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A Republic, If You Can Keep It — 274 episodes
Party Like It’s 2020! (Guest: Jack Cocchiarella)
McCarthyism 2.0 (Guest: Sam Bagenstos)
Donald’s Not So Successful Party
Dead Ducks (Guest: Barbara McQuade)
Unconditional Surrender
I Love the Inflation (Guest: MIRS Editor Kyle Melinn)
War Is Boring. Swimming Pools Are Fun!
Stupid on Stilts
Trump’s Corruption Hat Trick
Lion Bear Giraffe Shark
$1,000,000,000 Ballroom
Re-Indicted, and It Feels So Good! (guest: Tiffany Muller, End Citizens United)
An Extraordinarily Brilliant Person (Guest: Eli Savit)
JD’s Very Bad Week
Another TACO Tuesday (Guest: Representative Ranjeev Puri)
It’s Not a War … It just looks like one (Guest: Jack Ebling)
Every Day is TACO Day (Guest: Todd Spangler – Detroit Free Press)
March Madness (Guest: Lauren Gibbons/Bridge Michigan)
A Little Excursion
Operation Epstein Diversion
State of Delusion (Guests: Trygve Olson, Erin Dobson – Democracy Investment Fund)
1984
Unredacted (Guest: Ambassador/Governor Jim Blanchard)
This Job Sucks!
World War Trump (Guest: Norm Ornstein)
Iceland, Greenland, Whatever… (Guest: UM Regent Jordan Acker)
Up Yours and FU🖕 (Guest: Senator Sam Singh)
The Minneapolis Coverup Begins (Guest: 4th District Congressional Candidate Sean McCann)
2025: Seemed like a Decade (Guest: Politico’s Adam Wren)
Blame It on Biden (Guest: Representative Debbie Dingell)
Raging Dementia …
I Could Shoot Somebody… (Guest: Jocelyn Benson)
You Can’t Handle the Truth!
Quiet, Piggy! (Guest: Mike Musheinesh, Detroit Axle Co.)
The Cave-In Caucus (Guest: Ben Solis – Michigan Advance)
Half a Loaf (Guest: Jennifer Palmieri)
A Perfect MRI
Pooping Pedophile President Pulverizes People’s Place (Guest: “Anonymous”)
The Resistance (Guest: Jennifer Taub)
Illegally Blondie Bondi (Guest: Media Monitor Jennifer Schulze)
The Enemy Within (Guests: Gen. William Enyart, Lauren Gibbons)
Trump’s Tylenol Headache
Death of Free Speech (Guest: MIRS Editor Kyle Melinn)
Ignorance is Bliss (Guest: Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber)
Donald’s Very Bad Week (Guest: Senator Debbie Stabenow)
A Cracker Barrel Week (Guest: Representative Jason Morgan)
Trump’s Nobel Booby Prize (Guest: Detroit Free Press Editorial Editor Nancy Kaffer)
Up is Down, Down is Up (Guest: Former Michigan GOP Chair Rusty Hills)
Tariff Terror (Guest: Texas State Representative Mihaela Plesa)
Another Day in Taco-land (Guest: Rick Wilson)
Pedophilia and Distractions (Guest: Tim Greimel)
A Parting Gift from Jeffrey Epstein
The Magical Disappearing Epstein List (Guest: Ambassador Bridget Brink)
Hotdogs, Apple Pie, and Deficit Spending Exploding Like Fireworks
Potty Mouth Potus
Arrested Developments
Les Miserables (Guest: Journalist Jordyn Hermani)
A Disgusting Abomination (Guest: MI Democratic Party Chairman Curtis Hertel)
Buh Bye “Big Balls” (Guest Law Professor/Author Leah Litman)
The Music of the Night (Guest: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed)
High Flying Bribe, With Extra Legroom – (Guest: Economist Justin Wolfers)
Five Pencils-Two Dolls-Thin Gruel for Kids, Billions for Trump and Friends (Guest: Journalist Susan Demas)
A Strong Letter from Chuck Schumer (Guest: U-M Law Professor Sam Bagenstos)
Underwater: Trump at 100 days
Candidate Cornucopia
