Gadfly

Gadfly

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Gadfly episodes

  • Soledad Chávez de Chacón

    Hey, y'all! Welcome back this week as we dive into some obscure history and talk about something super weird...the first woman to ever hold statewide office.

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    57 min
  • James Ray Houston

    Hey, y'all! This week we are covering James Ray Houston, the high school dropout who pushed the Independent American Party of Nevada from the verge of death, all while maintaining one hell of a grift.

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    1 hr
  • 2021 NYC Mayoral Election

    Hey, y'all! We are on the verge of Election Day 2021 and we decided to take a look at the graveyard of political aspirations: the New York City mayoral race.

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    1 hr 32 min
  • Jason Ravnsborg

    Hey, y'all! We are back this week with  a super spoooky Halloweeeeeen! This week, we return to the world of true crime and talk about current South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg [thunder].

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    58 min
  • Andrew Yang's Forward Party

    Hey, y'all! Out of somewhat nowhere, former presidential and NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang announced his brand new third party. Join us as we discuss Andrew's past, the tenets of his new party, and the dozen or so planks that make up the Forward Party's ideals.

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    1 hr 21 min
  • The Conch Republic

    Hey, y'all! We are back this week with a buck wild story from the southernmost point in continental America: Key West, Florida. Join us as we discuss Mayor Dennis Wardlow and his eventual ascension to goofball secessionist.

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    1 hr 3 min
  • The Very Odd 2012 Democratic Presidential Primaries

    Hey, y'all. We are beyond psyched to be back this week to talk about just a truly bizarre moment of forgotten recent history. In 2012, Barack Obama would cruise to an easy renomination in the Democratic primaries...but did he really? In this 25 page essay I will-

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Occupy Wall Street

    Hey, y'all! We are back, this time for the both of us to get all nostalgic for the days of Occupy Wall Street. But did you know that Occupy actually ran against Barack Obama in the 2012 Democratic Presidential Primaries? 

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    1 hr 20 min
  • The Toledo War

    Hey, y'all! We are back this week to talk about the time Michigan and Ohio nearly went to war over a port city and a big ole swamp.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Larry Elder

    Hey, y'all! With the Cali Recall only weeks away and mail-in ballots already out, we figured it was about time we circled back to talk about the leading candidate of the race to replace Gavin Newsom: conservative talking head and generally awful person, Larry Elder.

    Before diving in, this episode does require a warning up front in that it will contain talk of mental abuse, sexual abuse, racism, homophobia, and transphobia.

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    1 hr 19 min

About Gadfly

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Hosts Dusty Wilson and Oona O'Leary meet up fortnightly to chat about third parties, fringe candidates, and generally weird American electoral history.