Now More Than Ever

Did the Super Bowl suck? The commercials? The halftime show? ALL halftime shows? Chris and Dave answer these questions, plus "how to waste $35 at Costco" and "flat tops are are our new cooking overlords".

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This week we welcome Brian Franklin, President of Impact Politics to talk about his career as a consultant, the present and future of political ads and the terrible album covers of Bruce Springsteen.

Brian recently launched a podcast, Achievements & Strategies with Brian Franklin, and has a rock opera he recorded with some friends up on Bandcamp, Soundtrack to the Rat Opera.

This week we welcome Sonia Van Meter for a chat about her work in political opposition research and her brush with fame as part of the Mars 100 project. After the interview stick around for a bonus segment about Chris' 48 hours in the Gamestop STONKS maelstrom.

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This week we talk about the end of the Don T era, and what the future may look like for the major players of the era. Then, Dave has a Very Hard trivia question and we talk about some upcoming 2021 album releases.

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This week we talk to Washingon DC's Jason Hamacher about his rollercoaster adventures as a touring musician (and masseuse), photographer, musicologist, gallery owner and would-be fugitive from justice (during an otherwise mostly peaceful visit to Syria).

You can learn more about Jason's work at http://lostorigins.com/

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This week we welcome Justin Spillner aka DJ KO to talk about his rise to prominence from the mean streets of Peachtree City, GA to being an in demand corporate and club DJ and producing hit records with his partner Jared Sciullo and their Phivestarr Productions company.

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This week, we're taping live during the Storming of the Capitol so we try to make sense of that in real time and also break down the Georgia Senate Runoff, plus answer a listener question about cable news panel shows.

This week, our 27th Annual Year End Review! We talk about some of our favorite music, movies, TV and podcasts, basically the non-Covid and politics parts of 2020. (Aka the good stuff or at worst, the healthy distractions)

If you're reading this and have listened to us at all this year, THANK YOU for spending your time with us. We have big plans for the show for '21 and can't wait to see how it all shakes out. Thanks for coming along for the ride. --Chris & Dave

In Part 2 of our interview with Chris Mottola, we dive deeper in to Chris' history in the business, his thoughts on ideological purity in the campaigns business, the future of Trumpism and how a lifelong Philly kid ended up in California.

If you missed Part 1 with Mottola, check out our feed on your favorite podcast platform and remember to Subscribe, Rate and Review us--it really helps us grow! Thanks as always, and Happy New Year from the NMTE crew.

This week we bring you Part 1 of our interview with longtime political strategist and ad maker, Chris Mottola. Chris begins by telling some stories about how he got started in the business and arrived at his process. Then, the boys share a brief holiday segment followed by a VERY special musical number by our pal Mike Bustin.

Thanks to Chris and Mike, and all of you--Happy/Merry from us, we'll be back with Part 2 of the Mottola interview and more stuff next week.