This week we talk with two people - Betsy Wright Hawkings - who has been chief of staff for numerous members of Congress, and Erica Hoffman - a Missouri state legislative candidate running on the Democratic ticket against a Republican incumbent.
Betsy has been chief of staff for four members of Congress, giving her deep insight to the inner workings of our federal government. The years she spent on "The Hill" has given her deep insight into the inner workings of congress. She knows how things work, and how they don't work. She spends time with us this evening to not only describe the problems that extreme polarization and hyperpartisanship, but to talk about how we may fix our system and make it work for the people again.
Erica is currently running for the Missouri 96th district House of Representatives. As a Democrat, she is challenging a Republican incumbent. She is a former school teacher who advocates heavily for educational issues. She's also very involved in several environmental issues, including the fight against the detrimental influence that CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) have on state politics. These CAFOs - also known as "Factory Farms" - are allowed to pollute our land and water, almost with impunity, even though they produce several more times the bio-waste than humans. Erica speaks very plainly and openly about the problems we face, not only locally in Missouri, but in the nation as a whole, and what she intends to do about them.
An inspiring intermission message is provided thanks to Dennis Merritt Jones.
Single Payer Healthcare explained
Historic Restoration Projects for Our Collective Soul
Theresa Amato drops by to talk about some of the barriers that independent candidates encounter and what we can do about it
Marc Goldwein from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (crfb.org)
Philip Fuehrer and Ben Thome talk politics with a Minnesotan perspective
Dr. Oscar Lovelace, rural physician and party chair, talks about healthcare
Congressional Candidate Steve Kuzmich on the Issues
Ralph Nader discusses political third parties
Rudy Barnes talks politics, law, religion, ethics and the military
Nick Thomas talks about EarthX
A Discussion with Jim Jonas, Executive Director at the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers
A Chat with David Daley, Senior Fellow at FairVote
Discussion with Elizabeth Melson, President of FairVote Virginia
Taking the Legislatures by Storm
A Discussion with Paul Stebbins from FixUS
Thanksgiving Gratitude
What's it like to be a candidate?
Interview with Debilyn Molineaux of the Bridge Alliance
Interview with Tim Cotton, the National Political Director
Party Leadership Roundtable Discussion
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free