You Don't Have to Yell
What if the mission of America's economic engine was to elevate the quality of life for all, as opposed to simply grow profits and GDP? Author and political reform activist Steven Hill discusses how this has worked in Europe, and how the choice we make between a stronger safety net and economic growth is a false one.
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This week's episode dives into the MAGAverse with a guest who moved to the US from France at age 12, found a home in the Republican Party, and later determined Trump was exactly what his party - and the country - needed.
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Liam O'Mara, Democratic candidate for California's 42nd congressional district, discusses his working class roots, the migration of blue collar voters to the right, and how Democrats can win them back by being Democrats, instead of slightly nicer Republicans.
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Steve Cox, running as an independent for California's 39th congressional district, discusses how Tucker Carlson singled him out for a tweet about the election, how the US has slowly slid into oligarchy, and how both political parties have helped make it happen.
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Genya Coulter, Queen of Election Twitter and Precinct Clerk for Polk County Florida, returns to YDHTY to tell us why we shouldn't worry about voter fraud, but should worry about having a plan to vote.
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Steve Chessin and Kevin Sabo from Californians for Electoral Reform discuss their organization's successes getting ranked choice voting implemented in the state, and their long term goal to see a statewide system of proportional representation.
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Lee Drutman, Senior Fellow of the New America Foundation and host of the podcast "Politics in Question", discusses his new book, 'Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America'.
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The Data Monkey joins me to discuss the generational divide among Evangelical voters, the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, abortion, and 80's pro wrestling. All pretty light stuff. Except for the wrestling part.
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Douglas Amy, Professor Emeritus of Politics at Mount Holyoke College, discusses the 17 structural issues that make American government less democratic and the reforms we can implement to fix them.
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Mark Bauer discusses his upbringing in a conservative Christian household, and how his faith influenced his positions on social justice and his move from the Republican Party.
info_outlineJM Creviere, Green Party candidate for Michigan's 2nd Congressional District, voted for Reagan in the 1980s, before being affected by cuts to education and lack of health care.
We discuss this, how the US healthcare system has merely traded public sector bureaucracy for a private sector one, and the issues affecting voters of the second district.