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Hey, y'all! This week we will be diving into the true crime side of politics and discussing one of the few elected American officials to ever be convicted of murder: Byron "Low Tax" Looper.

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Hey, y'all! After a few weeks talking about the old days of the 2003 California recall, we realized something: neither of us knew why Gavin Newsom is getting recalled this year. So, join us as we dive into (probably) America's 4th ever gubernatorial recall election and figure out what did Gavin do to threaten his whole political future.

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Hey, y'all! It's the home stretch of the 2003 recall election and we are down to the big 6 candidates! I mean, the one clear winner and all the ways the other 5 never stood a chance. 

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Hey, y'all! We are back this week to get deeper into the recall movement that would ultimately put Grey Davis on the political hot seat and give dozens upon dozens of people the dream to rule all of California.

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Hey, y'all! We're back with a big one this week. Seeing as how Gavin Newsom is inching closer and closer to his own recall election, it seems fitting to go back into recent history and talk about the last time that happened to a Governor in California. Join us back in 2003 and learn all the ways the previous recall happened that were completely out of the control of their doomed governor.

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Hey, y'all! Welcome back this week to a real god dang doozy: Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Join us as we dive into long talks on CrossFit, B-side conspiracy theories, and just how much it genuinely sucks that this person is in a seat of power.

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Hey, y'all! We're back from vacation and boy do we have a weird and oddly lesser known tale for you today. Turns out, two decades after anti-Communist Senator Joseph McCarthy was shamed out of government, another man would take up the mantle of being way, way, way too paranoid about everyone he didn't like being a secret Commie. And, lucky for us, he was also a Congressman.

Today we'll be talking about Congressman Larry McDonald and his somehow not-illegal organization of commie hunters, the Western Goals Foundation.

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Hey, y'all! Welcome back to the final chapter of our deep dive into the life of Victoria Woodhull. In this episode she runs for president, runs for president again, and then gets really into eugenics.

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Hey, y'all! We are back with part 3 in the adventures of our current favorite suffragette, Vickie California. In this episode, Victoria continues to run for president, all while getting into one intense feud with the most famous family in America: the Beechers.

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Hey, y'all! Welcome back as we continue the story of Victoria Woodhull. When we last left Vickie California Woodhull, she had gotten into her second marriage and the ghost of an ancient Greek orator told her to move to New York City. You know, standard stuff. 

But how will Victoria do in the biggest city in America and how unprepared is the Big Apple for a clairvoyant con-artist with limitless ambition?

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