We Talk Issues

Luke and Richard talk about the Ukraine- Russia war, NATO, Vladimir Putin, Zelenskyy, Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin, and much more! Hope you listen!

Luke and Richard talk about DACA, the border, Southern vs Northern Border, family separation and much more. Hope you listen!

Richard and Luke talk about the Supreme Court’s role in the 2024 election, questions about ethics with the court, the prospect of expanding the court, and Supreme Court term limits

Richard and Luke talk about the role Artificial Intelligence has and will have on society as a whole.

Richard and Luke talk about Tennessee Politics, local and state-wide races, and the ideal candidate.

Richard and Luke talk about the ongoing Israel-Palestine crisis

In this episode, Richard and Luke talk with the amazing Joyce Washington, who is the Chair of the Weakley County Reconciliation Project. We discuss topics such as the Weakley County Reconciliation Project, initiating and maintaining civil discourse about and/or regarding race, implicit bias, politics vs progress, having the courage to act, amongst other topics as well! Hope you listen! 

Here Richard and Gage Riddle debate Trump’s legacy, the GameStop Stock (Stonks!) Saga, and LGBT issues! Hope you listen!

Due to it being the last full day of the Trump presidency, Richard and Luke host our special guest (and former host of co-host of this podcast) Gabriel Gonzalez, and we go through a Trump retrospective and re-examine many of the events that happened during the Trump presidency. Hope you listen!

In this episode of We Talk Issues, Richard and Luke with special guest Mason Hoffman talk about the Georgia Special Election, the Insurrection in Washington D.C., Trump getting impeached twice, and Trump getting banned from most major social media platforms. Hope you listen!

Civil Miller-Watkins is one of the nine candidates running for TNDP chair in 2021. In this interview, conducted by Luke, we hear about her overall vision for the TNDP, Democratic opportunities within West Tennessee and Northwest Tennessee, what's it like to run a Democratic campaign in rural Tennessee, social media, the importance of young people within the political landscape, the Voucher Bill, how to building a Democratic electorate, and much more! Hope you listen!

Wade Munday is one of the nine candidates running for the TNDP chair in 2021. In this interview, conducted by Luke and Richard, we hear about his overall vision for the TNDP , how to improve communication and messaging, how to combat false Democratic narratives, religion, political correctness, the ongoing COVID pandemic and how Tennessee is handling the crisis, the role of nationwide movements in the discussions with Tennesseans, and how to unite the moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic party. 

Kate Craig is one of the nine candidates running for the TNDP chair in 2021. In this interview, conducted by Luke and Richard, we hear about her overall vision for the TNDP strategy, her rural strategy, how to improve Democratic messaging, how to improve resources for Democrats, and also how to inspire more Democratic candidates. We also talk about Bill Lee's "plan" regarding COVID-19 and the upcoming 2022 gubernatorial race. 

Richard and Luke talk about Biden winning, the Senate and House results, the Georgia Senate race, and the Biden cabinet selections!

Richard, Luke, and special guest Deane Arganbright make election predictions, talk about battleground states, talk about the swearing in of Amy Comey Barrett, talk about the prospect of court packing, and much more! Hope you come listen!

Luke and Richard talk about the first Presidential debate between Trump and Biden. Luke and Richard also talk about the Supreme Court situation. Luke and Richard did this podcast over zoom. 

A Richard Exclusive! Richard interviews former UT Martin College Democrats member Patrick Reed! They talk about the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, the future of the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders compared to Joe Biden, and the upcoming Presidential election!

Season 3 Premiere! Luke and Richard talk about Senator Kamala Harris being selected as the Democratic Vice President candidate , the Democratic National Convention, Republican National Convention, the NBA game boycott, and updates on potential changes for the podcast in the future! 

Richard and Luke talk about Confederate Monuments, Washington Redskins, COVID-19, and many other things! 

Richard and Luke talk about the Super Tuesday results and we give our predictions about who Joe Biden might pick as his Vice President

We talk about Nevada Caucus Results, Bernie Sanders as the nominee, Lydia Locke exclusive, Bernie vs. Buttigieg, and Lydia and Richard try to convince Luke to become a Bernie Sanders supporter.

Gabriel, Richard, and Luke talk about the Nevada debate, Michael Bloomberg, the importance of Early Voting, Bernie Sanders supporters,  and the departure of Gabriel from the podcast! Thank you Gabriel! 

Richard Underwood exclusive where we talk about Andrew Yang, Obion County Democratic Party, New Hampshire predictions, and Vote Builder

Richard and Luke talk about Iowa, New Hampshire, State of the Union, and the end of the Impeachment trial!

Morgan Robertson Exclusive where we talk about the Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill, the Troy parade controversy, Tennessee Equality Project, Mayor Pete, and much more!

Gabriel, Richard, and Luke talk about the ongoing impeachment trial of President Trump, the announced TN heart beat bill, and the newly signed anti LGBTQ TN adoption bill 

Devin Majors exclusive where we discuss a variety of topics including: impeachment, upcoming presidential elections, minority candidates, student government and more!

Richard, Luke, and Gabriel  talks about the semester in review, next semester's plans, and we did shallow dives into various political topics. 

We talked about the ENGAGE panel Richard and Luke were on. The topic of the panel was "How Did President Donald Trump change the Democratic party?" We also talked about Local politics. Lastly, Luke interviewed fellow Democratic member Rana about her experience being on the "Mile in My Shoes" panel and the importance of diversity. 

We talk about our experience at the annual Ned Ray day and did a fun political card game.

The executive council of UT Martin College Democrats will be giving their thoughts on the debate performances from the 12 candidates who spoke at last Tuesday (10/15/19) debate. 

District 77 GOP Debate Reaction

Tune into the very first podcast by the UT Martin College Democrats, featuring President Richard Underwood, Vice President Luke Winters, and Treasurer Gabriel Gonzalez. In this episode, we discuss how the top 10 polling Democrats performed in the third Democratic Debate on 9/12.