A Republic, If You Can Keep It

A Republic, If You Can Keep It


Latest Episodes

The Dumbest Trade War in History (Guest: Congressional candidate Alex Hawkins)
March 13, 2025

Jack Ohman - Tribune Content Agency - Donald Trump inherited a booming economy from Barack Obama in 2017. It took him three years and one botched pandemic response to send it spiraling towards recessi

Ready, Fire, Aim
March 07, 2025

Mike Luckovich Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Donald Trumps embarrassing DOGE assault on every corner of government continues to misfire. The strategy: set a target for cuts in each agency, immedia

Waste, Fraud and Abuse (Guests: Journalists John Lindstrom, Cindy Kyle)
February 28, 2025

Waste, Fraud and Abuse: it is either the new right-wing code for trickle-down economics, or another sign of Trumps dementia. Republicans want us to believe that a $4.5-TRILLION tax cut for rich folks

God Save Us From the King (Guest: Political scientist Matt Grossman)
February 20, 2025

Trump isnt even hiding it anymore. He is the self-proclaimed King of the United States and anyone who questions him will be banished to Gitmo. His Majesty and court jester Musk continue the flood of

Just Who Elected “Big Balls”? (Guests: Pollster Bernie Porn, Law Professor Sam Bagenstos)
February 14, 2025

Anne Telnaes - Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, State Department Senior Adviser - Big Balls is 19-year-old high school graduate Edward Coristine, who now works as a senior adviser in the State Depart

Who Needs Congress When You’ve Got Elon? (Guest: Lauren Gibbons/Michigan Bridge)
February 07, 2025

David Horsey - Seattle Times - The Musk coup is moving forward with minimal signs of effective opposition. Congressional Republicans are rolling over complacently while the Musk teenage Ninjas storm f

Blame It on Biden (Guest: MIRS Politics Guru Kyle Melinn)
January 30, 2025

Gary Varvel - Creators - Donald Trump made a lot of campaign promises, big and small. Many of them are pure fantasy and destined to fail. Remember Trumps 2016 promise to replace Obamacare with someth

Perpetual Festivus (Guest: House Democratic Leader Ranjeev Puri)
January 25, 2025

Festivus is the make-believe holiday invented on the Seinfeld show. Festivus "creator" Frank Constanza proclaims that Festivus observances include the "airing of grievances" and "feats of strength." D

A Tale of Two Speeches
January 16, 2025

This week's podcast... The editors of the Washington Post (owned by Jeff Bezos) refused to run this cartoon by Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes. She resigned. See her work now at www.annt

Saint and Sinner (Guest: Emme Zanotti – Equality Michigan)
January 10, 2025

Mike Luckovich - Atlanta Journal Constitution - This week offers a stunningly sad contrast in America. We recorded on Thursday, just hours after the funeral of a good and humble man, President Jimmy C