left, wrong & center.

What if we told you it was never over, and that we in fact never left? This week’s episode breaks down the Democrats’ sweeping victories across the country — from Virginia and New Jersey to California, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Maine, and New York City. Despite talk of electoral headwinds, the results reveal a shifting and energized electorate.We unpack standout wins like Christina Vogel’s 25-point margin in Erie, PA; decisive victories by Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill; and impressive Democratic performances by Jay Jones and Prop 50 that surpassed Kamala Harris’s 2024 margins. The discussion explores not only what these results mean in the short term, but why Democrats may have more structural and strategic momentum than the topline results suggest.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

This week’s discussion dives into the latest political shifts shaping the 2025 landscape. We unpack Abigail Spanberger’s commanding lead in new polls, dig into New Jersey’s early vote and what it means for Mikie Sherrill’s stronger-than-expected showing, and explore the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race that’s flying under the radar. Plus, Graham Platner’s tattoo, and how one random tweet analyzing early voting numbers in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania may show a light at the end of the tunnel of the Trump Era.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

This week, we are joined by Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D. to dive into why Ukraine’s battle is not just a regional conflict — it’s a fight that reverberates across economies, alliances, and the very future of democracy. In this episode, we touch on Ukraine’s history and its long struggle for sovereignty, unpack the fragile but vital dynamics of European allyship, and explore how the United States’ choices on the world stage ripple far beyond this moment. The war in Ukraine is not “over there.” It’s here, it’s now, and it’s reshaping the global order.Join us as we break down why this war matters to every citizen of the world — and why the outcome could define the next century.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

GOP job crash. NJ & VA showdowns. Trump attacks Venezuelan Drug Cartels. RFK Jr.’s lies are eroding trust in life-saving vaccines. The media won’t let go of Biden’s “vibecession,” trying to equate him with Trump’s looming recession. What’s next for America? Tune in for the fast-paced breakdown.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

Republicans melt down over Cracker Barrel while shrugging off a church shooting, spreading lies about the shooter, and escalating election rigging. The Trump administration fakes better Q2 numbers, Newsom ramps up his fight with Trump, Ernst bows out, and both parties brace for a chaotic midterm map.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

In 2016, friends assured me marriage equality was safe — “they’ll never come for it, and if they do, it has to go through the courts.” Here we are, Shelby. Another swore she’d fight if Republicans attacked fundamental rights — then voted for Trump three times. Where are you now, Taylor?Marriage equality has 70% support, yet the damage from 2016 is still unfolding. Democrats warned us then, and again in 2024. We were mocked, ignored, and scorned both times. So what’s next?follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

Plus, gerrymandering battles in Texas and California, Democrats’ 2028 revenge, and what a big-tent party really looks like—from Mamdani to Manchin.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

This week, Kyle and Grant sit down with Christina Vogel, the Democratic Nominee for Erie County Executive, and discuss Vogel's recent primary win, her thoughts on Brenton Davis, and the ways in which she connected with Erie voters.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

Join us for a discussion on the murder of the Speaker of the Minnesota House, Democrat Melissa Hortman, by a MAGA terrorist posing as a police officer and the horrific media response, some loose thoughts on Iran (recorded before the strikes), the NYC Mayoral Primary, the state of attitudes towards LGBT people, and internet trolls vs. good faith actors.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

Daria Devlin, left wrong + center's first guest, is back to speak with us after running a successful primary campaign for Erie Mayor.  We are excited to discuss her approach to campaigning, the importance of keeping national and local issues separate, lessons that Democrats may be able to take from a successful primary in an age where we're scared of them, and her vision for the future of the city of Erie.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

this week dives into a discussion around the democratic party's recent multi-million dollar investment into studying how to better connect with young men, gavin newsom's response to the ICE raids in LA, the hochul vs. delgado primary, and why posts on bluesky and threads make me weary of a left wing echo-chamber platform or media source.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

Today's episode features my first non-Pennsylvania guest.  Join me as I speak to Marcus Simon, Represenative of Virginia's 13th District, and hear his take on the damage of DOGE, the future of Marriage Equality, Voting Rights, and Reproductive Freedom in Virginia, the state of the American media and why what happens in Virginia this fall has national implications.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

lots has happened this week - this week's discussion centers around the primary elections that happened in erie pa, bernie sanders' continued grievance airing with andrew schultz, and just how much damage the republicans' "one big beautiful bill" will do the country.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

This week's discussion covers a range of topics from Indiana's newest iteration of the poll tax, this time manifested as a Voter ID requirement, to why the last six months of North Carolina Supreme Court battle has implications far beyond this one race, to how Andrew Cuomo messed up last week, to why what's happened to Katy Perry oddly mirrors what happens in our politics, to TikTok brain rot influencing masses of people's opinions on everyone from Logan Rozos to Osama bin Laden. follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

my brother and i talk on the phone about the state of the country, our elections, and the democratic party multiple times a week - figured we were long overdue to bring him on. the conversation continues this week with our discussion around the electoral landscape in the coming years, what needs to happen for democrats to expand the map, and why dem bashing is the wrong move.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

