Gadfly

Gadfly

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Gadfly episodes

  • Alaskan Independence Party - Part 2

    Against all odds, the AKIP has won the Governor's seat in Alaska. But what will come of their new-found power? Will they ascend to even greater ranks? Will Alaska finally be free? Will Joe Vogler ever get the god damn Park Rangers off his back so he can mine his gold and nuke some glaciers?

    All this, and more, in part two of the Alaskan Independence Party!

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    43 min
  • Alaskan Independence Party - Part 1

    For episode four of Gadfly we go as far north as the boundaries of America will take us and look at the beginnings of the Alaskan Independence Party and, its founder, a cranky old prospector-lawyer named Joe Vogler. 

    As party founder he fought for Alaska to leave the United States and form its own sort of Libertarian utopia. In his personal life, he fought buses, trees, and the National Park Service.

    How far can one perpetually ornery old man possibly go? Find out at least half of that answer here in part one of two.

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    54 min
  • 1991 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election - Part 2

    It's now 1991, and Governor Buddy Roemer is making his first sacrifices of personal character, only to make way for the worst Louisiana had to offer, David Duke.

    In Part 2 we follow the 1991 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election between the once idealist Roemer, the shamelessly crooked former Governor Edwin Edwards, and the white supremacist Duke.

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    43 min
  • 1991 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election - Part 1

    Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III is the kind of person you would hope would run for office: his morals were rock solid, he was incorruptible by financial or political gain, and he genuinely cared about the people he would represent. So, it would only make sense that in 1991 he would run against the two people who existed on the worst ends of the political spectrum.

    In Part 1, we talk about the early career of Buddy Roemer, his challenger from the left, Edwin Edwards, and, for the third guy, well, you'll find out about him.

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    38 min
  • Rocky De La Fuente

    Episode 1 of Gadfly starts with one of the most dauntless fringe candidates in current American politics: San Diego businessman Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente.

    Written and Hosted by Dusty Wilson & Oona O'Leary.

    Theme song is Sophomore Makeout by Silent Partner.

    Visit Twitter @gadflypod for updates! 

    Website (and episode listing chock full o' sources) coming soon! 

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    1 hr 18 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.