Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson

By Kimberley A. Johnson

What's Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson about?

Hosted by blogger and author Kimberley A. Johnson.'Start Me Up' isn't just any other podcast. I'm willing to call BS when I see it and I don't care if it's coming from a rightwinger or a self-professed bleedingheart liberal. I'm not always politically correct and I'm a huge fan of loose talk and salty language. Sarcasm is guaranteed and political correctness will be at a minimum. This podcast is for anyone who wants to listen to compelling conversations with a variety of guests about current events and controversial topics.

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Abortion Debate With Libert...

02.17.2021

Joe is an anti choice conservative Libertarian. I am a prochoice progressive Democrat. In the name of unity, we will discuss abortion and try to find common ground. We are on different sides of the debate and both of us ...

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02.17.2021 Abortion Debate With Libertarian Joe Walsh Joe is an anti choice conservative Libertarian. I am a prochoice progressive Democrat. In the name of unity, we will discuss abortion and try to find common ground. We are on different sides of the debate and both of us ...
02.15.2021 Teri Kanefield Author/Lawyer Teri Kanefield is back and she convinced me that it was better there were no witnesses during the Senate trial. I was disappointed but now I understand it was the best choice. We also discussed what comes next for ...
02.10.2021 Nick Knudsen - Demcast Nick Knudsen returns! He's the Executive Director of DemCast USA--a grassroots organization created to help Democratic down-ballot candidates win. It's a great way to get involved and you can do it from the comfort of your own home. Nick and ...
02.08.2021 Greg Olear Greg Olear, the author of Dirty Rubles, returns for another entertaining and informative conversation. Greg is currently writing a five-part-series about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and we discuss it, as well as Merrick Garland, this week's Senate impeachment hearing, ...
02.03.2021 Rebecca Sive Rebecca Sive is the author of Vote Her In and Every Day Is Election Day: A Woman's Guide To Winning Any--Office. Show topics: the significance of having a woman serve as VP; the importance of electing women and how we ...
02.01.2021 Jody Hamilton Jody Hamilton, the host of the From The Bunker podcast is back!Topics: First a little fun and personal stuff and then politics. Democrats need to be bold with messaging; GOP is basically dead and Jody shares some optimism about Trump's ...
01.27.2021 Ex-MAGA David Weissman Former Trump supporter (now Democrat) David Weissman returns and we chatted about the latest news. He's working with the Lincoln Project and I expressed my concerns about that group. David was able to put some of my fears to rest ...
01.25.2021 James Reynolds James Reynolds is an Emmy award-winning actor best known for his role as Police Captain Abe Carver on the popular daytime drama Days Of Our Lives. (I played a police officer on Days for seven years and had the pleasure ...
01.21.2021 Kirk Acevedo Actor Kirk Acevedo, A.K.A. #KidVicious, is back (and he's my first guest during the Biden administration!) Topics: Democrats need better messaging, especially with the Latino vote; Ivanka Trump poses a real threat in 2024 and how COVID is affecting actors. ...
01.18.2021 Glenn Kirschner Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirscher returns to answer questions about pardons, elected officials who promoted the storming of the Capitol, and how to deal with white supremacy in the military and law enforcement. Covered in this show: Can Trump pardon ...
01.14.2021 Steph Walton Another fabulous show with my bestie Steph Walton. This would normally be a show just for Patreon patrons but I'm making this one free because Steph and I have a blast when we pod! Today we talked a little politics ...
01.13.2021 Charles Johnson Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs joined me to talk a little about his background as a musician, then as a political blogger and then we focused on the crazy events currently unfolding. Topics we discussed: Will the Senate convict ...
01.11.2021 Randy Bryce Randy Bryce, the former Democratic candidate nominee for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is back! Topics: the insurrection and the piss poor reaction from Republicans, Pelosi's demand for 25th Amendment or impeachment proceedings, and then Randy and I had a productive ...
01.06.2021 Greg Olear Greg Olear, the author of Dirty Rubles, is back on a most awesome day. Topics: Looks like Democrats will take the Senate; Pence will not lick Donald's backside and he will name Biden as the next POTUS, Dems have a ...
