto O'Rourke, and examine if teachers can be a bigger part of the blue wave.
Tim, Catherine and David will also discuss Trump's trip to Helsinki to meet with V. Putin and more.
We will also look at Trumps overseas trip and his approval in all 50 states and the current state of Papa Johns Pizza.
will join us to discuss his book and some current political topics in the Sunshine State.
Tim, Catherine and David will discuss Donald Trump's recent foreign policy moves and more.
Tim, Catherine and David discuss Donald Trump's immigration policy, space force and more!
Tim, Catherine and Wendy will discuss the North Korea summit, the Georgia Governors race and more!
Tim, Catherine and David will also make our predictions of the Tuesday's primary in Georgia.
DNC member and Rome City Councilmember Wendy Davis will be our guest to discuss Georgia Republicans turning against Delta, the Georgia Governor's race and more.
Also, we will discuss his recent interview with National Journal that were picked up by Political Wire.
We will discuss polls from across the nation that have been conducted by Public Policy Polling
We will discuss the political impact of the Nunes' memo, look at seats that might flip from Republican to Democrat in 2018 and more,
Also, Tim Shiflett will deliver an Outrage on Republicans for their failure to denounce Trump's outlandlish statements.
We will also discuss the Democratic side of the Georgia Governor's race, is pulling film canisters out of a bowl democracy? and more
Tim, Catherine, and David will discuss the new 7 banned words, and Trump's mission to Mars and more!
Catherine, Tim and David will also prview the Alabama Senate election, review the Atlanta Mayor race and more
Trump/Kelly comments to and about the fallen solider and Congresswoman
Betty price's comments
Michael Williams, bump stocks, the math teacher and then the GA GOP primary Governor's poll from Landmark Communications
More topics: the Congressional candidate in FL that claimed to be abducted by aliens
TN Senate race and if Phil Bredesen runs
Utah Congressional race
Also, we did not get to Puerto Rican residents moving to FL and how that will impact FL politics
Tim Shiflett, Catherine and David will discuss the Alabama Senate race, the Atlanta Mayoral race, Rex Tillerson calling his boss an f'n moron and more.
In addition we will discuss the Trump Adminstration's response to Puerto Rico, the Alabama Senate race, the firing of Tom Price and more.
Catherine, Tim and David will discuss the Trump's war on NFL and NBA players, Georgia GOP Governor's candidates war with a math teacher in Cherokee County Georgia and more.
Catherine, Tim and I will also discuss the Atlanta Mayor's race, the Alabama Senate runoff and more
We will also discuss recent polls of the Alabama Senate special election, the Atlanta Mayor's race and more.
Tim, Catherine and David will discuss the Georgia Governor's race and the Joe Aripaio parole an more.
Tim, Catherine and David will lead off the show discussing the end of Steve Bannon's time at the White Hous
Tim, Catherine and David will discuss all of the changes at the White House this week, the healthcare votes in the Senate, and the first numbers from the Alabama Senate special election.
We will also discuss the Atlanta Mayor's race, the resignation of Sean Spicer, Donald Trump's possible use of pardons, and more.
We will discuss the recent poll showing a majrity of Republican voters now have a negative view of college, Donald Trump Jr. and the Russia meeting and more.
We will also discuss the GOP healthcare bill in the Senate and Donald Trump promising to pass laws that have been on the books since the 1990's.
Tim, David, and Catherine will give their predictions for the special Congressional elections in Georgia and South Carolina on Tuesday.
We will also discuss Trump deciding to pull out of the Paris Agreement, the first state trip and more
We will discuss Matthew's new book A New Way: Embracing the Paradox as We Lead and Serve. His mission of Country over Party, and many more political events happing in the United States.
We will also discuss a new GA-6 poll, Matthew Dowd not running for US Senate in Texas, Alabama US Senate special election, and the repairs to I-85 in record time.
We will also discuss, today's French election, Donald Trump's thoughts on the Civil War & Andrew Jackson, special leections in Georgia 6 & Montana, and how Atlanta traffic will impact the Atlanta Mayoral race and the Georgia Governor's race.
Republican political consultant and political commentator Mike Hassinger will join us to discuss the Georgia 6th District Congressional race and more.
We will discuss the Bannon-Kushner struggle, the KS special Congressional election and more
Is defeating Ted Cruz in Texas critical to the Democrats chances of retaking the US Senate. We will also discuss the bridge fire and collapse of I-85 in Atlanta this week.
In addition to having Glenn Thrush on the show we will discuss yesterday's DNC election
Current Chair of the Board of Trustees for The Carter Center Jason Carter will be our guest
Trump's continuing use of Twitter and how this will shape the press coverage of his administration.
Rome GA City Commissioner and DNC Member joins us to discuss the future of the Democratic Party and more
Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling joins us to discuss the state of the race 36 hours before the first polls open on election 2016
Leading Political Media Specialist John Rowley of Fletcher-Rowley joins us to discuss the 2016 campaign
Our special guest will be the Democratic candidate for the Georgia US Senate seat Jim Barksdale
Evan Siegfried author of GOP GPS How to Find the Millennials and Urban Voters the Republican Party Needs to Survive
Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling will be on the show to discuss his latest polls, the diffculties of polling America in 2016 and more.
Katie Glueck of Politico will join us to discuss the presidential race in PA, OH, MO and more
Jeff Singer of Daily Kos joins us to review the DNC Convention and look ahead to the Fall campaign
GA State Senator and early Trump supporter Michael Williams live from Cleveland to discuss the upcoming GOP Convention
Democratic media consultant John Rowley joins us discuss Tennessee politics and more. Also, we will give a detailed look at both 538 and Sam Wang electoral projection.
GA Rep. Buzz Brockway will join us to discuss Donald Trump's campaign as the presumptive GOP nominee from a GOP perspective
Scott Elliott of Election Projection joins us to give us a look at an early 2016 electoral map