A Temporary Reprieve for the Penguins (Guest: Christina Hines)
Smoot-Hawley Great Depression Sequel (Guest: Senator Mallory McMorrow)
Intimidation, Retribution and Extortion
March Madness (Guest: Rick Pluta)
The Dumbest Trade War in History (Guest: Congressional candidate Alex Hawkins)
Ready, Fire, Aim 💣 (Guest: Jeff Padden)
Waste, Fraud and Abuse (Guests: Journalists John Lindstrom, Cindy Kyle)
God Save Us From the King (Guest: Political scientist Matt Grossman)
Just Who Elected “Big Balls”? (Guests: Pollster Bernie Porn, Law Professor Sam Bagenstos)
Who Needs Congress When You’ve Got Elon? (Guest: Lauren Gibbons/Michigan Bridge)
Blame It on Biden (Guest: MIRS Politics Guru Kyle Melinn)
Perpetual Festivus (Guest: House Democratic Leader Ranjeev Puri)
A Tale of Two Speeches
Saint and Sinner (Guest: Emme Zanotti – Equality Michigan)
Return to Chaos
President-Elect Elon Musk
Reverse Mortgages Are Next
Pentagon Happy Hour
Pardon Me! (Guest: Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks)
The Clown-Car Cabinet
The WTF Cabinet
It’s the Economy, Stupid … and lots more
A Floating Island of Garbage (Guest: Pollster Bernie Porn)
Dementia Donald’s Dance Party (Guest: Gen. General William Enyart )
I Wish I Owned a TV Station (Guest: Senator Chris Coons)
Make Them Riot
Nude Africa (Guest: Journalist David Cay Johnston)
Tax Cuts for Everyone!
Dead Dogs and A Childless Cat Lady
The Weave (Guest: Author/Political Scientist Dr. Matt Grossman)
World War III (Guests: Bernie Porn, Jamie Lyons-Eddy)
It’s One of Those Black Jobs
Bear Hunting with Bobby (Guest: ProPublica’s Andy Kroll)
Presidential Campaign Reset (Guest: Clara Hendrickson)
Donald Trump Charm School (Guest: Representative Dan Kildee)
A New Ballgame (Guest: Pollster Bernie Porn)
America’s Hitler (Guest: Senator Dayna Polehanki)
“Fill in the Blank” for President
I Dissent (Guest: Oakland County Commission Chair David Woodward)
Lies, Sighs and Old Guys (Guest: Dr. Richard Cole)
Strippers and Gun Play (Guest: Political consultant/author Mike Madrid)
We Love Milwaukee!
The Greatest Generation (Guest: Kalamazoo County Clerk Meredith Place)
Donald Trump, Convicted Felon (Guest: Lauren Gibbons)
My Wife Did It!
Dedicated to the late, great Hannibal Lecter (Guest: Craig Mauger)
Benghazi is Back! (Guest – Ari Berman)
Catch and Kill
Unindicted Co-Conspirator #1
Nap Time for Sleepy Don
Trump Trials, Episode 1 (Guest: Mark Ludwig, MI Democratic Rural Caucus)
Let’s Nuke Gaza 💣!
Convicts and Conspiracy Theories (Guest: Stuart Stevens)
Mar-A-Lago Garage Sale (Guests: Authors of “White Rural Rage”)
Photographic Recall (Guest: House Ethics Chair Erin Byrnes)
Amped Up Joe’s State of the Union (Guest: Barbara McQuade)
Warning Signs (Guest: Lou Glazer)
“Sneaker Con” (Guest: Bernie Porn)
“Dumb, Shameful, Dangerous, Un-American” (Guest: Christina Hines)
Speaker Johnson’s Leadership Academy (Guest: Nick Dodge)
Taylor Swift Psy-Op! (Guest: Curtis Hertel, Jr.)
Losing While Winning: Chinks in Trump’s Armor Become More Visible
Non-Liquid Gold (and other Iowa tall tales)
License to Kill
Election Law 101 (Guest: John Bebow)
Happy Festivus! (Guest: Clara Hendrickson)
Gone Fishing (for Bidens)
Dictator for a Day (Guest: Tom Bonier)
Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
Polling Numbers Are a Concern, But…
Scum, Vermin, Smurfs and Smackdown
An Early Christmas!