my brother and i talk on the phone about the state of the country, our elections, and the democratic party multiple times a week - figured we were long overdue to bring him on.  enjoy (or don't) the first of two episodes in which we discuss a range of issues ranging from trump's first 100 days in office, to pete buttigieg and his new beard, to why the 2024 election was more like 2004's than 1980's.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

a conversation with Rock Copeland, erie county councilman representing the 3rd district. tune in to hear a discussion on connecting local politics to national ones, who has left who and why in the ever-raging debate over working class people and the democratic party, and how masculinity has become weaponized in american politics.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

it’s been a very depressing few months for those of us who are any combination of smart or empathetic.  it’s bad news all the time from every angle. it feels like the bad people are winning (and they are, right now, because the country let them) and there is no way back.  it doesn’t help to see what feels like everyone gleefully taking a blowtorch to the only political party in the country that forewarned of all of this and took enormous steps to prevent it from happening.it’s too early to tell for sure - but to me in this moment, 2024 is 2004, not 1980. john kerry ran against george w. bush and lost the popular vote, and the deciding state (ohio…) by the tiniest margin.  the party was demoralized, and everyone wrote our obituary and tore us apart.  ...but does anyone remember what happened in 2006? then in 2008?apart from the historic election of President Barack Obama - 2008 saw the election of a meaningfully blue congressional and senate majority.  among them was Kathy Dahlkemper, who was the first democrat to win the pa-3 (now pa-16) congressional district in 32 years.  because of that election, democrats saved the economy after a major republican-led crash, passed the affordable care act, the most meaningful healthcare reform in history, and a slew of other era-defining legislation.I got to sit down with the former congresswoman and Erie county executive and go through just some of the ‘greatest hits.’ of her career, the larger causes to which her presence in those positions contributed to, and the political courage it took to accomplish all of the above.  apart from being so refreshing to hear about the details of policy - it is quite the pick-me-up to be able to look into the face of a person who contributed so much to america’s comeback after such a disastrous era, and through it - believe that we will again.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

this week is all about the courts - a breakdown on wisconsin's supreme court election, why judge susan crawford's commanding win inspires mixed feelings, the horrific republican assault on democracy in north carolina, and an interview with jeremy lightner - candidate for judge on the PA court of common pleas (the interview begins at the 23 minute mark)tune in to hear lightner’s views on the role of the court in the lives of the citizens of the commonwealth, why temperament matters, and why his background as a prosecutor makes him the most qualified candidate for the job.follow jeremy's campaign: IG: @jeremylightnerforjudgeFB: Jeremy Lightner for JudgeWEBSITE: https://www.jeremylightnerforjudge.com/ follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

two days after flipping a deep red pennsylvania senate district to blue after donald trump carried it by 15 points last november, state senator-elect james malone agreed to an interview with left, wrong + center.tune in to hear about malone’s plans to be transparent with the people who put him in office, his reaction to elon musk’s disappointment over his win, and the key issues facing all pennsylvanians that transcend party lines, including many trump supporters' frustration with the president's chaotic approach to his agenda.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

yet another take on the 2024 election, what responsibility lies with vice president kamala harris for her loss, and what responsibility doesn't.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

tune in to hear jim and i discuss everything from campaigning and working across the aisle and how he intends to deliver for the people of erie county’s 2nd district to what ‘progressive values’ really are/aren’t, to his vision of where the democratic party needs to go in the future.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

tune in to hear from christina vogel, democratic candidate for erie county executive.  hear christina discuss how her experience as a business owner (donatos pizza) gives her both understanding of budgets/financials and a vision on how to make erie county business friendly, why politicizing refugee resettlement is so much more than just another culture war, and why she has never bought into the "no one wants to work anymore" mentality that ran rampant post-pandemic.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

tune in to hear from perry wood, democratic candidate for erie county executive.  we discuss wood's experience managing municipal funds and brokering consensus in his role as executive director of the erie county gaming revenue authority (ecgra), his crossover appeal in this campaign for a role responsible for leading a purple county, and his vision for economic development and ensuring erie is business-friendly.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

an attempt to cram as many of the mind-boggling assaults on our republic by the republican party as i can into a fun little recap.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

left wrong + center's first guest is Daria Devlin, who is seeking the office of Mayor of Erie, PA - a key swing county within a key swing state. We discuss her vision for Erie on a range of issues ranging from refugee resettlement, to economic growth, to her plans to keep Erie's violent crime rate down!follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

Welcome to the first angry stream of consciousness ramble of left, wrong + center as I yell about where blame does and doesn't belong.Warning: my voice goes higher and higher with every word.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

my thoughts on the most important post-election question, and the cascade of irritating answers that have come to meet it.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

So many people are still shocked and baffled by the country being where it is, and the rise of Trumpism - I'm not. Let's talk about why.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

an average white man, angry about the results of the 2024 election, starts a podcast.  listen to him try to tell you why.  could be fun.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter

First full episode comes Monday, January 20, 2025.follow left, wrong + center on social:Instagram: @leftwrongcenterpodTikTok: @leftwrongcenterpodYouTube: @leftwrongcenterpodFacebook: @leftwrongcenterpodThreads: @leftwrongcenterpod Bluesky: @leftwrongcenterpodTwitter: @leftwrongcenter