James and Zack, two regular guys, taking a deep-dive into the political issues that face our country today, using primary and secondary fact-based sources to give historical perspective and context with complex analysis and a perspective from the middle.
Join James and Zack as they look at how the media across the board is inundating the American public with poll after poll for the presidential election on the daily. We are literally drowning in polls. Do they all tell the same story? Do they line up with one another? Or are they all over the place? And more importantly, do they reflect what millions of American voters have shown us over the primary season and across a multitude of special elections over the last year? We will dive into the murky waters and look to find some clarity. If the polls are driving you crazy and you don't know what to believe anymore, you aren't alone, join us!
Join James and Zack for a special podcast as we have the pleasure of interviewing John, an officer currently serving in the United States Navy. We ask John about his perspective on politics, foreign policy, the role of the US Navy and US Armed Forces have in the world today, as well as getting his personal take on the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, and what the future may hold for the United States on the world stage. You won't want to miss this episode, as it's not often any of us get to hear the thoughts and points of view from those serving our Country today. We learned a lot in this episode, and we think you will too!!!
Join James and Zack as they discuss and break down the recent passage of the Foreign Aid Bill ( Ukraine, Israel, the Info-Pacific) and what all it entails, as well as why it took 6 months to get it across the finish line. The guys then cover some of the aspects of the DJT criminal hush money trial and what impact it may or may not have on the coming election.
Join James and Zack as they talk about the divergence in media narratives and commonly held perspectives within certain ideological circles from what is actually happening “on the ground”. As the US 2024 election draws near the guys look at where things stand in Ukraine and Gaza, two conflicts that will likely have some impact on our own election here. The guys also dive into the media frenzy that has already begun about the election itself. Everyday across all spectrums of ideological media, we are inundated with polls polls polls. These polls drive the narrative of how the election will turn out and who will win, but are these polls missing some big things? Are they even accurate? The guys dig into recent special elections and primary election results and the exit polls from those results and compare those to the hypothetical pre-election polls that are the backbone of the current media narrative for the 2024 election. How accurate were pre-election polls to the recent special elections and primaries to the actual results themselves. We think the answer will surprise you…
Join James and Zack for our first true deep dive of Season 3. The guys dive into the recently defeated bipartisan senate immigration legislation and what the legislation would have achieved had it passed. The guys then look at the lies and political spin that has been repeated by MAGA politicians to try to discredit the bill. Finally, the guys discuss data from a few articles from the Cato Institute comparing Trump and Biden and how their administrations actually performed against illegal immigration outside of the political rhetoric and spin. If illegal immigration is an issue you care about, please join for nearly three hours of all things relevant to our current situation and why we are where we are at.
Join James and Zack as they kick off the first episode of Season 3 in 2024! With the election year here, the guys will spend season 3 talking about all the issues Americans say they care about heading into the voting booth. The guys talk at length about the disingenuous, dishonest, disinformation that many commentators and politicians use to paint a narrative about any given issue. The only defense against this is to go to non-biased sources and get the facts. If someone is lying to you openly, or only cares about whether their opponent does something and couldn't care less if they do it themselves, you probably shouldn't buy what they are selling. Join us.
Join James and Zack for the awesome, action-packed season two finale. The guys discuss their year in review always keeping it light-hearted and with a touch of self-deprecation. A thorough review of the current status in the Russian-Ukraine War and what's to come is followed by an overdue conversation on consequences. Why is it that many Americans today think that the First Amendment protects them from the blowback of public consensus when they choose to say or express controversial or offensive thoughts and ideas? Or the idea that in doing so you should be safe guarded from economic consequences that may follow those actions. We seem to live in a world where everyone thinks that life plays out like a Hollywood movie and that results should happen the way we want and in expedited real time. What are the consequences to falling into this pattern of thinking and in living our lives with this mindset? Join us for our final episode of Season 2- it's a solid gold doozie!
Join James and Zack as they discuss the potpourri of pressing issues facing America both domestically and internationally. Are we up to the task of facing off against the complex problems presenting themselves at this moment in time?
Join James and Zack as they dig into the history of the region of Palestine and Israel going back as far as a thousand years B.C.E. to take a whole picture look at the complexities of current and historical conflicts in the region. In the current media frenzy where many people are painting the conflict as black and white, there is a general lack of understanding and nuance that many people have. We attempt to look at the history of the peoples and the many dynamic issues that make this conflict anything but black and white.
Join James and Zack on this late release episode, while they discuss the continued dysfunction of the GOP House Conference in picking a Speaker of the House, as well as the inability of the extremes on both the Right and Left of the American political mind to understand the complexities of the current global issues and conflicts (Ukraine and Israel/Hamas/Gaza). Why is it that the extreme positions on both ends of the American politician system come together on Foreign Policy? And how dangerous are those positions for not only us but the rest of the world, should they ever be acted on? Join us as we give our listeners some food for thought to munch on.
Join James and Zack with a quick-take discussion on the current conflicts in the U.S. House of Reps, Ukraine, and Israel-Hamas. The guys set the table in this introduction of what will most definitely be a quickly evolving series of conflicts that are center stage and consequential.