“We Know Nothing”
They Call Them Flippers
Three Strikes? You’re Out!
Paralysis
Help Wanted! Contact Matt Gaetz for details.
DC Chaos and Two Appeals to Workers (Guest: Rep. Dan Kildee)
A Strike and a Shutdown
Elections Optional – The GOP vs. Democracy
Who’s Flipping Now? (Guest: Stuart Stevens)
Michigan Trifecta, Part II (Guest: Sen. Mallory McMorrow)
Mug Shots Week (Guest: Rep. Julie Brixie)
Arraignment Night in Georgia (Guest – Pollster Bernie Porn)
Not Guilty Not Guilty Not Guilty (Guest: Jonathan Oosting)
Crackpot Lawyers (Guest: Rick Wilson)
X – The Podcast
Indictments Week (Guest: Clara Hendrickson)
Courts, Ethics and Politics (Guest: Former Michigan Chief Justice Bridget McCormack)
Follow the Money
Top Secrets Go Better with Coke™
Supreme Court Travels – and Other Scandals (Guest: Craig Mauger)
Indictment Week Deux – (Archive interviews with George Conway and Michael Cohen
Cheaper by the Dozen (Guest: Kyle Melinn)
Don’t Play Poker with Joe Biden! (Guest: Rick Pluta)
Florida Presidential Cage Match (Guest: Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum)
Let’s Pay Our Bills! (Guest: Lou Glazer)
A Bad Week for GOP Liars (Guest: Chad Livengood)
Clarence Thomas’s GoFundMe (Guests: Nancy Wang, Debbie Mikula)
Finish the Job
Where Goeth Gen Z? (Guest: John Della Volpe)
The Attack on Transgender Americans (Guest: Equality Michigan’s Emme Zanotti)
34 Counts
More Thoughts, More Prayers – No Action (Guest: Pollster Celinda Lake)
Cyborg Politics (Guest: Dennis Kennedy)
Gun Fight
March Madness (Guest: Saul Anuzis)
2nd Anniversary Edition (Guest: Corey Dukes)
“RIP Michigan GOP” (Guest: Senator Kristen McDonald Rivet)
Welcome to the Nut House (Guest: AFL CIO President Ron Bieber)
Promoting the Vote (Guest: House Elections Chair Penelope Tsernoglou)
Follow the Money (Guests: Lisa Gilbert & Gabe Lezra)
#MichiganGrit (Guest: Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks)
MAGA Mania (Guest: Denver Riggleman)
The Domino Effect
The Stabenow Surprise
Holiday Special – Corruption Dejá Vu
Who Will Go to Jail?
And the (pointless) Recounts Keep on Coming!
Recount Tinfoil Hats and Other Insanities
Keep Building – Or Fail! (Guests: Amy Chapman, Jon Hoadley)
The People’s Lawyer (Guest: Attorney General Dana Nessel)
A New Hope (Guest: Sen. Jeremy Moss)
The End of the Beginning – Analyzing the 2022 Mid-term Election
The Final Days (guest: Chad Livengood)
A Peaceful Election Day? (Guest: Chris Thomas)
Flipping the Legislature (Guests: Sen. Jim Ananich and Rep. Angela Witwer)
The Battle for Michigan’s 10th (Guest: Carl Marlinga)
The Final Stretch (Guest: Rep. Elissa Slotkin)
And the Voting Begins (Guest: Tim Miller)
What Red Wave? (Guest: Lavora Barnes)
A One-sided Gubernatorial Campaign?
Into the Home Stretch (Guests: Bernie Porn, Craig Mauger)
Are Dems pulling even? (Guest: Governor Jim Blanchard)
BFD Week for Biden; More Problems for the GOP
Chips, IRA, Gun Safety and GOP Crimes (Guest: Rep. Dan Kildee)
So What Happened Part One (Guest: Lt. Gov. John Cherry)
The Stretch Drive (Guest: Zach Gorchow)
The GOP enters the home stretch (Guest: David Eggert)
Jeff’s Pants (Guest: John Lindstrom)
Reproductive Rights Takes Center Stage
Let’s Spend the Night Together (Guest: Ken Coleman)
Flipping the State House (Guest: Rep. Joe Tate)
Trump’s Coup, Michigan GOP Scandals and Patrick Lyoya
Polls, Petitions, Lawsuits & Debates (Guests: Emily Lawler, Bernie Porn)
Bye bye candidates! (Guests: Bernie Porn, Mike Murphy)
The GOP Goes Full-On MAGA
The Mooch and The Donald (Guest: Anthony Scaramucci)
Roe v Wade Flips the Political Equation (Guest: Bill Nowling)
So Who Will Survive Petitiongate? (Guest: Jonathan Oosting)
And then there were 10… (Guest: Buzz Thomas)
Flipping West Michigan (Guest: Hillary Scholten)
Taxes, Scandals and Campaigns (Guest: Sen. Curtis Hertel, Jr.)
