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Clusterf*cked
Liberals are too clustered in major cities, mainly in blue states. This is why Hillary Clinton can get 3 million more votes and still lose the election. Progressives and liberals are not spread out enough across the country in large enough numbers to win more elections. What can liberals and pr...
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Episode 46 - Thoughts on the Election
In an abbreviated special episode, Host Roger King gives his thoughts on a very disappointing Presidential election result for Democrats and addresses...
Episode 45 - Michael McDonald, Founder of The United States Election Project and the Early Vote Tracker
Through his early vote tracker, University of Florida Political Science Professor Michael McDonald tracks and analyzes the early vote data for all 50...
Episode 44 - Natalie Jackson, Fmr. Sr. Polling Editor, HuffPost & VP, GQR Research
Natalie Jackson has been a professional pollster for 20 years. She and Roger have a calm & rational discussion about the actual status of the Preside...
Episode 43 - Steve Schale, former Florida State Director for the Obama campaign
Steve Schale ran President Obama's two Florida victory campaigns and he knows Florida politics inside and out. He and Roger discuss whether Florida i...
Episode 42 - Anderson Clayton, Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party
Anderson Clayton is the youngest state party Chair in the United States. She and Roger discuss North Carolina politics: how it's a key target for the...
Episode 41 - Simon Rosenberg, Democratic strategist & founder of New Democrat Network
Simon Rosenberg has been involved in Democratic politics for three decades, first with the Clinton campaigns, as an adviser to the Obama Administratio...
Episode 40 - Special Midterms 2022 Preview, with Reuben Rodriguez (aka The Latino Centrist)
Special guest co-host Reuben Rodriguez, a self-described Latino Centrist, returns to the podcast in a special extended episode as he & Roger preview t...
Episode 39 - Tom Bonier, CEO of Target Smart
Tom Bonier has been a consultant to Democratic campaigns, including Senators Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren, as well as President Obama's 2008 Presi...
Episode 38 - Ashley All, Spokesperson for Kansans for Constitutional Freedom
This summer, Kansas voted NO on a state Constitutional amendment that would have banned abortion. Ashley All, Spokesperson for Kansans for Constituti...
Episode 37 - Robin Johnson, Host of the Heartland Politics podcast
Robin Johnson, along with Representative Cheri Bustos, former Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, put together a research projec...
Episode 36 - Tom Winter, Montana Democratic Congressional Candidate
Tom Winter, a former state representative, is now running for U.S. Congress in Montana's newly created 2nd Congressional District. He joins Roger to d...
Episode 35 - Josh Marshall, Founder and Publisher, Talking Points Memo
Talking Points Memo founder Josh Marshall joins Roger to discuss how the mainstream media is set up in a way that gives Republicans the advantage, the...
Episode 34 - Special 2021 Recap with Reuben Rodriguez (aka The Latino Centrist)
Special guest co-host Reuben Rodriguez, a self-described Latino Centrist, joins Roger to recap the political year of 2021 and preview what to expect i...
Episode 33 - Joe Kennedy, Former Massachusetts Congressman and Founder of Groundwork Project
Joe Kennedy, a member of the legendary Kennedy political family, served 4 terms in Congress but left government this year to form Groundwork Project,...
Episode 32 - Poppy Northcutt, former NASA Engineer & Texas women's rights attorney
Poppy Northcutt was the first woman ever to work in NASA's Mission Control. Her work in the space program made her acutely aware of women's rights iss...
Episode 31 - Filmmaker Todd Drezner & Former WV Senate Candidate Bo Copley
After an in-person encounter with Hillary Clinton, unemployed coal industry worker Bo Copley decided to run for the Republican Senate nomination in We...
Episode 30 - Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh
Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh started off as a Trump supporter but began to sour on him quickly. In the end, he not only turned on Trump bu...
Episode 29 - Comedian Steve Hofstetter
Comedian Steve Hofstetter is back on tour for the first time since the pandemic started and checks in with Roger from the road. They discuss comedy &...
Episode 28 - Author/Journalist Ross Benes
Ross Benes grew up in small town Nebraska, surrounded by Republicans. Now he lives in Brooklyn. His book "Rural Rebellion: How Nebraska Became a Rep...
