Meg and Liam discuss Governor Youngkin of Virginia's controversial executive order to turn the state mask-optional, Spotify's Joe Rogan dilemma, and the Yikes of the Week winner. Stay tuned... because clearly someone didn't. Originally recorded on February 7th, 2022. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Liam and Meg return in their first episode of 2022 to discuss anti-vaccine mandate protests in Canada, the retirement of Justice Breyer in the US, and to introduce our new segment: Yikes of the Week and its inaugural holder, British PM Boris Johnson. Originally Recorded on January 31st 2022. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As tensions grow along the border of Ukraine and Russia, Liam covers the current situation in the region, some historical background and regional context as well as where the conflict might go from here. This conflict will surely color politics for a long time to come and will be updated on in later episodes. Originally Recorded on 1/18/22 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The "most progressive legislation" in decades has passed in the form of the $1.9T Relief Bill after negations and concessions (almost all coming from the progressives - funny how that happens). Gov. Cuomo is in hot water with allegations of sexual harassment and assault, only further endangering the Governor in the midst of a Nursing Home scandal. Meg and Liam also discuss some of the opening volleys of Foreign Policy under the Biden administration, especially relating to the Middle East. Originally Recorded on 3/14/21 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Meg and Liam discuss the Myanmar coup, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Liz Cheney, and get a little depressed on the state of the world right now. :') --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Meg and Liam are back this time discussing Joe Biden's inauguration, the chaos he's inherited, and what he might do for the next for years, as well as a short update on Navalny at the end. Recorded on January 22nd. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pres. Trump issues a pardon for Fmr. Natl. Security Advisor Mike Flynn. Meg and Liam discuss the ramifications of the pardon, and the Logan Act in general. Biden announces some Cabinet picks filled with déjà vu from Obama years of foreign policy (get your Raytheon and Honeywell stock now). Also updates on the situation in Tigray, covered on a previous episode, and the scaling up of tensions in the region. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

With former Bolivian president Evo Morales's return from exile, we cover his tenure as president, multiple re-election campaigns, and claims of "human rights abuses", as well as what might the future might hold for Bolivia as his protégée Luis Arce is sworn into office following his victory in the 2020 presidential election. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Joe Biden squeaks by with a poetic win to the presidency. Meg and Liam discuss November 3rd and its six sagas, election shenanigans, and the future for the DNC and GOP with plenty of hot takes in between. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Liam talks to Lexi, Membership Director of the New Jersey High School Democrats and lead for Generation Ratify, about women's rights issues that have come to center stage once again due to the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app