The Drain is a podcast covering California news and culture. We discuss the liberal California hegemony through a leftist lens, just steps from the state Capitol.Free episodes (The Drain) every Tuesday. Premium episodes (The Plug) every Friday at patreon.com/thedrain.Tips/Pitches/Chisme to thedrainpodcast@gmail.com.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Drain is a podcast covering California news and culture. We discuss the liberal California hegemony through a leftist lens, just steps from the state Capitol. Free episodes (The Drain) every Tuesday.
Recent episodes include "State workers on STRIKE, with Bobby Roy" (20 October 2026, 29 minutes), "The Audacity of Grope: on the fall of Manny Yekutiel" (16 October 2026, 70 minutes), and "UNLOCKED: Ruby Rippey's tell-all on affair with Gavin Newsom" (3 October 2026, 59 minutes).
The Drain publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 99 episodes.
Booking probability for The Drain is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Drain requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Drain's contact route on record: verified email.
The Drain is a news podcast with 99 episodes published.
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Episode #99
Today Kempa sits down with his old friend Bobby Roy, lead negotiator for SEIU Local 1000, to discuss the 100,000-strong state worker union's decision to go on strike for the first time in history this Wednesday, October...
Hi all! Sorry for the delay once more; Max has been sick in San Diego and Kempa has been busy up in the capital of the Free World (Sacramento). But we've got a fun one for you before barraging you with a couple of great...
Happy Saturday, folks! We're unlocking one of our favorite paywalled episodes. If you enjoy it and you're not a patron yet, please consider joining :) Today we've got a reading series on the Vanity Fair piece written by...
Today we're discussing the massive layoffs throughout the country of McClatchy publishing's daily newspapers, including multiple Bees in California, as well as the Miami Herald. I know it's been a while since our last...
Episode #95
Today we're taking a deep dive into the congressional debate between Sacramento City Council member Mai Vang and U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui , as the DSA-backed progressive seeks to wrest California's 7th congressional...
Hey guys, Kempa here. Sorry for the delay in episodes--Kempa has been dealing with the passing of his sweet baby pit bull, and Max is settling into life down in southern California. The good news is that we have a whole...
**This is a preview of our premium show, The Plug. To listen to the full episode, go to patreon.com/thedrain .** Today we've got a reading series on the Vanity Fair piece written by Ruby Rippey ( free link) , who had an...
Episode #92
Sacramento made national news last week after a hot mic moment captured discussion between the mayor and a council member over how to remove people they deemed disruptive from council chambers. You may have heard about...
Today we're looking at a phenomenal piece written by Will Sommer at The Bulwark, examining how QAnon conspirators are planning to take over a defunct California women's prison and turn it into a haven for trafficked...
Episode #90
As of July 1, California is the country's first full-time Legislature to allow Capitol staffers to form a union ( free link ). And they're already starting to organize. Today we're taking a look at what a unionized...
Episode #89
**This is a preview of our premium show, The Plug. To listen to the full episode, go to patreon.com/thedrain .** Today Max and Kempa dive deep into Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's husband's penchant for driving while...
Episode #88
<p>Today we're discussing the story out of San Francisco that's been hitting national headlines and opinion columns for well over a week:</p> <p>Congressional candidate Scott Wiener was chased out of a trans rights...
Episode #88
Today we're discussing the story out of San Francisco that's been hitting national headlines and opinion columns for well over a week: Congressional candidate Scott Wiener was chased out of a trans rights march at the...
<p>Today Kempa sits down with The Drain's chief Mamdanistan correspondent, Peter Lucas, to discuss the wave of astounding political victories that New York's democratic socialists and their lefty union allies enjoyed...
Today Kempa sits down with The Drain's chief Mamdanistan correspondent, Peter Lucas, to discuss the wave of astounding political victories that New York's democratic socialists and their lefty union allies enjoyed over...
Episode #86
<p>**This is a preview of our premium show, The Plug. To listen to the full episode, go to patreon.com/thedrain.**</p> <p>Hi all!! Sweet Palma here. By the time you read this, I'll be 'pon di island, if you will--I'm...
Episode #86
**This is a preview of our premium show, The Plug. To listen to the full episode, go to patreon.com/thedrain .** Hi all!! Sweet Palma here. By the time you read this, I'll be 'pon di island, if you will--I'm taking a...
Episode #85
<p>As late votes have been counted throughout California, leftists all over have secured their spots against Democrats in the November runoffs. And MAGA is furious.</p> <p>It's not just the Twitter ghouls, either...
<p>Listen: Some of our faves have been out there showing frustration with the initial votes in the California elections, referring to our state's voters as "Cattlefornia."</p> <p>But we'd like to push back on that.</p>...
<p>Today Kempa is joined by Sacramento Bee columnist Robin Epley to discuss the latest polling in the governor's race, which shows Xavier Becerra, Steve Hilton and Tom Steyer in the lead in the final days before the...
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vice chair of Research for the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Full Spectrum Performance
Adjunct Associate Professor, Chair of the Communications Committee, Walla Walla United Methodist Church
former Secretary of Health and Human Services, California Attorney General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Governor of California, California governorship
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