#POOLIGANS

SEASONS GREETINGS! We're starting season 2 of the #POOLIGANS podcast in style with this brand new holiday episode! Joining the podcast for the first time is KRISTIN CHATWIN (KChtwin22), an Alabama native and blue dot in a sea of red. She's politically savvy, most likely taller than you (without heels) and has overcome a devastating year and a half. Once @denisetut and @conductress join the fray, we delve into the "THE FUTURE IS FEMALE" topic and get everyone's impression the mid-terms aftermath, women in politics going forward, exciting holiday recipes and New Years plans and why men need to toughen up and take that damn birth control! Also, Titus. OMG Titus <3

It's our 20TH EPISODE and officially the completely arbitrary end of Season 1 of the #POOLIGANS podcast! On this special episode, we take a brief look back before we meet a true @POTUSPressPool fan and @pooliganspod devotee in Canadian sensation CHRIS MEGAFFIN! Unfailingly polite, Chris loves discussing politics, the weather, his dalliances with moving to Amsterdam and how to get slapped to the ground at a bar. Once opera maestro Brendan (@brendanamerica) and Bubbles The Vampire (@bubblesvampire) join us, all bets are off -- mid-terms, an update on Bubble's dating travails, the 2020 field and how not to be shot by Southerners -- it's all here!

SEE YOU IN SEASON 2!!

Gather around, good folk and marvel at the tale of The Fisherman & The Awning Slapper -- your humble host @d_twit is joined by @akbussey aka Awning Slapper and legendary Alaskan salmon fisherman @scoresomeelli aka Andrew H. Scorzelli for a podcast like no other -- exploring our bougie roots, reveling in punk rock, explaining Chicago crime statistics, getting shot through in the butt (yes, really) and why "she's so fishy" is the greatest compliment you've never heard of. Prepare to fall in love with these two outstanding #POOLIGANS!

Ladies & Gentlemen...IT'S THE DOUG & TRACY SHOW! Get to know more about @dougheye and @tracysefl, the two @POTUSPressPool guests that easily top the #POOLIGANS popularity poll. Find out about Tracy's love for classical piano, Doug's favorite wrestlers, their feelings about the mid-terms and beyond, things that make Doug grumpy...and why dogs simply ain't basic!

Here it is, a brand new #POOLIGANS & FRIENDS introducing JO (@jojofromjerz), a dedicated SiriusXM listener from a deep-red part of New Jersey, where political discussion is scarce. She's joined by our own @RoguePlog and @bullgooseparty for an extremely lively talk that includes Jo's Lebanese background, the coming Mid-Terms, another installment of "Which Furry Are You?", the Great White Hope 2020 myth and many embarrassing sexual innuendos about the Swiss National Instrument -- you'll never think of Ricola the same way again!

When Pittsburgh resident and major #POOLIGAN OBE (@sobernauer) agreed to be on the podcast, none of us could suspect that Saturday evening, he would give us an update on a terrifying tragedy. Together with fan faves @unroolie_julie and @bubblesvampire, we try to talk through a week of domestic terrorism, the looming mid-terms and the Dem/GOP playing field leading up to 2020. After the political talk we venture into personal stories for some much needed levity: Bubbles tells us about his worst dates and we also cover marijuana, vaping, hurricane fallout and skeletons in our closets...settle in for a #POOLIGANS episode like none before! 

The long-awaited DANA HISLOP (@theboltchick) finally joins our #POOLIGANS family! She's a long-time @POTUSPressPool listener and bonafide Californian, politics enthusiast and keeper of one of the memorable pets we've ever heard about! She's joined by @denisetut and @ljdreves for our first FEMALE ROUNDTABLE and a discussion about the upcoming mid-terms, the Kavanaugh aftermath, #POOLIGANS get-togethers and of course: Thomas! 

Yes, dear #POOLIGANS, it's one of your all-time favorites, the brilliant JENNIFER BENDERY, senior political reporter for HuffPost and secret overlord of the world's squirrel population. In this episode, learn more about Jenn's way into journalism, her breakdown of an insane past two weeks and dire assessment of the current mood in Congress. Find out why she has zero feels for 2020 guessing games but much to say about a female senator who stood her ground when it counted -- and why her classmates still flood Jenn's Facebook with pictures of squirrels in jaunty hats!

On our 15th episode, we welcome the reasonable, dulcet tones of JOHN MOREY (@johnm0100), the grandfather of Microsoft Outlook, who's had a wide-ranging career spanning many fields of interest. Join host @d_twit as John grants us an inside look at Microsoft's then-nascent internet communications technology through today's remaining security challenges, sitting on the board of Boston's health care system, the future of single payer and journeys through China and Japan!

Julie Mason hosted three distinguished journalists for a fascinating look at White House reporting with the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize winning team (and POTUS Press Pool favorites) Phil Rucker, Ashley Parker and Robert Costa! Recorded at Texas Tribune Festival 2018 in Austin, TX. Recorded and used with permission.