The Play Typer Guy
"The Play Typer Guy” offers an engaging deep dive into politics and pop culture. Your host is Portland, Oregon-based playwright, columnist, and media critic Stephen Robinson. His son describes him as “play typer guy."
Podcasting since 2023 • 57 episodes
The Play Typer Guy
Latest Episodes
#57 Mirella Stoyanova On Reclaiming Her Name And Story
Joining me today is Mirella Stoyanova, a Seattle-based writer, therapist and international adoptee from Bulgaria of Bulgarian and Iraqi origin. She discusses her experience growing up in a less-than-diverse environment and how she’s worked to r...
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Episode 57
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#56 Why Republicans and Democrats Respond to Political Loss so Differently with Noah Berlatsky
In this week’s episode, after watching Governor Gretchen Whitmer step on a political rake by being photographed shaking hands with Trump, I am speaking again with my colleague Noah Berlatsky regarding an article he wrote last month on the diffe...
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Episode 56
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#55 Democrats Need Primaries, Maybe Even Gladiatorial Combat with Cliston Brown
Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg announced his support last week for primary challenges against incumbents in safe seats who he felt aren’t rising to the occasion during Donald Trump’s second nightmare term. This is an obviou...
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Episode 55
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33:42
#54 Keeping New York City Safe from Andrew Cuomo with Lindsey Boylan
Joining me today is Lindsey Boylan, who in 2021 was the first of several women to accuse former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. Cuomo would eventually resign, under collective pressure from Democrats at the state and nation...
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#53 Superman’s Enduring Liberalism with Michael Mora
The free world is under assault by unhinged, power-mad billionaires, and we could use a powerful beacon of justice who’s also a crusading journalist. My friend Michael Mora joins me to continue my ongoing discussion about Superman, the progress...
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Episode 53
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