#POOLIGANS

To celebrate the podcast's one year anniversary we present POOLIGANSPALOOZA, a multi-night event with all your favorite #POOLIGANS! What has changed for this motley crew during our first year and what has stayed the same? We wanted to know, sent out the pooli-signal and over a dozen of our most valiant responded! Tonight, please welcome our first set of six: @BubblesVampire @DruffM, @AdamReizner followed by @brendanamerica, @jojofromjerz and @kchatwin22. The good, the bad, the funny and the punny...take a listen!

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it's true!  On this here season 2 finale of the @pooliganspod we are joined by none other than the one, the only, the incomparable JULIE MASON (@juliemason) and learn about all the things: her youth as a punk rocker, her deep love for the great state of Texas, finding her tribe as a White House correspondent, meeting miracle man and partner in crime Patrick Ferrise and running the @POTUSPressPool, simply the best politics and journalism show out there. You VERY OBVIOUSLY don't want to miss this one!

We're thrilled to welcome @POTUSPressPool favorite ANNIE LINSKEY (@annielinskey), Washington Post national political reporter focused on the 2020 presidential campaign! Hear about Annie's time as a quasi book reviewer, covering crime in Baltimore and the travails of covering and writing about the 2016 election. We discuss why female 2020 Democratic candidates are still getting less press, learn where not to be on one's first Oval Office visit and explore the transcendent joy of sailing. 

After a year of hopeful pleading, we finally convinced her: longtime #POOLIGAN NANCY J (@nardwien) is joined by prolific tweeter and wonderous French-Canadian millennial DENIS LEVECK (@deenisaur) for a truly outstanding MEET THE POOLIGANS episode. Find out about their fascination with the POTUS Press Pool, in which state campers are accosted by the largest mosquitoes, why NAFTA and USMCA matter to truck drivers and what to do when you lose a grandchild at Disney World! 

Exactly why three of your favorite #POOLIGANS, Bubbles The Vampire, Denise Tutt and Unroolie Julie allowed their firstborns to appear on this MILLENNIALS themed podcast we'll never really know -- but we're extremely excited to introduce you to CHELSEA (@Chelsea_Tuttle), IAIN (@Tengwarin) and ALEX (@talbertalex)! They waste no time getting straight into politics, exploring millennial stereotypes,  analyzing the overhyping of the Mona Lisa and which social networks are actually really still cool.

On today's episode we're proud to welcome TAEGAN GODDARD, founder of one of the most influential and earliest political websites: www.politicalwire.com, the best news aggregator on the internet. Taegan looks back at 20 years of running what was a political blog before blogs even existed and turning it into the preeminent website it is today. We talk about news curation, why we benefit from listening to our children's opinions about politics rather than imparting our own and get a sneak preview of Teagan's forthcoming book "Spitball: The New Rules of Our Broken Politics". It's a fascinating conversation with one of the sharpest analysts of not only daily politics, but the currents and riptides underneath it all.

We're lucky enough to be joined by the marvelous ABBY LIVINGSTON (@TexasTribAbby), DC Buro Chief of the Texas Tribune, three-time MVP for the women’s press softball team and knower of all things Texas. She tells us about her transition from screenwriting to journalism, explicates the purple enigma that is her home state of Texas, shares her recollections of the 2017 shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park and why not being deterred matters so much. Also: Why should you care about Texas Tribune's business model and what makes the #TribFest such a unique event? Makes sure to join us on this jam-packed episode!

It's the magical episode Bubbles The Vampire (@bubblesvampire) and I have been waiting to bring you: THE MINDER (@theminder)  -- a #POOLIGAN unlike any other -- has finally agreed to be a guest. Hear about his formative years spent travelling the world, his work as a psychologist for children with Asperger's Syndrome and his experience as a grief counselor dispatched when yet another school shooting occurs.  He shares his obsession with learning and performing magic, tells us about his vast collections of both magical and political artifacts -- and for the grand finale, behold as a magic trick is performed on the podcast! 

We're extremely excited to be joined on today's #POOLIGANS podcast by the terrific and prolific ISAAC DOVERE (@IsaacDovere), staff writer at @TheAtlantic, frequent guest and guest host on SIRIUSXM and author of the forthcoming book "You Are Right to Be Concerned: Democrats in Crisis in the Trump Years" about the 2020 Dem candidates! Hear about Isaac's path into journalism, the 2020 field, why he misses podcasting (but might not be done with it yet) and his tips on how to shut off all the noise find your moment of Zen. Do not miss this one!

We're thrilled to welcome GRACE MYERS (@GraceMyersLaw1) to the #POOLIGANS podcast to discuss her work as a criminal defense attorney and her experience practicing law in Maricopa County, AZ. Hear Grace hold forth on why Hill Street Blues can be formative viewing, the legal system abandoning the mentally ill, the state of Maricopa County post-Arpaio and yes, that story about when her brother/our dear friend Bill Myers (@BillCapHill) decided to create his own unique school day activity.