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (Guest: John Sipher)
A Good/Great Week for Whitmer (Guest: Chad Livengood)
Putin’s War (Guest: Kremlinologist Olga Lautman)
Follow the Money (Guest: Craig Mauger)
State of the Campaign (Guest: PR maven Darci McConnell)
The Case Against Trump (Guest: Barbara McQuade)
Michigan’s Future (Guest: Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist)
The Next Generation of Voters (Guest: John Della Volpe)
What a week – Petitions, Investigations, Lawsuits!
PAC Man (Guest: Bob LaBrant)
Big Lie, Bigger Conspiracy (Guest: Jocelyn Benson)
What a Week!
A Look Back (2021 in Review)
The New Maps (Guest: Bill Ballenger)
Redistricting and More (Guest: Kyle Melinn)
The 21st Century Muckraker (Guest: Judd Legum)
Abe Would Be Proud (Guest: Reed Galen)
Slaying the Dragon (Guest: Walt Sorg)
The Progressive Agenda 2.0 (Guest: Rep. Rashida Tlaib)
Laboratories of Autocracy (Guest: David Pepper)
Here, Right Matters (Guests: Col. Alexander and Rachel Vindman)
Follow the Money (Guest: Simon Schuster)
Subverting Future Elections (Guest: Charlie Sykes)
The ONLY Issue – Saving Our Democracy (Guest: Max Boot)
Political Strategy Reimagined (Guest: Dr. Rachel Bitecofer)
By the Numbers (Guest: Pollster Celinda Lake)
Our Own Worst Enemy (guest: Dr. Tom Nichols)
Can the GOP Be Saved from Itself? (Guest: Joe Trippi)
The Politics of Abortion, Voter Suppression and School Boards
Voter Suppression and Redistricting (Guest: Katie Fahey)
By the Numbers (Guest: Pollster Bernie Porn)
Gaslighting Trump’s America (Guest: Amanda Carpenter)
A Bipartisan Victory … and More (Guest: Senator Gary Peters)
Stand Up for the Republic (Guest: Tara Setmayer)
Michigan and January 6th (Guest: House Dem Leader Donna Lasinski)
How Michigan Fits the Pattern (Guest: Tom Hamburger)
It’s Trump’s Party, Not Mine (Guest: George Conway)
The Congressional Maze (Guest: Representative Andy Levin)
Betsy D for Governor? (Guest: Matthew Dowd)
So What Is Ranked Choice Voting (Guest: Hugh McNichol IV)
It’s Not Just the Politicians…It’s Also Us (Guest: Ron Fournier)
Is Restoring the GOP Possible? (guest: Michael Steele)
Can’t We Just All Get Along? Apparently Not (Guest: Congressman Dan Kildee)
Fighting the Trumpublicans (Guest: Steve Schmidt)
Witness for the Prosecution (Guest: Michael Cohen)
We Need a Functional GOP – But It’s Not There (Guest: Abdul El-Sayed)
Ratf**cking, Voter Suppression & a “Sleazy” Petition Drive (Guest: David Daley)
The Happy Warriors of “The Meidas Touch”
1988 Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis
Whither Goest the GOP (Guest: Gov. John Kasich)
Stealing Elections, State by State (Guest: Rick Wilson)
Protecting the Right to Vote (Guest: Michael Li)
What the Polls Tell Us (Guest: Stan Greenberg)
Voter Suppression (Guest: Molly Ball)
C-PAC or C-PAP? (Guest: Bill Kristol)
Sneak Preview of “A Republic, If You Can Keep It”