Don't Worry About The Government
Summary: U.S. and world political news analysis by a merry band of (mostly) left-leaning geeks who are neither qualified nor paid to do it. Smart. Exciting. Funny. Mysterious. Sexy? To put it another way: radio pundit amateur hour.
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In this installment, Sean Freeder and “Brawlin'” Brian Halverson square off and debate which 3rd Party is the bigger joke between the Green Party and Libertarian Party. Chris mostly says “enough” and “I’m fine with that” throughout the episode while nominally serving as a self-styled ‘moderator’-type figure to a limited degree of success. Episode 459 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this installment, Chris is joined by Brian to discuss a strange allegation involving Joe Biden and misconduct, the long-term trap that has been set for Democrats that they’ve walked themselves into, the ever-present COVID-19, and whether Trump is worse than Bush. Episode 458 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this installment, Chris is joined by Sean Freeder to discuss the real-world impacts of Donald Trump using a Coronavirus briefing to speculate whether or not there was a way to ‘inject’ disinfectants or get light ‘into the body,’ how Biden’s campaign strategy is probably about as good as it can be (and that’s not great), the developments in the Tara Reade story, the untenability of the Democratic Party’s position on this story, who Biden might/should pick as VP, and whether or not Kim Jong Un is dead Episode 457 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this installment, Chris talks about his previous bout with being a medical shut-in, how that informs the way he looks at the national and global response to COVID-19, examines some of the science and data about the current known level of infection, addresses some of the bad science/epidemiology takes from non-doctors, and talks about what we can learn from past outbreaks to have a better frame for understanding this one. Episode 456 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this installment, Chris is joined by Brian to discuss frustrations surrounding the Trump press briefings on the Coronavirus, the irresponsibility of using those appearances to boost hydroxychloroquine, how the coronavirus and the legislation surrounding the Coronavirus have affected them directly, and some of the public fallout from the conclusion of the Sanders campaign. Episode 455 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this episode, Chris is joined by “Joe C.” to discuss anonymity on the Internet, Steve Bannon’s thumbprint on the Trump administration, the mediocrity of Joe Biden, the false dichotomy of ‘public health vs. the economy,’ and why Joe Exotic Libertarianism is better than Ron Paul Libertarianism. Episode 454 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this installment, Chris is joined by Sean Freeder and they express their cynicism towards everything from The Trump Administration’s response to COVID-19, Joe Biden’s ability to defeat Trump, Bernie Sanders’ reasons for staying in the Presidential campaign, and whether “The American People” can think their way through this crisis in a logical way. Episode 453 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this episode, Chris and Brian discuss a wide swath of things about the coronavirus, starting with what Chris got wrong, going on to a point that different political groups are getting right, points those same groups are getting wrong, and some prognostication about longer term impacts on the U.S. and global economy. Episode 452 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this installment, Chris is joined by Bruce Carlson of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics to discuss the economy, the Democratic primary, the battleground states in the General Election, who Joe Biden should consider for VP, what “quote season” is, and how ‘black swan events’ can alter the course of an election. Episode 451 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this installment, Chris and Brian celebrate the 450th spectacu-lar by talking about the wind-down of the Democratic primaries, Trump’s troubling underwhelming response to what appears to be a real viral threat, Trump’s underwhelming response to the downturn of the markets, how to reform the Democratic primary process to address many of the problems we’ve seen exhibited through the primaries, and they finish off by looking at the current battlegrounds states and potential paths to victory for the two remaining candidates. Episode 450 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this installment, Chris and Brian discuss Michael Bloomberg. Other things also, but mostly Michael Bloomberg. Episode 449 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
This is the second part of “Radio Bernie,” a two-part look at Bernie Sanders’ relationship with radio and television as he rose from Senator to Presidential candidate. This episode looks at changes in Sanders’ relationship with Thom Hartmann and Ed Schultz, MSNBC post-2012, Sanders’ first foray into ‘campaign’ mode in 2013, how The Young Turks plays a big role in 2016 and beyond, and finishes with some thoughts on the media strategy of Sanders’ 2020 campaign. Episode 448 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
This is the first part of “Radio Bernie,” a two-part look at Bernie Sanders’ relationship with radio and television as he rose from Representative to Senator. This episode looks at Sanders’ relationship with Thom Hartmann and his radio program, MSNBC prior to 2012, Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, Sanders’ flirtation with finding a challenger to Barack Obama in the 2012 Primaries, and his alignment with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Episode 447 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
In this episode, Sean Freeder joins Chris to discuss the many different ways the top candidates could succeed or fail in the Democratic Primaries after they discuss Iran for 20 minutes. Episode 446 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
(Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images) In this installment, Chris is joined by Brian Halverson to discuss the escalatory pattern with Iran, the implications of killing a senior military official of a nation-state, and debate 3rd party politics. Episode 445 By the way, if you want to donate to the show… https://www.paypal.me/DWATG https://www.patreon.com/DWATG
