Hosted by Brian Groesser · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 180 episodes
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Far left. Far right. Conservative. Liberal. Republican. Democrat. Can't fully relate? Me either. But nearly all public discourse and media is centered upon the views share by one of the two political parties - and often those shouting the loudest from the extremes of both sides. This isn't just a political podcast. It's a podcast on life and society, with politics mixed in. But from a viewpoint we do not hear enough from - the middle.
Brian Groesser hosts The Middle American, a society show with 180 episodes published.
The Los Angeles race for Mayor has garnered unprecedented national media coverage with a script worthy of its Hollywood background. An incumbent mayor who has overseen a bungled response to a catastrophic natural disaste
Rebekah and Ryan are in their 30s. Two young kids. Listen to a wide-ranging discussion of living within your means, trying to save to buy a home, the rising costs impacting thin margins of running a small business, and h
Property taxes are going up in Wake County. This is on top of a 2024 tax valuation that saw increases in tax assessed values of over 50%. Homeowners insurance is up 15% over the past two years. Auto insurance up 5%. Duke
Matt is a college grad in his mid-40s living in Michigan. He discusses his employment journey from Michigan State to his current job working with Hillsdale College. Matt is now trying to make a living with a girlfriend,
The stock market is hitting all-time highs. But while Wall Street is printing money, Main Street is pinching pennies. 90-day delinquencies on credit cards, student loans and auto loans are at all time highs. Wages are be
Yesterday, two attorneys were shot outside the Wake County Courthouse in Raleigh, NC, by a pro se Plaintiff. The parties had just been in court on a civil case involving a local police department and production of body c
Mike Duggan, the former Mayor of Detroit, has been running for Governor in Michigan as an independent candidate since December 2024. In January 2026, he was polling within single digits of the lead. Today, he announced h
The North Carolina Senate race is going to be the most funded and possibly most watched race in the 2026 election cycle. Cooper is up big. Whatley has no record or name recognition to run on. So the GOP's main strategy i
You've probably seen them in your neighborhood or around town - a kid on what seems like a dirt bike driving recklessly in and out of traffic. These are actually known as "e-motos" but marketed as "e-bikes" and legally d
A gunman breached Secret Service security over the weekend for the third time in less than two years, attempting to take out the President. This time, the event unfolded at the annual White House Correspondent's Dinner.
The war in Iran is now into its 7th week, extending beyond the original 4-6 week timeline forecasted by President Trump at the onset. It remains unclear as to what the US is seeking to accomplish in Iran, largely predica
We lived through Fake News and Russiagate in 2016. But what we are "seeing" today online pales in comparison. A US warship being bombed. Jim Carrey in Paris. Netanyahu killed in an air strike. Brad Pitt fighting Tom Crui
Despite holding both the White House and Congress, the Republican Party is deeply divided heading into the 2026 midterms. MAGA, RINOs and Never Trumpers are all jockeying for control of the party or simply to find a plac
Back in May 2026, I did an episode called House of Cards: The Looming Housing Crisis. Well, we are in it now. Congress and Trump are both trying to address it. It's the number one issue of local municipalities across the
Zohran Mamdani seemingly came out of nowhere in 2025 to become Mayor of New York City. He's a self-described democratic socialist and his platform illustrates those views. Critics have labeled him a communist or a social
The second episode in the series focuses on the race for Thom Tillis's open Senate seat in North Carolina. The race features a popular former Democrat governor versus a likely relative unknown, at least amongst most vote
The first in a series of topics I am most interested in heading into 2026. Immigration helped bring Trump back to the White House. But ICE and Border Patrol tactics have eroded that support and trust, with the most recen
ICE and Border Patrol came to Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh this week in a widespread raid as part of an ongoing nationwide effort to roundup, detain and deport illegal immigrants. We were told that the "Hannibal Lectors
The Democrats won. Bigly. It wasn't just that they won big races in blue states/cities like New Jersey, Virginia, California and NYC. It's by how much. But more telling is what happened in local races - both here in Nort
Politics and Faith - two topics families tend to avoid discussing around the holiday dinner table. So let's delve into them here. Election season is here in the midst of an ever-growing political divide. Both parties cla
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