James and Zack discuss the current state of the House GOP while the party goes to war with itself shortly after nearly pitching the country into a government shutdown. What will become of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy? Will the hardline MAGA extremist within the House actually push the red button? Can the House GOP survive this civil war going into an election year? Can they even govern? Join us!
Join James and Zack as we wrap of the final part of our Nuance Series by discussing personal perspective. We live in a time when every aspect of our lives and identity, whether it be religion, political affiliation, class, the regions we live in, and the social circles we create for ourselves are more and more polarized with a political ideology at its base. When we live in vacuums where we ONLY read what we already believe, or only listen to sources that represent “our own” team how can we truly educate ourselves or be moved by facts? Will this be our downfall? Is it already? Is the inflexibility of our own personal perspective just another sign that nuance in America is dead. Join us.
Join James and Zack while they discuss the CNN Town Hall with Trump and whether cable news corporations have a responsibility to the public on allowing someone who peddles in lies and conspiracy theories to have a platform that can reach millions. It's impossible to fact check lies in real time and lying in real time has proven to be effective to audiences who are unaware of the facts. So where is the journalistic integrity and responsibility of the free press to educate its citizenry? Where has it gone? Will it, can it ever return?
James and Zack discuss the recent shifts in media and polling as it relates to creating perceptions for the American public. Join us in real time as we experience a visceral reaction to a recent poll from ABC and the Washington Post. Do these types of polls and narratives by the media actually shape engagement of the voting public? Is this the media's job?
Join James and Zack as they dive into the subject of Nuance. What does it mean to take a nuanced approach when trying to solve complex problems? Are we able to tell when a politician/representative or political party is full of shit by really diving into the nuance of the important issues of our time? Is it better to go with your gut and take a side on black and white issues? Or is it possible there is rarely black and white, and that emotional reactions and gut instinct may fail us, when we would be better served using logic, reasoning, and analysis? This episode will kick start a mini-series on the podcast this season as we dive into hot political issues of the present and look at each of them under the lense of nuance.
Join James and Zack as they dig into the modern day history of Taxation in America. The correlation between the tax rates and the different eras of prosperity and how we've come to deficits and taxes in our own time. Also join us for a short convo on food and health from our own perspectives and and in-depth look at Ukraine as we have recently passed one full calendar year since the beginning of the Russian Invasion of 2022. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join James and Zack as they discuss the history of Taxation in the United States
James and Zack discuss the beginning of the GOP control in the House of Representatives (Speakership Fight, New Republican legislation, and the latest Debt Ceiling battle) as well as the latest on President Biden's classified documents Special Council Investigation. There is a lot of Political Pooperi to digest at the start of 2023. Join us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Weeeeeeer'e back -again!!! Join James and Zack as they take a serious look at what they feel the GOP needs to do if they truly want to rid themselves of Trump and MAGA and return to the middle. The guys also discuss the Time Person of the Year Zelensky article as well as the New York Times excellent report on the Russian side of things within the war in Ukraine. And if you can make it to the end, there is a very amusing audio bomb from a former special guest! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join James and Zack as we release our favorite test episode that was never released to you the public. The guys give a passionate analysis on why even after two months of constant press coverage everyday on our televisions, Americans had no idea what was in the Build Back Better legislation Democrats tried to pass back in late 2021. Whose fault is it that we as Americans are so uniformed with current events that effect us? Is is the media's fault? Is it an issue of bad information? Too much information? Maybe in the end, when we feel the need point our finger in anger at someone, we should point it at ourselves… --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join us as we take a dip into memory lane, when the guys were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed young whipper snappers just testing out this podcast thing for a few friends to see if the show was something they should do. James and Zack talk about the Debt Ceiling in this early test episode. What is it? Why is it a political issue today? And how did it get to this point of contention and debate? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join James and Zack as they discuss five lessons Americans learned from this year's midterm elections, and what it means for our country moving forward. After three consecutive defeats, is Trump and the MAGA movement on the decline? Can moderate and establishment Republicans wrestle control of the GOP back? Will we move more to middle and continue the return to bipartisan governance? Join us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack do an autopsy on the results of the 2022 Midterm elections. A stunning rejection of MAGA candidates in competitive house races led to the complete absence of the coming Red Wave the media predicted coming. With Democrats winning back the Senate and the House still uncalled, join the guys for a break down of discrepancies and accuracies between pre-election polls and the exit polls and how the results came about. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join James and Zack and their special guest 10-year-old Rowan (Zack's son) as the guys give a cleaner (not so much Zack- he is such a good role model for his kid) analysis of the anxiety and fear a lot of moderate Americans are feeling about the coming midterm election. With the prospect, according to American media sources, of a red wave and Maga Republicans taking control of both the House and Senate, the guys give a very honest and genuine personal assessment on how America got here and whether it could actually happen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack take a look at the competitive Midterm House Race in CA 27 between incumbent R- Mike Garcia and challenger D- Christy Smith. Only 333 votes separated the two in 2020. How will the race shape up in 2022? Which candidate is running on substance and which candidate is running on slogans? Does it even matter to the American voter? Join us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join James and Zack as they take a look at one of the closest House Races this Midterm Cycle- CA 22. We will discuss the two candidates, the current polling and odds, as well as each candidates platform and what they intend to do. With less than 3 weeks to go, it's time to jump in to the Midterms so that we can make informed decisions when we go to the polls! Join us!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We're baaaaaaaaaack!!! James and Zack return for a second season to dip thier toes into the raging whirlwind of the emerging Armageddon
