On The Hill

This time the On The Hill podcast is joined by Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich. Montgomery County is currently dealing with the first confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Maryland. He walks us through the timeline and behind-the-scenes activity as officials put their response plan into action. We also discuss several other topics, from plans to expand Interstate 270 and the American Legion Bridge to criticism Elrich has faced in regards to his controversial stance on immigration enforcement in Montgomery.  He also reveals his take on what Maryland Democrats need to do to re-take the Governor’s office once Republican Governor Larry Hogan leaves office. 

This time the On The Hill podcast is joined by former Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler. He was the Maryland State’s Attorney for Montgomery County when he prosecuted the DC sniper. He talks about Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s decision to sign a law allowing juveniles, like Lee Boyd Malvo, to be eligible for parole. He also reveals details of his own direct conversations with the convicted sniper. Gansler also discusses the upcoming Maryland Governor’s race and if he’d be interested in considering another run for Maryland’s top job.

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This time the On The Hill podcast takes a look at the vocabulary of guns. What is an assault weapon and what’s not? What’s considered a high-capacity magazine? The difference between gun control supporters and Second Amendment advocates are not just political, but also rooted in different terms they use talking about firearms. Ky Hunter spent her military career as a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran. Now, she’s on a new political battlefield with the Brady Campaign, trying to pass laws to stop gun violence. Ky is also trying to get pro-gun and gun control advocates to start talking with each other in hopes of finding common ground. 

This time the On The Hill podcast is joined by Phillip Thompson. He's a former member of the Virginia State Conference NAACP and current Executive Director of the National Black Nonpartisan Redistricting Org. Phillip talks about African American voter issues, ranging from opportunity zones to economic development. He also discusses the state of Virginia politics one year after individual scandals rocked the top three Democrats in Virginia. 

On this episode of the On The Hill podcast we look at “The Blue Collar Boom.”  President Donald Trump is heading into the re-election year with an economy running on all cylinders. How much credit does he deserve and does he take too much credit? Or does he deserve more than he’s getting? Nick Timiraos, the chief economic correspondent of the Wall Street Journal, joins FOX 5’s Tom Fitzgerald with a look at where we’re going in the economy and some of the road signs that could signal trouble.

There have been no shortage of books about the Trump administration. Most center on palace intrigue and eye-opening tidbits.  Historian and New York Times Bestselling author Doug Wead spend nearly two years in the Trump White House, and came away with something very different than other authors.  Wead had unprecedented access to the First Family, and President Trump himself.  His book, “Inside Trump’s White House” is out and he joins the On The Hill Podcast to discuss what he saw behind the walls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 

American University Professor Allan Lichtman joins FOX 5's Tom Fitzgerald on this episode of the On The Hill podcast. Lichtman has correctly predicted the outcome in seven of the last eight presidential races. He also predicted in 2016 that President Donald Trump would face impeachment. Now he’s turning his quasi-scientific method he calls “13 keys” to predict the outcome of the 2020 race. Join us!

This time the On the Hill Podcast welcomes Neal Simon. He’s a former Independent candidate for U.S. Senator in Maryland, who’s now the author of a new book called “Contract to Unite America.” Neal talks about what it was like trying to run as an independent in a political system dominated by Democrats and Republicans. Now he’s written a book to try and find a way back from the extreme political divides on the left and the right. Join us!  

This time the “On The Hill Podcast welcomes Nicole Mason. She’s the president and C.E.O. of the Institute For Women’s Policy Research. Six women candidates for President started in the race and now only two, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar remain. Women make up 53% of our electorate. So what’s different about 2020’s race in the wake of a 2016 campaign that saw Democrats nominate a woman? We’ll discuss that and more. Join us.

Rebecca Grant, an Iranian expert at the IRIS Independent Research Group, joins FOX 5’s Tom Fitzgerald on this episode of the On The Hill podcast. Grant looks at the recent history between the U.S. and Iran leading up to the U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian general. She also discusses what’s ahead for the U.S. and what actions Iran may take in response.