01.04.2021 Jody Hamilton Jody Hamilton, the host of the From The Bunker podcast is back for the first show of 2021! Topics: Trump's criminal phone call was not perfect, Georgia runoff elections, Ted Cuz is a dick, Stacey Abrams is awesome, The Squad ...
12.16.2020 Steph Walton My bestie Steph joins me for the last free show of the year! We DID talk about politics. Steve Schmidt announced that he's now a Democrat! My brother has COVID (I hate and blame Trump) and we talked a little ...
12.14.2020 Bob Cesca Bob Cesca hosts the political podcast, The Bob Cesca Show. He also covers politics for Salon and The Daily Banter, and he's my boyfriend! We started the show with a brief chat about politics but then quickly switched over to ...
12.09.2020 Danny Deraney Danny Derany is a publicist who's been on the show before and I wanted to have him back to talk about what our generation--Gen X--took from the messaging we received through pop culture when we were growing up and how ...
12.07.2020 David TRex Ferguson David TRex Ferguson is back for another show where we talk about whatever comes to mind. Nothing was pre-planned. We talked about religion, astrology (supposedly we're heading into periods of innovation, so I want that to be true), and Trump ...
12.02.2020 Kiersten Warren Actress Kiersten Warren has worked in film and television. Films include Bicentennial Man, Independence Day, and Divine Secrets of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and she's appeared in TV shows such as DesperateHousewises and Saved By The Bell. We pretty much steered ...
11.30.2020 John Pavlovitz John Pavlovitz is a writer, pastor, and activist from Wake Forest, North Carolina. In the past four years, his blog Stuff That Needs To Be Said has reached a diverse worldwide audience.Topics: Even though Biden won, Trump is still terrorizing ...
11.25.2020 Jennifer Cohn Jennifer Cohn is an elections security advocate and she made it crystal clear that US election security needs tightening. She explains the problem and offers the solution. She also describes why certain election integrity groups are hesitant to call out ...
11.23.2020 Greg Olear Greg Olear, the author of Dirty Rubles, is back again! Topics: Biden will be POTUS on 1/20/21 but Trumpism will still be here; Biden's DOJ will be strong and we will likely find out some of what's been hidden re: ...
11.18.2020 Political Analyst Drexel Heard Drexel Heard is a political analyst and he's the Executive Director at L.A. Democrats. His resume is a mile long. We had a great conversation about Democratic strategy and where Democrats should put their focus moving forward. Topics: How to ...
11.16.2020 Jody Hamilton Jody Hamilton, the host of the From The Bunker podcast is back!Topics: Biden won but the "baby" is acting like a baby and insisting he won--which is very dangerous. The dumbfuckery of the white supremacy super-spreader MAGA march, COVID is ...
10.28.2020 Climate Activist Josh Fox Documentary filmmaker and climate activist Josh Fox joined me for a productive conversation about how Democrats are in a position to "stop the bleeding" and move forward with a climate plan that will benefit the planet. We also discussed how ...
10.26.2020 Jody Hamilton Jody Hamilton the host of the From The Bunker podcast returns! We're just over a week away from the most important election of our lifetimes and Jody and take a moment to appreciate the high number of early voters. 61 ...
10.21.2020 Dana Goldberg Comedian Dana Goldberg joined me to talk about the crazy political shenanigans we're dealing with now. The countdown to Election 2020 is underway and it's a surreal time. Topics: keeping busy during COVID; a record number of Americans are voting ...
10.19.2020 Texas Dem Candiate Hank Gilbert Hank Gilbert is a Texas Democrat running to unseat Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert. He's quite funny, but more importantly, he's pragmatic, he cares about voters and this country and he will be a transparent elected .official...and he explains exactly how ...
10.14.2020 Chrissy Stroop Chrissy Stroop is a prominent ex-evangelical writer, speaker, and advocate.We talked about what it was like for her growing up in an evangelical family, her time in Russia, and the relationship between American conservative leaders and Russian leaders. Chrissy shared ...
10.12.2020 Malynda Hale Malynda Hale is a singer, an activist and the host of the We Need To Talk podcast. She joined me for a conversation about (some) hesitance towards Biden and Harris in the black community; where the BLM movement is headed; ...
10.07.2020 Greg Olear Greg Olear, the author of Dirty Rubles, is back again to inform and entertain as we navigate through these insane political times. Topics: Trump has COVID; he's behaving more unhinged than ever; women--including white women--are turning on him; blue tsunami ...
