A Republic, If You Can Keep It

A Republic, If You Can Keep It


Latest Episodes

Elections Optional – The GOP vs. Democracy
September 14, 2023

A foundation of our democratic system is that we elect the people who run our governments. But theres an ominous trend developing in Republican-run states: elections only count when they win. We be f

Who’s Flipping Now? (Guest: Stuart Stevens)
September 07, 2023

This podcast is sponsored in part by EPIC-MRA Opinion Research The bargaining between the prosecutors and various Trump-related defendants is ratcheting up, even as Trumps numbers in the GOP nominati

Michigan Trifecta, Part II (Guest: Sen. Mallory McMorrow)
August 31, 2023

This week's podcast is underwritten in part by EPIC-MRA While assorted Republicans are getting booked, arraigned, found liable for slander and generally spending millions on defense attorneys, Joe Bid

Mug Shots Week (Guest: Rep. Julie Brixie)
August 25, 2023

The battle for 2nd place in the Republican presidential campaign gets launched with nobody winning. While the GOP's Wannabe Eight gathered in Milwaukee, the Defendant in Chief appeared in two new pr

Arraignment Night in Georgia (Guest – Pollster Bernie Porn)
August 17, 2023

In December 2020, Rudy Giuliani brought his Big Lie circus to the Michigan House Oversight Committee in a session that was quickly mocked on Saturday Night Live. That appearance and what he said is pa

Not Guilty Not Guilty Not Guilty (Guest: Jonathan Oosting)
August 10, 2023

Bridge Michigan state capitol reporter Jonathan Oosting - Not guilty, not guilty, not guilty, not guilty: its being said so much by Republicans these days, it might have to be included in the platfor

Crackpot Lawyers (Guest: Rick Wilson)
August 03, 2023

This has been a very very very very very bad week for Donald Trump and Matt DePerno and former Representative Daire Rendon and the Michigan Republican Party. - Spoiler alert: it's another week

X – The Podcast
July 28, 2023

Were on indictment watch again this week. By the time you are listening to us, Donald Trump could be completing his 2023 "indictment hat trick", this time for his leadership of efforts to steal the 2

Indictments Week (Guest: Clara Hendrickson)
July 20, 2023

What a week: Donald Trump on the cusp of another criminal indictment - if youre keeping score, it would be his third 16 of the more prominent names in the Michigan Republican Party are indicted f

Courts, Ethics and Politics (Guest: Former Michigan Chief Justice Bridget McCormack)
July 14, 2023

For a second time, physical violence breaks out at a Michigan Republican Party leadership meeting this time, complete with criminal charges pending. And speaking of Republican criminals, the federal