A Republic, If You Can Keep It

A Republic, If You Can Keep It


Latest Episodes

The People’s Lawyer (Guest: Attorney General Dana Nessel)
November 23, 2022

On this week's podcast: - In Lansing, Democrats are quickly and quietly putting in place their leadership structure as they prepare to take control of both chambers. In Washington, its just the oppos

A New Hope (Guest: Sen. Jeremy Moss)
November 16, 2022

Welcome to 2024! The dust is still settling from last week's mid-term elections (especially among the shell-shocked GOP), but Donald Trump's inevitable campaign is now official ... greeted by theNew

The End of the Beginning – Analyzing the 2022 Mid-term Election
November 10, 2022

It was supposed to be a nationwide Red Wave, but nationally turned into a Pink Drizzle and (in Michigan) a Blue Tsunami. Mark and Jeff analyze an election that Re-elected the Governor, Secretary of S

The Final Days (guest: Chad Livengood)
November 03, 2022

It's down to the last days and hours until Election Day. With more than 1.1-million votes already cast, the turnout likely will come close to the record mid-term election of 2018. The outcome is defin

A Peaceful Election Day? (Guest: Chris Thomas)
October 26, 2022

Were less than two weeks away from election day; about three-quarters of a million ballots have already been cast, and another million absentee ballots have been issued.November 8 may be Election D

Flipping the Legislature (Guests: Sen. Jim Ananich and Rep. Angela Witwer)
October 19, 2022

Absentee ballots are coming in a record rates with election day just three weeks away and a lot of Republicans are preparing to scream rigged election after they lose since a lot of them, includin

The Battle for Michigan’s 10th (Guest: Carl Marlinga)
October 12, 2022

It's Debate Week in Michigan. Gretchen Whitmer faces off with Tudor Dixon in a one-hour TV event that pits the former talkshow host against Michigan's first-term Governor. The debate comes days after

The Final Stretch (Guest: Rep. Elissa Slotkin)
October 04, 2022

As we speculated in last weeks podcast, Donald Trump spent most of his two-hour diatribe in Macomb County talking about Donald Trump, dedicating about 5% of his speech to actually supporting the BI

And the Voting Begins (Guest: Tim Miller)
September 28, 2022

Early voting is underway in Michigan. In the race for Governor, Tudor Dixon is finally campaigning, focusing on social wedge issues, but her campaign continues to lack money. She may get some help whe

What Red Wave? (Guest: Lavora Barnes)
September 15, 2022

Absentee ballots go into the mail in just two weeks. In Michigan, the attention and the massive ad spending is split between candidate races and two very high-profile ballot proposals. - Also this wee