This week we're talking about technology that works for us — from how we use AI in the campaign to autonomous vehicles to the stories we tell.

Special Guest: Seth Singleton

Tonight he'll share his perspective on AI as a creative tool, what it can and can't do, and how storytelling fits into building a political movement.

If you've ever wondered how a comic book can reach voters that traditional campaign materials can't, this is the conversation.

Hosts: Andy Ellis & Owen Silverman Andrews

What we cover:

What "the AI we deserve" actually looks like. This is the start of a larger conversation about how campaigns should use these tools responsibly. Project Cybersyn — In 1970s Chile, Salvador Allende's government built a computer network designed to empower workers, not extract from them. Fifty years later, Silicon Valley builds the opposite. We can choose differently.

Waymo in Baltimore — Governor Moore announced Waymo is coming to Baltimore. It's part of a pattern: jump at shiny tech first, figure out the cost to workers, the state, and the environment later. We break down what's missing from the conversation.

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Date Recorded 11/26/2025

Who sets the agenda in Annapolis? Not you. Not faculty. Not communities. Corporate lobbyists, party bosses, and governors working directly with industry. This pre-Thanksgiving episode exposes how power really works in Maryland—and how we build the pressure to change it.

Special guest Lawrence Grandpre from  (LBS) joins us to discuss the 2026 legislative session and the relationship between electoral organizing and movement building.

Maryland's Energy Crisis: Industry Capture at Three Levels of Government Governor Moore didn't just respond to the energy crisis—he coordinated with other governors and the data center industry to make it worse. On November 19th, PJM Interconnection rejected all 12 proposals to regulate data centers.

Andy dives into the plan Moore, PA Governor Shapiro, NJ Governor Murphy, and VA Governor Youngkin submitted WITH the Data Center Coalition (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle) to fast-track connections and gut environmental review. This is coordinated industry capture—and we show you the alternative.

Zero Elected Higher Ed Trustees: Back Room Deals Without Faculty Voice Outgoing president of the University of Baltimore, Kurt Schmoke proposed merging University of Baltimore and Baltimore City Community College.

Who is included in decisions like this? Not faculty. Not students. Maryland has a severe democracy deficit in higher education, with zero elected higher education trustees. 

Owen offers a counter-proposal: merge UB into Morgan State, create a Community College of Baltimore (city + county), and establish democratically elected boards.

Movement Building and Legislative Pressure: How to Force Interest Convergence Lawrence explains LBS's 2026 agenda: override Moore's reparations veto, tax nonprofit endowments like Hopkins (generating nine figures annually), end automatic charging of youth as adults , require Maryland Public Television debates for all ballot-qualified parties, and create returning citizen led reentry programs.

Lawrence explains how this agenda, third-party pressure and primary challenges force Democrats to deliver for working-class communities by threatening their general election margins.

Grassroots Democracy Platform: Taking Power from Party Bosses Andy and Owen do a deep dive on our campaign platform to advance grassroots and multiparty democracy in Maryland

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Recording Date 11-19-2025

Special Guest: Hiruy Hadgu — Howard County for Human Dignity, leading a campaign for an ethical investment charter amendment that puts community values ahead of corporate profits. Learn more: https://hoco4humandignity.org/

Maryland's budget crisis: How Governor Moore plans to handle a multi-billion dollar deficit and Key Bridge rebuild without new taxes—and why this doesn't add up

Claude gets a government job: Maryland just announced a partnership with Anthropic to integrate AI into state benefits delivery and housing permitting. What does this mean for democracy, accountability, and public services?

Guest conversation with Hiruy Hadgu: How Howard County for Human Dignity is organizing for an ethical investment charter amendment and what grassroots democracy looks like in practice

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We’re kicking off our brand-new weekly livestream focused on Maryland politics, organizing, and the 2026 campaign. Special Guest: Taylor Frazier McCollum — on grassroots organizing to stop a proposed mega data center at the former Landover Mall site. Learn more & sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-data-center-at-former-landover-mall-site

Hosts: Andy Ellis & Owen Silverman Andrews What we’ll cover

Community Spotlight: Taylor on Landover’s mega data center fight

Policy & Politics: Maryland’s pro-Israel policy

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