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.

MCPS Regional Programs, Prevailing Wage in School Construction, Frederick Ballot Question 03/24/2026

Development Disability Support Takes a Second Year of Cuts 03/20/2026

Elrich Proposes Tax, User Fee Hikes, Pepco and WashGas Rate Increases, Provisional Driver’s License 03/17/2026

Counting the Days, Counting the Hours! MCPS' Snow Day Predicament 03/13/2026

Data Center Wars, MCPS AI Monitoring, Snowcrete Melt Trash Report 03/10/2026

Gino Unfiltered 03/06/2026

OPM to Close CFC? Data Center Wars, ICE jail bills, School Community Organizing 03/03/2026

Harvesting Empathy 02/27/2026

Potomac Sewage Spill, Housing Bills, Charter School Closure 02/24/2026

Can Maryland Control Prescription Drug Costs? 02/20/2026

SRO Debate, Magruder HS, MCDCC Rule, College Park Renting 02/17/2026

The Political Reeducation of Commissioner Ragen 02/13/2026

Wootton HS to Move, Snowcrete Oversight, HoCo Cancels ICE Jail 02/10/2026

An Oral History Seeks to Counter Erasure of Jan 6 02/06/2026

Snowcrete 2026, Potomac Sewage Spill, ICE Warehouses, Closing Chinese Immersion Program 02/03/2026

MCPS is Considering New Policy on AI in Classrooms. How is it going? 01/30/2026

Potomac Sewage Spill, MD Budget, AI in Classrooms 01/27/2026

Data Centers and Property Assessments 01/23/2026

Speaker Peña-Melnyk, ER Wait Times, Immigrant Protection, Crisis Call Response 01/20/2026

Have MD Counties Come Around to Gov Moore’s Housing Agenda This Year? 01/16/2026

Deter ICE Laws, Gov’s Spending Ideas, School Board Pay Raise, Ravens Talk 01/13/2026

2026 Maryland General Assembly Starts Jan 14. Preview. 01/09/2026

Trump Tries Regime Change: Oil, Drugs, and Extraterritoriality 01/06/2026

Merawi Gerima on Chocolate City Mixtape with Markus Batchelor 01/02/2026

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