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#79 Reality Checking The Bulwark With Steward Beckham And Evan Stern - PART 1
I’ve enjoyed Reality Checking the Bulwark, an ongoing project by Steward Beckham and
#78 The Swalwell Fallout With Evan Barker
Evan Barker is a former Democratic campaign operative and political strategist. Her upcoming book Nothing Left explores her departure from the party. Eric Swalwell, the disgraced former congressman and gubernatorial candidate, perhaps represent...
#77 How The Search For Self Became The Performance Of Self: A Discussion With Author Patricia Martin
Author Patricia Martin joins me to discuss her new book, Will the Future Like You? Reflections on the Age of Hyper-reinvention. Martin has written four books, and her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Huffingt...
#76 Why We Should Welcome Anyone Late To The 'Trump's A Fascist Loon' Party with Cliston Brown
The Wall Street Journal article reported recently that some young voters are starting to regret their vote for Donald Trump, who set the world on fire and didn’t even lower the price of eggs. A new poll finds 58 percent of voters under...
#75 Baffled by the BAFTAs with Lynne Streeter Childress
My friend Lynne Streeter Childress answered the Bat signal for an emergency session about what the hell just happened at the BAFTA awards.John Davidson, the Scottish Tourette’s syndrome activist and the inspiration for the film I Swe...
#74 Why Trump’s Criminal Thuggery Is Different with John Stoehr
Donald Trump’s ongoing assault on non-MAGA America continues with no end in sight. My friend John Stoehr from The Editorial Board joins me on the podcast to discuss the federal occupation of Minneapolis, as well as the encouraging sign...
#73 'The World Looks Different Sitting Down,'A Discussion With Teal Sherer And Jessica Wallenfels
I’m delighted to welcome on the podcast Teal Sherer and Jessica Wallenfels. Teal is an actor, writer, mom, and disability advocate who has teamed up with Jessica, a fabulous director and choreographer, for the upcoming production ...
#72 Why There's Plenty Of Room In Democrats' 'Big Tent' For Zohran Mamdani with Maya Contreras
Author and activist Maya Contreras joins me to discuss the aftermath of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory, and what that means for a Democratic Party that might have a restrictive definition of “big tent.”Maya lives and ...
#71 Defying Gravity With Lynne Streeter Childress
Joining me on the podcast is my friend Lynne Streeter Childress — playwright, actor, teaching artist, singer, director, and (whew!) the founder and artistic director of Building Better People Productions, an organization based i...
#70 Theatre Artist Jane Jones And The Power Of Words
My friend Jane Jones is founder of Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theatre, and along with co-founding Artistic Director Myra Platt, she built a company that brought world premiere adaptations of great literature ...
#69 Talking 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Turkey Day With Erik Barnes
There’s so much I love about Thanksgiving — the food, the official kick-off of Mariah Carey Music Season, and of course, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day marathons, which I’ve enjoyed since 1993. This magical combination of ...
#68 Discussing Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, And What It Means When Certain People Promote 'Unity' with Noah Berlatsky
Writer Noah Berlatsky from Public Notice and Everything Is Horrible joins me as we defy the authoritarian state and frankly discuss...
#67 Halloween Special: Gothic Horror, Werewolves, And Spooky Showers with Author Laramie Dean
Author and playwright Laramie Dean (Black Forest) joins me for The Play Typer Guy‘s Third Annual Halloween Special! Last year, we celebrated witchy women in media, including the wei...
#66 Friday Book Club With Author NC Barton
Joining me today is my friend NC Barton, author of The Now In Forever, a romance set alo...
#65 Navigating Covid’s Vastly Different Realities with Jessica Ellis
This week’s episode is the unofficial “sequel” to my interview with Thomas Beckett Kane, author of The Reckoning. Filmmaker Jessica Ellis has lived with long Covid for several years now and offers a very different perspective from Kane...
#64 The Reckoning, COVID, and Other Absurdities with Thomas Beckett Kane
This week I am joined by Thomas Beckett Kane, author of the book The Reckoning: A Definitive History of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Absurdities, releasing October 2, 2025. It’s been five years since the start of the covid pandemic,...
#63 Why Voters Judge Political Parties Like Airlines with Cliston Brown
Democrats are consistently winning low-turnout special elections (just as they did prior to the devastating 2024 election), but they are also falling behind Republicans in new voter registration. I recently spoke with friend of the ...
#62 The Democratic Party and the Class Anxiety that is Dooming Us All with Emily Taylor
My friend Emily Taylor from the Hot Feminism: Letters from South Carolina newsletter (go
#61 The Summer of Superman with Lee Heidel
My friend Lee Heidel from Neighborhood Comics in Savannah, Georgia, joins me to discuss geek kid summer with Superman and Fantastic Four movies both releasing this month.Lee had me on ...
#60 Reimagining Yoko Ono with Author Lisa Tolin
Joining me today is my friend Lisa Tolin, author of fiction and nonfiction for children. Her latest work is the picture book, Can You Imagine? The Art...
#59 Here And Their (But Not Yet Everywhere) With Theatre Maker Jasmine Joshua
I’m happy to welcome back to the podcast theater maker Jasmine Joshua, one of the brilliant minds responsible for the new world premiere musical Here and Their, which runs at 12th A...
#58 Our Second Annual Pre-Tony Award Special With Raven Snook
Joining me to discuss this year's Tony Award is my friend Raven Snook, editor in chief and digital services manager at TDF and a theater critic for Time Out New York. She is also a Drama Desk nominator, which she describes as “sort of the Golde...
#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...
#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...
#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...