Political Playlist Happy Hour

Okay Playlisters, get ready for this episode...! Anna surprises Michael and Anthony with an episode topic neither were expecting: Hot or Not?!? That's right, on this episode of the happy hour, the gang play Hot Or Not for Anna's top ten Hottest Members of Congress list...and while we def rank their looks, we also rank some of their policies, so it's not all maxim covers. Maybe, SI Swimsuit Edition meets The Economist. Or Esquire. Or--well you get the idea.

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On this episode, Anna and Anthony dive into what the new recipe is to be a successful woman in Republican politics. Reps. Julia Letlow of Louisiana and Ashley Hinson of Iowa are both on the ticket to become senators of their states. We dig into why these women have 'it' and why, in Trump's America, they seem particularly well-fit for the bill of 'Republican female senator' in a party that has apparently relinquished its once fervent attempt to diversify its lawmaker class. Join us to dig into these women races as we gear up for the midterms and wonder what's next for the Republican Party.

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On today's episode, Anna and Anthony dive into the evergreen topic of JD Vance's flip flopping ways. This time, it's about his complete and necessarily reversal of opinion on the Iran war which has landed him in the hot seat of leading negotiations with the adversary for better or worse. Vance, a one time 'no foreign wars' type of guy, is now beating the drum for the administration's stance that all of this - the bombing, the world economic shakeup, the oil prices, etc - was worth it because we are gonna get a great, great deal. But if we don't get that deal, will Vance - the most likely 2028 presidential nominee as of now - have to own an issue he didn't want in the first place?

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Jerrad Christian credits his military service with opening his eyes to how big and diverse the world was. On today's episode, Anna and Michael chat with the veteran and software engineer who is running to flip his Ohio district into Democratic hands. They discuss why he thinks the economy will be a unifying issue in his race, his support for universal healthcare stemming from his mom's cancer journey, and why just being a decent human being is on the ballot this November. This episode is like an intellectual, warm hug with a guy who never thought he'd run for office, but here we are!

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On this Happy Hour, Michael and Anna sit down with Maia Cook, the executive director of Equal Citizens, a democracy reform organization, founded by Lawrence Lessig. Their mission? Fighting for the ultra-sexy, super popular, top of every news cycle issue: campaign finance reform, and specifically reducing the influence of Super PACs and dark money. While we kid that this issue might not be front of everyone's mind, Maia walks us through how this issue actually affects EVERY issue you care about. And the problem is way worse than we realized. We also realized the actual problem doesn't totally lie with Citizen's United, but actually a law that came about BECAUSE of Citizen's united. We promise you'll come away from this one much smarter. We sure did.

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