In this episode of the Dive Podcast, host Brianna Wheeler compares Congress hopeful Carrick Flynn to a cartoon president before she and guest Rachel Monahan discuss his candidacy for Oregon's newly drawn 6th District.  The two then unpack Flynn's controversial big-bitcoin funding, his cold shouldering of local politicos, and why his infamous owl comments were legitimate cause for alarm.

Brianna also shares what she learned from WW this week, including a how Flynn reacts to the basic question, "Are independent expenditures good for democracy?" Listeners are then offered a peek behind the editorial curtain with audio pulled from a borderline contentious interview between Flynn and WW publisher, Mark Zussman.