James and Zack again discuss the current state of play in the United States. What are Americans currently concerned about? How do they feel about the direction of the country and President Biden now? What are the policies and issues they care about and support? And is there still a discrepancy between how WE feel and what the reality is? Will we vote our interests in the coming Midterms? Find out on The State of Play Part 2! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack discuss days 6 and 7 of the public hearings by the January 6th Select Committee as well as providing their own reactions to the sworn testimony and depositions presented. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join James and Zack for an in-depth look at the history of the 2nd Amendment and how it has come to be interpreted by many Americans today. The guys also dig into how Americans feel about Gun Control legislation and the continuing rise in the frequency of mass shootings today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack's analysis and discussion on the recent spate of Supreme Court decisions as well as the fourth and fifth day of the January 6th Select Committee Hearings and what it means for our country and what we can do come the mid-term elections later this fall. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack discuss the first three public hearings by the January 6th Select Committee as well as providing their own reactions to the sworn testimony and depositions presented. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join James and Zack as they dive into and discuss the third and final episode of our Inflation Series. What are the root causes of our current inflation? Will it get worse or have we already peaked? What are the short, medium, and long term actions we can take to insure we don't find ourselves in this specific confluence of events again? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join James and Zack with special guest Jess, for an emotional episode on the recent revelation through leaked Supreme Court documents that point to the very real possibility that the conservative justices will overturn Roe v Wade. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join James and Zack for what may be their shortest episode ever
In this episode James and Zack do a deep dive into what Inflation is and what economic factors can bring it about. Is it the big bad boogeyman we have all been told that it is? Is it monolithic or does it have many different faces? Join us to find out!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack take a deep dive into the horrific revelations of war crimes that Russian soldiers committed against Ukrainian civilians as their forces have been driven back from previous occupied areas and these crimes have been discovered; along with the impact that propaganda has on radicalizing a population so that they can commit those types of acts. Is it the just the Russians today who are capable of this? Or can it happen anywhere? Is that process of radicalization already happening on our own shores? Join us for the discussion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack do a quick 10 minute-ish discussion/response to specific comments or a set of comments by elected officials or political operatives that are seriously deserving of a “What the f&@k?” response, based on what they have said or written. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack are joined by guests Erin and Mike to answer and discuss a series of questions that explore each of our own personal experiences and feelings regarding the storming of the Capital building by Trump supporters on January 6th in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 Presidential Election. Join us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack do a quick 10 minute-ish discussion/response to specific comments or a set of comments by elected officials or political operatives that are seriously deserving of a “What the f&@k?” response, based on what they have said or written. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack do a quick 10 minute-ish discussion/response to specific comments or a set of comments by elected officials or political operatives that are seriously deserving of a “What the f&@k?” response, based on what they have said or written. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack continue with their in-depth analysis at recent polling that gives an insight into how Americans not only see America today, but the type of country they want it to be based on their own political party affiliation, ethnic identity, religious affiliation, and the type of news sources they consume. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack take an in-depth analysis at recent polling that gives an insight into how Americans not only see America today, but the type of country they want it to be based on their own political party affiliation, ethnic identity, religious affiliation, and the type of news sources they consume. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack do a quick 10 minute-ish discussion/response to specific comments or a set of comments by elected officials or political operatives that are seriously deserving of a “What the f&@k?” response, based on what they have said or written. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack take a look at the current Russian invasion of Ukraine and the crisis that has the whole world on edge. The guys take a look at not only the past relationship between the two countries and what has led to this moment, but also the current situation on the ground in Ukraine, the role Western democracies are taking in the conflict, and what some possible outcomes may be. Join us in trying to understand this current conflict and what role we all play in it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack take a deep dive into the the Domestic policies within the Democratic Party Platform, as well as the messaging the Democrats choose to use in selling their platform and it's current political cost. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack do a quick 10 minute-ish discussion/response to specific comments or a set of comments by elected officials or political operatives that are seriously deserving of a “What the f&@k?” response, based on what they have said or written. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack do a quick 10 minute-ish discussion/response to specific comments or a set of comments by elected officials or political operatives that are seriously deserving of a “What the f&@k?” response, based on what they have said or written. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack do a quick 10 minute-ish discussion/response to specific comments or a set of comments by elected officials or political operatives that are seriously deserving of a “What the f&@k?” response, based on what they have said or written. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
James and Zack explore the main points of the current Republican Party Platform in context to the intentions of the Founding Fathers, previous Republican Administrations, and current American political setting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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