Casual Politics

On this episode of Casual Politics, Boston and Ammar talk to a candidate running for the Georgia House, Daniel Greco. We talk about everything from corruption, to public education, to guns with Daniel. Even though Daniel is running in a district that is solidly red, he thinks he can win with his cut-the-bs attitude and his straight view on politics and the political system. 

In this episode of Casual Politics, we take a look at the new Biden administration, and more specifically his Cabinet picks. Published before the announcement of a few major picks, we each take turns analyzing and putting forth our best choices for various Cabinet positions. 

With the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice President, respectively, California Governor Gavin Newsom has chosen Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill in the Senate seat of Kamala Harris. In this episode of Casual Politics, we discuss this historic appointment and how California politics are affected by this appointment. 

For our second episode on Casual Politics back in July, we looked at the race for the Senate. In this episode, we updated our predictions and went over some of the most competitive races going into election day and what to look out for. A lot has changed since July, so be sure to tune in for this episode! 

In today's episode of Casual Politics, we sit down with Joe and Lauren about why they support former Vice President Biden for President. Additionally, we talk about the LGBTQ+ community and why this election as a whole is so important for their survival.

In today's episode of Casual Politics, we sit down with Joe and Lauren about why they support former Vice President Biden for President. Additionally, we talk about the LGBTQ+ community and why this election as a whole is so important for their survival. 

In this episode of Casual Politics, we talk about the first presidential debate and the differences in the performances from Joe Biden and from Donald Trump. We look at the little bit of policy debate that occurred during the debate and we examine some of the more interesting moments of the debate, from Trump supporting white supremacy to Joe Biden mentioning "Inshallah" talking about Trump's taxes.

On this episode of Casual Politics, we have a conversation with Gavin, the founder of Represented USA. Represented USA is an organization dedicated to making politics more accessible by having conversations with candidates for local, state, and federal offices. Americans nowadays simply vote D or R based on their political party without researching policies that candidates support or don't support. Represented USA strives to educate voters by conducting interviews with candidates up and down the ballot. 

In this episode, we talk all about the Massachusetts Senate race between Incumbent Senator Ed Markey and challenger Joe Kennedy III. Ammar and Anish have a little bit of a discussion about what this means for the nation, and we talk about Anish's experience working on the campaign. 

In this episode, we sit down and talk about the Democratic National Convention, the Republican National Convention, and about the unique nature of this year's political conventions. We recount some of our favorite highlights from the Democratic National Conventions and we talk about the virtual format of this year's DNC.