Special Session with Bryan Schott rips the curtain back on Utah politics. No spin. No access journalism. No bootlicking. Just 25+ years of experience breaking down the stories that make elected officials squirm. From backroom deals at the Capitol to the power plays you're not supposed to know about, Bryan delivers fearless political coverage and interviews with newsmakers who actually matter. This is Utah politics without the PR polish. Independent. Unfiltered. Uncomfortable for all the right people.
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Signup to Generate a PitchSpecial Session with Bryan Schott rips the curtain back on Utah politics. No spin. No access journalism. No bootlicking. Just 25+ years of experience breaking down the stories that make elected officials squirm.
Recent episodes include "Somebody is Really Wrong" (28 October 2026, 90 minutes), "Amendment B Has an Evil Twin" (21 October 2026, 92 minutes), and "Maloy Plays Not to Lose, Udell Misses His Shots: CD3 Debate Watch Party" (3 October 2026, 113 minutes).
Special Session with Bryan Schott publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 70 minutes.
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Episode #92
One week. That’s all that stands between us and the end of the 2026 midterms. But before we get there, there’s plenty to dig into. Early ballot data shows Utah Democrats are mailing theirs back at a much higher rate...
Episode #91
On this episode: Host Bryan Schott breaks down what Amendment B really does: it would require 60% voter approval for any citizen initiative that raises taxes. He explains how it pairs with SB 73, a 2025 law that could...
Rep. Celeste Maloy and Democrat Kent Udell met at Utah Tech University in St. George for the only televised debate in Utah's new 3rd Congressional District, and Bryan Schott watched along live with commentary...
Utah finally has a competitive congressional race, and Tuesday night the two candidates met on the debate stage. Democrat Ben McAdams and Republican Riley Owen faced off at Salt Lake Community College in the Utah Debate...
In this episode: New Utah polling from Noble Predictive Insights Is a Democratic wave brewing ahead of November? How would a blue wave election impact Utah's legislative elections? Sen. John Curtis asks the Senate...
Drew Ballard is a classically trained pianist with a 6,500-song repertoire who spent over a decade performing in piano bars and has recently turned that same instinct for what makes a crowd sing along toward political...
On this episode: Exclusive investigation: The Mormon Meteor 3. The state paid $20 million for the historic race car now displayed at the new Museum of Utah—$10 million from taxpayers, obtained via open records request...
Episode #85
One year after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University, host Bryan Schott sits down with journalist Jared Holt to unpack the battle over Kirk's legacy — and how it's been playing out very differently...
Episode #84
On this episode of "Special Session": Utah House & Senate Race Ratings Updated ️ Senate District 11 Becomes a Head-to-Head Race USPS Whistleblower Report on Mail-In Ballots Spencer Cox's New Book, Off-Ramp ⚖️ Two More...
Episode #83
On this episode of Special Session: Outgoing Senate President Stuart Adams threatens legal action against four critics, including State Auditor Tina Cannon. Her lawyer fires back with one of the sharpest legal...
In this episode: New polling shows Donald Trump, Gov. Spencer Cox, Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis all underwater with Utah voters. We break down why the Deseret News's explanation for those falling numbers is wrong. An...
Bryan Schott sits down with G. Elliott Morris—former lead data editor at 538, now running the election-data newsletter Strength in Numbers and the forecasting site 50 Plus One —to dig into a trend reshaping red-state...
On this week's episode: The SAVE Act is dead (for now). Mike Lee's voter-ID bill couldn't get 50 votes, let alone the 60 needed to break a filibuster Kevin O'Leary's mea culpa. The investor tells MS Now his team botched...
Episode #79
On this episode: Sen. Mike Lee's SAVE America Act is stalled in the Senate, so he's recruiting dead people to try and resurrect the bill. He invoked Charlie Kirk on social media this week, just a few weeks after doing...
BYU sociology professor Dr. Jacob Rugh joins Bryan Schott to dig into the numbers behind Utah's political shift. Rugh says Utah has swung further left since 2004 than almost any other state. He explains why MAGA has...
Episode #77
On this episode: Sen. Mike Lee picks yet another fight with his own party over the SAVE Act Stuart Adams lost his election, but the checks kept coming. Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson with a subtweet for the ages Burgess...
Episode #76
CD1 primary costs $6.1 million: Ben McAdams wins the Democratic nomination in a district that didn't exist a year ago, raising and spending more on his own than the other seven candidates combined. Outside groups poured...
In this week's episode, host Bryan Schott discusses: Bears Ears & Grand Staircase Escalante shrunk again President Trump signed an executive order this week drastically reducing both monuments—continuing the...
A scathing state audit found the Utah Fits All Scholarship voucher program spent taxpayer money on Pelotons, gaming PCs, mirrorless cameras, trampolines and a $6,200 mountain bike, while auditors could only confidently...
Episode #73
In this episode of Special Session, Bryan Schott breaks down Senator Mike Lee's habit of posting bad-faith attacks every time the white nationalist group Patriot Front marches — and explains why the senator's rhetoric...
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The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab
candidate for Utah State Auditor, Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce
data-driven journalist, pollster, Strength In Numbers newsletter
professor and chief of the division of nephrology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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