Like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley is a young woman of color primarying a white male incumbent who has been in Congress since 1999. She joined us on the podcast to discuss the prospect of becoming the next progressive insurgent to unseat an established incumbent in a Democratic primary.

Sharice Davids could become the first openly LGBTQ indigenous congresswoman in United States history. But first, she'll have to win a competitive six-way primary. She joined us on the podcast to make the case for why she's best-suited to take on the Republican incumbent in Kansas' 3rd and explain how her indigeneity informs her perspective on immigration.

Zephyr Teachout, the only New York Attorney General candidate fully rejecting corporate money, joined us on the podcast to discuss her "radically independent" candidacy.

James Singer is a self-identified "indigenous environmental democratic socialist" running for Congress in Utah's 3rd district to "bring back the welfare state."

With the Senate set to confirm Brett Kavanaugh and solidify a 5-4 conservative majority in the Supreme Court, is there any hope for our nation's highest court? Todd N. Tucker and Scott Lemieux join us on the podcast to make the case for court packing as the solution to our problem.

Platform started with the goal of mobilizing young women ahead of the 2016 election. Now, they won't stop until every young woman knows the power of her voice and every elected official upholds the responsibility of their office.

Maine hasn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1988. Zak Ringelstein, a true blue progressive, is running to change that by unseating incumbent Independent Senator Angus King, who votes with Donald Trump almost 50% of the time.

Three immigration activists – Occupy ICE Detroit spokesperson Robert Jay, Portland Resistance founder Gregory McKelvey, and Connecticut Students for a Dream co-founder Carolina Bortolleto – joined us on the podcast to discuss how we can disrupt the United States' racist immigration system.

Data for Progress co-founder Sean McElwee joined us on the podcast to discuss what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory over #4 House Democrat Joe Crowley in NY-14 means for the Democratic Party and the #AbolishICE movement.

Anthony Kennedy is stepping down. Donald Trump and the Senate GOP are set to cement a 5-4 conservative Supreme Court majority for decades to come. Do we need mass civil disobedience? Candace Bond, Policy Counsel for Reproductive Rights, Health and Justice at the National LGBTQ Task Force, joined us on the podcast to answer that question.