All Episodes

Loyalty Over Integrity: The Double Standard of Trumpism

Back Porch Files: Three Stories. Nine Articles. One Reality?

Show Me the Résumé: The Myth of Meritocracy

The Election Before the Election

Back Porch Files: Promises, Prayers & Politics

Republicans & the Constitution: Terms and Conditions May Apply

You’re Already Paying for It: Medicare for All

Back Porch Files: The Cameras That Remember

He Could Have Just Taken the Win

Reality is the Remedy

Back Porch Files: Why They Scream Communism

When No One Is Left to Say No

The Things We Let Slide

Back Porch Files: Housing Held Hostage

The Grocery Police

The Long Walk Back to Institutions

Back Porch Files: The People Who Know Too Much

The Patriotism Costume Shop

The Sharia Panic

Back Porch Files: Colorado's Republican Circus

The Cruelty Budget

They Changed the Costume

Back Porch Files: The Loyalty Résumé

The Supreme Court’s June Knife Drawer

The PragerU Exception

Back Porch Files: The Revenge Department

Is Truth Under Construction?

The Cloud Has a ZIP Code: All About Data Centers

Back Porch Files: The Trump Loyalty Machine

Fraud Theater

They Think Caregiving Means Grocery Shopping

Back Porch Files: The Billionaire Paradox

The DOJ vs. the SPLC: The Anti-Hate Group on Trial

Gerrymandering: When Politicians Pick Their Voters

Back Porch Files - Is the War Powers Act Unconstitutional?

We Didn’t Fix It. We're Burying It.

If You Wanted to Waste Money… You’d Design This

Back Porch Files - 86’d: When a Slang Term Becomes Evidence

Thoughts and Prayers… Unless It’s Them | The Correspondents Dinner Story

Why Are We Talking About a Maxwell Pardon?

Back Porch Files: The Word That Doesn’t Mean What You Think

When Politics Becomes Identity

When Real People Become Political Props

Back Porch Files: The Gap Between Power and Performance

The Trick You Weren’t Supposed to Notice: Political Dog Whistles

The Line We Keep Moving: When “Unthinkable” Becomes Normal

They Hate Liberal Women…So Why Won’t They Leave Them Alone?

The Playbook of Bad Arguments

Born Here... Terms and Conditions May Apply

US Elections Deep Dive: How Do You Fix What Isn't Broken

Cabinet Meeting "Weave" - The Art of the Derail

Maybe No One Person is to Blame for the Iran School Bombing - And That is the Real Problem

Back Porch Files: The Illusion of Competition in Local TV

The SAVE Act is Not What They're Telling You

Robert Mueller: A Life of Service—and What We’ve Become

Back Porch Files: Christian Nationalism and the Seven Mountains Mandate Explained

Trump's Secret Question That Stacy Garrity Won't Talk About

Back Porch Files: Social Media, Memes, and the Spread of Political Misinformation

Signed, Sealed, and Politically Delivered: The Presiential Autopen

Back Porch Files: The Legend of Obama's Magic Cash Pallets

Now That We’ve Attacked Iran...

Back Porch Files: The Tragic Story of Nurul Amin Shah Alam

The Supreme Court, Tariffs, and Temper Tantrums

Back Porch Files: If "Both Sides Lie" is Your Argument, Listen to This Episode

Closed Doors and Hot Air: Trump's Revision of Climate Change Sciene

Back Porch Files: When Lying and Lamness Collide

The Fiscal Truth About Immigration

Back Porch Files: Power, Fear, and the Ballot Box

Are the Rest of the Files Really the Rest of The Story?

Back Porch Files: The Deaths We're Not Talking About

Alex Pretti: A Killing, a Cover Story, and the Cost of Silence

Back Porch Files: Trump Goes Off The Rails in Davos

Knowledge is Power: ICE, Rights, and Reality

Back Porch Files: Congress, Contempt, and the Cost of Inaction

What the Murder of Renee Nicole Good Says About Power in America

Ending on a High Note: The Better Angels of 2025

Back Porch Files: Donald Trump’s Strange Christmas Season

Trump's Empathy Vacuum: The Cost of a Compassionless President

Back Porch Files: The Epstein File Due Date Has Arrived

Mocking the Dead: Trump's Politics of Dehumanization

Back Porch Files: The Secretary of Defense Has a Favorite Pastor, and It’s Not Good

Willful Blindness: The Racism We Refuse to See

Back Porch Files: One-Way Outrage and the New Immigration Blitz

"Kill Them All": The Pete Hegseth and the Rules of War

Back Porch Files: How Can You Not Be Sick of This Yet?

