It’s week one of the Trump presidency. If the fat reem of executive orders didn’t bother you, than the 11 trillion dollars dressed as people on the inauguration stage should. These are the people with the president’s ear and the rest of us can’t even get inside to watch the inauguration.

On this episode of Cornhole Champions—after making a big to-do about being a local podcast—we’re thinking about the inauguration, the election and the billionaires that defined it. Hosts Zachary Oren Smith and Amie Rivers dig through executive orders and why mutual aid can do a lot in times like these.

Hear from state Rep. J.D. Scholten and Sen. Zach Wahls about why corporate interests and its political power should worry you. And why Austin Frerick says corporate consolidation in the agriculture and food sector is making our lives worse and less tasty.

Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line with music by Avery Mossman. We are a proud member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative. For more, check out its roundup of local writers.

Links:

* 1st Story - Trump versus the US Constitution (Iowa Starting Line)

* 2nd Story - We care for us: Iowa places to support as another Trump presidency looms (Iowa Starting Line)

* 3rd Story - ‘Best seats’ for billionaires at Trump’s inauguration (Iowa Starting Line)

* Bonus - Read J.D.’s latest on the new Gilded Age and the billionaires that run it all. (You’re Probably Getting Screwed)

* 2x Bonus - Trump’s Gender Order Won’t Affect Existing Passports — Unless They’re Renewed (NOTUS)

Guests:

* Rep. J.D. Scholten of Sioux City is a Democrat representing State House District 1.

* Sen. Zach Wahls is a Democrat representing State Senate District 37.

* Austin Frericks the author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food.

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