Youth in Policy

In this weeks episode, Dan Siddiqui has a conversation with one of the most influential political activists and intellectuals to ever live, Dr. Noam Chomsky. Dr. Chomsky is an outspoken libertarian socialist who is known as the father of modern linguistics in psychology. In addition, he was placed on Richard Nixon's enemies list during the 1970s for his protest of the Vietnam War. Dr. Chomsky shares his insight on why Gen Z is so attracted to socialism, what the Kyle Rittenhouse trial says about the current state of the U.S., what he believes young people who are fed up with the status quo should do, and his predictions for the 2022 congressional midterms.

In this week's episode, Dan Siddiqui sits down with Anna Eskamani, the first Iranian-American in the Florida legislature who currently serves in the Florida House of Representatives as a democrat. Rep. Eskamani discusses her plans to defeat the new abortion bill set to be debated next year, the adversity she faced running for public office in a conservative state as a woman of color, and potentially running for Congress.

In this week's episode, Dan covers the proposed "billionaire tax" proposed by senate democrats that ended up failing and Biden's bizarre town hall where he insinuated that the U.S. would go to war with China if they challenged Taiwan's sovereignty. 

In this weeks episode, Dan breaks down the latest negotiations over the reconciliation bill moving its way through the senate, and the recent walkouts by Netflix employees over Dave Chapelle's transphobic comments in his latest special, "The Closer".

In this week's episode, Dan covers the ongoing shortage of goods due to the supply chain crisis and the ongoing strikes across the country.

In this week's episode, Dan Siddiqui (@politicaldan) discusses the revelations about Facebook's toxic algorithm, Senator Kirsten Sinema (D-AZ) being harrassed over her obstruction of President Biden's agenda, and shares his thoughts on Andrew Yang's new "Forward" party.

In this week's episode, Dan and Kate discuss the current conflict in congress over whether to raise the debt limit and the treatment of Haitian refugees at the southern border.

Dan and Kate discuss the results of the California Recall Election, President Biden's new vaccine mandate, and General Mark Milley planning a shadow coup against former President Trump in his last days of office.

Kate and Dan discuss the new bill in Texas put in place by Governor Abbott restricting abortion access and outlawing it after the 6 week mark. Following this discussion, Kate and Dan break down the companies that were requested info from the Senate committee for the January 6th insurrection and what this could potentially mean in the coming weeks. 

In this week's episode, Dan and Kate discuss the 3.5 trillion dollar budget resolution passing the house, Biden's sinking approval rating, and the Texas Voter Suppression bill.