MTG to Resign From Congress: The End of the Gazpacho Era

Back Porch Files: It’s Time We All Stop Pretending This Is Normal

The Full History of the Epstein Saga: If It’s All a Hoax, Why Keep Changing the Story?

Back Porch Files: Melania’s Medal and the Meaning of Patriotism

Cutting Funds, Revoking Citizenship, and Other Bad Ideas

Back Porch Files: A Blue Wave and a MAGA Migraine

Sorry, Donald — Seth Meyers Isn’t Breaking the Law

Back Porch Files: Something Sure Does Stink in Elizabethtown

Checks, Balances, and a Billionaire’s Checkbook

Back Porch Files: The Self-Inflicted Myth of Christian Victimhood

Dark Future: Hateful Rhetoric and the Young Republicans

Back Porch Files: Lies, Damn Lies, and (MAGA) Statistics

Afternoon at the Improv: Pam Bondi's Visit to Congress

Back Porch Files: What is NSPM-7 and Why Should You Care?

MAGA Self Sabotage: How Trump Policies Hurt His Base

Back Porch Files: Strange Priorities

Settling Scores: Trump, Comey, and the Poltics of Payback

Back Porch Files: From Rant to Indictment in Five Days

Five Rants: A Very Busy Week in Political Podcasting

Back Porch Files: The Flickering Flame of Free Speech Under Fire

Outliers in Bloodshed: America’s Unique Violence Problem

Back Porch Files: Thoughts on a Tragedy

The Supreme Court vs. Trump's Tariffs: Guess Who's Not Getting a Refund

Back Porch Files: Canceling the Fairness Doctrine — The Great Unbalancing

Manufactured Madness: The Right's Purposely Misplaced Outrage

Back Porch Files: Gun Violence and the GOP's "One is Too Many" Hypocricy

Raids, Retrobution, & Rewritten Facts: Trump's Chaos Carnival

Weapons of War, Wounds of Hypocrisy: Sexual Violence and America’s Credibility Problem

Back Porch Files: Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab in Our Nation’s Capitol

No Food, No Water, No Mercy: Israel’s Siege on Gaza

Back Porch Files: The Ballad of the Lawyer Who Thought He was a Scientist

Ego Over Evidence: Trump’s Latest Reality Rewrite

Back Porch Files: What Makes a Crime Terrorism?

The Caustic Candidate: The GOP's Kyle Langford Problem

Back Porch Files: Unpacking Tulsi’s Obama Bombshell

Authoritarian Creep: How Freedom of the Press is Being Eroded

Back Porch Files - The Colossal Chaos of Trump 2.0’s First Six Months

Free Speech vs. Free Lies: Navigating Truth in 2025

Back Porch Files - Truth 360: The Epstein List That Never Was

A Tale of Two Plans: UFC on the White House Lawn vs. Project 2025

Back Porch Files - Life, Liberty, and the Fight for Both: July 4, 2025

One Nation Under... a Myth: Debunking the Dangerous Christian Nation Fantasy

Back Porch Files - The Perpetual Pinocchio Presidency

No Iran Deal: Bombs, Blame, and Broken Promises

Back Porch Files - June 14th: Parade, Protest, Political Terrorism

Inside the MAGA Conspiracy Machine

Back Porch Files - Democracy Under Siege: Protest and the Price of Dissent

Trump 2.0: The Revenge Presidency

Back Porch Files - Rainbows, Veterans, and Manufactured Outrage

Which Party is Really the Party of Lincoln? The Long Realignment of Democrats and Republicans

Back Porch Files - Pardon Me, But Isn't This Corruption?

Asylum Denied: Trump’s Second Wall

Back Porch Files - Yeah, God Can Use Flawed People… But Should You Vote for Them?

Erasing Pages: The Modern Book Ban Movement

Back Porch Files - The Emoluments Clause and a $400 Million Jet

The MAGA Echo Chamber — Does Right-Wing Media Shape Reality

Let's Talk About Woke

Authoritarian vs. Fascist - We're Kinda Tied

RFK Jr. at HHS

Who is Your Neighbor on the Left - Inaugural Episode