Up Close & Political

Where do we go from here after the election?

Comedians Helen Hong (Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me), Jackie Kashian (The Dork Forest) and Jose Sarduy (The GIs of Comedy) discuss it with professors Gerry Cadava (author of The Hispanic Republican) and Mark A. Peterson of UCLA Political Science.

Toby interviews political scholar and bestselling author Norm Ornstein. We talk about how our country ended up politically in the place it did in this episode of "Oh Great, What Now?" - the version of the show recorded without a live studio audience.

Standup from Comedy Central's Madison Shepard and Last Man Standing writer Jenny Yang; Discussion with Andy Bales of the Union Rescue Mission and professors Liz Falletta of USC and the Los Angeles Zoning Advisory Committee and Michael Manville of UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

I interview my younger brother Alex Muresianu, the #NeverTrump head of the Tufts College Republicans and contributor to various right-leaning publications on taxes and licensing reform, on this episode of "Oh Great, What Now?" (or perhaps better dubbed "My brother...and me"), the long-neglected in-studio complement to Up Close & Political's live shows.

Stand-up comedy and an open discussion with experts on impeachment, featuring comedians Jordan Coburn (host of "Mueller, She Wrote") and Michael Loftus (host of "The Loftus Project") and experts Robert English (USC professor of international relations, specializing in Eastern Europe) and Michael Genovese (Loyola Marymount professor of Political Science and author of 50 books including "How Trump Governs.")

Stand-up comedy on guns from comics Joe Carl AbouSakher and Steph Tolev, followed by a discussion with USC professor and law enforcement veteran Erroll Southers, conservative columnist Susan Shelley and gun violence survivor and activist Josh Stepakoff

Comedians Megan Gailey, Laurie Kilmartin, Adam Yenser, and host Toby Muresianu do stand-up comedy on the new abortion laws, followed by a discussion with Dr. Brian Nguyen, Dr. Jasmine Patel and civil rights lawyer Raquelle De La Rocha.

Political science professor Michael Genovese, natural security law professor Rachel VanLandingham, co-host of the Mueller, She Wrote podcast Jaleesa Johnson, and comedian and veteran Mitchell Lamar discuss the Mueller Report.

We take it to the limit with stand-up comedy on extremism from Palestinian American Sammy Obeid, Conservative American Adam Yenser, and dorky American Toby Muresianu - followed by insightful discussion with Ariella Schusterman, deputy regional director of the Anti-Defamation League in Los Angeles, and Jihad Turk, president of Bayan Claremont Islamic graduate school.

Comics JC Coccoli, Brian McWilliams, and host Toby Muresianu do stand-up on the environment, followed by a discussion with environmental entrepreneur Noah Bleich and UCLA professor R. Jisung Park.