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 32 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

David hosts Armchair Politics, a news show with 32 episodes published.

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  Episode #33

  Fixing California’s budget shortfalls

  Oct 1, 20261 hourS1

  Board of Equalization runoff candidate Sam Sukaton joins the show to explain why working folks are getting killed in the trenches of tax policy, and what Californians can do to fix it. Chapters: 00:00 Board of Equalization, the offensive line of government 5:00 Property tax assessments lead to wealth disparity 8:04 Prop 13’s corporate loophole 9:59 The racial implications of prop 13’s passage 15:01 The NFL comp of prop 13 16:35 Why is prop 13 the third rail of CA politics 21:13 What will fixing prop 13 do for us 28:59 The Wealthy aren’t investing in society 30:13 Revenue BOE brings in 31:46 Why Sam is running 44:48 What can you actually get done?

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  Episode #32

  Candidates midterms messaging playbook

  Sep 24, 20261h 25mS1

  The guys are joined by 50501 national press coordinator Hunter S Dunn to break down the X’s and O’s of the democratic political messaging going into the midterm elections. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome Hunter 2:38 The Jon Ossoff Dak Prescott comp 10:07 Mary Peltola is coach Boone from Remember the Titans 12:54 Dan Sullivan lead blocking for Mary 15:13 Rob Sand— corn, corruption, cancer 15:47 Sherrill and Spanberger’s lack of identity 23:17 Dr Abdul El-Sayed is the Josh Allen of this cycle 26:20 El-Sayed and Elizabeth Warren are actually the same 29:14 Hasan Piker is Tony Romo 34:46 Troy Jackson needs to be more Drew Locke and Less Jameis Winston 37:46 Susan Collins’s Gregg Williams like corruption 46:49 Democrats playing prevent defense on trans issues 51:16 James Talarico’s trans twostep may be about Cornyn 59:48 Why haven’t the democrats adjusted to the same plays 1:05:58 Gavin Newsom is cooked 1:09:23 National messaging around affordability

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  Episode #31

  How the GOP works the media

  Sep 17, 202659 minS1

  Alex and David break down how, over the years, Republicans and some moderates have shaped the ‘liberal’ media into conservationists of the status quo. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Saints Rams no call 3:54 Media responsibility 5:58 The double standard around Hasan Piker 9:30 GOP are ducking Abdul El-Sayed and Angie Nixon 13:04 Jake Tapper is the worst 16:30 Barack Obama disavowing Rev Jeremiah Wright 20:39 Call for Violence at GOP convention 23:19 Angie Nixon is coach Yoast from Remember the Titans 24:52 Democratic Party’s culpability 26:26 Robert Kraft canceling Macklemore 31:34 Hillary campaign releasing the muslim garb photo 36:33 Sinclair's local media conglomerate 37:55 Losing faith in legacy media 41:41 Independent media and content creators filling the gap 48:30 How access effects creators 52:55 AOC is changing the game like Steph Curry 56:28 Can we be more self-reflective

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  Episode #30

  The business of sports stadiums

  Sep 10, 202658 minS1

  The guys get into whether it’s good investments for cities to build sports stadiums with public money, and how sports (like our politics) have become about consumption. Chapters: 00:00 The beauty of sports is belonging 2:31 Fans are learning that it’s a business first 6:39 Chief and Bears want municipal money for their private stadiums 12:03 NFL’s history of franchise relocation 17:22 Las Vegas choosing the A’s over local public schools 20:20 Billionaire return on investment 22:56 Terrible investment for cities 23:12 Braves move as a case study 31:31 Sports has become about consumption 41:32 Business examples of extraction 43:23 We’ve forgotten our god given right to something better 46:01 Elect more leaders like Mamdani

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  Episode #30

  Labor Day Special

  Sep 3, 20261h 3mS1

  Union organizer Westley Garcia-Encines joins the show to share his experience starting a Union at CalArts, discuss worker solidarity, and how labor issues are tied to human dignity. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome Westley 1:47 Imagine If Drew Brees came to Nola 5:33 Why did you start your union? 10:50 Unions are about solidarity 15:19 Carnegie, the steel baron 17:46 The gov’t almost always sides with management 18:46 We deserve more 21:13 Only guaranteed is a contract 22:45 We don’t appreciate what previous generations paid for 25:44 Why union membership is down from 1900’s 30:02 GOP is the worst for workers.. Dems aren’t much better 35:40 Socialism for the rich, Capitalism for everyone else 40:20 You’ve got to be ready to strike 47:42 Bread and Rose Schneiderman 50:35 Solidarity means EVERYONE 53:37 How to start a union 58:46 What gives you hope?

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