Leftie, liberal, progressive, whatever you want to call him, join host Darren Graham and a rotation of guest hosts as they tackle the biggest issues affecting the working class, poor, and marginalized in our society today.
Derek joins Darren in the first episode back from a brief hiatus to talk about Republican's concerted efforts to shrink the electorate in future elections, how Joe Biden needs to step up the the plate and come through with something that's been a long time coming, and how Matt Gaetz is one of the world's worst humans.
Shawn joins Darren this week to give some insight into what's going on in politics on both a national and political scale, before we both ramble for a while about our affection for Quentin Tarantino, fun times!
Darren's good freind Derek joins the pod to discuss recent developments in the news both nationally and locally, and just how dissapointed progressives should be with Joe Biden in regards to his statements about student debt cancelation.
Darren flies solo in this episode, tackling some fo the deepest, most significant issues regarding our electoral politics today. And provides some solutions to them that may lead to more progressive legislation for the people going forward.
Darren sits down with his good friend and internet operations expert Pete, to discuss what's going on in the news both locally and nationally, as well as take a hard look at whether or not the right really ahs a right to be grieved over recent moves by social media companies to ban them
Bethany and Laura join Darren to discuss recent developments in the news here in Michigan, including Rick Snyder's criminal charges over the Flint water crisis. Then we do another COVID update with our resident healthcare expert Bethany.
Shawn and Derek join Darren for a look back at the events of the past week, including the results of the Georgia senate runoffs as well as a day that will most definelty live in infamy on Wednesday when Trump supporters stormed the U.S capital building. We also take a few moments to look ahead to 2021 and set some goals for the new year.
Darren jumps on for another solo episode, this time taking a look into college debt, and what we can, and should do about the issue.References: https://www.newyorkfed.org/studentloandebt/index.htmlhttps://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Documents/educ/Student-Loans-And-Debt_v02.pdfhttps://educationdata.org/average-student-loan-payment#:~:text=The%20average%20monthly%20student%20loan,the%20total%20cost%20of%20repayment.https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/recovery-job-growth-and-education-requirements-through-2020/#:~:text=By%20educational%20attainment%3A%2035%20percent,require%20education%20beyond%20high%20school.https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2018/data-on-display/education-pays.htmhttps://www.epi.org/publication/decades-of-rising-economic-inequality-in-the-u-s-testimony-before-the-u-s-house-of-representatives-ways-and-means-committee/ https://time.com/4276222/free-college/
Derek, Laura, Shawn, and Beth join Darren to cover the latest news around MIchigan, as well as Joe Biden's cabinet picks, and new regarding the release of Phizer's ground breaking COVID vaccine.
Darren and Laura are joined by a special huest host to talk about COVID and how it is effecting us here in west Michigan
Pete and Shawn join Darren to alk about the latest developments in Michigan concerning both the outrageous details being released about the Whitmer kidnapping plot and the utterly ridiculous, and honeslty sad attempts by the Republicna party to steal the Michigan election results
Darren concludes his series on the Green New Deal by outlining its policies in direct comparison to Biden's plan, while also addressing the systemic political challenges that stand in its way.
Darren flies solo again, detailing more of the science around the climate crisis, and makes another argument for why we need a green new deal.
Shawn joins Darren to discuss the 2020 election, and where we go from here.
Laura, Derek, and Pete join Darre for a discussion about the upcoming election; what's making us nervous, and what we should all expect to fight for down the road.
Darren flies solo on a short episode covering the history of climate change science and why he believes in the Green New Deal
Darren flies solo again to tackle another important topic, wealth inequality and the need for a living federal minimum wage.
Ty and Laura join Darren for a comrehensive look back at the FINAL (thank god) presidential debate
Darren flies solo again, addressing on eof the key topics in the upcoming election: healthcare, and why you should support an even bolder piece of legislation than either campaign has laid out.
Today on the pod we talk about more released details on the horrifying plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer, and Ty joins Darren to talk about the details in Joe Biden's plan for disability rights.
Darren flies solo on this one for a brief episode diving into the plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer and the history of the recent rise in far- right extremism here in the United States.
Tyler joins me to go over the (useless) VP debate, where the progressive movement stands today, the "progressive paradox" and of course, the fly. Catch us on Spotify, Spreaker, Youtube, and many other podcast platforms as well.
This week my dear friend and disability advocate Ty joined me to talk about the President's COVID diagnosis, the COVID pandemic at large, and the biggest issues facing disabled people during the pandemic. Enjoy!
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