By The Trump Survival Guide by Gene Stone
Brian Santa Maria is running for the US House of Representatives in Minnesota’s 3rd congressional district. He’s an unlikely candidate in many ways, with a background as a comedy writer and marketer. But this background is precisely why he might...
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer has been working to create a kinder, more just, and more peaceful world for decades. Her latest incarnation as a prominent New York politician has allowed her to apply new muscle to the task, as...
Wayne Besen is a former investigative reporter, and founder of TruthWinsOut.org, a nonprofit organization that “works to demolish the very foundation of anti-gay prejudice.” He’s the author of Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth (2003)....
Darryl Holter grew up playing the guitar and singing country and rock and roll songs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His current brand of Americana music draws from country, blues and folk traditions and often tells stories about people, places and events....
Paul Slansky is a prolific writer, activist, and humorist. Here’s a short and extremely impressive bio, cribbed from his website: Paul Slansky has been making fun of politicians since, at the age of ten, he was first appalled by Richard...
Ellie Wood is one of the founders of R.I.S.E Together NC. She woke up the day after the election determined to do something – anything – everything she could to resist the Trump administration and its policies. Along the way, she...
Heather Hazelwood (pictured) and Saleisha Averhart co-chair Together We Will North Carolina, and have organized and led direct action campaigns to resist the Trump agenda (think ACA victory) and to overturn racially motivated gerrymandering in North Carolina. We talked about...
Christiane Voisin was so shocked by the election results that she scaled back her part-time vegan baking business and her part-time DJ gig to focus more of her free time on activism. The vegan angle led us to speak of...
Chuck Tryon describes himself as a “mild-mannered English professor” from Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. At least, that’s how he would have described himself until after the 2016 presidential election. That’s when, like other superheroes whose alter egos could...
Peter Wilbur is a North Carolina schoolteacher who was galvanized to massive action when Steve Bannon was selected as Trump’s Chief Strategist. After calling every Senator to register his protest, Peter looked around for ways to guide and inspire others...
Seattle-based artist and writer Tula Holmes pulled herself out of the post-election blues by rolling up her sleeves and getting active. Even in a blue state like Washington, Tula explains, there’s plenty to be done. As a voracious reader of...
Chicago-based musician and educator Emma Cox started feeling worried and dispirited well before the election, when she saw the groundswell of support for Trump among her people from rural Indiana. Trump’s victory sent her into a period of mourning, from...
This week we examine our evolving understanding of the Trump agenda as laid out in the State of the Union and continued policy initiatives, as well as list some of Gene’s favorite online news sources. I ask Gene what he...
Welcome to the first episode of the Trump Survival Guide Podcast. We’re your hosts: Gene Stone (blue shirt), author of The Trump Survival Guide, and Howard Jacobson (headphone), friend of Gene’s who know how to podcast and wanted to do...
