Pop Into Politics features its first guest this week. Kolbi's friend Alex joins the podcast to discuss Donald Trump's latest antics, the movement to defund the police - and what exactly that means? Is it good politics? Alex provides perspective in the city for black men as a lifelong New Yorker and his interaction with the police. The conversation also delves into dialogue this week between Ben Shapiro and Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience regarding issues of race. 

Can Donald Trump win re-election with a 1968 style campaign? Polls have Joe Biden clobbering Donald Trump in November, but will Uncle Joe really be able to Cha Cha Slide his way into the White House? Plus, a brief recap of the wild events of the last week - as well as a retraction in the Housekeeping Segment. 

What has happened to America? In today's episode the on-going, and surging COVID-19 crisis is discussed, as well as the vandalizing of Frederick Douglass' statue on July 5th and on-going racial tensions. Does America need to re-examine it's heroes? Other political items are discussed during the Housekeeping Segment, with a few pop culture references thrown in for good measure. 

A conversation between two friends, one black and one white, in a NYC park reveal a possible gem on the subject of race. "I was never taught to be racist, but I was never taught how not to be either." Today's podcast delves into that theory. Other political news of the day is discussed in the Housekeeping Segment. 

A deep but easy to understand dive into America's racial history, plus a rundown of vulnerable Republican Senate candidates in 2020 are discussed. Recent legal developments around the LGBTQ community are reviewed in the housekeeping segment. 

The concept for Pop into Politics is introduced, plus five reasons why voters should pull the lever, even if reluctantly, for the imperfect and sometimes bumbling septuagenerian - Joe Biden.