Not Safe For Wonks

Donna Imam is an engineer from Austin running in TX-31 - running explicitly against the work corporations do to keep people in deep debt and working paycheck-to-paycheck.

We talk about a campaign to raise wages and give working people a larger sale of what they create. Why having an engineer is a refreshing change from the usual flood of lawyers and business owners that run Congress now.

• Why we need to think more ambitiously than just "living wages"
• Surviving in one of the most intensely gerrymandered states in the country.
• Why it's harder for people to "graduate out" of a low paying job.
• Why student loans are a scam and how to lower the cost of education.
• Why the private health insurance has to die so the rest of us can live.

And a lot more.twitter: @donnaimamtxwebsite: https://www.votefordonna.com/send her few bucks: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/donnaimamtx

Nabilah Islam has been fighting the insurance industry since high school - maybe it was only natural that her battle would take her to the doors of Congress. She's running in GA-07, one of the closest battlegrounds in the country. We got to talk about her very personal stakes in running, and we also cover:

• Expanding the electorate to make this district finally go blue.
• What working for Hillary Clinton taught her about the politically possible.
• Economic equity that people of all political stripes can unite behind.
• Transportation in a city where everyone's in a car for four hours a day.
• Stopping "Donald Trump's secret police" and creating restorative justice.
• And oh yeah, sustaining human life on the planet.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NabilahforGA07Website: https://nabilahforcongress.comOur Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/notsafe

Brandyn, Kennedy, and guest host Adam Cardo from Red Clay Podcast talk about dealing with your family during the holidays. How much obligation do you have to argue with racist Uncle Ted, and what exactly should someone say to a person like that? Is "family" even a worthwhile concept? We ramble, joke, laugh, bitch, and have a generally interesting time, we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we liked making it.

Have you ever wondered what an interview that was as off-the-rails as a regular episode would be? Chris Armitage, Congressional Candidate for Washington's 5th district and professional comedian, did us the honor of helping us make just such an episode. We cover a lot of very interesting topics including pieces of much-needed legislation Chris is collaborating with other future law-makers on, the dishonesty in old-guard politics, being LGBT in the military and more.But we ALSO go off the rails into topics like "Dumbledore in a MAGA Hat" and other wonderful phrases you can only get in this incredible interview.Don't forget to #RefundPete and follow/support Chris Armitage:https://twitter.com/RealArmihttps://armitageforcongress.com

We're back with a very fun and spicy interview with Jason Call, who is running to unseat a moderate democrat in WA-02's district with an unapologetically progressive platform. Jason is fun, insightful, and has a lot of great stories to tell. If you want to hear what it sounds like an anti-fascist writes policy, listen on!

And don't forget to support Jason's campaign with the links below:https://twitter.com/CallForCongresshttps://www.callforcongress.com

While Leia is busy with finals week, Kennedy and Brandyn sit down for an intimate discussion of personal politics, 2016, Marianne and Bernie, and being on the road to 50 episodes of this podcast. It's a bit of a peeling-back of the curtain as we reveal some of the motivations and events that brought this podcast together, and where it's going now.

A dive into free college. Maybe. The hosts kept getting distracted when there were still Kamala drop-out drama and a never-ending supply of Pete Buttigieg dunks to dish out. But by the end of it we do touch on quite a number of crucial topics to the free college/tuition forgiveness debate. But also for real there's so much shit to say about Pete Buttigieg and why he sucks lol.

The gang's all here to discuss the end of Kamala Harris' campaign, whether or not "vote blue no matter who" makes any type of sense, electability and much more! We try to find some middle-ground between celebrating Kamala dropping out and figuring out why she had a harder run than certain other lukewarm candidates (hint: racism and sexism are definitely factors).Yeah okay you caught us, I'm just trying to find a fancy way of saying we trash Nate Silver for an hour. Enjoy!

Shaniyat Chowdhury is the Brand New Congress-backed candidate for New York's 5th Congressional district, looking to unseat a moderate democrat with a bold progressive agenda. We were lucky enough to sit down with Shan for a remarkable interview, filled with incredible stories and exciting visions for the future. We talk about economics, public housing, criminal justice reform, working on AOC's staff, and much more. Shan's ideas for what he'll do when he's in congress are as much needed as they are rooted in the realities we are facing in this country.Don't forget to give Shan's campaign your support, after you listen we know you'll agree he deserves it:https://twitter.com/Shaniyat2020https://shaniyat2020.comhttps://brandnewcongress.org/Shaniyat-Chowdhury

Our podcast lives up to promises, our patrons held us to our word and gave us the money, and now we're delivering: our review of the 2019 film Cuck. This is apparently our "holiday episode"? Enjoy us trying to wrap our minds around what someone clearly thought was going to be a very, very clever film while they were making it. It's a total meltdown of the hosts, enjoy.