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Reforming an Unresponsive Political System
Mike talks with Jim Jonas, a founding director of the [National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers](https://nonpartisanreformers.org/) and co-found…
8 years, 3 months ago
PG138: Gun Laws, North Korea Sanctions, PA Gerrymandering, Mueller Charges
The show opens with Mike and Jay discussing the aftermath of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida. Mike ta…
8 years, 3 months ago
School Shooting, Contempt for Religion, Universal Healthcare, GOP Debts
Mike and Jay lead off the show with Mike arguing that in the aftermath of tragic events, like the recent school shooting in Florida, we're far too qu…
8 years, 3 months ago
PG137: South Florida Shooting and the FBI, Mueller’s Indictment, Senate Immigration Fails, Mitt Romney for Senate, and No Solo-Press Conferences for President Trump
This week’s show opens with Trey introducing a new voice for the left: Ken Katkin, , a professor of law at Northern Kentucky University, who's steppi…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Crisis of the Middle Class Constitution
Mike talks with Ganesh Sitaraman, a professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School and a senior fellow at the [Center for American Progress](https://www.a…
8 years, 3 months ago
PG136: Trump Rejects Dem Memo, Budget Agreement, Gerrymandering (also - Mike 'Sings'!)
This week's show opens with Mike and Jay discussing President Trump's decision to not allow the release of the Democratic response to the memo releas…
8 years, 3 months ago
Abortion, Trump's Racism, Podcasts We Like, How Mike Became a Liberal
Mike and Jay start the show by addressing listener comments, starting with a criticism of their recent discussion of reproductive rights, which sever…
8 years, 4 months ago
PG135: GOP vs FBI, State of the Union, Immigration, Infrastructure
This week's show opens with Mike and Jay's discussion of the 'Nunes Memo', in which the GOP majority of the House Intelligence Committee suggests tha…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Age of American Unreason in a Culture of Lies
Mike talks with Susan Jacoby, an independent scholar specializing in the history of reason, atheism, secularism, and religious liberty. She's the bes…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Flu Bug Strikes! | Sam Quinones on the Opioid Epidemic
This week, disaster struck The Politics Guys. Well, okay, maybe not disaster exactly, but a truly nasty flu bug felled Trey late in the week. We'd pl…
8 years, 4 months ago