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Missouri House Democratic Floor Leader Crystal Quade is leading the fight against a Republican Super Majority in one of the reddest of states. She’s done it with skill, focus, and a strategy for the long term. We talk about the lessons others can learn and what we face as a state and nation if the GOP continues unchecked. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Dr. William Horne recently published an essay on why we need to start using the “F” word (fascism) to describe the direction of the modern Republican Party. He is a historian who focuses on how elites and white supremacists use the state to create racial inequality and we examine what that means today. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Writer, producer, and director Billy Ray, known for a string of Hollywood hits including The Comey Rule, Captain Phillips, and more, joins the show to talk about how Democrats must speak to the American people in the face of chaos agents and how they can bring back our sense of community. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

The January 6th hearings get more explosive each time and the Supreme Court acts like an arm of the GOP more each day. What does it all mean and what comes next for our democracy? John Nichols, National Affairs correspondent for The Nation and associate editor of The Capital Times in Wisconsin joins the show to discuss it all. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Glenn Kirschner brings his 30 years as a federal prosecutor, homicide prosecutor and Army JAG to the show to discuss the January 6th Hearings and the insanity coming out of the GOP campaigns among other topics. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

As a bipartisan group of Senators build a framework on gun safety legislation we chat with former gun industry executive and safety advocate, Ryan Busse. He is the author of Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America, and serves as a senior policy adviser to Giffords. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Talking about the first day of January 6th Committee Public Hearings and what’s next with Washington Post columnist and author of the Plum Line, Greg Sargent. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Guest Jeff Timmer is the former executive director of the Michigan GOP, an advisor to John Kasich and a senior advisor to the Lincoln Project. He is an expert on the politics of the upper midwest and we’ll talk about the mess around candidate signatures, the threats to Governor Whitmer and murder of a Wisconsin judge, as well as the latest revelations about John Fetterman’s health. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Special holiday episode with former Navy SEAL, ER doctor, and founder of Veterans For Responsible Leadership Dan Barkhuff to talk gun violence, Eric Greitens and the midterms, VFRL and Memorial Day’s meaning to those of us who have lost brothers and sisters in war. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Tuesday is primary day in Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas. We focus on the hot races in Georgia and especially GA-14 as well as questions on Florida and Missouri. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

A short short show to talk about what happened in Buffalo, put it in context and how we must attack this source. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

The premier episode of ‘’On Democracy’ kicks off with fierce pro-democracy advocate, USA Today contributor and cohost of ‘The Suburban Woman Problem’ podcast, Rachel Vindman. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com