Episode 27 - Author/Journalist Alec MacGillis
Journalist Alec MacGillis often writes about inequality in the U.S., including a New York Times article that led to the launch of this very Clusterfuc...
Episode 26 - Ben Wikler, Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party
Wisconsin Democratic Chair Ben Wikler joins Roger to discuss Wisconsin politics: how Biden beat Trump in the state, the 2022 campaign to defeat Republ...
Episode 25 - Senator Heidi Heitkamp (North Dakota) and Alabama Minority House Leader, Anthony Daniels
Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp (North Dakota) and first ever African-American Alabama Minority House Leader Anthony Daniels join Roger for a lively dis...
Episode 24 - Ashley York, Director of the documentary film, Hillbilly
A California filmmaker goes back to where she grew up in small-town Kentucky to find out why her relatives support Trump and to explore the cultural s...
Episode 23 - David Shor, Former Data Analyst for Obama For America/Obama's 2012 re-election campaign
At 20 years old, David Shor was hired by Obama for America and was a key data analyst & forecaster for Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. David and R...
Episode 22 - Bill Kristol, Editor of The Bulwark and Founding Director, Republican Voters Against Trump
Bill Kristol had long been one of the most well-known Conservatives in the country - until Trump. Bill & Roger discuss what the election results tell...
Special Episode - 2020 Election Preview
Host Roger King gives his quick overview of what to expect on election night, including key swing states to watch and the differences in the polls bet...
Episode 20 - Hassan Martini, Executive Director, No Democrat Left Behind
No Democrat Left Behind is a one-of-a-kind grassroots movement dedicated to getting Democrats running in deep red districts into Congress. Hassan and...
Episode 19 - LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter
Black Voters Matter works to increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities. LaTosha and Roger discuss the impact of the race protes...
Episode 18 - Joe Trippi, CNN Commentator and Strategist for Senator Doug Jones
Joe Trippi is a well-known Democratic strategist who has worked with/for Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Jerry Brown and Alabama Senator Dou...
Episode 17 - Sherrie Matula & Diana Patino from Sisters United Alliance
Sisters United Alliance (SUA) specifically targets Texas women who have registered in the past but did not vote. Roger talks with Sherrie & Diana from...
Episode 16 - Aaron Kleinman, Director of Research, Future Now
Future Now gets progressive candidates elected at the state level but they are also an advocacy organization that helps those elected candidates enact...
Episode 15 - Sarah Longwell, Strategic Director, Republican Voters Against Trump
Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) collects video testimonials from Republicans across the country who do not support Trump. Sarah Longwell co-fou...
Episode 14 - Amanda Litman, Executive Director of Run For Something
Amanda Litman is the Executive Director of Run For Something, which recruits and supports young progressives running for office at all levels across t...
Episode 13 - David Weissman, former die-hard Trump supporter turned Democrat
David Weissman was a right wing Republican and die-hard Trump supporter. A self-described troll, he was part of the MAGA army on social media and buil...
Episode 12 - Rick Wilson, Former Republican Strategist and well-known Never Trump Conservative
Rick Wilson is one of the most well-known Never Trump Conservatives in the country, through his many TV appearances and NY Times best-selling book, "E...
Episode 10 - Jonathan Rodden, Author of "Why Cities Lose" and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University.
Why Cities Lose traces the deep roots of the Urban-Rural divide in the U.S. and shows that geography is the main reason the left loses many key electi...
Episode 11 - Rachel Bitecofer, Asst. Dir. of the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University
Rachel Bitecofer predicted the exact number of House seats the Democrats would win in the 2018 midterms before any other political analyst and she is...
Episode 9 - Sacha Haworth, Political Director of American Bridge Super PAC
American Bridge is the largest research, video tracking and rapid response organization in Democratic politics. They find what Republicans are hiding...
Episode 8 - Charlie Sykes, Co-Founder of The Bulwark and MSNBC/NBC contributor
Charlie Sykes is one of the most well-known Never Trump conservatives. Roger and Charlie discuss whether Charlie considers himself a Republican anymor...
Episode 7 - Jane Kleeb, Chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party. aka "The Keystone Killer".
Roger & Jane discuss how she organized rural conservatives in Nebraska to oppose the Keystone Pipeline (Rolling Stone magazine called her "The Keyston...