I Hate Politics Podcast

Exploring a human activity we love to hate. A podcast about politics close to our home, schools, streets, businesses, and local government. Hosted by Sunil Dasgupta. More at ihppod.org.

NPS to Redevelop Carter Barron, MCVFRA refutes IG report, Rockville v Gaithersburg 12/30/2025

Derek Musgrove on Chocolate City Mixtape with Markus Batchelor 12/26/2025

Veto Overrides, PJM Capacity Auctions, and Damascus v Wootton 12/23/2025

Arrington Dixon on Chocolate City Mixtape with Markus Batchelor 12/19/2025

UMBC Poll, Affordable Housing Costs, MCPS Advocacy 12/16/2025

What’s Wrong with Petitioning Your Local Government 12/12/2025

MCPS Snow Closure Calls, Boundary/Program Changes, Early Apple Ballot, MoCo Tax Revenue Downturn 12/09/2025

Will Healthcare Premiums Rise After Maryland’s 50-year Sweetheart Deal with Medicare Ends? 12/05/2025

Glock Redesigns Handgun, Flu Vax Uptake, Schools-Based Rental Assistance, CFC Pauses Listing 12/02/2025

Sunday Supper with the Bobrows: Lessons in Community-Building at a time of Disorientation 11/28/2025

PG Ends Pitbull Ban, PJM Members Reject New Data Center Rules, State Fiscal Update 11/25/2025

Case Studies in Overpromise-Underdeliver: MCPS and the Chesapeake Watershed Agreement 11/21/2025

Dem v Dem, Partisan Redistricting, New Data Center Rules, NIH Woes 11/18/2025

Abundance, Meet Politics 11/14/2025

MD Resistance to Trump, MCPS ICE Protocol, Middle School Closure, Boonsboro Cat Killer 11/11/2025

Fighting the Car Brain 11/07/2025

Backfilling SNAP, MUTCD, No Quorum in PG Public Body 11/04/2025

Would Program Regions Create Six MCPS Mini-Districts? 10/31/2025

State Protests, Slow Housing Starts, Cricket Fundraiser 10/28/2025

Tiffany Kelly for Gaithersburg Mayor 10/24/2025

Jud Ashman for Gaithersburg Mayor 10/24/2025

MCPS Capital Budget, Contingent State Aid, College Park Wants More Police 10/21/2025

Hacking College Financial Aid 10/17/2025

Biking Student Killed, Glen Haven ES, School Boundaries, Rent Stabilization 10/14/2025

The Conowingo Settlement 10/10/2025

MD Continues Medicaid, SNAP, Charter School Teeters, Electric Power Politics 10/07/2025

What Made MCPS Magnet Programs Work? 10/03/2025

MD Tax Revenue Outlook, RFK Stadium Delay, $66 on I-66, Speed Camera Tickets 09/30/2025

The Moon Plan to Condition State Aid for School Construction on Capacity Utilization 09/26/2025

Chesapeake Bay, DC Home Rule, H1-B School Teachers, Lice Outbreak 09/23/2025