
Gadfly
Hosts Dusty Wilson and Oona O'Leary meet up fortnightly to chat about third parties, fringe candidates, and generally weird American electoral history.
Episodes
163 episodes
Stubbs Stec-Spone
Hey, y'all! We are back from our holiday hiatus and due to the world just being a ball of chaos, we are focusing on something a bit more whimsical. In the late '90s, the town of Talkeetna, Alaska named a cat by the name of Stubbs as their mayor...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:01:33

How to Leave America: An Amateur Guide
Hey, y'all. Due to recent events in American politics, there has been an increased interest in finding residency and/or citizenship in other countries. Because of that, we did a whole episode that goes over the dozen or so ways Americans can at...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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1:32:06

Rage Against the War Machine 2.0
Hey, y'all! Despite the first Rage Against the War Machine rally having a less than stellar attendance, Angela McArdle and Nick Brana decided to run it back this year and now we have to talk about it. Join us as we discuss open mic decorum, the...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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1:45:15

2024 Green Party National Convention - Jill Stein
Hey, y'all! With the election around the corner it's time we close out our preview of the major third party candidates with the one and only Jill Stein. Many Americans have an extremely limited knowledge of Dr. Stein that seems to just start on...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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1:30:12

2024 Green Party National Convention - The Runners Up
Hey, y'all! Today we begin to end the third party convention season with part one about the Green Party. There is quite a bit to talk about, so join us as we dive into all the candidates that ran against the automatic favorite and eventual winn...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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1:22:23

2023 Socialist Party USA National Convention
Hey, y'all! This week we discuss the national convention held by the Socialist Party USA. Mostly we talk quite a bit about the platform, a little about ASMR soybean harvesting, and a medium amount about the radness of VP nominee Stephanie Chole...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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1:23:50

2024 Libertarian National Convention (w/ Jordan Willow Evans)
Hey, y'all! This week we continue our dive into the major third party conventions, but this time around we needed some help. Joining us to make sense of the drama-filled Libertarian National Convention is journalist extraordinaire Jordan Willow...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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1:26:47

2024 Constitution Party Presidential Nominee: Randall Terry - Part 2
Hey, y'all! We are back to continue the tale of anti-abortion activist Randall Terry. Join us as we talk about Randy's rise to national notoriety, his fall into financial reckoning, and the ultimate divorced dad energy of his 2003 album Dark Su...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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1:08:25

2024 Constitution Party Presidential Nominee: Randall Terry - Part 1
Hey, y'all! The Constitution Party selected Randall Terry to be their nominee for president this year, so we're stepping up to tell the packed history of the man who was the face of the anti-abortion movement in the late '80s.
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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1:10:20

So, How's Everyone Doing?
Hey, y'all! After a long hiatus we are back and it only felt appropriate to check in on some folks who are running for president. So join us as we group therapy our way through an attempted assassination, a party's attempts to replace and/or ke...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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58:02

2024 Socialist Workers Party Presidential Ticket: Rachele Fruit & Dennis Richter
Hey, y'all! We are back on the 2024 election beat and this week we are talking about the presidential nominees for the Socialist Workers Party. Join us as we dive into the drama-filled, nonsensical, and outright infuriating history of the SWP &...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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1:10:06

Eurovision 2024
Hey, y'all! This week we are doing something a little different. Oona is taking the lead to teach Dusty all about the musical extravaganza that is Eurovision. Stay tuned for random sports analogies that may or may not work, comparisons to the A...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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1:22:55

Eugene Debs - Part 6
Hey, y'all! We are finally at the end of our Debs-a-thon and oooh lordy does it kind of sad. Join us as Eugene makes one last valiant attempt to bring Socialism to America only to be met with the most insurmountable odds possible.
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:27:24

Eugene Debs - Part 5
Hey, y'all! Things sure haven't been easy for Gene Debs, huh? In this episode he is, yet again, forced to run for president, deal with theological splits in his own party, and become a repository for every old timey disease that doesn't kill pe...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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58:48

Eugene Debs - Part 4
Hey, y'all! For part four of the Eugene Debs saga, Gene keeps doing the thing he is best at and the thing he desperately never wants to do again: starting a brand new union and running for president. Also, he gets to experience the joy of tryin...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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52:50

Eugene Debs - Part 3
Hey, y'all! We are off onto part 3 of the Eugene Debs adventure. He's tried unionizing. He's tried having faith in the federal government. But what he hasn't done is create his own political party and get guilt tripped into running for presiden...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:09:52

Eugene Debs - Part 2
Hey, y'all! We return to the tale of Eugene Debs, his fight to unite all the rail jobs under one union, and his battle against George Pullman.
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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1:22:34

Eugene Debs - Part 1
Hey, yall! After months of teasing, it's finally here. We are kicking off our long series on the most famous of American socialists, Eugene V. Debs. In part one we cover Gene's childhood, his Millennial-esque adolescence, and his a...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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54:32

Transhumanist Party
Hey, y'all! We kick off our newest season by diving deep into the philosophy and politics of living forever. Which also means we get to talk about Atlas Shrugged more than we would have liked.
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:35:03

The Lesser-Known Democrats Your Could (Possibly) Vote For in the Primaries
The Democratic primaries and upon us, but what options are there for people not super excited to vote for Joe Biden, Marianne Williamson, or Dean Phillips? Well, lucky for you, there are four other candidates on quite a few state ballots that m...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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1:27:21

Shiva Ayyadurai - Part 2
Hey, y'all! We are closing out the year with the most conspiracy laden episode to date, which is...saying something. When we last left Shiva he had lost his race for the Senate & ascended to peak Divorced Guy by suing any news outlet that d...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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1:15:02

Shiva Ayyadurai - Part 1
Hey, y'all! We are closing out the near year with a dude we've wanted to talk about since episode one and has recently road a wave of social media semi-fame into sort of relevance. We are talking about the one and only Shiva Ayyadurai.
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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1:15:37

Aaron Coleman
Hey, y'all! This week is a somewhat part two of last week's episode where we cover a teenager that also sort of ran for Governor of Kansas in 2018. Aaron Coleman was one of the youngest state representatives in American history and to talk abou...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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1:22:40

Gen Z Memes the 2018 Kansas Election
Hey, y'all! This week we return to Kansas to talk about a myriad of stories. We talk about Kansas election law, memes, but ultimately, this is the story of all the teens that entered to mostly run for Governor.
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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1:08:18

2024 Party of Socialism & Liberation Presidential Ticket: Claudia De La Cruz & Karina Garcia
Hey, y'all! This week we are diving back into the 2024 Presidential election. The Party of Socialism & Liberation (PSL) announced their presidential ticket via a very well produced video that took leftist Twitter by storm. But who are Claud...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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1:15:53
