Feb 13, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal has been endorsed by
several presidential hopefuls, but is it a good idea? Abby agrees
in principle, but Jim worries that it's too expensive and
accomplishes nothing.
Abby and Jim then recount the mess surrounding the GND rollout,
with AOC previously insisting that an FAQ...
Feb 7, 2019
Donald Trump's big speech! How did he do? Abby and Jim break it down, including all the shout-outs to Buzz Aldrin and other celebrities in the audience as Abby assures us that the moon actually exists. Where did Trump succeed? (In highlighting abortion extremism.) Where did he fall flat? (In calling for an end...
Jan 30, 2019
Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, is teasing a possible independent candidacy for president. How well have third-party presidential candidates done in the past? (Abraham Lincoln did pretty well.) Jim tells Abby stories of H. Ross Perot, and how Abby's grandfather made a $10,000 bet with him in a Senate hearing. Learn...
Jan 23, 2019
Recorded on Martin Luther King Day, this episode of Dinner Table
politics recounts MLK's time as a Trekkie, and how the civil rights
leader persuaded Nichelle Nichols to keep playing Lt. Uhura. (The
geeky nature of this story does not make Abby very happy.)
Jim and Abby also discuss the fallout from the Covington...
Jan 16, 2019
Did the dinosaurs have politics? That's just one of the insightful questions Abby asks as Jim and Abby discuss the fallout from what is now the longest government shutdown in history. Who can save us from this national nightmare? Probably not Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who seems to think that being morally right...