Stephen Keech is the frontman and vocalist of the metalcore band Haste The Day. Keech sits down with me to discuss their comeback record, "Dissenter," as well as the band's comeback set at Furnace Fest in 2023, how the band's approach to writing has changed and stayed the same over the past two decades, and the full narrative concept behind the new record.

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Zaq Baker is a singer/songwriter and author out of Minneapolis. Zaq returns to the show to discuss the on the ground organizing, protesting, and reality for the residents of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities as they fight against the occupation and terrorization of their communities by ICE. We discuss Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and the countless immigrants, migrants, and citizens alike who have been targeted by the most recent onslaught by the federal government.

Tied in with this is Zaq’s latest song about Minneapolis’s struggle, “Victorious.” We discuss how Minneapolis pushes back through solidarity, camaraderie, and above all empathy and compassion for those around them. Zaq also gives some great resources as well as an educational tool for anyone who wants to be an observer and volunteer to assist their own community in the event of ICE building up their numbers in any area across the country.

Resources to assist those in Minneapolis who need it most:

https://www.standwithminnesota.com/

https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid

To access the educational resource we discuss, he is a dropbox link for the PDF from my own account:

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Backer is the founding member of the genre bending pop punk/emo/post hardcore band WeKnewNothing out of Los Angeles, CA.

Backer and I discuss his political journey and activism, class consciousness, generational gaps in political understanding, conspiracy theories, the CIA, and more

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Taylor Bickett is an independent singer songwriter out of the Nashville, TN area. Taylor returns to the show just shy of a year after breaking down her emotionally packed, social commentary heavy song, “The Crime,” to discuss her latest singles, “Wild Dogs,” and “Firefly Collector.” Taylor elaborates on her approach to viewing personal struggles, heartbreaks, and relationships through a different lens than simply good or evil, how introspection and connecting her songwriting to the broader human condition directly intersects, and what people can expect from her yet to be announced full length record.

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Keira Havens is the executive director of Citizens’ Impeachment, a nonpartisan grassroots movement with the purpose of impeaching, convicting, and ousting Donald Trump and those within the administration who enable him. Havens is also the founder and director of Courage for Democracy, a PAC that supports congressional and senate candidates who pledge to impeach Trump and fight for their constituents instead of corporate interests.

Havens and I discuss the disconnect of corporate bought politicians, fighting against a corrupt system, an array of candidates that have stood up to the administration already, and how to support real change and combat corruption and self interest with public servants.

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In an unsurprising and yet demoralizing decision, Pete Hegseth, The "Department of War" and the entirety of the United States military committed a blatant war crime on an Iranian warship which was defenseless and had no weapons on board after an exercise with the Indian Navy.follow and support the podcast:thepowerlesspod.cominstagram.com/thepowerlesspod

Matt Conroy is a progressive congressional candidate, running for office in Illinois’ fifth congressional district. Matt and I discuss the fecklessness of out of touch, career politicians and why there is a growing insurgency of progressive challengers against long standing representatives and senators. Matt breaks down his platform, from medicare for all, to ending forever wars and the genocide in Gaza, abolishing and prosecuting ICE, housing, and more.

The election for the Democratic primary is on March 17th. 

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A few weeks after discourse surrounding Governor Gavin Newsom's 2028 likelihood, he made sure to go on CNN to underscore his supposed strategy for the Democratic Party: not care about "pronouns" and cultural issues.

Here's the problem, he doesn't care about economic ones either.

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It's a cold day in hell when Kristin and I watch a Tucker Carlson clip, but Huckabee is always indicative of the worst aspects of the Christian Zionist movement in the U.S. Follow and support the podcast:

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Adam Woodley of NYC based band Allapartus returns to the show to discuss the band’s newest single, “Long Con.” Adam discusses the inspiration for the track, from recent readings on organizing, politics, and communication to It’s A Wonderful Life. We also talk our perspectives on the resistance against ICE in Minneapolis, and what collective joy and solidarity look like on the ground.

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