Kelly chats with Tiffany Bond, former independent candidate for Congress in the Maine 2nd District, about her work to change politics by taking the money and mudslinging out of campaigning in favor of focusing on the district and the actual job a Congressperson does in office.

On our holiday episode, we feature a mix of Resistmas songs by Sing Out Louise NYC and the viral song We Wish You a Mueller Christmas, and voicemails from our listeners reflecting on 2018 and looking ahead to 2019 and 2020.

Kelly and Sophy speak with three advocates for DC statehood about the history of the issue, current progress, and what listeners can do to help. Guests: Bo Shuff from DC Vote (00:28-32:38); Senator Michael D. Brown (32:54-51:42); and DC Council Member Charles Allen (51:57-1:06:54).

Sophy and Kelly speak with Navy veteran Top Rope Travis about the issues facing veterans in the US today, what the new Congress could do to improve the situation, and how all of us can help.

Sophy and Kelly speak with Chicago Mayoral Candidate Paul Vallas.

Sophy and Kelly speak with Charlotte Clymer, a writer who works on the Rapid Response Team of the Human Rights Campaign. They discuss LGBTQ issues and news sources and the need for occasional uncomfortable conversations.

Kelly speaks with two newly-elected state legislators: Jennifer Longdon, who was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in District 24 (00:30-13:56); and Nicole Clowney, who was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in District 86 (14:37-27:29). Both are long-time activists in the gun violence prevention community. Longdon is a gun violence survivor and activist, and Clowney was the the founding leader of the Northwest Arkansas group of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

Kelly chats with feminist writer Molly Jong-Fast about becoming a radical, climate change, choice, dealing with trolls on Twitter and winning back the Senate in 2020.

Sophy and Kelly speak with three women running for Alderman in the Chicago Municipal Election in February 2019: Katie Sieracki in the 33rd Ward (00:28-20:50); Maggie O'Keefe in the 40th Ward (21:05-40:06); and Marianne Lalonde in the 46th Ward (40:22-53:36).

In the first segment Kelly speaks with Sara Ridley from Action Together Lakewood and former candidate Brett Pransky about why the Blue Wave skipped Ohio in 2018 (or whether it really did) and what that means for 2020 (00:30-32:00). In the second segment Kelly chats with digital campaign strategist David Yankovich about what the Democrats did well in 2018 in terms of digital strategy and social media and how we can build on that in 2020 (32:15-56:45).