09.30.2020 Teri Kanefield Author/Lawyer Teri Kanefield is back and we had a lot to discuss! Last night's presidential debate was unlike anything we've ever seen. Teri and I go through Trump's bombastic behavior and that he didn't do himself any favors. Teri reminds ...
09.28.2020 Mary Trump Mary Trump was kind enough to chat with me and we talked about her uncle's current tax problems as well as other timely news events. We discussed Amy Coney Barrett's SCOTUS nomination; I asked her questions about her family; Don ...
09.23.2020 Fred Guttenberg My guest today is Fred Gutenberg. He's an activist against gun violence, and his 14 year old daughter, Jaime, was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, 2018. He just released the book Find The Helpers. ...
09.21.2020 Glenn Kirschner Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner returns and I'm so glad he's here today. The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not only a great loss bit it sadly represents a victory for the corrupt GOP. Glenn offers up some cautiously ...
09.16.2020 Noel Casler Comedian Noel Casler worked on Celebrity Apprentice with the trump family for six seasons. He's breaking his NDA agreement and telling us what he knows and it is juicy. Topics: Trump's drug use; Trump's incontinence (yes, it's gross); Mark Burnett ...
09.14.2020 Rob Anderson Rob Anderson is a working-class, Jack of all Trades, Democrat and a candidate for the US House of Representatives for Louisiana District 3 in 2020! Topics: How Democrats can campaign be better at campaigning and bragging about their accomplishments; Republicans ...
09.09.2020 Alex Mohajer and Jonathan Welch Voting is everything and my guests today are not only here to get out the vote, they are so much fun and I love them: Alex Mohajer and Jonathan Welch are the Executive Producers of the National Vote at home ...
09.07.2020 Brooklyn Dad Defiant Returns Majid M. Padelan A.K.A. Brooklyn Dad Defiant is back! He's the author of The Liddle'est President and he has a massive Twitter following. He's funny, authentic, and a great conversationalist. Show Topics: The blowback Trump is getting for his recentdisparaging ...
09.02.2020 Hal Sparks Actor/comedian/musician and political commentator Hal Sparks joined me on the show and we had a lot to talk about. First, we focus on his early life in Kentucky and how he found his way into the entertainment industry (so many ...
08.31.2020 Jody Hamilton Jody Hamilton the host of the From The Bunker podcast is back again. Yay! I had to vent about a few things and then after some fun talk, Jody and I got political. Topics: To protest or not to protest; ...
08.26.2020 Comedian Jen Kirkman Comedian Jen Kirkman returns to the show and even though I had prepared a list of topics for us to cover, we only touched on a few because we had too much fun having an organic conversation about all kinds ...
08.24.2020 Khary Penebaker Khary Penebaker is back! He's a DNC member, a gun violence survivor, a board member at Everytown, an advocate for suicide prevention and for gun safety. Last night, a black man, Jacob Blake, was shot seven times in the back ...
08.19.2020 Texas Dem Candidate Hank Gilbert Hank Gilbert is a Texas Democrat running to unseat "idiot" Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert and you will LOVE his no-nonsense straight talk. Hank is a delightful guest and he MUST beat Gohmert because he will be an amazing representative. We ...
08.17.2020 David Pepper David Pepper is the chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party and he's the author of the political thriller The People's House about a Russian scheme to help elect Republican candidates. A prescient story that was released in July 2016. After ...
08.12.2020 Steph Walton Steph Walton is running for City Council in Oakland Ca and she's back on the free show! We have so much fun talking about Kamala Harris as Biden's VP pick! Harris stood up to Biden during the debates and he ...
08.10.2020 Nick Knudsen of DemCastUSA Nick Knudsen returns! He's the Executive Director of DemcastUSA--a grassroots organization created to help Democratic down-ballot candidates win. It's a great way to get involved and you can do it from the comfort of your own home. Trump is slowing ...
08.05.2020 Jared Yates Sexton Jared is a political analyst and author. His new book "American Rule: How a nation Conquered the World but Failed its People" is out on September 15, 2020.Jared and I talked about Trump's authoritarianism and how media has played a ...
08.03.2020 Cheri Jacobus Cheri Jacobus is back and we talked about the need for more women leaders--more women running political parties and running networks because right now they are dominated by white men. We also shared thoughts on what might become of the ...

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