Armchair Politics

Instead of keeping politics out of sports, we're talking politics like it's sports. Alex Smith, Dr. Christopher Carter, and David Coe sit down and talk about politics and culture through the perspective of sports fans. New Episode every Thursday.

Armchair Politics is a news podcast hosted by David, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #26

  The Florida primary election

  Aug 6, 202658 minS1

  Amanda Informed joins the guys to give us the ins and outs of the August 18th Florida primary, because this is going to be a hot one. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:25 Florida Leadership Blue Summit 1:38 Alex Vindman dodges questions and debates 13:00 Vindman is the Ron Burgundy candidate 14:13 Angie Nixon is a real one for Senate 28:50 Governor race 31:33 GOP to Dem pipeline in Florida 36:39 The devil’s in the details, Zohran gets that 43:09 Bernard Taylor’s grassroots campaign 47:00 Amendment 3 could make essential services crumble Amanda Ballot for Statewide office: US Senate: Angie Nixon Governor: Dayna Foster CFO: Earle Ford Comm of AG: Joey Mendoza Atkins To the her full Ballot, click the link in Amanda's bio and join her sway group.

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  Episode #25

  The Michigan senate race and Medicare for All w/ Nikki Sapiro Vinckier

  Jul 30, 20261 hourS1

  The Guys sit down with Physicians Assistant and Michigan content creator, Nikki Sapiro Vickier to take the temperature of the Senate race there, talk Medicare for all, and racial disparities in healthcare outcomes. You can find Nikki’s book, We Deserve More: Why Reproductive Healthcare is Broken--And What You Can Do About It on amazon. Chapters: 00:00 Home Grown 1:00 Pre-primary vibes 2:49 Moving from McMorrow to Abdul El-Sayed 8:04 Politics is like high school 9:03 We’ve had enough 13:07 Trump election changed how woman seek healthcare 16:26 Codifying Roe isn’t enough 18:33 Why we need medicare for all 27:12 Dr Abdul El-Sayed understands racial inequities 31:09 Gretchen Whitmer’s data center moment 34:12 Me too movement from a healthcare perspective 39:26 Abdul is the midwest Mamdani 41:02 Anti-semitism and islamophobia are the same thing 46:04 Fixing health disparities in Michigan w/ Kids Rx 50:19 Why are they running?

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  Episode #24

  The Democratic Party’s Odyssey

  Jul 23, 202654 minS1

  The guys use Christopher Nolan’s: The Odyssey as a metaphor for the Democratic Party’s journey over the last 100 years. Chapters: 00:00 Christopher Nolan’s: The Odyssey 2:17 Right wing backlash to the “woke” film 5:45 The Democratic Party’s Ithaca was the New Deal 12:27 Civil Rights period were the man eating giants 19:19 Reagan is Agamemnon 22:48 Clinton compromise 27:55 Circe and the song of corporate money 36:48 Obama and the lotus flower years 41:30 Hades represents the politicians that listen 51:31 We make it home together

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  Episode #23

  The Grahams are out. What’s next?

  Jul 16, 202655 minS1

  The guys breakdown the ramifications of both Lindsey Graham and Graham Platner being replaced on the ballot in November. They also check in on the centerpiece battle in the Michigan Senate primary between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed. Chapters: 00:00 The Replacements: the movie 1:55 The Character Haley Stevens plays 5:37 Abdul the uncommitted ‘controversy’ 9:51 Lindsay Graham, a racist warmongering performer 13:42 Lindsay Graham was Smithers to Trump’s Mr. Burns 19:51 Sister replacing Graham is normal 24:35 Can Dr. Annie Andrews actually win South Carolina? 33:36 Maine Dems are doing it right unlike the DNC in 2024 43:00 Susan Collins might be in trouble 44:41 Corporate Dems weaponizing identity politics

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  Episode #21

  July 4th Special w/ Matt Beat: Revisiting our history to better understand our present

  Jul 2, 20261h 20mS1

  American history buff Matt Beat joins the pod to dispel the talking point that America is in uncharted waters, and discuss what we can learn from our history, so going forward we can make new mistakes, instead of the repeating the same ones over again. Chapters: 00:00 “These are unprecedented times!” 2:19 1970’s and Richard Nixon aka The undertaker 9:56 Trump, the Iran War, and the midterms 14:57 1960’s and Political violence 18:39 American mythology 28:44 The reactionary 1920’s 34:32 American propaganda 38:28 Eugene Debs and the roots of American socialism 50:33 Generational perspectives on socialism 54:16 1890’s, the gilded age 59:00 The role of religion in politics power 1:03:24 Fredrick Douglass and the 4th of July 1:11:57 Where do we go from here?

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